Twelve-year-old Susan Basile disappeared after getting off a school bus in Port Orange, Florida, on June 10, 1975. She was wearing blue jeans, a white blouse and carrying a shoulder purse. Initial reports said authorities thought she had run away, but the family maintained that was not possible. Community searches and public appeals produced no trace, and her body was never recovered.

In 1982 serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano confessed to abducting and murdering Susan Basile, saying he lured her with a promise of a ride to the Starlite Skate Center on South Nova Road, strangled her and left her in a wooded area, then covered the body with palm fronds. Stano lived in nearby Holly Hill and frequented the same skating rink. The site he named was later developed and no remains were found. Stano was not formally charged in Basile’s death, though family and investigators found his confession credible.

Susan’s brother Michael Basile described the long emotional toll on their parents, especially their mother, who spent years hoping for her daughter’s return. Did anyone who knew Susan or who was at the Starlite Skate Center in 1975 notice anything that might help clarify what happened?