Angela Meeker was 13 when she vanished from Tacoma, Washington on July 7, 1979, two days before her 14th birthday. She left her family’s home on South 41st Street intending to walk to the Tacoma Mall to buy a birthday card for a friend and never returned. Descriptions note dark blonde, shoulder-length hair, hazel eyes, and clothing reported as jeans with either a blue flowered top or a blue or red satin jacket, thong sandals, and a black felt hat.

Initial responses treated her as a possible runaway because she had a history of truancy and running away briefly, and she was not officially listed missing for two years. Family members rejected that idea, saying she had plans, birthday presents at home and would not have willingly left. A male acquaintance later told police he gave her a ride and dropped her off near a Payless store close to the mall, which is considered her last confirmed sighting; other reports that she attended the party that evening remain unconfirmed. Detectives have suspected foul play and the case remains open and active.

Did anyone in Tacoma at the time remember seeing Angela near the mall or the Payless that afternoon?