Vicky Marie Elliott was 21 when she disappeared from Tampa, Florida, on September 7, 1984. Her employer reported her missing after she failed to show up for work at the Ramada Inn coffee shop where she had been employed since July 1983. She had an airline ticket to return to Muskegon, Michigan, on October 5, 1984, and had planned to attend school to become a paramedic.

Her remains were discovered on November 16, 1984. She was later identified as one of the victims of Bobby Joe Long, who murdered multiple women across the Tampa Bay area in 1984. Long’s victims were found in varying states of violence; reports say some were strangled, others bludgeoned, and some had their throats slit.

Are there readers who knew Vicky, worked with her at the Ramada Inn, or have any memories or information about her life in Tampa?