New search for clues in Sandra Sollie disappearance
- Sandra Sollie was 38 and 7½ months pregnant when she disappeared May 23, 1994.
- State Police have never been allowed to search the property of Sollie's ex-husband until Monday.
- Sollie was last seen by neighbors leaving her duplex at 11 State Route 350 in Macedon.
State Police on Monday searched a property in Macedon they believe might be connected to the disappearance of Sandra Sollie, the Macedon woman who mysteriously disappeared in 1994.
Sollie, who was 38 and 7½ months pregnant when she disappeared May 23, 1994, left behind her purse and a list of prenatal doctor's appointments.
The property is on Weidrick Road in Macedon.
"There wasn't anything in particular that led us out here other than this is where she was last seen before she went missing," said Trooper Mark O'Donnell. "We want closure for her family and we want to bring this case to a successful conclusion. When we have a missing person we continue to look for that person until we locate them."
A private investigator who has pursued the case since shortly after the disappearance said State Police have never been allowed to search the property, which was owned by Sollie's ex-husband.
"He sold the property and new people own it," said Richard Ingraham of Henrietta.
O'Donnell said the search Monday did not unearth any new information in the case.
Six canine units and four divers searched the property including a pond.
Sollie was last seen by neighbors May 23 leaving her duplex at 11 State Route 350 in Macedon and her landlord and family reported her missing to police on June 2 after she missed several doctor appointments and didn't pay rent.
Later that month, Sollie's credit cards were charged in the amount of $1,100 by several people in the Rochester area but police said they were not involved in the disappearance. A 9-year-old found her wallet in a hedge on North Street in Rochester. Her dog's name tags were found in a trash can in a Penfield car wash.
Back in 1994, police searched on land with police dogs, from the air in helicopters, and in the water with divers.
Their efforts have provided no reliable information on Sollie's disappearance.
Ingraham has followed the case since 1996 when he approached Sollie's family and offered to work it pro bono. She had received little media attention, he said, particularly compared to the massive amount of attention drawn by 4-year-old Kali Ann Poulton who disappeared on the same day as Sollie, and was found dead two years later.