Lawrence Jon Goodman was 16 when he went missing from his Park Ridge, New Jersey home on January 19, 1979. Known as Larry, he lived with his mother at the Park Ridge Garden Apartments and was described as 6 feet 1 inch, about 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He had a recent pattern of leaving home without notice; in late December 1978 he spent time in Pittsburgh and returned in mid-January before disappearing again the day after his sixteenth birthday.

Lawrence had told family he planned to travel to Miami to see the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl, but it is unknown whether he reached that destination. Investigators spoke with friends and teachers and turned up few solid leads. His father once received a collect call he thought might have been from Lawrence, but that was never confirmed. A diary left behind mentioned drug use and suicidal thoughts, and his family has submitted DNA for comparison with unidentified remains and maintains a social media page to keep attention on the case.

What information might help fill the gaps about Larry’s movements in January 1979 or anyone who remembers seeing him in New Jersey, Pittsburgh, or en route to Florida?