Angela Mae Rader was 14 when she vanished from Roanoke, Virginia, after being dropped off at William Ruffner Junior High School on February 7, 1977. She was last seen that day with her friend Tammy Akers; both girls reportedly hitchhiked with the stated intention of going to Florida and never attended classes. Angela is described as having brown hair, blue eyes and a distinctive protruding left eye.

Both girls had a history of running away, and the cases were initially treated as runaways. As time passed without contact, concern increased. Months later one mother received an unverified phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, and there were unconfirmed grocery store sightings. Both girls had worked for a family friend, Earl Conrad Bramblett, and later remarks he allegedly made at a 1980 party heightened suspicions, though he was never charged in connection with these disappearances.

The investigation remains open. If anyone knew Angela, Tammy, their movements around February 1977, or the people they worked for, please share information with investigators.