In late summer 1978, 13-year-old Scott Fandel and his 8-year-old sister Amy were left alone in their rural Sterling, Alaska, cabin after their mother, Margaret, and aunt, Cathy Schonfelder, returned to a local bar the night of September 4. Neighbors saw lights in the cabin around 11:45 p.m. Scott was last seen wearing a striped t-shirt and jeans. When Margaret and Cathy returned between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. the lights were out; a pot of water was boiling on the stove and macaroni and an open can of tomatoes were on the counter, as if a late-night snack had been prepared.

Neither child attended school the next day and the Alaska State Troopers were notified that afternoon. An intensive search of the surrounding woods and repeated investigative leads yielded no trace of Scott or Amy. Bullet casings were found near the cabin but could not be tied to the disappearances; their father Roger Fandel had an alibi for that night and was not linked by evidence, and two carnival workers seen locally denied involvement.

Does anyone who lived in Sterling in 1978 recall unusual activity near Scout Lake Road that night or information about the carnival workers?