Vivian Lee Edwards was last seen in early January 1983 and reported missing by her mother on January 25, 1983 after she had not been seen for about two weeks. She had been in an abusive marriage years earlier, told different people she feared either her husband or a neighbor, and had been seeing a man named Jack Youngblood around the time she disappeared. Investigators later found blood in her home that matched Vivian and concluded foul play was likely; shoes, a cigarette lighter she commonly carried, and her car were left behind.

Vivian’s skeletal remains were recovered on October 3, 1987 in a wooded area of Walton County, Florida, about a 20-minute drive from her home. Two persons of interest included her former husband, who had assaulted her four years earlier, and a neighbor who had once shoved Vivian while attacking his girlfriend; both were investigated but evidence was insufficient. Investigators also looked into confessions by Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole who were active in the region at the time.

Several people were questioned over the years but no one has been charged. If anyone knew Vivian, her movements in January 1983, or has information about the Walton County recovery site, please come forward.