Barbara Ann Wilcox, a 19-year-old white woman, vanished in 1973 while hitchhiking to Florida’s east coast with her friend Colette Goodenough. Both teenagers were from Iowa and disappeared without a trace until their remains were found four years later near the C-24 Canal in western Port St. Lucie. Bones and teeth were scattered around a large tree that showed signs one or both of the girls had been hung from it.

Authorities linked the murders to Gerard Schaefer, a former Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputy already convicted in the killings of Georgia Jessup and Susan Place. Investigators reported finding personal belongings and identification documents belonging to Wilcox and Goodenough among items recovered from Schaefer’s home, along with writings and sketches prosecutors say were consistent with his crimes. Schaefer was sentenced to life in prison and was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate in 2005.

Does anyone have memories of Barbara Ann Wilcox or Colette Goodenough, or information about their travels in 1973?