Edna Glaze, 80, disappeared from Brevard, North Carolina, on March 19, 1996. That morning she left her family’s home to walk to a nearby hardware store, accepted a ride to the Brevard Music Center area near the family’s old homestead, and was last seen there. She had Alzheimer’s disease and poor hearing and vision. At the time she vanished she was wearing a purple coat, a red blouse, red pants, a red beret and, as was her custom, a black wig.

Searchers looked for nine days; at times more than 200 volunteers and authorities scoured the area but found no sign of her. Investigators later came to suspect foul play. In 2000 a man named Michael Owen confessed to her murder; renewed searches he led produced no remains. Owen was charged in 2013, but those charges were dismissed in October 2014 for a speedy-trial violation, and no resolution has been reached.

Anyone who knew Edna, remembers her that week in March 1996, or saw anything near the Brevard Music Center that day is asked to come forward with information.