Ada Jane Groomes was 54 when she disappeared from Scottdale, Pennsylvania. She was last seen October 7, 1988, at Groomes Transit Company, the school-bus business she co-owned with her estranged husband, Donald Groomes. Reports describe her as having blonde hair and blue eyes; she was reportedly wearing blue jeans and a peach-colored jacket. She had planned to visit her mother in Butler for a birthday and to attend a square-dancing event the following weekend, but never arrived.

Her personal effects and recently purchased groceries were left at home, and by December 1988 authorities had shifted the inquiry from a missing person to a homicide investigation; her body has never been found. The disappearance occurred amid a bitter divorce that included allegations of infidelity and physical abuse, and Ada had obtained protection orders against her husband. He told police he last saw her leaving in a 30-foot mobile home and later claimed she had gone to Arizona to join a cult; the family found that claim unbelievable. The mobile home turned up in Tampa in 1989, producing no answers. A grand jury met in 1992 but issued no indictments; Ada was declared legally deceased in 1996. The case remains open and unsolved.

Does anyone have memories, records, or information about Ada’s movements in October 1988 that could help this investigation?