Janice Potts, a 40-year-old divorced mother of three who was four months pregnant, disappeared from her Harrison, Arkansas, home in late summer 1981. She worked the night shift at a local factory and was seen by one of her sons in bed on the morning of August 28, 1981, resting after work. That was the last time any of her children saw her.

When her sons returned from school that afternoon they found the house unlocked and empty. The interior looked frozen in mid‑routine: a pot of beans simmering on the stove, a utility light on, and an iron plugged in and hot. There were no signs of a struggle or forced entry. Her car was later found in a mall parking lot with her purse and a sweater inside, but her keys and pocketbook were missing. A note left on the ironing board said she had gone to a department store and would be home soon.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas State Police conducted extensive searches of nearby rural areas but found no trace. No suspects have been publicly named, and the family continues to seek answers. Did anyone in Harrison or Boone County at the time remember seeing Janice, her car, or the note that afternoon?