Stephanie Hunsberger, 23, and her husband Edward were last seen leaving Edward’s parents’ home in North Wales, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1978. They had gone to get help with tax returns and told family they’d be back a little later; nobody confirmed seeing them after that. Both struggled with heroin addiction, had moved into Stephanie’s father’s home in King of Prussia in September 1977, and were supposed to be attending methadone clinic appointments they never kept.

The couple left behind personal items including toothbrushes and an uncashed income tax refund. In the months after their disappearance Stephanie’s father, Dr. Jay Charles Smith, cashed at least two of her welfare checks and later became a person of interest when he was investigated and convicted for other murders in 1979 (that conviction was later overturned). Edward missed probation meetings and a warrant was issued for his arrest in September 1978. There were unconfirmed sightings of Stephanie the year after they vanished, but no confirmed trace of either spouse since February 25, 1978.

Did anyone in the King of Prussia or North Wales area at that time have information about where Stephanie and Edward went after that February day?