Jason Matthew Lea, 9, disappeared on July 29, 1989, from Upland, California, after telling his grandfather he was going for a bicycle ride. Searchers found his nude, partially decomposed body a few days later. Four teenage male suspects were arrested but never charged in his murder. — Jason Matthew Lea, 9, was a third-grader at Baldy View Elementary School in Upland, California. Originally from Texas, he resided with his paternal grandfather, Gary Yeager, in Upland.

The young woman was abducted and viciously assaulted on July 26, 1988, while riding a moped to her family’s beach home in San Lucido, Italy. — Roberta Lanzino, 19, was a happy and energetic young woman on the cusp of a promising future. Family pictures show her beauty and zest for life. Roberta and her family resided in Rende, a small city in Cosenza, Calabria, in southern Italy. She was a typical teenage girl who loved…

Two men known to the teenager set her alight when she refused to become a sex worker for their prostitution ring. — Palmina Martinelli, 14, lived in Fasano, Italy, about 200 miles southeast of Naples, in the province of Brindisi, located in the heel of the boot of Italy and roughly 40,000 in population. Her father was unemployed, so her mother became the breadwinner, working as a cleaner to support their 11…

Nicole Hoar, 25, disappeared from Prince George, British Columbia, on June 21, 2002. Nicole planned to hitchhike to Smithers to surprise her sister at a music festival there. Nicole’s case is one of 18 investigations of girls and women who disappeared along Highway 16, also called Yellowhead Highway and the Highway of Tears, between 1969 and 2006. — Nicole Hoar was a talented artist and a carefree spirit who radiated positive energy. Her family has described her as an adventurous old soul who was kind to others and always smiling. Those who knew her loved to be around her.

Carrie Moss, 14, disappeared on July 25, 1989, before she was scheduled to attend court on a marijuana charge the following day. Initially labeled a runaway by the police, a young boy found her remains in a remote area known for teenage hangouts two years later. — Carrie Moss was born to Warren and Sally Moss on March 13, 1975, in New Boston, New Hampshire. She has four siblings — a brother and three sisters. The Moss family resided on Parker Road in New Boston.

Christy Davis, 2, disappeared on July 28, 1973, from Ocala, Florida, along with her older sister and great-grandmother. The latter two were found two days later, wandering, disoriented, and unsure of what had happened to Christy or themselves. — At only 18, Ruby Davis was married with two small children, Pamela Davis, 3, and Christy Davis, 2. She and the girls resided at 1322 NW 12th St. in Ocala, Florida. Davis and the girls’ father were separated.

Desmond Joseph Runstedler disappeared on May 23, 1983, while hitchhiking near Lougheed, Alberta. — Evil on the Road is a 4-part series on people who vanished while hitchhiking. All articles will be published on Mondays until the series is complete. Evil on the Road Part 1: Ingrid Bauer Evil on the Road Part 2: Carmen Verheyden Evil on the Road Part 3: Keith Dean Fleming…

Keith Dean Fleming, 13, vanished on April 28, 1977, from Cocoa Beach, Florida. Police believe his case is related to the disappearances of two other boys from the area in late 1979. The main suspect in all three cases is convicted killer John Rodney McRae, who committed his first murder at the age of 15. — Evil on the Road is a 4-part series on people who vanished while hitchhiking. All articles will be published on Mondays until the series is complete. Today’s story was not posted last week due to a family emergency.

Sandra Zahler, 25, was bludgeoned to death in her apartment on Christmas Day 1974. Her apartment building is across the street from where Winston Moseley killed Kitty Genovese in 1964. Neighbor Madeleine Hartmann, who disregarded Genovese's cries for help ten years before, also ignored sounds coming from Sandra's apartment and did not call the police. — Sandra Zahler, 25, was orphaned at 16 and moved in with her aunt and uncle in Queens, New York. She graduated from Forest Hills High School, took a cosmetology course, and became a beautician.