They had car phones, based on CB radio technology, before 1984. You picked up a phone that was connected to a CB radio operator who then patched you through to a land line.
****They had car phones, based on CB radio technology, before 1984****
She was 15, could not drive and had no car.
If she had a phone she should have called the police.
But I guess it not easy reporting something that didn’t happen.