In the spring of 1986, in Bullitt County, Kentucky, a young woman named Susan Riedling, just 18 years old, vanished, leaving behind a life that was just beginning. There is some uncertainty surrounding the exact date of her disappearance. Her mother's last memory of her is from the evening of March 31, 1986, a night of celebration for many in Kentucky as they watched the University of Louisville win the NCAA basketball championship.
Other accounts, however, place her last known whereabouts on June 23, 1986, at her home on Roe Hill Road in the Shepherdsville area. On that particular night, Susan and her husband of two years, George, were hosting a bonfire for friends. The gathering came to an abrupt end when an argument erupted between the couple, leading George to tell all their guests to leave. In the quiet that followed, Susan disappeared and was never seen or heard from again.
At the time she went missing, Susan was carrying a secret that held both hope for her and, reportedly, conflict for her husband; she was about six to seven weeks pregnant. According to Susan's family, this new chapter was not a welcome one for her husband, George, who was allegedly unhappy about the pregnancy and did not want to have the child. This disagreement cast a dark shadow over the events of the night she vanished. Not long after his wife's disappearance, George Riedling moved to Jacksonville, Florida. The distance did not remove him from the investigation, and authorities have consistently considered him a person of interest in Susan's case, though he has never been officially named a suspect.
Decades have passed, but the silence surrounding Susan's fate has been deafening, leaving her family with unanswered questions and an ache that time cannot heal. The investigation into her disappearance remains open, now a cold case in the files of the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office. Investigators did travel to Florida years later to question George Riedling. During that interview, it was reported that his statements were inconsistent with information gathered back in 1986, and he allegedly told a detective that he didn't miss Susan or their unborn child. Despite these points of interest, no charges have ever been filed, and no concrete evidence has surfaced to explain what happened to the young, expectant mother. The case is an overview of a domestic dispute that escalated into a mystery, a young woman who vanished from her own home after an argument with her husband, who was reportedly unhappy about her pregnancy. The subsequent lack of communication, coupled with her husband's departure from the state and his later statements to police, have left a void of information that has prevented any resolution for Susan's loved ones.Last Seen: Mar 31, 1986
