Patricia Ford, 65, disappeared from Oldsmar, Florida, on January 26, 1982, after withdrawing $5,000 from a Tampa bank to buy antique figurines from a woman said to be moving into a nursing home. She never completed the sale and was not heard from again. Ford regularly worked the Oldsmar Flea Market and was engaged to be married; her disappearance was out of character.

Her 1976 Ford was found abandoned two blocks from her home on Lafayette Boulevard and National Orange Drive. Investigators noted the driver’s seat pushed unusually far back for her height and the seat cushion on the passenger-side floor, suggesting someone else may have driven and parked the car. No direct evidence of foul play was found at the scene, and the supposed seller was never located.

Ford had severe asthma but was otherwise in good health. Law enforcement regards the case as suspicious and has long suspected she may have been lured into a robbery or abduction. Does anyone have information about Patricia, the sale of antiques that day, or the woman who was said to be moving into a nursing home?