Kelly Jane Evelyn Cook was 15 and living with her family in the village of Standard, Alberta, when she vanished on April 22, 1981. That morning she received a phone call from a man identifying himself as Bill Christensen who asked her to babysit; arrangements were made for him to pick her up that evening. At about 8:30 p.m. a large North American car arrived, Kelly left the house and got into the vehicle. She never called as she had promised, and a search turned up no trace of the caller or the car.

On June 28, 1981, badly decomposed remains found on the shoreline of the Chin Lake Reservoir south of Taber were identified by dental records as Kelly. The body had been bound with rope and weighted with concrete blocks. Police developed a composite of a man described as about 30 to 40 years old, roughly five feet ten inches and medium build, and believe the disappearance was planned. More than 2,000 suspects were examined over the years but no arrest or charge has been made. The alias Bill Christensen has never produced an identified suspect, and an unidentified man who asked to view Kelly’s remains at the funeral home shortly after the recovery was never identified.

If anyone knew Kelly, the man who called as Bill Christensen, or saw a large North American car around Standard on April 22, 1981, please share what was seen or remembered.