During the early morning hours of April 2, 1986, Ara Denise Johnson vanished from her family's home in Big Sandy, TX. According to her father, he checked to make sure Ara was asleep in her bed between 1:00-2:30 am before going to sleep himself. Later that morning, when her parents woke up, Ara and her bedspread was gone and the back door to their home was left open.