Carla Beth Anderson, 23, was last seen on November 13, 1987, in Wadena, Minnesota. That evening she celebrated learning she would be named Employee of the Month at Hardee’s by going out to dinner with her mother and stepfather; they dropped her at her apartment about 7:30 p.m. Evidence indicates she made it inside, drank a soda and began watching a movie, but she was never seen or heard from again.

Her apartment showed no signs of a struggle; the only items missing were her keys and her Hardee’s jacket, and the apartment door was found locked from the outside. A fire burning in a nearby swamp that night led some to speculate she may have gone out to see it and encountered foul play, but no direct evidence supports that theory. A brown Plymouth Horizon was stolen from a nearby location the same night and never recovered; police have not confirmed a connection. Investigators cleared family and a boyfriend and, despite extensive searches and efforts, no significant leads have emerged and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Wadena remember seeing Carla that night or know anything about the stolen Plymouth Horizon?