Have You Seen Andy?

Have You Seen Andy? is a personal story of a childhood friendship abruptly ended by the tragic abduction of a young boy, Andy Puglisi. With special access and a unique perspective, Melanie Perkins, Andy's childhood friend, re - examines the day of his disappearance 30 years ago, reviews the police investigation and uncovers new and startling information, prompting the long - "cold" case to be reactivated. Through interviews with other kids from the neighborhood, Andy's family, local and state police officers and new forensic experts, Perkins begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together, ultimately focusing in on the suspects in the case, who were never charged at the time.

Documentarian Melanie Perkins' heart-wrenching nonfiction film HAVE YOU SEEN ANDY' opens on a note of unspeakable tragedy. In August 1976, in Lawrence, MA, ten-year-old Andy Puglisi inexplicably vanished from a public swimming pool -- presumably the victim of an abduction by a nearby predator. That incident forever ended Andy's innocence and probably his life as well, but it far from ended Melanie's friendship with him or her memories of him. 22 years later, in 1998, Melanie makes a sad journey back to her hometown and the site of the disappearance, and begins to search for answers, unveiling -- in the process -- astonishing oversights within the original police investigation. Over the course of the motion picture, Perkins films and interpolates new interviews with Andy's loved ones and the authorities in charge of the search for Andy -- creating not only a reflective ode to a lost friendship but a testament to the need for closure on a still-unsolved case.