Ellen McCullum Drake was 22 when she disappeared after being last seen in Portland, Oregon, on January 1, 1967. She had moved to Oregon from Missouri hoping to start over after a difficult marriage. About a year after her relocation, her husband took their young son back to Missouri but Ellen did not accompany them.

Family members report she left behind clothing, makeup and her purse—items they say she would not have voluntarily abandoned. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office handled the long-unsolved case. Investigators once considered whether she might be the unidentified woman known as Annie Doe, found in 1971, but that lead was ruled out.

Few verifiable facts are available about Ellen’s movements or contacts around the time she vanished. Does anyone have memories of Ellen, details about where she lived in Oregon, or information that could help clarify what happened?