Cherrie Ann Mahan (August 14, 1976 – disappeared February 22, 1985; declared legally dead November 5, 1998) disappeared on February 22, 1985 after getting off a school bus along a road in rural Winfield Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
At the time of her disappearance, Mahan was eight years old with brown hair and hazel eyes.
She was wearing a gray coat, denim skirt, blue leg warmers, and beige boots.The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which opened in 1984, featured Mahan as its first child listed on their mass-mailed "Have You Seen Me?" search cards.
Mahan's case was also featured on CNN in January 2011.The state police frequently receive tips and updates.
The most recent lead was in 2014, which led troopers to Michigan to investigate a woman who may have been the adult Cherrie Mahan.
In 1992, the family legally declared her deceased.