In the fall of 1977, in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania, a 15-year-old girl named Ranee Ann Gregor vanished under terrifying circumstances. On the evening of October 21st, just days before her sixteenth birthday, Ranee and her 17-year-old boyfriend, John Feeny, left her home to get something to eat. They were last seen at approximately 10:00 p.m. at a gas station. When Ranee did not return home that night, her parents grew worried and alerted the authorities.
The search for the young couple came to a grim and heartbreaking end the following day.
The next morning, John Feeny was found murdered in his family's van, which was discovered with its engine still running in a secluded area known as a lover's lane. He had been shot once in the neck at close range with a shotgun. Of Ranee, there was no sign, though her purse and her blue and white jacket were left behind in the vehicle. This discovery launched a massive search effort, with over 400 volunteers and law enforcement officials combing the surrounding area, but no trace of the missing teenager was ever found. The community was left in a state of fear and uncertainty, grappling with the brutal murder of a young man and the complete disappearance of his girlfriend.
Decades later, a breakthrough in the case emerged, though it did not bring Ranee home. In 2007, a serial killer named Edward Arthur Surratt, already serving multiple life sentences for other violent crimes, confessed to the murders of both John Feeny and Ranee Gregor. His confession was part of a larger admission to several other unsolved murders that had terrorized Pennsylvania and Ohio during that period. While Surratt admitted to killing Ranee, he provided no details about the location of her remains, stating only that her body was 'unrecoverable.' Despite his confession, Surratt has never been formally charged in connection with Ranee's disappearance or John's murder. The case officially remains unsolved, a painful open wound for a family that has waited decades for answers and a community still haunted by the events of that tragic autumn night.Last Seen: Oct 21, 1977
