Amanda Lee Fravel, known as Mandi, disappeared from Las Vegas in June 1986 at age 20. She had moved to the city from California the year before, worked at a Taco Bell, and shared an apartment on South 3rd Street. She was last seen on Friday, June 13, 1986, after leaving to pick up her paycheck and visit an ex-boyfriend; she never collected the pay or arrived for the planned visit. A plane ticket home for June 14 had been paid for by her mother, but Amanda never took that flight.

When her parents came to Las Vegas a few weeks later they found her apartment packed up and her two kittens nearly starved—pets she loved and would not likely have left without care. The roommate, a man identified as Lew Frank in his late forties, drew suspicion because he gave conflicting personal details and no Nevada records were found under that name, though he was never officially named a suspect. The disappearance remains unsolved and foul play is strongly suspected.

Does anyone with memories of Las Vegas in 1986, knowledge of Lew Frank, or information about Amanda’s last movements have anything to add?