Sandra Spoon, 57, was last seen the evening of August 28, 2005, in Joplin, Missouri. She left the residence she shared with her sister around 10:00 p.m., accompanying a coworker to a gathering on Pearl Street. Witnesses say Edward G. Monroe made advances that Spoon rejected; later he offered her a ride in his brown four-door 1981 Oldsmobile Omega and told someone he intended to spend the night with her. Monroe returned alone to the Pearl Street home within two to four hours.

Monroe told Joplin police he had dropped Sandra at the corner of 22nd and Byers, about a block from her home, and that they had driven around the Pearl Street area. A witness reported seeing Monroe walk out of a wooded area near Shoal Creek to his car. The Oldsmobile was later found in the 2800 block of Picher in Joplin. Sandra, a nurse’s aide at the Meadows Care Center, never returned home or went to work and was reported missing two days later.

Sandra is described as a white female, 5 feet 5 inches, about 100 pounds, with red or brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She had previous facial fractures, double-pierced ears, wore a full set of dentures, and was carrying a small black purse when last seen.

If anyone knew Sandra, saw her that night, or has information about her whereabouts, please share what you know.