Maria Anjiras, 14, was last seen at her Milwood Road home in Norwalk, Connecticut on the afternoon of February 12, 1976. Her father saw her about 2:15 p.m. before leaving for work; they may have argued that day. Maria was a freshman at Norwalk High School with plans for a vocal lesson and an evening babysitting job but never arrived.

Some money and several items of clothing, including pajamas, jeans, and sweaters, were missing from her room, and her blue English Racer bicycle was found about a mile away near a friend’s house. Several followup sightings were reported in Norwalk and nearby streets, including an August 1976 sighting at a Westport Avenue bar where a classmate said Maria was with a man linked to the Charter Oaks Motorcycle Club. A later identification tied to the clubhouse proved to be a different girl.

Maria’s parents died in the 1980s without knowing what happened; siblings still seek answers.