21 Terrifying, Shocking, And Extremely Disturbing Things I Learned Last Month

What makes her case especially unsettling is that her stepmother, Nancy Jean Medina, had also disappeared five years earlier. Nancy was last seen on Aug. 4, 1984, after dropping her children off at a babysitter’s house to go watch movies with friends. Her car, a brown 1974 Chevrolet Impala, was later found on Aug. 22. It’s never been confirmed that the two cases are connected, but the timing and the fact that both women disappeared and were never found have fueled years of speculation.