Kathleen Kelly, known as Kathy, was 12 when she vanished in late spring 1981 from Springdale, Pennsylvania. On May 22 she was last seen walking home after spending about an hour at her older sister Judy Stanko’s house. She had been at the Ches-A-Rena skating rink earlier that day and left because she felt bored. Kathleen was described as independent and accustomed to walking alone through familiar neighborhoods; she never reached her six-block walk home.

Early on the disappearance was treated as a runaway, a view shared by several family members who cited troubles at home and initially felt relieved when Kathleen didn’t return. That response meant there were no large-scale searches at the time, and some family members later questioned whether the date might have been 1980 instead of 1981.

Kathleen’s mother Annabelle died in 2009 without learning what happened. The case remains unsolved and cold; does anyone remember Kathleen in Springdale or have information about her movements in May 1981?