Nadine Jean O’Dell was 16 when she vanished from Inkster, Michigan, on the morning of August 16, 1974. She was last seen walking along John Daly Road toward Michigan Avenue around 9:30 a.m., reportedly en route to Taylor to babysit at her boyfriend’s house. Her boyfriend had arranged to meet her partway but she never arrived and was never seen again.

At the time she went missing Nadine was described as a white female, 5 feet 1 inch tall, about 105 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes. She wore faded baggy blue jeans, a white T-shirt, and a Taylor High School Class of 1976 ring on a chain around her neck — the ring described as white gold with a blue stone, a ram’s head and the number 76 or 1976. The Inkster Police Department and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children list her as an endangered missing person (NCMEC number 1138429) and an age-progressed image has been produced.

Investigators later named convicted murderer Arthur Ream as a primary suspect and searched a property in 2018 where he had buried a victim, but no remains were recovered. Another serial killer, Coral Eugene Watts, has also been mentioned in connection with Nadine’s disappearance. With no body and no conclusive evidence released, the case remains open and unresolved.

Did anyone in Inkster or Taylor see Nadine on John Daly Road that morning or recall the ring she was wearing?