Angelica Maria Gandara was 11 when she vanished from Temple, Texas. She was last seen on July 14, 1985, walking home from her grandmother’s house, a short distance from her own home. Witnesses reported a 1977 Chevrolet pickup in the area with a Caucasian man and woman inside; the truck was said to be in disrepair with red, white and blue paint.

The day before Angelica disappeared she had an unsettling encounter with a driver in a blue car who tried to give her a ride; she refused and did not tell her family about it. There were later unconfirmed sightings of a girl resembling Angelica in a San Antonio convenience store about 150 miles away. Over the years two convicted offenders, David Elliot Penton and Ramiro Rubi Ibarra, have been named as possible links, but no conclusive evidence ties either man to Angelica’s disappearance. Foul play is strongly suspected.

If anyone knew Angelica, saw the described pickup in Temple in July 1985, or has information that could help, please share what is known.