Michelle Hochman was 15 when she vanished with her entire family from their Northridge home on Lassen Street. The family — mother Elaine Salomon, stepfather Sol Salomon, and younger brother Mitchel Salomon — disappeared on October 12, 1982. Items belonging to the family, including passports and wallets, were later found scattered along a freeway near Acton, and investigators reported small blood splatters at the home, circumstances described as suggesting foul play.

Investigators focused on Harvey Rader, a business associate of Sol Salomon, as the prime suspect. Prosecutors argued Rader killed Sol after a dispute over a $20,000 investment in Rader’s car business and that Elaine and the children were killed because they knew Sol had been with Rader that night. Rader’s case ended in two mistrials, and he was acquitted in 1992 for lack of concrete evidence.

The family’s bodies have never been found and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Michelle or the Salomon family, their routines, associates, or saw anything around October 12, 1982, please share information that might help finally resolve what happened.