Bernadette Rodko was 44 when she disappeared after a trip from Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, to Mooresville, North Carolina to settle a financial matter with her foster brother. Known as Bernie, she was last seen in the early morning hours of October 13, 2003. While returning to Pennsylvania she had a flat tire on Interstate 77 near mile marker 43 at about 3:00 a.m. A Mooresville police lieutenant stopped to assist and stayed until her foster brother, identified as Chris Kamionnka, arrived and changed the tire.

After the tire was changed, Bernadette was never seen or heard from again. Her vehicle, a silver and black 1986 Pontiac Fiero with Pennsylvania vanity plate WNARUN, was later recovered at a Mooresville storage unit and is held by the Mooresville Police Department. Authorities later reclassified the inquiry as a homicide investigation; searches of two Mooresville properties in 2017, including a former residence of her foster brother, used cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar but produced no findings. Few public details explain why investigators believe homicide occurred.

Did anyone in the area know Bernadette, travel with her that week, or see the Fiero around October 13, 2003?