Fonda Lockridge was 26 when she vanished from Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the summer of 1995. On the evening of June 15, 1995, she left her home about 11:00 p.m. to walk to a nearby party store at Oakdale and Eastern and did not return. The last confirmed sighting after that was on the night of June 16, when a relative saw her at Hall and Prospect and gave her five dollars. Her sister reported her missing to the Grand Rapids Police Department; Fonda’s two young daughters, then six years and 15 months old, were raised by their aunt.

Investigators later noted a pattern of violence in Grand Rapids between 1993 and 1996: thirteen women were murdered and four, including Fonda, went missing. Many of the victims were involved in sex work and several were last seen near Division Avenue, close to where Fonda was spotted. Forensic genealogy later linked Garry Artman to the 1996 murder of Sharon Hammack, and Artman reportedly made confessions before his death in January 2024. Investigators say they consider Artman a likely suspect in Fonda’s disappearance but have not definitively tied him to her case.

The Grand Rapids Police Department continues to keep the case open. Does anyone have memories, information, or tips about Fonda, her movements in June 1995, or the area around Oakdale, Eastern, Hall and Prospect that could help bring answers to her family?