27 Years Ago Her Son Vanished on a School Bus, Today She Finds Him Singing Live on TikTok
For nearly three decades, Dawn Holloway woke up the same way every morning in Marcusville, Alabama — by glancing toward the quiet stretch of road where the number 17 school bus used to stop.
It was a habit she never broke.
Not since March 12, 1998 — the day her eight-year-old son, Jamal, disappeared.
That morning didn’t feel different. Dawn tied his sneakers, straightened his shirt, kissed the top of his head, and watched him climb onto the bus. Before the doors closed, they exchanged their usual double thumbs-up — a small ritual, something just between them.
By that evening, everything was gone.
Jamal never made it to school.
The bus driver, Walter Phelps, said he dropped him off at the front gate like always. But no one saw Jamal walk inside. The newly installed camera on the bus malfunctioned, capturing nothing but static.
Search teams flooded the area. Police combed through nearby woods, fields, and creeks. Volunteers joined in. Helicopters circled overhead.
Nothing.
