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Robin Murphy was 17 when she vanished from Carmel, New York, on April 9, 1995. She left to meet her boyfriend for dinner but stopped at the ShopRite Plaza on Route 52; witnesses last saw her walking through the plaza about 7:30 p.m. Her borrowed car was found parked near the Burger King in the plaza and, several days later, her keys, wallet and purse were recovered in a grassy area behind the shopping center.

Investigators long suspected foul play and searched local ponds and the nearby Tilly Foster mine without finding her. A later suspect, Howard Gombert, a convicted criminal serving a 30-year sentence for unrelated sexual assault charges, had Robin’s underwear in his possession with her DNA on it; he said he had taken the items from a laundromat where he worked. No charges in Robin’s disappearance have ever been filed.

Robin was described as 5 feet 9 inches, 140 pounds, with dyed black hair and blue eyes; she was wearing ripped black jeans, a plaid flannel shirt and black boots when last seen. Does anyone who lived or worked near the ShopRite Plaza in April 1995 remember seeing Robin or her car that evening?