Amanda Elise Southern, 28, vanished from Catahoula Parish, Louisiana in the early morning of September 18, 1993. She was at the Driftwood Lounge on Highway 28 with her nephew and between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. told him she was leaving with another person and planned to return home later. Witnesses reported she left the bar with a man named Bill or Billy, described as 25 to 30 years old with brown, shoulder-length hair, a full bushy beard, wearing a western-style hat and driving a dark blue 1988 or 1989 Ford pickup with a chrome front bumper.

Amanda was never seen again. She was described as a white female, 5 feet 1 inch to 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 120 pounds, with blonde hair, green eyes, pierced ears and a scar on her abdomen. On the night she disappeared she wore a black or green Girbaud t-shirt, tan or beige shorts and white sneakers. In March 1994 her purse and shorts, stained with blood, were found in a wooded area in nearby LaSalle Parish.

Amanda left three young children, one of them disabled. The children’s father later returned and took custody; he was subsequently charged with child neglect and unlawful selling of human parts after an attempt to sell the children to Amanda’s parents. Amanda has been declared legally dead and the Catahoula Parish Sheriff’s Office lists the investigation as open.

Does anyone have information about the man known as Bill or Billy or about seeing Amanda that night?