Vicki Lynn Maynard was 27 when she vanished from Union, Ohio, in the spring of 1981. Two conflicting timelines complicate the case. One widely reported account says a deputy contacted Vicki’s father in early April 1981 after stopping her and offered to bring her home; the father reportedly told the deputy she was not welcome, and that was said to be the last known contact. A different account, provided by a woman identifying as Vicki’s daughter, says Vicki’s maiden name was Maples, that she divorced Garland Butch Maynard in 1972, began dating Jerome Mitchell in 1973, and left for Detroit that year to start a new life — with no contact after 1973. The family’s version directly disputes the 1981 police encounter and leaves an eight-year gap in Vicki’s timeline.

Vicki is described as a white female, 5 feet 5 inches, about 140 pounds, with long brown hair and brown eyes. The case was reported to the Miami County Sheriff’s Office on April 26, 2018, and a NamUs case was created on May 2, 2018. The investigation remains open.