In the late summer of 1978 eight-year-old Amy Lee Fandel and her 13-year-old brother Scott vanished from the rural Sterling, Alaska, cabin where they lived with their mother, Margaret. On the night of September 4 the children were dropped back at the cabin around 10:00 p.m., went next door to play with the Lupton children, and were seen back at their own cabin with the lights on about 11:45 p.m. Their mother and her sister returned between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m.; the cabin was then dark. The next day the children failed to show up for school and were reported missing that afternoon.

Searchers combed the dense woods and investigators followed multiple leads. Inside the cabin a pot of water boiled on the stove and an open can of tomatoes and macaroni suggested Scott had been interrupted while preparing a snack. Bullet casings were found outside the home; the father, Roger Fandel, traveled to Alaska and was initially a person of interest but reportedly had an alibi and was not linked to the disappearance. Two carnival workers were also questioned. The family cabin later burned down and the disappearances remain unsolved.

Does anyone who lived in Sterling in 1978 remember anything about that night or the people who came through the area?