In 1982, the body of a young dancer was found in an Austin field. Her murder remains unsolved.

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — In November 1982, the body of 19-year-old dancer Ruth Elizabeth Bettis was found in a field in Travis County . More than 40 years later, KVUE caught up with her older sister, who recounted the moment a friend gave her the news. "She just said, 'Elizabeth has been murdered.

' I'm a quiet person, but I just, I wailed and screamed like the world just went black," Katherine Bettis, Elizabeth Bettis' sister, said. Elizabeth Bettis was gone. Her sister chose not to show her face on camera for this interview, but said that day back in 1982 remains clear.

"It was such a shock," she said. Only three years apart in age, the two sisters were close. "We moved a lot.

And so, we kind of just had each other," Katherine Bettis said. "She was really special." Special, likeable and beautiful.

Family and friends knew her as "Elizabeth" or "Liz." But at her job at an Austin gentlemen's club called Sugar's, located on Highland Mall Boulevard, she was called "Gibson." "She was dancing there, and she needed money to live on," Katherine Bettis said.

Travis County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) Det. Javier Hernandez said after her shift on Nov. 25, 1982, witnesses reported seeing Elizabeth Bettis getting into her car, a light blue 1969 Volkswagen Beetle, with an unknown man.

Police released a sketch of the man. "The sketch would be of the person as they saw them back then. So if there's family of that individual or maybe someone who was at Sugar's at that time, they might still recog.