Erin Marie Gilbert, 24, disappeared from the Girdwood Forest Fair in Girdwood, Alaska, on July 1, 1995. She had been living in Anchorage about a year, working as a nanny and planning cosmetology school; friends described her as responsible and kind with ambitions to write. Erin was on a first date with a man named David Combs and was last seen in the early evening at the fair’s beer garden wearing a black leather jacket, black and white striped shirt, black jeans, and brown mountain boots.

Combs says they left the fair about 6:00 p.m., returned to his car with a dead battery, and he left to walk to a friend’s house for help. He was gone roughly two hours; when he returned Erin was no longer at the vehicle. He searched the fair until about 1:00 a.m. and later contacted her sister when Erin did not return home. Family searches and an Alaska State Troopers search with helicopters and dogs turned up no trace. Foul play is suspected and her family believes she is deceased.

Does anyone who attended the Girdwood Forest Fair that evening or who knew Erin have information that could help resolve what happened?