Mary Teresa Kushto, 43, was last seen in the early hours of May 5, 1998, leaving Cindy’s Lounge on Pennsylvania Avenue in St. Cloud after an argument with her boyfriend. She never returned and has not been heard from since. Her husband, Guy Tuck Kushto Jr., reported her missing on May 29 and told a bartender he thought his wife might have been harmed; he admitted to mistreating Mary but passed a polygraph and was cleared of involvement.

At the time Mary disappeared she had left Guy and was staying with friends. Investigators have long suspected foul play. Christopher Below, a convicted criminal who was in the St. Cloud area in the late 1990s and was linked to other disappearances, has been considered a possible suspect, but no concrete evidence ties him to Mary’s case. Mary left behind children and family in Pennsylvania and was known to be in regular contact with them, which made her sudden silence especially alarming.

Does anyone who knew Mary in 1998, or who was in St. Cloud that night, have information that could help explain what happened to her?