Mitchel Weiser, 16, and his 15-year-old girlfriend Bonita Bickwit vanished on July 27, 1973, after being seen hitchhiking on State Route 97 near Narrowsburg, New York. They were headed to the Summer Jam Festival at Watkins Glen and were said to be carrying backpacks, sleeping bags, and a sign reading Watkins Glen when a truck driver picked them up—the last person known to have seen them.

Both teens came from stable, middle-class Jewish families; Mitchel worked as a photography assistant and Bonita was a mother’s helper at Camp Wel-Met. Authorities briefly considered the possibility they had run away, but families rejected that explanation. Over the years investigators pursued multiple leads, including a 2000 claim by a man named Allyn Smith that he had seen the couple drown in the Susquehanna River; that account was never fully verified. Original case files, including dental records, have been lost, hampering identification efforts.

The disappearance remains unsolved. If anyone knew Mitchel or Bonita, saw them in late July 1973, or has information that could help, please come forward.