Jimmy Laverne Bushbaum, 29, disappeared after escaping from San Quentin State Prison on September 16, 1965. He had been serving a life sentence following a 1960 guilty plea to murder in San Bernardino alongside co-defendant Arthur G. Jones. Bushbaum was last seen wearing dark blue prison-issued clothing, a denim shirt and pants.

A vehicle believed to have been stolen by Bushbaum was later found abandoned in Emeryville, California. Authorities conducted extensive searches but did not locate him. Jones was later found and killed in a 1968 encounter with law enforcement, but Bushbaum’s whereabouts have remained unknown. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office handles the investigation and the case remains open after nearly six decades.

Did anyone in the Bay Area or San Quentin communities have contact with Bushbaum or see him around the time of his escape?