Willie Ann Rucker, 27 and a mother of three, was last seen in Waterloo, Iowa, on April 8, 1979. After finishing a late shift as a cocktail waitress she called her sister from a grocery store and said she would bring the children to her West Donald Street apartment and meet them there later. Willie never arrived and was reported missing on April 12.

In the days before her disappearance she had told police she was scared of a boyfriend, and her family has long suspected his involvement. No one has been charged and the case remains unsolved and open. Her son David Barrett was a baby when she vanished and was raised believing she’d died in a car crash until he learned otherwise as an adult.

Anyone with information about Willie’s disappearance is asked to contact the Waterloo Police Department.