Unsealed records in the missing persons case of Joan Leigh Hall have sparked renewed interest in the 1983 disappearance of the Warrenton High School senior.

Dean Andal, the businessman and former California assemblyman who petitioned Clatsop County Circuit Court to lift a protective order in place since 2018, has been studying the hundreds of pages of notes, interviews and police reports released by the sheriff’s office.

He’s not the only one. Over 2,000 people follow a Facebook page dedicated to investigating the cold case.

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Joan Leigh Hall