Richard Keith Call, known as Keith, was 20 and a student at Christopher Newport College when he and 18-year-old Cassandra Hailey went on their first date on the evening of April 9, 1988. They were last seen leaving a party in the University Square area of Newport News in the early morning hours of April 10. Later that day Keith’s red 1982 Toyota Celica was found abandoned at the York River Overlook on the Colonial Parkway. Keys were on the driver’s seat, his wallet was in the backseat, a watch and eyeglasses sat on the dashboard, and most of the clothing the couple had been wearing plus Cassandra’s purse were inside the car; her wallet was missing.

The clothing removed from the scene and other details matched patterns seen in related cases along the parkway. Extensive searches of the area and the York River turned up no trace of Keith or Cassandra. Authorities have investigated many leads over the years; in January 2024 DNA linked a deceased local fisherman, Alan Wade Wilmer Sr., to several Colonial Parkway victims, but no public confirmation ties him definitively to Keith and Cassandra.

Does anyone who knew Keith or Cassandra, or who was in the University Square or Colonial Parkway area that night, have information to share?