Joanne Gladys Garr, 30, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was last seen on November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving. She spoke with her first husband, Robert Ross, and planned to meet him the next morning so their two young daughters could see a parade in downtown Detroit. Joanne never arrived for that outing and also failed to show up for a Thanksgiving dinner at a friend’s house. She did not return to work at Hygrade Food Products Corp. in Southfield after the holiday; the company removed her belongings, mailed them to the home she shared with her second husband, Philip Garr, and the package was returned and discarded.

Reports say Joanne had recently been seen with black eyes and bruises, which she and Philip attributed to a fall; family members considered the marriage troubled. Philip gave varying accounts of Joanne’s whereabouts, first saying she was visiting a friend in Ohio, then Illinois, and later telling Joanne’s mother that Joanne had packed and left with a man in a car with Ohio plates. Her mother reported her missing to Detroit police on December 31, 1971. Her abandoned car was recovered, but Joanne has never been located.

Does anyone have memories or information about Joanne, her movements in late November 1971, or the car that was found abandoned?