Katrina Annette Cheely was 15 when she was murdered in Wichita, Kansas, on November 16, 1984. Her body was found face down in a culvert on 151st Street West on February 28, 1985, by a man collecting aluminum cans, ending a months-long search after her disappearance.

Investigators focused on Martin Dean Priest, a friend of Katrina’s mother who reportedly drove the teenager to school the day she vanished. Priest had a prior conviction for the 1980 death of a 13-year-old in Lamar, Missouri that was later overturned; he was later indicted in Katrina’s case but was acquitted. Priest was convicted in the December 1984 murder of William Mayhugh, acquitted in the killing of Freida Bayliff, and is serving a life sentence at Lansing Correctional Facility.

Katrina’s grave went unmarked for 26 years until funds were raised by a junior high friend, Dawn Turner Moler, and a graveside memorial service was held on November 16, 2010. The case remains officially unsolved. If anyone knew Katrina or has information about her disappearance, please share what you know.