Lyrian Wyvonne Barry-Stallings, 22, left Columbus, Mississippi, on July 1, 1960, boarding a Greyhound bus to St. Louis, Missouri. She planned to stay with an aunt and to bring her young daughter, Gloria, to live with her; she left the child with a sister and said she would return in August. Lyrian never made contact again.

Her family did not immediately report her missing, thinking she might be starting a new life. Months without word raised concern; Lyrian’s Social Security number was never used again, no forwarding address or official records place her after that July bus trip, and reported sightings in New England and elsewhere remained unverified. Some relatives have suggested her partner, Eulice Eddie Stallings, or another man, Sonny Lucas, might be linked to her disappearance, but nothing has produced a breakthrough.

The case remains open and unresolved more than six decades later. If anyone knew Lyrian, Gloria, or the people in their lives in 1960, please share what might help locate her or explain what happened.