Lynn Louise Schuller was 25 when she disappeared from her Cedar Rapids home on August 6, 1972. Her husband, Keith Schuller, says he and their three-year-old son left the house at 7:30 a.m. for a fishing trip while Lynn was asleep. They returned about five hours later to find Lynn and her bicycle gone; later her bicycle was seen lying on its side in the front yard. Lynn’s purse and clothing remained inside the residence.

Investigators quickly focused on Keith. He was arrested after refusing to help search nearby woods, a charge later dropped. A search warrant of the home produced a snow shovel, a machete, two knives, and a spade. Lynn’s parents reported the couple had marital problems and that Lynn had written her mother months earlier saying Keith had threatened her. Rumors about Keith’s keeping of an alligator and snakes circulated, but police said the animals were too small to have consumed a human body. Keith eventually obtained a divorce in 1976 and had Lynn declared legally dead in 1978; he maintains his innocence.

Foul play is suspected but the case remains unsolved. Does anyone have memories, records, or information about Lynn, the neighborhood on 30th Street Drive southeast, or the days around August 6, 1972?