In 1991, A Pennsylvania Mother Of Two Vanished While Working A Night Shift As A Bartender: Her Cowboy Boots Were Later Discovered In The Men’s Restroom, And Her Car Was Left In The Parking Lot, But She Remains Missing To This Day
Born on March 1, 1962, Brenda Condon spent her childhood living in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, before graduating from Clearfield Area High School in 1980.
Then, by the time she was 28 years old, Brenda had two children– who were 10 and 12 years old. She was divorced, and her kids lived with their father. Meanwhile, Brenda was living with her boyfriend, whom she’d been dating for two years, in Spring Township, Pennsylvania.
In 1991, she also began working multiple jobs. While running two different home cleaning services– one of which was located in Williamsport, while the other was in State College– Brenda then started bartending at Carl’s Bad Tavern.
But, after working there for only two weeks, she mysteriously disappeared during her night shift and was never seen again.
It all began on February 27, 1991, at Carl’s Bad Tavern, which was located in a rural region about two miles north of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Brenda was scheduled to work a double shift that evening, which meant she was supposed to close down the bar late that night before returning to the bar to work again the following morning from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
However, after Brenda was last seen speaking to an unknown man at the bar by a customer sometime between 12:45 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on February 27, she vanished.
Still, it wasn’t until other employees began arriving at the tavern the next day that they realized something was wrong. The bar had been left unlocked and abandoned. The receipts from the prior night were stored away, and the lights had been turned off.
Additionally, they found Brenda’s cowboy boots in the men’s restroom and her vehicle– a grey 1986 Mercury Capri– still in the parking lot. Yet, she was nowhere to be found.
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Brenda’s coworkers ultimately reported her missing that night, and it remains unclear whether or not the cowboy boots– which were the only shoes Brenda had with her that night– are related to her case.
And despite Brenda being reported missing soon after her disappearance, authorities still didn’t begin investigating her case until March 2, 1991, when she did not show up to pick up her two kids.
Once an investigation was launched, police found no indicators of a robbery, break-in, or struggle inside Carl’s Bad Tavern. And while Brenda’s car was still in the parking lot, her car keys and purse were never found.
According to the owner of Carl’s Bad Tavern, nothing was stolen from the bar, either. So, theft was ruled out as a possibility, and authorities began conducting multiple searches in the area.
Unfortunately, none of these efforts ever yielded any clues as to Brenda’s whereabouts. Instead, authorities wanted to question three male customers who were at the bar on the evening of Brenda’s disappearance, and their identities remain unknown to this day.
The first man was described as looking about 40 years old and standing six feet and two inches tall. He was wearing jeans with a bright blue down jacket that evening.
The second male was believed to be between 25 and 30 years old, five foot eight, and wearing jeans, a white button-down shirt, and a black leather coat.
Lastly, the third male was five foot eight and looked to be about 50 years old. He was also wearing dark slacks, a brown plaid shirt, and a dark jacket.
Now, these men have not been named suspects, but investigators have not been able to find them or question them. Authorities also claimed that other personal acquaintances of Brenda’s were uncooperative with the investigation. Nonetheless, none were named suspects.
Brenda’s ex-husband, the father of her children, did cooperate and underwent a polygraph test. But, her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, Greg Palazzari, died on April 21, 2016, while behind bars. Greg had been serving a five-year sentence after a drug ring had been operating out of a Sunoco gas station that he owned.
“Nothing pointed to Greg’s involvement with Brenda’s disappearance at the time,” noted State Police Corporal Joe Cigich.
“There’s been nothing since come to light.”
So, for years, no clues turned up in Brenda’s case, which was eventually handed over to State Police by the Spring Township Police Department in 1997.
According to State Police, authorities are still investigating Brenda’s disappearance. But, while her case is a suspected homicide, a crime scene has never been located. So, her disappearance is still classified as endangered missing, and the search for answers continues.
When speaking with those who knew Brenda well, authorities learned that she was known to be a very reliable and punctual person. She also had a close relationship with her two children, as well as her boyfriend at the time. This made it hard to believe that Brenda would leave on her own without any warning.
At the time of her disappearance, Brenda was five foot four, weighed 110 pounds, and had blue eyes and red/brown hair. She also had a tattoo of roses on her right ankle and was last seen wearing blue jeans with silver studs, a black tank top, and a silver shirt.
There is currently a $5,000 reward being offered for information that leads to finding Brenda. If you have any knowledge regarding her case or whereabouts, you are urged to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Rockview Station at (814) 355-7345 or Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at (800) 4PA-TIPS.
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