Elaine Salomon, 39, vanished from her Northridge, California, home on October 12, 1982, along with her husband Sol Salomon, 35, their son Mitchell, 9, and Elaine’s daughter Michelle Hochman, 15. That evening Sol left about 6:00 PM saying he was headed to a car auction with a business associate, Harvey Rader. Around 11:30 PM Elaine was on the phone and told a friend Harvey was at the door; that call was the last known contact.

Police found two of the family’s vehicles at the house while the Mercedes was missing; it was later located at Rader’s garage. Inside Michelle’s bedroom investigators reported a broken bed, missing bedding, blood spatters on the mattress and wall, and a section of carpet cut out and covered. Passports, wallets and photos were found scattered along the Antelope Valley Freeway near Acton five days later.

The investigation focused on Rader, who had a prior criminal history and business ties to Sol. He was tried multiple times; after mistrials he was acquitted in 1992 when no bodies, witnesses or murder weapons were produced. The family’s fate remains unresolved. Did anyone in Northridge or Acton in October 1982 see the Salomons, their Mercedes, or hear anything that could explain what happened?