The Disappearance of the Grimes Sisters

Barbara Grimes was the older of the two Grimes sisters, her full name was Barbara Jeanne Grimes and she was born on the warm day of May 5, 1941. It was only a short few years before her younger sister Patricia Kathleen Grimes was born on, December 31, 1943. The girls were only two of the seven Grimes children. Their siblings described Barbara and Patricia as being inseparable, the best of friends. They attended Thomas Kelly High School and St. Maurice high school where they were said to be attentive, smart young girls. These two girls were crushing on the heartthrob, Elvis Presley. They couldn't get enough of his music, especially his latest hit, Love Me Tender, a movie they had seen in theater almost 14 times. On the night of December 17, 1956 Patricia and Barbara Grimes took the journey to Chicago's Brighton Theater to see Love Me Tender, just like they had many times before. Both girls begged their mother, Lorretta, to let them take the bus to the theatre. No one knew that this would be the last time anyone would ever see the two sisters again.