Ida Rose Jacomet, also known as Ida Rose Smart, Rose Smith, and Ida Ruth Smith, was 37 when she vanished from interior Alaska in the autumn of 1975. She was last seen the evening of October 2 at the Circle M Bar, mile 6.5 of the Old Richardson Highway in Fairbanks. Ida was five feet tall, 110 to 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Her purse was found abandoned in the bar’s parking lot that night; there were no witnesses who came forward and no signs of a struggle.

Investigators faced immediate obstacles: no dental records, fingerprints, or DNA were on file for Ida at the time, and the case went cold for decades. The Alaska State Troopers later reopened the original 1975 file, which remains open. The limited physical evidence and lack of witnesses have left Ida’s fate unresolved.

If anyone knew Ida, saw her at the Circle M Bar on October 2, 1975, or has any information that could help, please come forward.