Vilate Kerreen Young was 15 months old when she disappeared during a family picnic at her maternal grandfather’s Newell Steed Ranch near Widtsoe, Utah, on July 4, 1956. The family had traveled from Monteview, Idaho, to celebrate Independence Day. She was last seen watching a relative churn ice cream near one of the ranch outbuildings and shortly afterward wandered away and was never seen again.

An extensive search followed: bloodhounds, airplanes and local authorities searched the area. Only Vilate’s teddy bear was recovered near the spot where she was last seen; bloodhounds reportedly followed a scent to a nearby rural road, prompting speculation she may have been picked up by a passing motorist. Investigators drained an irrigation canal and cut alfalfa fields, but no further trace was found.

The case remains unsolved. Does anyone who lived near Widtsoe or the Newell Steed Ranch in 1956 have memories or information that could help explain what happened to Vilate?