Phyllis Ann Maue was 29 and living in Norwood, Ohio, when she was last seen on the afternoon of June 25, 1982. A friend saw her get into Samuel Ray Phillips’s light brown Chevrolet van about a block from her home at roughly 2:00 p.m.; she was wearing a red pullover shirt, blue jeans, and gym shoes. Phyllis left behind all her personal belongings, including clothes and an uncollected paycheck, and she did not take her 11-year-old son — something her husband said she would not have done voluntarily.

The day after she vanished a letter bearing a Cincinnati postmark and purporting to be from Phyllis said she was leaving for New York with a man she had met. A handwriting expert later judged the letter’s contents likely written by Phyllis under duress and said the envelope had probably been addressed by another person, possibly Phillips. Phillips denied seeing her that week; he was never charged. Norwood police have long suspected foul play and believe her remains may be in the local area.

Does anyone have memories of Phyllis, the van, or the days around late June 1982 that could help this case?