Michelle Doherty Thomas was 17 when she was last seen on October 5, 1985, in Alta Loma, Texas (now part of Santa Fe). After finishing a shift at a gas station she went home, then left again with two male acquaintances, Carlos Garcia Jr. and Warren Lyn Richardson, saying they were headed to meet friends at a nightclub on Galveston Island. She never arrived at the club and her family reported her missing two days later; her baby son’s first birthday fell the day after her disappearance.

Garcia and Richardson first told police Michelle left voluntarily with two other men at a convenience store, then later said she had been abducted. Both men were indicted for aggravated kidnapping in December 1985, but the case never went to trial because prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence. Michelle had acted as a police informant in a drug bust earlier that year and had burglary charges dropped after cooperating, prompting speculation her disappearance might be connected to that involvement. Authorities suspect foul play, and her case is classified as endangered.

Did anyone on Galveston Island or in Alta Loma know Michelle, her acquaintances, or the nightclub she was said to be meeting at?