Sandra Kay Carter Davis, 35 and a mother of five, was last seen in June 1978 after visiting Ray’s Bar in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. When she failed to return to her mother’s home, she was reported missing and stayed unaccounted for for months.

On November 22, 1978, two hunters and their children found skeletal remains in a shallow grave about eight to ten inches deep in a remote field at the base of Wild Horse Mountain, south of Sallisaw. Personal effects identified the remains as Sandra’s. Her blouse was stained and had cuts, her ribs were broken, and the medical examiner ruled the death consistent with homicide. Her blouse and bra remained on the body; her pants and underpants were found neatly folded underneath. Shoes and a murder weapon were never recovered.

Investigators considered a local man, Herman Edward Lamb Jr., early in the inquiry but lacked evidence to link him to the killing. Reports in 2013 said DNA evidence had been tested, though the results are not known. The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation continue to list the case as unsolved.

Did anyone in the Sallisaw area remember Sandra or see her the night she vanished?