Karen Denise Wells was 23 when she left Haskell, Oklahoma, on April 10, 1994, for a cross-country trip to New Jersey. She left her 14-month-old son with her parents and drove a rented white 1993 Plymouth Acclaim. After getting lost and driving long hours, she checked into the Pike Motel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on April 12 and spoke by phone around 8:00 p.m. to a friend, Melissa, saying she would get food at a nearby McDonald’s and then sleep. A motel employee saw her drive away; that was the last confirmed sighting.

Shortly after midnight Melissa found Karen’s room unlocked and full of her belongings: a suitcase open on the bed, the room key, and a bed that did not appear to have been slept in. Early that morning the rented car was found abandoned about 35 miles away on Route 274 in Perry County.

Investigators suspect foul play but have had few solid leads. An unconfirmed November 1994 report claimed a woman saying she was Karen phoned someone, but law enforcement does not believe that call came from her. Her son was raised by his grandparents, and Karen was declared legally dead in 1994. Does anyone have information about her route, the extra miles on the odometer, or sightings from mid-April 1994?