It's been so long since Janice Wright disappeared, her image has begun to fade even to her own children.
"My memories are vague. I don't remember the last time I saw her. I don't remember the last conversation we had" says daughter Keturah Wright.
Son Alexander Young says, "Every time I think about it, I just wish I got a better chance to know her. Everyone else got so many memories of her, I just got one."
That one memory: Age four when Alexander last saw his mother at a barbeque in Suffolk.
Little Alex was playing with a water hose, and mom was being mom.
"She told me to go inside the house and change clothes, so I went in the house and changed clothes, came back out and she was gone."
That was 1993. 16-years later, Alex is all grown up and about to deploy to iraq.
He speaks on camera along with his older brother and sisters for the first time to NewsChannel 3, begging for answers about what happened to Janice Wright.
"Only thing we can go by is rumors, different things we've heard. Maybe she was kidnapped...anybody that knows her, knows she wouldn't abandon her children..." says daughter Kiaorea Wright.
Suffolk police don't think Wright ran away either, which is why the department's cold case unit is looking into it again.
Police say their best lead since Wright went missing is her boyfriend of 10-years Herbert Young.
The two had been in a custody battle over Alex - the last person to see Wright. Young has denied any involvement, but he's repeatedly refused to take a lie-detector test.
"You know it's been almost 16-years now, he needs to tell... Anybody that knows, they need to tell," says Keturah.
Kiaorea says, "I just feel like if anybody knows anything they should come forward, we live in a small city, everyone knows everyone, anything could be useful."
Already with plenty on his mind, the baby of this family also believes someone knows what happened to his mother.
"I believe if someone do come forward and say something, it would be a whole lot easier when I deploy."
After all, Suffolk police says it might be only one clue away from cracking this case and restoring clarity to better memories that have begun to fade.
Suffolk police brought this case to NewsChannel 3 because they might be close to cracking it with just one or two tips that can make the case.
If you know what happened to Janice Wright you can take action - even anonymously- by calling the Crimeline at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
"My memories are vague. I don't remember the last time I saw her. I don't remember the last conversation we had" says daughter Keturah Wright.
Son Alexander Young says, "Every time I think about it, I just wish I got a better chance to know her. Everyone else got so many memories of her, I just got one."
That one memory: Age four when Alexander last saw his mother at a barbeque in Suffolk.
Little Alex was playing with a water hose, and mom was being mom.
"She told me to go inside the house and change clothes, so I went in the house and changed clothes, came back out and she was gone."
That was 1993. 16-years later, Alex is all grown up and about to deploy to iraq.
He speaks on camera along with his older brother and sisters for the first time to NewsChannel 3, begging for answers about what happened to Janice Wright.
"Only thing we can go by is rumors, different things we've heard. Maybe she was kidnapped...anybody that knows her, knows she wouldn't abandon her children..." says daughter Kiaorea Wright.
Suffolk police don't think Wright ran away either, which is why the department's cold case unit is looking into it again.
Police say their best lead since Wright went missing is her boyfriend of 10-years Herbert Young.
The two had been in a custody battle over Alex - the last person to see Wright. Young has denied any involvement, but he's repeatedly refused to take a lie-detector test.
"You know it's been almost 16-years now, he needs to tell... Anybody that knows, they need to tell," says Keturah.
Kiaorea says, "I just feel like if anybody knows anything they should come forward, we live in a small city, everyone knows everyone, anything could be useful."
Already with plenty on his mind, the baby of this family also believes someone knows what happened to his mother.
"I believe if someone do come forward and say something, it would be a whole lot easier when I deploy."
After all, Suffolk police says it might be only one clue away from cracking this case and restoring clarity to better memories that have begun to fade.
Suffolk police brought this case to NewsChannel 3 because they might be close to cracking it with just one or two tips that can make the case.
If you know what happened to Janice Wright you can take action - even anonymously- by calling the Crimeline at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
