On August 2, 1986, 19-year-old Judy Ann Gary left her mother’s home on West Hamilton Street in St. Martinville, Louisiana, to walk to the Hospital Drug Store on North Main Street and pick up medication for her ill mother. Judy, a young wife and mother to a one-year-old son, was last seen after leaving the pharmacy; staff reported she got into a green, four-door car. Witnesses said she did not appear distressed, suggesting she may have known the driver and accepted a ride.

Family members say early attempts to report her missing were met with skepticism by law enforcement, who reportedly characterized Judy as a wild girl who would return. Relatives strongly disputed that portrayal, describing her as a devoted mother who would not have abandoned her sick mother. Decades later a local genealogist helped rule out an unidentified body found in Lake Pontchartrain as Judy, and the St. Martinville Police Department reopened the cold case. That review has reportedly produced new leads and witnesses.

The central unanswered question remains what happened to Judy after she entered the green car and why she never returned. If anyone knew Judy, saw her that day, or remembers a green four-door car in St. Martinville on August 2, 1986, please come forward with information.