Susan Smalley was 18 when she vanished from Carrollton, Texas, on March 20, 1988, together with her friend and classmate Stacie Madison. The two had spent the night at Susan’s home and left early in the morning in Stacie’s 1967 green and gold Mustang after visiting the Steak and Ale where Susan worked. Witnesses said the pair had tried to buy beer at a 7-Eleven that night and were refused because of their age.

Stacie’s Mustang was discovered the next day locked and abandoned at a Dallas strip mall with the girls’ personal items still inside, but there was no sign of either young woman. Investigators followed numerous leads over the years, including a suspicious confession from Stacie’s boyfriend that he later recanted, but no significant breakthroughs have been reported. Both families remain devastated and the disappearances are an active cold case.

If anyone knew Susan or Stacie, saw the Mustang after March 20, 1988, or has information that could help, please come forward to investigators.