Martha Alice Mertz, 47, vanished from her Lancaster, Pennsylvania apartment on the evening of June 22, 1961. She had been arguing with her husband, J. Calvin Mertz, who left to buy cigarettes and returned about half an hour later to find her gone. She was last seen wearing a white blouse and black pedal pusher pants; a suitcase was reported missing but its contents were unspecified. A recently purchased outfit was left behind, which her sister found odd.

Martha had about $9,000 in bank accounts and two final paychecks plus vacation pay that were never claimed. She had left home after past arguments on several occasions but always contacted family shortly afterward; this time no one ever heard from her. After seven years with no contact, she was declared legally deceased in the summer of 1969. Does anyone have memories or information about Martha, her movements in Lancaster in 1961, or the people who knew her then?