Barbara Rushton, 45, left her home on Old Forest Road in Vestavia Hills and drove away in a white 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit to a routine 15-minute card game. She never arrived. Her husband, who watched her leave, reported her missing after friends called to say she hadn’t shown up, and searches for both Barbara and the car turned up nothing.

In the days before she vanished, family described a behavioral change: a blank stare, upset and crying, and an argument with her husband the day before. She had resigned from her job and both she and her husband planned to leave their jobs and take several trips; nevertheless she left all personal effects, about $4,000 in a bank account, and her credit cards and Social Security number showed no further activity.

Investigators conducted extensive ground and aerial searches and interviewed family, friends, and coworkers. Theories have included disorientation from Type 1 diabetes because she had no insulin with her, the possibility of voluntarily starting a new life, and foul play. No concrete evidence has emerged and the Volkswagen Rabbit has never been found. Does anyone who knew Barbara or saw that car on the evening of her disappearance have information to share?