Deborah Owens was last seen at her Oroville, California, home on November 19, 1978. She was 23 and the mother of two young children; her husband, Marvin Gail Owens, reported her missing two days later. Her disappearance was described as out of character because she was known to be a caring mother who would not leave her children without checking on them.

Over the years suspicion focused on Marvin Owens amid reports of a troubled marriage. Investigators pursued the case despite an initial lack of evidence; authorities later developed enough to obtain a felony arrest warrant and in 2015 Marvin Owens was arrested in Nebraska on suspicion of Deborah’s murder. Deborah’s remains have never been found.

What did Deborah’s last known movements look like to anyone in Oroville in November 1978, and can anyone who knew the family add details that might help explain what happened?