Appeal for Witnesses in Old Disappearance Case of Marion Wagon
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Marion Wagon disappeared thirty years ago in France.
Police never found her. The case is called a cold case.
A special police team in Nanterre works on old cases like this.
Now, police want to talk to a man. He is about sixty years old.
Someone saw this man in a town called Agen.
The man wore a blue twisted jumper.
Police do not know his name.
They are asking people for help. This is called a witness appeal.
A new testimony has given police new information.
This testimony has made police look at the case again.
Police hope someone can help them find this man.
They think he may know something about Marion Wagon.
Vocabulary5 words
- disappeared
- went missing; no one could find the person
- cold case
- an old crime that police stopped working on
- twisted
- made with a special pattern, like a rope shape
- witness appeal
- a public request asking people for information
- testimony
- information a person gives about what they saw
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1. Thirty years ago 2. A blue twisted jumper 3. No
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Marion Wagon _____ thirty years ago in France.
Police never found her. The case is called a _____.
A special police team in Nanterre works on _____ like this.
Now, police want to talk to a man. He is about _____ years old.
Someone saw this man in a town called _____.
The man wore a blue _____ jumper.
They are asking people for help. This is called a _____.
A new _____ has given police new information.
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