Cheryl Ann Scherer was 19 when she vanished from her workplace in Scott City, Missouri, on the evening of April 17, 1979. She was working a shift at a self-service gas station about a half-mile off Interstate 55 and was last seen there. Cheryl is described as about five feet tall, 100 pounds, with red/auburn shoulder-length hair and blue eyes; distinctive marks include a dime-sized mole between her shoulder blades and a smaller mole half an inch from her navel. That night she wore a light blue slip-on sweater with white trim, a dark sky blue windbreaker with a white-trimmed hood, and medium brown corduroy pants, plus small pierced earrings, a silver ring with a tiny diamond, and a yellow gold necklace with a one-inch cross.

Her car, keys, and purse were found at the station, and more than $400 was missing from the business while just over $100 remained, a detail that has complicated the question of motive. Investigators reported no obvious signs of a struggle at the scene and no witnesses have come forward to explain what happened. The Scott County Sheriff’s Department opened the investigation; leads were followed over the years but the case has grown cold and remains an active missing person investigation.

Are there readers who remember Cheryl, worked at that station, or have any information about that April 1979 evening?