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Janis Sanders
Status: MISSING
City: Niles
State: Michigan
County: Berrien County
Date of birth: September 27, 1950
Date of death: July 20, 1975
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian/White
Cause of death: Undetermined
Anniversary month: July
LEA: Michigan State Police
Case Description
Janis Sanders was last seen leaving her waitress job at Pete's Patio Restaurant in Niles, Michigan, close to midnight on July 20, 1975. Janis had recently ended a relationship, and reports state that her ex-boyfriend showed up at the restaurant that night, upset. Janis was reported missing by a family member the next day. On August 5, 1975, her 1973 or 1974 AMC Matador was found parked at the Holiday Inn in the 900 block of South Eleventh Street in Niles. There was no sign of her at the scene.
In 1976, the boyfriend was charged with Sanders's murder, but the charges in her presumed death were dropped for lack of evidence. The dropped charges came after he was acquitted of the separate murder of another girlfriend who disappeared and was never found. He died in 2010.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Michigan State Police at (517) 332-2521.
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