Maria A. Lindner was 36 when she vanished on February 2, 1980. She was last seen in Buffalo, New York, and described as a white female, 5 feet 1 inch tall, about 105 pounds, with shoulder-length frosted brown hair and hazel eyes. At the time she was believed to be wearing a white nurse’s uniform with slacks, a beige canvas coat with fur lining, white shoes and pearl earrings.

Investigators believe the case crossed into Canada. The prevailing theory is that the red and white 1977 Ford Thunderbird she was in, bearing New York plate 942-EKF, entered the Niagara River near the Niagara River Parkway and Marshall Road and that Maria drowned in the river’s currents. Her body has never been recovered, and that key absence has left the conclusion unproven.

The case has remained open and cold; the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement have revisited the circumstances but reported no significant breakthroughs. Does anyone remember seeing Maria, that distinctive Thunderbird, or anything near the Niagara River around February 2, 1980?