Ricky Beard, 19, and his girlfriend Mary Leonard, 17, disappeared after a date in Akron, Ohio, on August 24, 1979. They were at the Astro Drive-In in Cuyahoga Falls that night, were later seen with friends in a bowling alley parking lot, and were heard on Mary’s front steps; the next morning neither was home. Ricky’s car was found soon after, partially parked in an abandoned garage a few miles from their homes and showing bullet damage.

Nearly six years later, in May 1985, utility workers digging a trench along Riverview Road uncovered the couple’s remains in a secluded lovers’ lane area. Both were still wearing the clothes from the night they vanished and had been shot and stabbed. Police considered several leads over the years, including serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards, an angry homeowner who owned the property where the bodies were found, and members of a motorcycle gang; Edwards denied involvement before his death. Investigators have also examined whether the killings occurred near the garage and the bodies were moved, but no definitive evidence has been reported and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone who knew Ricky or Mary that summer notice suspicious vehicles or people around Riverview Road, the abandoned garage, or the bowling alley parking lot?