Anne Marie Kirrane, known as Nancy, was 55 when she left her lifelong home in Philadelphia in late summer 1985 and headed west. The last confirmed sighting was the morning of September 12, 1985, when she checked out of a motel in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Later that day her blue 1982 Datsun was found abandoned along State Route 56, about five miles west of Pleasantville. The keys were in the ignition and her purse and traveler’s checks remained inside.

A recently purchased sweater believed to be hers, with the price tag still attached, was found roughly 300 yards from the car. K-9 units traced scent from the sweater to the vehicle and then to the road edge, where the trail stopped, prompting investigators to consider she may have accepted a ride. A newspaper with apartment ads circled led to confirmation she’d contacted someone in Johnstown about renting the day before she vanished, but no further contact followed. Despite searches and publicity her whereabouts remain unknown and the Pennsylvania State Police keep the case open.

Did anyone in Bedford County or along State Route 56 remember seeing Anne or her car in September 1985, or recall a blue 1982 Datsun left on the roadside?