Michele Julson, 26, of Bismarck, North Dakota, disappeared on August 2, 1994. That afternoon she dropped her three-year-old son at his paternal grandfather’s home and said she would return in a few hours after running errands that included picking up a paycheck and possibly playing bingo. She never came back and was reported missing that evening by the child’s father and grandfather.

Six days later a light blue 1987 Ford Thunderbird registered to Michele was found abandoned at a Comfort Inn in Bismarck. The car looked clean except for a half-eaten sandwich on the front seat. Michele’s father later discovered scoria rock near the vehicle’s intake manifold, a material not commonly found in the Bismarck area. Before she vanished Michele had complained of being harassed by patrons at the Burnt Creek Club, where she worked as a blackjack dealer, and had requested a transfer.

Her case was briefly closed after a reported sighting at a Minnesota music festival that investigators later judged unlikely, and the case was reopened with foul play suspected. Michele’s disappearance remains unsolved. If anyone knew Michele, saw her or her Thunderbird around August 2, 1994, or has information about the Burnt Creek Club patrons then, please come forward.