In the early morning hours of June 6, 1986, four-year-old Jessica Gutierrez vanished from her family home in Lexington, South Carolina. Her mother, Debra Gutierrez, discovered the girl missing from the bed she shared with an older sister and found the house disturbed: a broken living room window, torn curtains, scattered papers, and the front door ajar. A six-year-old sister, Rebecca, told investigators a man wearing a magic hat took Jessica during the night, an image that became a central but puzzling clue.

Investigators conducted searches by land and air but found no trace of Jessica. A family acquaintance, Thomas Eric McDowell, who had briefly dated Debra and was known to wear a cowboy hat, emerged early as a person of interest. A fingerprint on the broken window was recovered and reports say McDowell later made incriminating statements while imprisoned, but authorities did not have enough evidence at the time to bring charges. The case grew cold, leaving Jessica’s whereabouts and fate unknown.

Does anyone remember details from Lexington in 1986 — people, vehicles, or sightings that might shed light on Jessica’s disappearance?