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Missing daughter: Kiplyn Davis, 15, vanished May 2, 1995, after leaving Spanish Fork High School after lunch.

Cold trail: Police initially treated Kiplyn as a runaway. Although three male classmates were later questioned, the case was never solved. Parents Richard and Tamara Davis say their requests for an investigation by a state grand jury were rejected.

Fresh start: In March 2003, after learning a federal grand jury was probing the case of then-missing 15-year-old Elizabeth Smart of Salt Lake City, the Davises asked to meet with U.S. Attorney Paul Warner. He agreed to convene a grand jury and revive the search for Kiplyn.

Flurry of charges: Just as the 10th anniversary of Kiplyn's disappearance approached, the indictments began. Five men, most former friends of Kiplyn, have been indicted for perjury since April. They are accused of lying about what they have said about her disappearance.

Can you help? Anyone with information on the Kiplyn Davis disappearance should call the Spanish Fork Police Department at 801-798-5070 or the FBI at 801-579-1400.

Then & now:

The men indicted in the Kiplyn Davis investigation

Five men have been indicted this year on charges of perjury and making false statements to authorities investigating the 1995 disappearance of Kiplyn Davis.

1995

2005

David Rucker Leifson

28, Bountiful

Leifson was a close friend of Kiplyn's at Spanish Fork High School and in the school's drama group with her. He is accused of lying when he denied confronting another classmate and drama group member, Timmy Brent Olsen, about rumors circulating a year after Kiplyn's disappearance. Leifson allegedly was angry that Olsen was implicating him.

He also allegedly lied when he denied forcing a friend's girlfriend to have sex with him.

Timmy Brent Olsen

28, Spanish Fork

Olsen is accused of lying when he denied admitting several times that he killed Kiplyn or was with her and another man when she disappeared. He also is accused of perjury for denying ever having raped a woman or being violent with his wives.

Christopher Neal Jeppson

28, West Jordan

Jeppson, also in the drama group, allegedly lied when he said Olsen twice visited him as he spent 12 hours the day of Kiplyn's disappearance preparing the school auditorium for a show. Another count alleges he lied when he denied saying or hearing someone else say something about disposing of the girl's body.

Garry Blackmore

26, Cardston, Alberta, Canada

2005

Blackmore is charged with lying when he said he had never heard a friend say anything about what happened to Kiplyn. In court, a prosecutor alleged Blackmore lied when he said that he and another man never asked a third person for help moving a body two years after the girl disappeared.

Scott Brunson

28, Spanish Fork

Brunson is accused of lying when he said he had not provided a false alibi for a friend.