Cheryl Schille Wyant, also known as Cherie, was 14 when she ran away from a children’s home in Corbett, Oregon, in the spring of 1978, about a week after her birthday on May 21. At the time she was described as 5 feet 8 inches, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She may have been wearing a red t-shirt with capped sleeves and bell-bottom jeans.

After being picked up in Seattle a few weeks earlier, Cheryl was later seen in San Bernardino County, California, where she was placed in a crisis center or another children’s home. She walked out, was reportedly involved in a traffic accident and taken to a local hospital, then left the hospital and was never seen again.

A missing person report was not filed until 1995 in Rohnert Park, California, and the case is classified as endangered missing. Law enforcement has followed leads over the years and the family has provided DNA for comparisons, but Cheryl’s whereabouts remain unknown. If anyone knew Cheryl, saw her in late May 1978, or has information about her movements after she left the hospital, please come forward.