On the night of January 30, 1988, 27-year-old single mother Janette Lucille Brunet left her Mechanicsville neighborhood home in Ottawa after arranging a babysitter and went to Ozzie’s Eatery. A pub owner last saw her about 1:20 a.m. on January 31 talking with an unidentified man on the sidewalk outside. She was later seen hitchhiking north on Holland Avenue toward Tunney’s Pasture with the same man walking beside her.

The next day an employee found Janette’s heart-shaped pendant in the parking lot behind the pub; the clasp was broken. She had signed a new lease the day before disappearing and had not spent $600 that remained in her bank account. Investigators later found $788 in cash stashed in her linen closet. Janette is described as Caucasian, 5 feet 4 inches, 111 pounds, green eyes, brown hair usually dyed blonde. On the night she vanished she wore a grey suede coat, white sleeveless sweater over a black silk blouse, blue jeans, black boots and carried a grey purse.

Her disappearance remains unsolved and the man last seen with her has not been identified. If anyone knew Janette or remembers seeing her that night, please share what you know.