Little Girl Lost: Where is Lauren Jackson?
The disappearance of a small girl from a bustling apartment complex continues to baffle a small Pennsylvania town more than 30 years later.
Lauren Jackson was a born fighter. She had been sickly as an infant, born with deformed feet, a double hernia, a cleft palate, and problems with her eye muscles. She also had hydrocephalus, which affected her brain function. Doctors were not optimistic about her chances for survival, but she pulled through. Gradually, her health started to improve, though she still had some significant challenges to overcome. When she was only a month old, doctors put casts on her legs in an attempt to straighten them out. Because infants grow so quickly, the casts had to be changed often and Lauren had to endure weekly trips to the hospital. She also had to wear metal braces on her legs when she first started walking. Even as an infant it was apparent she had problems with her vision, so she started wearing glasses at an extremely young age. She had to have surgery to correct her cleft palate, and she also had to undergo a double-hernia operation.
Though she had a rough start in life, Lauren’s health had improved significantly by the time she was five-years-old. She loved to watch MTV with her older sister and dance around in the living room. She liked to sing, and she had a toy microphone she would serenade people with…
