Debra Ann Woodson, 31, vanished from her Pineville, Louisiana apartment on March 1, 1986. She lived at Pine Highland Apartments with her two young sons, ages five and seven, and was last seen that afternoon leaving the complex with a male friend in his truck. The friend says they were together about fifteen minutes before she felt ill and he dropped her off near the mailboxes. She never retrieved her mail or reported for her evening shift at the Alexandria post office.

When Debra’s estranged husband checked the locked apartment on March 4 he found the boys alone on the balcony. Officers found no obvious signs of struggle; Debra’s beige Mercury Lynx remained in the lot and a bathtub with soapy water plus two glasses on the counter suggested she may have been interrupted. Debra had profound hearing loss and wore a hearing aid.

About a month later her purse was recovered hanging from a tree along Highway 28 near Flagon Creek. It held her wallet, ID, credit cards and photos of her sons but no cash; one eyeglass lens in the purse was broken. Her family says abandoning her children or skipping work was out of character and they believe foul play was involved. The case remains open.

Did anyone in Pineville or along Highway 28 in 1986 see Debra, her Mercury Lynx, or that truck?