Mary Ann Bagenstose was 25 when she was last seen at her West Willow, Pennsylvania home on June 5, 1984. Separated from her husband Jere and involved in a custody dispute over their two-year-old son, she reportedly left a note saying she was walking to a local market; employees at the store later said they did not see her that day. Her mother reported her missing two days later.

Investigators noted several troubling inconsistencies. Jere said he had taken their son to a park that morning and later returned to find Mary Ann gone; he also claimed to have discarded the note he said she left. Nothing of Mary Ann’s personal property was missing from the house. An officer observed fresh dirt in the garage covered by cardboard; a search uncovered a hole about three feet by six feet and five feet deep, but no body was found.

What can readers who knew Mary Ann or saw her in West Willow around June 5, 1984, add to this timeline?