Kristi OPry was 26 and pregnant when she vanished from Shreveport, Louisiana, after leaving her sister’s home the evening of July 19, 1996. She accepted a ride from Eric Dale Mickelson in his white 1971 Chevrolet Fleetside pickup; the two were seen leaving about 8:00 p.m. and Mickelson later said he dropped her at South Park Mall around 8:30 p.m. She never returned and left behind her makeup, toothbrush and her three-year-old daughter — belongings her family says she would not have voluntarily abandoned.

Initial investigation produced significant gaps: mall security did not recall her being dropped off, phone records did not support a reported payphone call at a Circle K, and her live-in boyfriend did not report her missing until July 23. Mickelson was long considered the prime suspect and refused a polygraph at the time. In 2007, while jailed on an unrelated murder charge, Mickelson confessed to strangling Kristi and said he disposed of her body in a pond on his property, later moving remains to other locations. Authorities drained and searched the pond and reported finding evidence they said corroborated his account; Mickelson was charged in August 2007. Kristi’s remains have not been recovered.

Does anyone have information about Kristi’s last evening in Shreveport or remember seeing Mickelson’s white 1971 pickup that night?