Patricia ’Patty’ Alice Faulkner, 35, vanished from her Marietta, Georgia home after an October 9, 1977 late‑night argument with her husband of eighteen years, Richard ’Wayne’ Faulkner. The children woke the next morning to no breakfast and their mother missing; Wayne told police she had left in anger but did not report her missing for three days. Authorities initially treated the disappearance as a voluntary departure, so the family home was not fully searched.

Two weeks later Wayne reported locating Patricia’s blue 1977 Buick Riviera at Hartsfield International Airport and said there were no signs of foul play; police relied on his account and did not examine the car. Patricia had left behind clothing, money, credit cards and a four‑carat diamond wedding ring. The case went cold until it was reopened in 1990 and Wayne was named the primary suspect; he was never charged. A skeletal discovery in Marietta in June 1993 was investigated but ultimately ruled not to be Patricia.

What did neighbors, airport personnel or others in Marietta remember about Patricia or that Riviera in October 1977?