Edith Gertrude Hillman, 59, was last seen in Leakesville, Mississippi, on August 23, 1987; some reports give a possible date as late as September 5, 1987. Family accounts say her son had dinner with her that Sunday before leaving for college and when he returned the following Friday the meal was still on the stove. Hillman, who was due to start a new job the next Monday, never arrived.

Authorities regard the circumstances as pointing to foul play. In October 1987 her blue 1979 Toyota Corolla was found in the parking lot of Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; blood evidence was located in the car’s backseat. She is described as a 6 feet tall Caucasian woman, 160 to 170 pounds, with blonde or strawberry-blonde hair, brown eyes, a C-section scar, and a German accent. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating; the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the area at the time recognize the Corolla, remember unusual activity around the Hillman home that week, or have information about Edith’s last known movements?