Shirley Gertrude Pullen, 69, was last seen December 31, 1986, after spending part of the day in South Bend, Indiana, where her hairdresser saw her at a Save Mart and she said she planned to host a New Year’s Eve party at her Niles, Michigan, mobile home. She is believed to have returned to her residence in Windward Village Mobile Home Park on South 13th Street, but after that was never seen or heard from again.

Shirley was an insulin-dependent diabetic and may have been experiencing dementia. Her mobile home suggested she left in a hurry but expected to return: the television was on, a half-eaten sandwich had spoiled, a cigarette burned to the filter, and her coat, luggage and car remained. A neighbor later said Shirley had argued with two men that day; one was a tenant who denied seeing her and claimed a $500 check dated December 30 was a holiday gift. That tenant’s use of Shirley’s credit card on January 11 and 16, 1987, is recorded. Police have long regarded the case as suspicious, investigators later concluded multiple people were likely involved, and one person of interest who had been a juvenile at the time died by suicide after being questioned.

No one has been charged. Did anyone in Niles or Windward Village remember Shirley, her visitors that week, or unusual activity around December 31, 1986?