Sherry Lou Wileman, also known by her former married name Betts, was 29 when she vanished in the late summer of 1982 after dropping her daughter at her ex-husband’s home in Lafayette, Louisiana. Her intended destination was New Orleans to visit her mother, but she never arrived and was not heard from again. She is described as having light brown or blonde hair, hazel eyes, a scar near her kidneys and a bee tattoo on her breast.

A few days after she was last seen, Sherry’s vehicle was found abandoned and burned in Baton Rouge. One reported lead suggested she may have been running an errand from Leesville to New Orleans for a man named Karlis Berzins, which would have been part of her travel that day. The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation, but the case grew cold and few details have emerged since.

Does anyone have memories of Sherry, her travel that summer, or information about the reported errand to New Orleans?