Robin Smith was 21 when she disappeared after an evening at a Puyallup tavern on March 28, 1987. Known to friends as Rockin’ Robin and from Edgewood, Washington, she was last seen leaving with a man who gave the name Herb Johnson; that man was later identified as Darren Dee O’Neall. When Robin failed to return home, concern grew and two days later the yellow Chrysler O’Neall had been driving was found abandoned at a rest stop north of Seattle. Investigators recovered a blood-soaked jacket, human teeth and bone fragments in the trunk, and about six weeks later skeletal remains were found in rural Pierce County east of Tacoma. The cause of death was blunt-force trauma; a rusty hammer recovered from a nearby stream was believed to be the weapon.

O’Neall, a 28-year-old drifter with prior convictions for kidnapping and rape who used aliases and was wanted on multiple warrants, was later located in a Louisiana jail under a false name and extradited to Washington. Robin’s fiancé and a key witness, Larron Crowston, died of an accidental overdose before trial. In January 1989 O’Neall pleaded guilty to Robin Smith’s murder and received a lengthy prison sentence.

Does anyone have memories of the Puyallup tavern that night or information about Robin’s final hours?