Laura Lynn Thompson was 15 and a young mother when she disappeared from New Castle, Pennsylvania. She was last seen January 7, 1993, reportedly on her way to play cards with two acquaintances, Joseph N. Marshall Jr. and Sean M. McDonough. At the time she was described as a white female, red hair, blue eyes, 5 feet 6 inches, about 140 pounds, with a light-colored birthmark on the back of her neck at the hairline.

Her disappearance was initially classified as a runaway despite having no history of running and leaving no personal belongings. The case went cold for many years until 2010, when Shannon Marshall, then the wife of Joseph Marshall, began cooperating with police. She recorded conversations in which her husband and McDonough were implicated; Shannon said she was told the men took Laura to a cabin in Shenango Township where McDonough stabbed her, they buried her in a shallow grave, and later returned to move the remains. Searches have not recovered Laura’s body.

Does anyone from New Castle or Shenango Township remember Laura or have information about where she was taken that January night?