Joanna Kay Otto, 19, vanished after a November 20, 1992 night out in Pensacola, Florida. She attended a party with her roommate; the roommate left early feeling ill, while Joanna stayed and later accepted a ride home from an acquaintance, James Earl Gibson. Gibson told police he dropped Joanna at her apartment after taking two other people home, but Joanna never arrived and was reported missing on December 8, 1992 when she failed to contact family over Thanksgiving.

Joanna, originally from Dothan, Alabama, had dropped out of high school and was living in Pensacola. Her family remembers her as trusting and social; foul play is suspected. Gibson was later convicted of an unrelated 1994 kidnapping and sexual assault and has long been a person of interest, though no charges have been filed in connection with Joanna’s disappearance. The case remains open and cold.

If anyone has information about Joanna’s movements on November 20, 1992 or about that night’s ride, please come forward to investigators.