Jo Anna Boughner was 21 when she left her family home in Belmont, Ohio, on the evening of November 28, 1977, to run errands and did not return. Her body was found more than a month later, on December 31, 1977, at Dallas Pike, West Virginia. The cause of death was determined to be strangulation.

A 1974 graduate of Union Local High School in Morristown, Jo Anna had been a cheerleader, attended Belmont Technical School and Jefferson Technical School, volunteered at Barnesville Hospital, and worked in an office at Martins Ferry Hospital. She was the daughter of Kirk and Nell Boughner and sister to Kent, Vicki Loveday, and Becky Boughner; her grandparents were Cecil and Lillie Boughner and Albert and Amone Bohandy.

Her family has said they believe the wrong person was convicted, and the case continues to draw attention and questions about the investigation. If anyone knew Jo Anna, saw her the night she left home, or has information about what happened, please come forward.