Maryanne Jane Ruffini was 27 when she disappeared from her Edison, New Jersey home in the early morning of a cold January day in 1996. A mother of two known to family as Missy, she left after an argument with her husband and was never seen or heard from again. Her husband filed for divorce in 1997.

At the time she went missing Maryanne was described as a white female with brown hair and bright blue eyes, standing between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches and weighing between 120 and 140 pounds. Distinctive scars were noted on both wrists and one under an eyebrow. She was believed to be wearing a New York Rangers team jacket, blue jeans, white tube socks, and white Nike sneakers, and may have been carrying a black handbag. Maryanne had bipolar disorder and past contacts in Inglewood, California, and friends in Australia; those leads produced no confirmed sightings.

The Edison Police Department opened the investigation and the case was entered into national missing persons databases; the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit is also listed on the file. No substantial leads are reported and the case grew cold, leaving her family with unanswered questions. If anyone knew Maryanne, her routines, or saw her after that January morning, please share what you know.