I hope she is found someday. The not knowing is absolutely the worst thing for a family to live with year after year.

On April 17, 1979, 19-year-old Cheryl Anne Scherer was working at the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own gas station in Scott City, Missouri, when she disappeared during a short window between about 11:40 and 11:50 a.m. She had phoned her mother around 11:20 a.m.; the mother recalled Cheryl was in good spirits. A coworker arriving for the next shift found the station unattended. Cheryl’s car remained in the parking lot with her keys inside, and her purse and checkbook were left behind. About $480 was missing from the cash register, prompting investigators to treat the case as a possible robbery-abduction.

Searches by air and ground turned up no trace of her. In 1984 Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole claimed responsibility for a similar killing in the area; Lucas did not recognize Cheryl’s photo and there was never enough evidence to charge them. Timothy Krajcir was also questioned and denied involvement. The case remains unsolved.

Did anyone who lived or worked in Scott City in 1979 see Cheryl or notice anything unusual that morning?