Peggy Wynell Byars-Baisden was 23 and a mother of two when she vanished after leaving her Highland City, Florida, home on the evening of April 2, 1965. She was headed to the Chatterbox Bar near Eaton Park on Highway 98, driving a light green 1959 Chevrolet coupe. Witnesses saw her in the bar parking lot with an unidentified Caucasian man who appeared to be helping with a mechanical problem on her car; that sighting is the last confirmed one. Neither Peggy nor her vehicle has been seen since, and her family reported her missing the following day.

At the time she worked as a waitress and was raising her children after a divorce. Loved ones say it was uncharacteristic for her to abandon the children, and investigators have long considered the possibility of foul play. Some have noted a geographic similarity between Peggy’s disappearance and that of Mary Margaret Cook in 1970, but authorities have found no evidence linking the two cases beyond location and both women being young mothers on the same street. Anyone who knew Peggy, saw her car, or has information about that evening is asked to come forward.