Mary Eleanor Thacker, also known as Mary Sargent, was about 34 when she disappeared from the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in the spring of 1988. An enrolled member of the Washoe Tribe and a mother with family ties in the community, she was reportedly last seen in the company of her boyfriend. Investigators later questioned him; he denied knowledge of her disappearance and has since died.

Descriptions list her at about five feet eleven inches and 150 pounds, with long brown hair, brown eyes and multiple tattoos including a large butterfly on her upper left arm and small finger tattoos. Witness reports about her clothing vary: she was said to be wearing a white shirt, Levi’s jeans, a jean jacket and white tennis shoes, while another description gives a white lace ruffled shirt with blue acid-wash 501 jeans. Few specifics about the events before she vanished have been released, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs continues to list her as missing.

Are there readers who remember Mary from the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in 1988 or who have any information that could help explain what happened to her?