Coleen Egland was 22 when she disappeared from Fort Myers, Florida. Last seen on December 2, 1989 in the Gladiolus Drive area, she had a young daughter, Erica, who was living with her paternal grandparents in Michigan. Family members remember Coleen as funny, bubbly, and the bright star of a four-child family that had roots in Ohio.

A passerby discovered Coleen’s nude body in palmetto bushes in a wooded area near a rest stop off I-75 near Daniels Parkway on December 17, 1989. The coroner estimated she had been killed about three days earlier, on December 14, 1989, and recorded severe head and facial injuries. The case remains open and cold with no leads or suspects reported.

Coleen’s family has held vigils to remember her and keep the case in the public eye. If anyone has information, please contact Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at (800) 780-TIPS (8477) or the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (239) 477-1000. Does anyone have information about Coleen’s movements in Fort Myers in early December 1989?