Karen Sue Laird was 33 when she vanished from Tampa, Florida, on August 5, 1994. She was last seen at her residence near Nebraska Avenue getting into a black Chevrolet Blazer with an unidentified white man, described as about 35 to 45, thinning hair, who said he was a long-distance trucker. That is the last confirmed sighting; Karen has not been seen or heard from since.

At the time she disappeared Karen was struggling with alcohol dependency and health problems that required regular medication. She left behind her car and uncashed Social Security disability checks, and her family says she would not have voluntarily vanished without contacting them. She had a pending DUI court date twelve days after she went missing, but the family does not believe she disappeared to avoid the charge. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate.

Did anyone in the Tampa area in August 1994 see a black Chevrolet Blazer or a trucker fitting that description near Nebraska Avenue?