In the winter of 1978, a 17-year-old girl named Suzanne Marie Schultz vanished from her home in Black Earth, Wisconsin. The precise date of her departure is not known, so it is approximated as December 1, 1978. At the time, Suzanne was described as being 5'6" tall and weighing around 120 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair, green eyes, and she wore glasses.
For months, her family lived with the uncertainty of her whereabouts, a period of silence that was finally broken the following summer.
In July of 1979, a glimmer of hope arrived when Suzanne made contact with her family. She was in Tampa, Florida, and was reportedly in the company of a 32-year-old man named Stephen Craig Lund. During this communication, Suzanne assured her family that she would be returning home on August 4th. Around the same time, Stephen Lund had also told his own family in Illinois that he would be home on July 4th, but he too never arrived. The promise of Suzanne's return brought a brief sense of relief that was unfortunately short-lived.
The days turned into weeks, and Suzanne never made it back to her Wisconsin home. The hope that had been sparked by her phone call began to fade, replaced by a growing sense of dread. The last known trace of the pair came in September 1979, when the U-Haul trailer they had been traveling in was discovered abandoned in Chicago, Illinois. After this discovery, the trail went cold. Decades have passed without any further contact from Suzanne Marie Schultz or Stephen Craig Lund, and their disappearances remain an unsolved and sorrowful mystery. The case is characterized by a brief, hopeful contact followed by a complete and enduring silence, leaving loved ones with unanswered questions about what became of the young woman who left home one winter and never returned.Last Seen: Dec 1, 1978
