Gail Lorraine Joiner was 13 when she vanished from Thonotosassa, Florida, on September 22, 1972. That afternoon she came home from school, had a snack, and left to walk her pet raccoon Bandit. Witnesses placed her standing by a white car at the edge of a work area, but no one saw her get into the vehicle. Neither Gail nor Bandit were ever seen again.

Her family had recently moved from Michigan and described her as close with her siblings and with no apparent reason to run away. The investigation drew several confessions over time, including one from Gerald Stano, but those admissions were either recanted or lacked corroboration. Searches based on a suspect’s statements turned up no remains, and the case remains open.

Did anyone in Thonotosassa or the surrounding area in September 1972 ever see Gail, Bandit, or the white car near that work area?