Suzanne Lyall.

MUS-2026-264

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

Suzanne Lyall, 19, a SUNY Albany sophomore, vanished on March 2, 1998, after finishing her closing shift at a software store in Crossgates Mall and boarding a bus back to campus. A classmate saw her get off at Collins Circle around 9:45 p.m., but she never reached her dorm. The next day, $20 was withdrawn with her debit card at a convenience-store ATM. Her name tag was later found far from her walking route. She has never been found and no one has ever been charged. Her parents' activism afterward led to missing-college-student reporting legislation.

1. Mar 2, 1998

   Worked the closing shift at Babbage's in Crossgates Mall, boarded a bus about 9:20 p.m., and was seen exiting at Collins Circle about 9:45 p.m.

2. Mar 3, 1998

   $20 was withdrawn with her debit card at a convenience-store ATM.

3. 1998

   Months later, her name tag was found far from her walking route.

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