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Heather Young was 42 and a mother of three when she travelled to Onaway, Michigan, in the summer of 2016 to visit a boyfriend and then decided to drive back to her mother’s home. On July 30 she stopped at the Cabin Bar and Grill, met 55-year-old Brenton Lee Walker, and accepted his offer to spend the night in an extra room. She was never seen alive again. Her family reported her missing on August 2 after she failed to return and could not be reached; her car was later found abandoned in an Onaway parking lot.

On August 9, 2016, investigators located Heather’s charred and dismembered remains in a wooded area and burn pit on property owned by Walker’s brother in Millersburg. Evidence recovered from Walker’s trailer included blood traces and a .22 caliber rifle. Walker confessed, saying he shot Heather during a confrontation, burned her body in a fire pit and dismembered the remains with a chainsaw. He was initially charged with first-degree murder and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and felony firearm possession. In June 2017 he received a 45 to 70 year prison sentence.

Did anyone know Heather’s travel plans that week or see her in Onaway on July 30?