On the evening of December 13, 1977, 30-year-old Mary Patricia Burns disappeared while working alone at Jean Dreams, a clothing boutique in Bothell, Washington. A sister-in-law who arrived about 9:00 p.m. to help close the shop found the lights off, the door unlocked and Mary gone. Inside were Mary’s eyeglasses and one earring in a fitting room; her purse was missing. Mary’s car remained in the parking lot. Twenty-nine rounds of .22-caliber ammunition were scattered on the floor.

Investigators pursued a tall man seen talking with Mary that night and later identified Robert Elmore Taylor, an escaped convicted murderer from Michigan, as a prime suspect. Mary’s credit cards were used after her disappearance; clerks later identified Taylor as the purchaser who signed Mary’s husband’s name. Clothing stolen from Jean Dreams was found at Taylor’s residence. In January 1978 Taylor kidnapped and robbed two women in Bothell; he was arrested after one victim disarmed and shot him, and was later sentenced to 240 years for those crimes. Taylor was killed by another inmate in 1979 and was never formally charged in Mary’s disappearance because her body was not found. Foul play is suspected; Mary has never been located.

Does anyone have information about Mary’s last known movements in Bothell or remember the tall man seen at the store that night?