This disappearance still comes up every so often.
https://www.fitsnews.com/2020/09/24/dail-dinwiddie-28-years-later/
Funny thing about this case I heard secondhand but believe.
I came to Columbia several years later and have never heard of this incident.
The place I worked had this really creepy older guy who was rather frail. He was also a trust fund baby but lived like a pauper. There were many strange stories about dude floating around. Most I kind of dismissed as to absurd. One I heard from a guy that I totally believed and backed up by a few others came up a few times.
Short version- if you wanted the guy to stop talking, mention the missing girl’s name.
The average 10 year old could beat this guy up.
I don’t know and I have no doubt he was checked on.
The guy has so many strange stories that I could fill a few pages here. Most are plain silly.