Hall was a freshman at Radford University in 1980. She was last seen when she went out dancing with friends at a nightclub in Radford, Virginia on June 28, 1980. One of her companions, Stephen Epperly, convinced her to go with him to a cabin at Claytor Lake. When questioned by police, Epperly said he and Hall had gone to the cabin and she called her sister and stated she would be home in the morning, then he went swimming but Hall stayed out of the water. Afterwards they left the cabin and Hall dropped him off in Radford, and he went to bed. Hall has never been heard from again.

When police examined the cabin, they discovered that someone had tried to clean it up, but bloodstains of Hall's type were apparent in several places. Hall's sister's brown Chevrolet, which Hall had been driving that night, was found at the Pulaski County end of the railroad trestle over the New River. There were bloodstains inside the trunk and a bloodstained blue towel was found nearby; it was identified as Epperly's and contained fibers consistent with those from the carpet at the Claytor Lake cabin. One of Hall's shoes was found at the opposite end of the railroad trestle. Two weeks later, searchers found the clothing Hall had been wearing the night of her disappearance. It had been tied up in a bundle and was bloodstained.

Epperly was charged with Hall's murder later in 1980. Investigators theorized he killed Hall after she refused his sexual advances. Though he maintained his innocence in her case, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He is still incarcerated. Hall's remains have never been found, but foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved. Hers was the case in Virginia where a defendant was convicted of murder even though the victim's body had not been found.