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  • Where is Deanie?
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        • Where is Deanie?

          WHERE IS DEANIE? An inside look at Kent County's unsolved, 45-year-old cold case

          On February 5, 1981, Deanie Peters disappeared at Forest Hills Central Middle School. On Thursday, FOX 17 gives you an inside look at the investigation into what happened to Deanie.

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