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CONSTANTINEConstantine reviews – On Thursday, in the Village of Constantine in St. Joseph County, 11-year-old Jodi Christine Parrack was visiting a friend, Mariah Dupree. Jodi, a fifth-grader at Riverside Elementary School, was wearing a black sweater, black T-shirt, jeans and black tennis shoes. The fifth-grade girls were hanging out at Mariah's home less than a mile from the Constantine Township Cemetery. When Mariah had to go to Girl Scouts, they split up.

"I asked her if she wanted to go with me," said Mariah. "And she said she didn't really want to join."

At around 4:45 p.m. Jodi took off on her bike down the street but never made it home. When she didn't come home on time, Jodi's mother, Valerie, went to the Duprees home. They all jumped into cars and began looking for her. At around 10:30 pm, Valerie checked the cemetery and found her fully-clothed daughter, lying dead next to her bicycle. The Kent County Medical Examiner is calling it a homicide but says the case is "Frustrating." An autopsy leads investigators to believe she was murdered. There was no physical evidence on her, no signs of strangulation, no bruising and no gun shot wound. Her friends are nearly certain Jodi wouldn't go to the cemetery on her own. Friend Ray McCann said, “she doesn't like cemetery, even during the daytime she doesn't like that."

At a press conference on SaturdaySaturday reviews, assistant prosecuting attorney Holly Curtis said they are interested in a dark-colored pickup similar to a Ranger. "No matter how insignificant a person may think their information is, we want to hear from them," Curtis said. Police also want information about a light-colored van. Someone driving a similar vehicle had been involved in recent reports of accosting children in the Cassopolis, Mattawan and Three Rivers areas.

Police are asking for your help. If you have any information call police at 269-435-4355 or 269-467-4195. 

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