Janis Taylor was 15 and a sophomore at Concord High School when she disappeared on January 9, 1968. She was last seen waiting for a ride home from school; the man expected to pick her up, Barry Bickford, later said he could not find her when he returned home. Janis never made it back to the house where she was living with her sister-in-law and nephew.

Janis was described as 5 feet 3 inches, with long brown hair and brown eyes. She enjoyed horseback riding and took part in 4-H activities. In the months surrounding her disappearance she had expressed concerns about possible abuse involving her nephew; the nephew died a month after Janis vanished and Bickford was later convicted of manslaughter in that death. Investigators have noted the circumstances as suspicious, but no concrete evidence has been publicly tied to Janis’s disappearance.

Anyone who knew Janis, her family, or saw her in Concord around January 9, 1968 is asked to share information that might help the ongoing investigation.