Stephanie Anne Collins, 17, was murdered on November 5, 1986. She was last seen leaving a north Tampa drugstore where she worked; her car was found in the parking lot with the keys inside. Her remains were later recovered in a ditch near the Hillsborough River northeast of Tampa. The body had been in the area for some time and the immediate cause of death was not reported.

Investigators noted that several young women were killed and dumped in the Tampa Bay area around the same period, and Stephanie’s death was examined alongside other cases such as those of Teri Lynn Matthews and Brenda Tyrrell, but no definitive link was established. Four years after Stephanie’s murder, Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. was charged in her killing and in other murders; his convictions and death sentences went through multiple appeals and retrials. A 2014 review found that some FBI Crime Lab agents had falsified evidence, prompting further appeals in Stephanie’s case.

Does anyone have information about Stephanie’s last day at work, the drugstore she left, or sightings near the Hillsborough River that could help fill gaps in the timeline?