Donna Gail Cannaday, 22, was found shot to death on the night of October 18, 1989, after she failed to arrive for afternoon dance classes she was preparing for at her Lake Drummond Causeway home in Chesapeake, Virginia. Her mother discovered the house’s front and back doors open and Donna’s shoes by the front door; her purse and keys were missing. Family and friends searched and at about midnight located her body in a ditch on West Road near the Chesapeake Regional Airport.

Investigators concluded the cause of death was a gunshot wound. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the motive remains unknown. Donna had recently opened a dance studio and was remembered as a kind young teacher whose family later established Donna Cannaday’s Memorial School of Dance.

If anyone knew Donna, saw her on October 18, 1989, or has information about her death, please come forward.