Bonnie McFadden, 78, went missing from her Johnson County, Arkansas home in late summer 2005. The last confirmed sighting was August 19, 2005, when she cashed a check for several thousand dollars at a bank in Clarksville. Bonnie was a retired teacher and landowner who managed rental properties around Coal Hill and kept daily contact with her brother, Tom Davenport, who lived nearby.

Her brother discovered her absence after several days of silence. Her cars were at the house, the driveway gate was unlocked, and her purse and some financial papers were missing—behavior her family described as out of character for the cautious woman they knew. Investigators later learned Bonnie had developed a close relationship with a male tenant in his twenties; she had given him expensive gifts, including a motorcycle and a backhoe, and paid for a trip to Hawaii. Family members were concerned about that relationship.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office continues to list the case as unsolved. Divers searched Beaver Lake after a tip but found no evidence. Does anyone who knew Bonnie or lived in Coal Hill at the time have information that could help explain what happened to her?