Annie Laurie Hearin, 73, vanished from her Jackson, Mississippi home on July 26, 1988, after hosting a bridge party that afternoon. Guests and the housekeeper had left; her car remained in the driveway and her husband, Robert Hearin, returned about 4:30 p.m. to find her gone. A ransom note demanded payments to 12 people associated with School Pictures, and blood smears were found near the front door. Witnesses reported a white van with Florida plates in the area around the time of the disappearance.

Days later a letter purportedly from Annie was sent to Robert, urging him to obey the kidnappers’ demands. Robert sent nearly one million dollars to the 12 individuals named in the note. In 1989 Newton Alfred Winn, a franchisee tied to the School Pictures lawsuits, was arrested and later convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, extortion, and perjury; he maintained his innocence. Annie’s body was never recovered and she was declared legally dead in 1991. Does anyone have memories or information about that white van, the bridge guests that afternoon, or the events at the Hearin home that day?