Ann Linda Riffin, 33, went missing on September 13, 1982, while on a short vacation in the mountains near Mora, New Mexico. Originally from Montclair, New Jersey, she had moved to New Mexico only months earlier and was working in Ruidoso. She planned to visit relatives in Colorado Springs.

Ann’s white Chevrolet hatchback was found stuck in a ditch on September 21, 1982, near Holman Hill along Highway 3, a remote and rugged stretch. The car held clothing and painting supplies but not her purse, and there were reported to be no signs of foul play. A witness later said they saw someone matching Ann’s description at a gas station about ten miles from where the vehicle was recovered, but that lead produced no breakthrough. Bloodhounds and searches failed to locate her, and there has been no activity on her bank or credit accounts since.

Family and local authorities have considered theories from abduction to an accident or getting lost in the wilderness, but Ann’s whereabouts remain unknown. Did anyone in the Mora, Holman Hill or Highway 3 area remember seeing Ann or her hatchback that September?