Carla Anderson vanished in 1987, leaving behind a locked Minnesota apartment with a rented movie still in her VCR.

Police are offering a $25,000 reward and pursuing new leads with fresh technology in the decades-old cold case.

Her family has endured nearly 40 years without answers, with several loved ones dying before learning what happened to her.

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“Did somebody take her? Do they have her somewhere else? Is she alive?”