Lisa Walton was 22 when she was last seen at her home on the 4400 block of Pacific on Detroit’s west side on January 21, 1986. That same day her eleven-month-old son was found abandoned but unharmed in an alley in the 19900 block of Pelkey on the opposite side of the city; the child was identified after his grandmother recognized him from a television newscast. At the time Lisa was pregnant; descriptions list her as a Black female with brown eyes, brown hair with reddish tones, pierced ears, about 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall and roughly 160 pounds. Reportedly there was no clear evidence of a struggle at her home, and the case was hampered from the start by very few leads.

The Detroit Police Department continues to list her as a missing person, and family members have pushed for renewed attention in later years. Few concrete details about Lisa’s last movements have ever emerged. Does anyone have memories, photographs, or information about Lisa Walton or her whereabouts around January 1986 that could help the investigation?