Joan Butler was 24 when she was last seen in Overland Park, Kansas, on June 18, 1989, after spending the evening with friends. Her apartment showed signs she had returned that night: clothes and personal items left behind, a half-eaten piece of toast and a half-smoked cigarette. Both Joan and her red Chevrolet Corsica rental car were gone and neighbors reported hearing a loud noise around 4:30 a.m.

That morning $900 was withdrawn from her bank account using her ATM card. Her car turned up a week later, on June 25, at an apartment complex in Lawrence, Kansas. Officers observed a man later identified as Richard Grissom Jr. near the vehicle; he fled when approached. Investigators found fingerprints and a drop of Joan’s blood in the trunk linking Grissom to her disappearance. Grissom was arrested on July 7, 1989, later convicted in the deaths of Joan and two other women, and is serving multiple life sentences, but Joan’s remains have never been found and he has not provided clear information about their locations.

If anyone knew Joan, saw her Corsica in June 1989, or has information about where she was taken, please come forward.