Rulan McGill, 32, vanished after a trip to Reno on July 10, 1979. She had driven from her home in Sparks for a dental appointment and shopping and did not return; her family reported her missing the next day. Two days after she was last seen, her car was found abandoned behind a warehouse, and the following morning her stepfather and uncle discovered her body in a nearby ditch.

Investigators determined McGill had been kidnapped, robbed, sexually assaulted, and stabbed to death. The case stayed cold for years with no suspects identified. In 1996 an inmate in California, Terry Childs, began confessing to a string of late-1970s murders and claimed responsibility for McGill’s killing, providing details that matched the crime scene. A Washoe County grand jury later indicted Childs for first-degree murder, he was extradited to Nevada, convicted, and given an additional life sentence.

Does anyone have memories from Reno or Sparks in 1979 that could shed more light on McGill’s last known movements?