Marilyn Niqui McCown, 28, disappeared after a trip to a laundromat in Richmond, Indiana, on July 22, 2001. She had dropped her 9-year-old daughter at her mother’s home, went to do laundry, returned to report being harassed by two men, then went back to retrieve her clothes and was never seen again. Her family reported her missing later that day.

Suspicion focused on her fiancé, Robert Webster, who days later canceled the wedding, sought a refund from the reception hall, and tried to return the rings; he reportedly failed a polygraph but investigators did not find concrete evidence tying him to the disappearance. Niqui’s 1990 GMC Jimmy turned up months later in Dayton, Ohio, at an apartment complex where an ex-boyfriend lived; it had been tampered with and still contained her laundry but showed no obvious signs of a struggle. Another person of interest was coworker Tommy Swint, who was later linked to an unrelated murder and died by suicide in 2010 while police prepared to arrest him in that case.

Authorities consider foul play likely, and Niqui’s family continues to seek answers and to hold memorials and community events in her memory. If anyone knew Marilyn, saw her that day, or has information about the laundromat encounter or her car’s discovery, please come forward.