I think there are several links on this thread with the basic details. Since you are LE, you may want to look into whether there is a possible link between Barbara's case and the disappearance of Shelley Luty from the Llanerch diner in Upper Darby.
Shelly Luty said goodbye to her mother at the Llanarch Diner on Township Line Road as she ended her 11 p.m. waitressing shift on August 23, 1982. She walked out to the parking lot, got in her car, and was never seen again.
Shelly had borrowed her stepfather's car to drive to work. She had parked the car on a poorly lit street acress from the diner. The car has also disappeared. The car was a mint green Chevy Impala.
According to her mother who was working at the diner where her daughter disappeared, a man who had been in the diner left just minutes before her daughter. Witnesses say the same man was talking to Shelly in the parking lot of the diner. He is described as a white male, 25-29 years of age, about 5'10-6'0 with athletic build.
The reason that makes me think there could be a link is due to the fact that in Barbara's case, a dark green 1984 Chevy Impala was seen in the area. Also there was a man seen in the area that was in his 20's to 30's who was white with dark hair and dark complexion with a mustache that seems to match the description of the man seen talking with Shelley.
Incidentally, a couple of other girls disappeared from Bensalem during that time period. Tracy Bryd who was also 14 disappeared and has never been seen again. She was dropped off at Bensalem High School on March 3, 1983 by her mom's boyfriend but never made it to any classes. That same man was convicted of murdering her mom after she went missing several months after Tracy disappeared but from what I've read it seems that Bensalem detectives don't think he killed Tracy. Another girl Jeanette Tambe who was 22 disappeared from Bensalem in October 1984 and was found dead in 1986. She was not identified until 2012.
I know Bensalem is not real close to Upper Darby but it is certainly within a 40 minute drive. Also, I recognize the fact that the car in the Rowan case was dark green not mint green, but it could have been repainted or described a little differently. Perhaps all this means nothing or maybe was already looked into, but I have read about these cases and I felt I had to mention the possibility of a link.
