Charlotte Heimann was a 27-year-old doctoral student at the University of Rochester who disappeared from Rochester, New York, after leaving the Rochester Psychiatric Center on October 30, 1981. She had checked into the facility for a 72-hour evaluation because she feared a man who had been threatening her and told staff she was staying mainly to avoid him. On the day she was scheduled for release, a man reportedly came to the hospital asking for her.

She was granted a four-hour pass to take care of personal matters, including paying her rent, but told a nurse she feared returning home because she suspected the man would be waiting for her. After leaving the hospital on that pass she was never seen again; her disability income remained untouched. Authorities did not open a missing person case until November 25, 1981, and no substantial leads have been reported since.

Did anyone know Charlotte’s movements or who might have been looking for her on October 30, 1981?