1975 Cold Case Becomes Homicide Investigation: Report

MEDIA, PA — Authorities in Pennsylvania are once again investigating the case of Wendy Eaton, a Media teenager who went missing on May 17, 1975.

The longtime cold case, however, is now being treated as a homicide, Pennsylvania State Trooper Andrew Martin told NBC 10 Philadelphia. Authorities are searching the wooded area where they believe Eaton disappeared.

According to The Charley Project, which inventories cold cases from across the United States, Eaton’s family left the home to play golf at a local country club on the day of her disappearance, but the teenager stayed behind to sunbathe.

A few hours later, she was seen for the last time three blocks from her family’s home. Police dogs later tracked her scent to the spot where she was last seen, near Indian Trail Lane and Media Station Road, according to the Charley Project.

According to the NBC 10 report, police are now searching the woods behind a home near that intersection.

“We certainly can’t talk about individuals or that part of the investigation, but what I can tell you is that property is of interest to us for significant reasons,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer told the publication.

Patch reached out to Stollsteimer's office for more information but did not receive an immediate response.