Patricia Stacy Spahn, 23, disappeared from East Dubuque, Illinois in the early morning of February 11, 1975. She was last seen about 2:00 a.m. on Sinsinawa Avenue after leaving Schees Lounge, reportedly on her way to a party. Patricia is described as a white female with brown hair, blue eyes and wearing wire-rimmed eyeglasses. That night she wore a long green coat, a pink shirt, dark blue pants and carried a large green leather purse with straps.

Witnesses saw her with one or two men shortly before she vanished. One account describes an unidentified white male about 26 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a full mustache and wire-rimmed glasses. The men were identified to authorities but reportedly refused polygraph tests. An early lead suggested remains might be buried beneath the Dubuque Inn Hotel swimming pool; when the hotel was demolished in 2005 investigators dug five feet in the pool area and found no human remains.

The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office and East Dubuque Police Department have kept the case open; a cold case team was assigned in January 2018 to re-examine the disappearance. If anyone knew Patricia, the men she was seen with, or has information about where she went after leaving Schees Lounge, please come forward.