City of Brockton dedicates new park to cold case victim

BROCKTON, Mass. — It's been nearly three decades since Jennifer Fay was last seen just a few doors down from her Brockton home.

Now, as the cold case still frustrates the city and Jennifer's family searches for answers, a new park and playground is being dedicated in her honor.

Jennifer's family says that, while naming the park after her won't solve the case, it'll keep her memory alive.

"Every day I wake up and hope I'm gonna hear something and have her come home," said Dottie MacLean, Jennifer's mother.

Jennifer, who was 16-years-old on November 14, 1989, the day she disappeared, was treated as a runaway teen for years, but that is no longer the case. MacLean says Jennifer went out with friends that night in Brockton and never came back.

A couple of months ago, the Patriots Foundation donated the new playground to the City of Brockton and the mayor decided to name it after Jennifer Fay.

On Wednesday, dozens gathered to dedicate the new park to Jennifer, giving her family a place to pay their respects.

"Mayor Carpenter decided that Jennifer deserved a place in Brockton where she went missing so many years ago for us to come," said MacLean. "Week after week, month after month, year after year, and all the fundraisers we’ve had and all the vigils, they never come."

After all these years, private investigator Michelle Littlefield said they still don't have enough evidence to solve the case.

"It didn’t take us long to pinpoint and create a timeline of Jennifer’s last night and we’re convinced we know what happened, we know who’s responsible," said Littlefield. "We believe Jennifer died that night and we believe she never left her neighborhood."

Now, with the park dedicated in her honor, Jennifer's memory is alive in the neighborhood as her family continues searching for answers.

"I'm never gonna give up hope that we’re gonna find my daughter," said MacLean.

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