Seventeen-year-old Sandy Pathresa Rea disappeared after an evening out in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on September 19, 1984. She left a friend’s house intending to walk to a convenience store, accepted a ride from acquaintances to the Windsor Bowling Alley where her cousin worked, and was last seen leaving the bowling alley around 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. She spoke with her cousin, made a series of phone calls seeking a ride to a party, and asked her cousin for a lift, but he could not leave work. Who she left with is unknown.

Sandy had recently moved out of her mother’s home and was supporting herself with restaurant jobs while attending Shawnee High School, where she was president of the Vocational Industrial Club of America. She was wearing a gray cropped SHS shirt, pink jogging pants, and flip-flops. Her purse and other belongings were left behind. Descriptions note brown hair and eyes, freckles, and a right ear smaller than the left that bends downward at the top. Investigators initially classified her as a runaway but reclassified her as a missing adult in January 1985 after she turned 18.

If anyone knew Sandy, saw her the night of September 19, 1984, or has information about who she may have left with, please come forward.