Cindy Lee Smith, 26, was last seen April 3, 1987, in Winter Haven, Florida. She lived with her boyfriend, William Donald Taylor, and her six-year-old son from a previous marriage. Cindy had reportedly planned to move in with her parents but never did. On the day she vanished she was seen leaving her job at a K-Mart and getting into Taylor’s car; Taylor later said she left with an unknown man and was headed to Daytona Beach. Cindy’s employer reported she missed work on April 6, and her family has said the investigation was slow to start.

About a month after she disappeared Cindy’s father found a bloodstained mattress in the home she shared with Taylor; police tested it using blood type methods available at the time and the evidence was discarded in the 1990s. Cindy left behind her car, pets, and a tax refund check, which her family says suggests she would not have left voluntarily. Taylor, who died in 2007, was considered a person of interest but was never charged. Foul play is suspected and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Cindy, her movements in early April 1987, or has information about Taylor’s car that day, can you help with leads?