Mindi Chambers was 17 when she vanished from Tempe, Arizona in the autumn of 1982. On the morning of October 19 she walked her two younger stepsisters to school from the stepmother’s home on the 2100 block of East University Avenue; when the sisters returned later that day the front door was open and Mindi was gone. Her purse and identification were left behind.

Three days before her disappearance she had reported to police that her father, Allen Chambers, had sexually abused her for about five years; Child Protective Services placed her with her stepmother, who was then divorcing Allen. A Circle K clerk reported seeing Mindi make a phone call and then a man in a green and tan station wagon grab her and force her into the vehicle. Mindi’s half-sister said Allen Chambers drove a station wagon like that. Allen Chambers died in a car crash in 1994 and was never officially named a suspect.

The case remains open with the Mesa Police Department. Does anyone have memories or information about Mindi, the station wagon, or that area of East University Avenue in 1982?