Lauren Gail Andersen was 20 when she was last seen at her parents’ home in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, on the evening of Sunday, November 15, 1981. At about 6:15 p.m. an unknown person in a vehicle picked her up; she left quietly and did not tell her parents. She had recently bought milk and gasoline, reportedly preparing for the upcoming work week at Fabri-Tek Inc., and she took her checkbook and car keys. Her car remained at her parents’ house and her checking account was never used again.

Lauren left behind most personal items, including clothing, a toothbrush, and medication for tonsillitis. She had returned to live with her parents only weeks earlier after two years living independently and had plans to move to Austin, Texas, to live with her sister the following April. Friends said she enjoyed motorcycles, yoga, pool, and rock music and frequented the Cardinal Bar in Minneapolis. Her case is officially listed as an endangered missing person and is being investigated as a possible homicide; a 2002 search of a vacant home of a former boyfriend is among later investigative steps.

Did anyone who knew Lauren or who was in the St. Louis Park or Minneapolis area that November remember seeing her or the vehicle that picked her up?