Susan Robin Bender was 15 when she disappeared from the Greyhound bus station in Modesto, California, on April 25, 1986. She had told friends and family she planned to go to Carmel to visit friends. Witnesses say she made a phone call at the station and was later seen getting into an olive-green van instead of boarding the bus. She has not been seen since.

Items belonging to Susan — including her diary, address book, and some clothing — were later recovered at a suspect’s home, but investigators did not develop substantial leads at the time. Decades later the case was reopened and in 2023 Raymond Lewis Stafford, who rented the van Susan entered, was arrested and charged with her murder; Stafford allegedly confessed to strangling a woman and burying the body near Yosemite National Park, yet Susan’s remains have not been located. The disappearance remains unsolved and investigators continue to seek information.

If anyone has memories of the Modesto bus station, the olive-green van, or Susan’s movements in April 1986, can you share what you know?