Shirley McKeown, 71, was last seen leaving her Kansas City, Missouri home around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 24, 2002, en route to her daughter’s house roughly seven miles away. She was actively helping with the daughter’s home remodeling and had planned to supervise painters that morning. Shirley was a retired nurse in excellent health who used a pacemaker and would not have left without notifying anyone.

Her daughter reported Shirley missing on August 25 after neighbors found Shirley’s dog left outside and her Sunday newspaper still in the yard, and the back door of the house unlocked. There was no activity on Shirley’s bank accounts or credit cards after her disappearance. On September 3 a white 1990 Cadillac Deville belonging to Shirley was found abandoned and concealed in a vacant lot, covered with a tarp and branches; a large amount of Shirley’s blood was in the backseat and the vehicle’s special Missouri plates (MCQ-N) were missing. Police say foul play is suspected and the case is being investigated as a homicide; no body has been recovered and no charges have been filed.

If anyone knew Shirley, saw her Cadillac, or has information about the vehicle or where her plates might have gone, please share what is known.