On July 25, 1985, fifteen-year-old Fawn Marlene Abell and her eighteen-year-old sister Rozlin left their home in Bethany, Oklahoma, saying they were going to look for jobs and never returned. The sisters lived near Northwest 59th and Rockwell; Fawn is described as petite, five feet one inch and one hundred pounds, with red hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing long, multicolored earrings. As they walked out, their brother Otto Abell Jr. overheard one of them say Hurry up, they’re waiting for us down the street, the last known words from either girl.

The case was initially treated as a runaway matter and Rozlin’s disappearance was not formally reported at first because she was legally an adult. In March 2010 a Bethany Police Department lieutenant reopened active investigations and both sisters were entered into national missing persons databases. The family reports neither sister’s Social Security number has been used since 1985. Allegations of abuse by the girls’ father, Otto Abell Sr., have been made by an older half-sister, and the sisters’ habit of hitchhiking has led family members to fear foul play; a suspected link to serial killer Royal Russell Long was later ruled out because he was incarcerated at the time.

The investigation remains open. Did anyone in Bethany or the surrounding area remember seeing Fawn or Rozlin in late July 1985 or have information that could help resolve what happened?