On a dark October morning in 1978, 46-year-old Ethel Louise Atwell arrived for her 6:00 a.m. shift at the Staten Island Developmental Center and was last seen in the parking area behind Building 47. When police reached the scene Atwell was gone and the parking lot showed signs of a violent struggle: her tan pocketbook, one earring, a single black shoe, three black coat buttons and half a set of dentures lay beside her locked car; her keys were found roughly 75 feet away in nearby woods.

A search with helicopters and dogs turned up no further trace.

Does anyone have memories or information about Ethel, the Willowbrook grounds in 1978, or that morning’s events?