Sonya Dye was 22 and a mother of two when she left her Tampa home at about 9:00 pm on September 6, 1985. It is not known where she intended to go that night.

Her nude, badly decomposed body was found the next day, September 7, 1985, by a teenage boy walking along railroad tracks in Tampa. Investigators noted suspicious car tracks on the road near the scene but were unable to locate a vehicle or other physical evidence. Because of the decomposition officials could not determine her cause or manner of death, and the case was listed as an unexplained death even though investigators treated it as a homicide.

Anyone with information about Sonya Dye or that night in Tampa is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department at (813) 276-3582 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 873-TIPS (8477).