Holly Ann Hughes, age 7, vanished from Staten Island on the evening of July 15, 1981. Her mother had sent her to a nearby deli to buy soap; Holly was last seen at about 9:30 p.m. near Richmond Terrace and Park Avenue and never returned home. Witnesses reported seeing her at the deli and possibly near a green Volkswagen owned by Andre Rand.

Andre Rand, a local man with a history of child-related crimes and a convicted child sex offender, was considered a prime suspect. Witnesses placed him driving in the area that night and some said they saw Holly in his vehicle. In 2004 Rand was charged and convicted of first-degree kidnapping in connection with Holly’s disappearance. Holly’s body has never been found, and she remains missing. The case is linked to a series of unsolved child abductions on Staten Island in which Rand has been implicated.

Did anyone on Staten Island in July 1981 see Holly, the green Volkswagen, or have other information that could help explain what happened to her?