Teresa Dianne Shannon was 49 when she was last seen on the afternoon of February 4, 1999, leaving the Western Sizzlin Steakhouse in Lugoff after attending a Sistercare meeting. She drove away in a burgundy two-door 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass, South Carolina plate 605-CJY, and never arrived at a scheduled court appearance or her mother’s wedding; her mother reported her missing on February 14, 1999.

Teresa was in the middle of a contentious divorce and had survived a house fire the previous summer that destroyed her Kershaw County home. She never collected the $90,000 insurance payout, and she left behind personal items and medication for multiple sclerosis. Family members described her as a devoted mother, and her disappearance was described as out of character.

Foul play is suspected. Teresa’s husband was reported by her mother to have been abusive and was uncooperative with investigators; he died in 2011 and was never officially named as a suspect. Her burgundy Cutlass has never been found and the case remains open.

If anyone knew Teresa, saw that car after February 4, 1999, or has information about her disappearance, please come forward.