Key facts Name: Angelo Gene Puglisi (“Andy”) Born: September 2, 1965 Age at disappearance: 10 (eleven days short of his 11th birthday) Last seen: August 21, 1976, around 5:45 p.m., at the Higgins Memorial Swimming Pool in Lawrence, Massachusetts Location: Higgins Memorial Swimming Pool, about 100 yards from his home in the Stadium Housing Projects, … Read more
Key facts Name: Annita Maria Musto Price (alias Annita Musto) Born: March 20, 1947 Age at disappearance: 27 Last seen: May 30, 1974, ~8:45 p.m. Location: Moundsville / McMechen, West Virginia (Route 2 North) Height / build: 6’0″, 155 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes; severe burn scars on torso (neck to upper thighs) and left … Read more
Key facts Name: Bernard “Bunny” Ross Jr. Age at disappearance: 18 Last seen: May 12, 1977, after walking out of the family home in Fort Kent, Maine Location: Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine; trail went cold on a remote dirt road near the Ashland–Portage town line Description: Last seen wearing a green down vest, a … Read more
Key facts Name: Carlene Brown Age at disappearance: 19 Last seen: July 4, 1974 Location: Little Britches Rodeo, Carbon County Fairgrounds, Rawlins, Wyoming Height / build: 5’0″, ~100 lbs Status: Still missing — foul play suspected; one of four young females who vanished around Rawlins in seven weeks Investigating agency: Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, (307) … Read more
Key facts Name: Cathy Moulton Born: June 28, 1955 Age at disappearance: 16 Last seen: September 24, 1971, walking down Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine Location: Portland, Maine Description: 5’2″–5’4″, about 98–100 lbs, light brown hair, blue eyes, thick eyeglasses; wore a navy coat, navy pant dress, and brown shoes; had braces (four eye teeth … Read more
Key facts Names: Cynthia “Cindy” Ardina Leslie and Jackie Lynn Leslie (sisters) Born: Cindy — February 1, 1959; Jackie — February 15, 1961 Ages at disappearance: Cindy, 15; Jackie, 13 Last seen: July 31, 1974, walking together near Baseline and Power roads, Mesa, Arizona Location: Mesa, Arizona Height / build: Teenage girls (detailed descriptions not … Read more
Key facts Names: Melvin “Ricky” Pittman (17), Ernest Taylor (17), Alvin Turner (16), Randy Johnson (16), Michael McDowell (16) Last seen: August 20, 1978 Location: Clinton Avenue and Fabian Place, Newark, New Jersey Status: Still missing — remains never recovered; no one is convicted in the deaths Investigating agency: Newark Police Department; Essex County Prosecutor’s … Read more
Key facts Name: Denise Lynn Oliverson Age at disappearance: 24 Last seen: April 6, 1975 — leaving her home at 1619 LaVeta Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, on her bicycle to visit her parents Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Height / build: Not publicly detailed in surviving records Status: Still missing — 51 years; no body, no … Read more
Key facts Name: Ellabeth Mae Lodermeier Age at disappearance: 25 (born November 26, 1948 — per the Charley Project) Last seen: March 6, 1974, evening Location: 300 block of North Indiana Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Last seen wearing: Blue pea coat, blue shirt, blue jeans (per South Dakota Public Broadcasting, 2024) Status: Still missing … Read more
Key facts Name: Gary Dale Mathias Born: 1952 Age at disappearance: 25 Last seen: February 24, 1978 Location: Plumas National Forest, California (after a basketball game in Chico) Height / build: 25-year-old Army veteran; diagnosed with schizophrenia, treated with Stellazine and Cogentin Status: Still missing — the only one of the Yuba County Five never … Read more