Scott and Amy Fandel

Thirteen-year-old Scott Fandel and his eight-year-old half-sister, Amy were last seen on September 5, 1978 in Sterling, Alaska. They were at a bar\restaurant called Good Time Charlie's with their mother, Margaret and their aunt, Cathy Schonfelder (who was visiting them at the time) until approximately 10:00 p.m.

Afterwards, Margaret and Cathy brought the kids back to their cabin and went back to the bar by themselves. After Margaret and Cathy dropped them off, Scott and Amy went to their next-door neighbors' house. A neighbor who was passing by at 11:45 p.m. noticed that the lights were on in the Fandels' cabin.

The next day, Margaret and Cathy came back home between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning and noticed that the lights were out which was unusually because Amy and Scott would leave the lights on at night because they were afraid of the dark. A package of macaroni and an open can of tomatoes were found on the kitchen table and a pot of boiling water was on the stove; it appeared as if Scott was making himself a macaroni snack (which he liked eating before bedtime) when he went missing.

Cathy and Margaret went to bed, assuming that the kids were sleeping at their neighbors' house. Later that morning, Margaret went to work and Cathy woke up at noon, assuming that Scott and Amy went to school. They were reported missing after Margaret and Cathy discovered that the kids never made it to school or spent the night at their neighbors' house.

Bullet casings were later found outside of the cabin, but it's unknown if it is connected to their disappearances. Prior to the kids' disapperance, Amy's father, Roger Fandel left Margaret and the kids in January of 1978 and moved to Arizona. Their maternal uncle, Terry Schonfelder believes that Roger had something to do with Scott and Amy's disappearances.

Years after the kids went missing, a woman who was Roger's girlfriend back in 1978 allegedly asked for $5,000 from Roger's uncle in exchange  or telling him about what happened to the kids. Since then, Roger has not been charged and he is not believed to be a suspect in his kids' disappearances anymore. Terry thinks that Scott was killed after he went missing and that Amy is still alive; however, there's no evidence to support his theory.

Scott and Amy's cases are classified as non-family abductions.