Margaret Ann Hayes, 22, disappeared from Bloomington, Indiana, after leaving her rooming house at 11:00 p.m. on March 10, 1977. She walked on Atwater Street to buy cigarettes at a nearby shop called Caveat Emptor, about four blocks away. Margaret completed seven semesters at Indiana University and had been taking a semester off to consider changing her major.

Her apartment was found orderly with personal items left behind, including her checkbook, clothes, and student identification card. Described as quiet and cautious and unlikely to willingly get into a stranger’s car, she purchased the cigarettes but never returned and has not been seen since. Searches and investigations produced no significant leads and the disappearance remains unsolved.

If anyone was in the Atwater Street area that night or remembers seeing Margaret or anything unusual near Caveat Emptor, please come forward with information.