Michele Fawcett, 35, was last seen in June 1997 near the Donegal exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A West Homestead resident, she worked two jobs as a restaurant server and a convenience store cashier and had been clean for several years after completing a methadone program. Michele had long brown hair, brown eyes, wore glasses, and did not drive.

On June 27, 1997, she was with a man she had known a few months, former dentist Robert M. Weston, who used the nickname Dr. Bob. Weston told authorities they went to Philadelphia the evening she was last seen and that the next morning he dropped her at a phone booth near Vincent’s Plaza at the Irwin exit of the turnpike. No witnesses confirmed seeing her there, and her sister reported her missing three days later after Michele missed her usual contact with family. Her Social Security number hasn’t been used since.

Investigators have struggled with little physical evidence or credible leads. They examined possible links between Michele’s disappearance and several unsolved late-1990s homicides of women in the area, but no connection has been established. Her family believes foul play was involved. Does anyone who knew Michele or was in the Donegal or Irwin area in late June 1997 have information that could help?