Phylicia Albina Thomas was 22 when she disappeared from Lake Township, Pennsylvania, after finishing a late shift at a Pump-N-Pantry on February 11, 2004. Coworkers said she left in good spirits between 11:30 p.m. and midnight and a coworker drove her to the home she shared with her boyfriend, Ed Rudaski. Rudaski told police he was asleep on the couch when she arrived, said she asked for a beer that was on his ATV, then went back to sleep; when he awoke about an hour later, Phylicia was gone without her purse or coat and there were no signs of forced entry or a struggle.

Police questioned and cleared both the coworker and Rudaski. Investigators noted a possible link to the earlier 2001 disappearance of Phylicia’s friend Jennifer Barziloski. Steven Martin, a friend of Rudaski and the last person known to see Jennifer, said he spoke with Phylicia by phone the night she vanished. Martin later died by suicide in custody in 2005 while serving time for an unrelated vehicular homicide; Jennifer’s skull was found in 2010 near where Martin had lived. Police have long suspected foul play in Phylicia’s case, but it remains unsolved.

Does anyone who knew Phylicia, Jennifer, or those connected to them have information that could help fill the gaps in this timeline?