Carolyn Maryann Bealer, 25, of Garden Grove, California, disappeared on August 23, 1979. Her abandoned car was found on the Garden Grove Freeway with the lights still on. Later that day she phoned her brother, Larry Fox, saying she had been kidnapped and was being held for a $100,000 ransom; that call was the last time the family heard from her.

An acquaintance, Larry Donald Smith, admitted picking Bealer up from the freeway and became the case’s central figure. Smith was charged with abduction and, after trial testimony including a witness who saw him arguing with a young woman as they boarded a boat in Dana Point Harbor, was convicted in 1980 of her abduction and murder. Small bloodstains on Smith’s shirt matched Bealer’s blood type. Smith told investigators varying accounts, including that two men named Jack and Ray took Bealer from his boat, but authorities concluded foul play occurred and investigators believe her body was disposed of in the Pacific Ocean.

Does anyone have information about Carolyn’s last known movements in Dana Point or recall seeing a boat leave without an anchor that night?