The Night Sandy Disappeared
On November 16, 1990, Sandra Lorraine “Sandy” Andrews finished her shift at the Methodist Manor Home in Greenwood, Delaware. Sandy was 44 years old and worked as a nurse, a job that had become an important part of her life.
At around 11:15 that night, Sandy was seen leaving work. It should have been an ordinary drive home. Instead, it was the last confirmed sighting anyone would ever have of her.
Sandy never made it home.
Several hours later, around 4:00 in the morning, her 1985 Mercury Cougar was discovered abandoned behind a storage building along the east side of northbound Route 13, north of Seaford. The car was white or beige with a brown top.
But what investigators found around the vehicle made the situation even more disturbing.
Her Car Was Left Behind
Sandy’s purse and other personal belongings were scattered around the driver’s side door. Her keys had been left on the trunk.
There was no Sandy.
The scene suggested that whatever happened had taken place quickly and unexpectedly. Her car was there, her belongings were there, but the woman who had been driving it had simply disappeared.
Authorities came to believe that Sandy did not leave voluntarily and that foul play was involved. Yet despite the investigation, no one was ever charged in connection with her disappearance.
For her daughters, the uncertainty became something they would have to live with for decades.
The Woman Behind the Missing-Person Case
Sandy was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed approximately 133 pounds. She had black hair, brown eyes, pierced ears, and a scar in the middle of her abdomen.
That night, she was wearing a white nurse’s uniform and a brown hooded coat. She also had distinctive personal items, including a 14-karat gold herringbone necklace, a gold “RN” pin, and either a Mickey Mouse watch or a peach-colored Swatch watch.
But Sandy was more than the description investigators used to search for her.
She was a mother of two adult daughters. She had also experienced heartbreaking losses in her life, including the deaths of two sons—one who died at birth and another who died in an accident as a toddler.
Sandy had divorced her husband in 1982, but the two were reportedly trying to reconcile. According to the information provided about the case, Sandy believed they might eventually marry again.
Her former husband was later identified as a person of interest. That designation, however, does not mean that a person committed a crime, and no charge against him has been established in the information provided.
More Than Three Decades Without Answers
Family members remembered Sandy as a deeply spiritual and very proper woman. She exercised regularly and was described as someone who did not smoke or curse.
Nothing about the life described by her family suggested that she was preparing to disappear.
And yet, after she left work that November night, Sandy was gone.
Her abandoned car became one of the last physical pieces of evidence connected to her. Her purse, belongings, and keys remained behind, while the woman who owned them vanished without explanation.
Years passed. Then decades.
No one was charged. Sandy was never found. And her family was left with the same question they had been asking since 1990: what happened after she drove away from work?
Sandy Is Still Missing
Nearly 36 years later, Sandra “Sandy” Andrews would be 80 years old.
Her daughters have spent much of their lives without knowing what happened to their mother. There has never been a confirmed resolution to the case, and Sandy’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Sometimes, an old case is not solved by a dramatic discovery. It is solved because someone remembers something they once saw, heard, or were told—and finally decides to speak.
For Sandy’s family, that one piece of information could still make all the difference.
Anyone who may have information about Sandra “Sandy” Andrews is asked to contact the Delaware State Police at 302-739-5939.
More than three decades have passed since Sandy left work that night. But as long as the question of what happened to her remains unanswered, her story is not over.
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