Police might have some new leads in the investigation into the disappearance of Mary Badaracco, a Sherman mom who was reported missing 27 years ago.
State police executed search warrants for evidence related to the investigation on Wednesday and searched property on Wakeman Hill Road in Sherman -- Badaracco’s last known address.
About a dozen police cars were at the property on Wednesday afternoon, including from the state police major crimes unit. “No trespassing” signs are posted at the site. There was also a Department of Transportation vehicle that can be used to pour concrete or dig it up.
Badaracco’s daughters reported her missing in August 1984. In 1991, she was declared legally dead, according to police, who are treating the case as a homicide.
For almost three decade, the case has remained open, and Badaracco's daughters maintain hope that the case will be solved.
"I cannot tuck this away. I live with this everyday, and it's my mission -- I have to find out what happened to my mother," Badaracco's daughter, Beth Profeta, said. "It's emotional. Somebody stole our mother, murdered her, and they hid her. We want her back."
In hopes of gaining information to help solve it, police added Badaracco’s case to a deck of cold case playing cards that are distributed in prisons.
A billboard was also placed along Route 37 in Danbury to raise awareness of the case.
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It is not clear what evidence, if any, was recovered on Wednesday.
Badaracco’s case is listed among 17 open cases listed on the state police Web site.
