Collette Marie Goodenough, 19, was last seen hitchhiking in Florida on January 8, 1973, with her friend Barbara Ann Wilcox. Both young women disappeared under suspicious circumstances and were later found dead; their remains confirmed they had been victims of homicide.

Reports link the killings to Gerard John Schaefer, a former Florida law enforcement officer later convicted of multiple murders. Investigators have said items belonging to the victims were reportedly found among Schaefer’s possessions and that the circumstances of Collette and Barbara’s disappearances matched his known methods, though Schaefer was not charged in their deaths.

The case remains notable because the suspect was a police officer and because both victims were hitchhiking when they vanished. Does anyone have memories of Collette or Barbara, or information about their last known movements in Florida?