Jeanette Patton of Milford, holds a photograph of her sister, Elizabeth Kovalik, who has been missing since November, 1987. Milford Police are still working on the case. Peter Casolino/New Haven Register 01/17/12

By Brian McCready

Milford Bureau Chief

MILFORD — Jeanette Patton, 48, will never forget the day she brought her nephew to kindergarten for his first day of school.

There were numerous proud parents snapping pictures of their children, and while the day should have been joyous, it evoked profound sadness for Patton. All she could think was that it should have been her sister, Elizabeth Kovalik, with the boy, her son, and not Patton.

Patton will also never forget Nov. 13, 1987. That’s the date Kovalik, who was 28 years old, went missing from Milford.

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