Pamela Watson, 44, was last seen on the morning of December 19, 2007, leaving her mother’s home in Lake Charles. She had recently relocated from Houston to Odom Street in Alexandria and was visiting her mother at the time. Pamela left without her bipolar medication and had no money or identification, a fact the family said increased concerns about her becoming disoriented or otherwise vulnerable.

On January 1, 2008, Pamela’s green 1992 Ford Ranger was found abandoned on Interstate 10 east at mile marker 141, about eight miles outside Baton Rouge. The truck had apparently been parked for at least two weeks, was running and had half a tank of gas; Pamela’s keys and a journal were inside. The journal indicated she had stopped taking her medication two days before she disappeared. A possible, unconfirmed sighting that same day placed a woman believed to be Pamela at an Albertson’s asking for money for food.

The case was filed in Rapides Parish because Alexandria was her residence. Pamela was the youngest of ten children and her family widened their search after the truck was found, distributing fliers from Lake Charles toward West Baton Rouge. Her whereabouts remain unknown. Does anyone who lived along I-10 near mile marker 141 or the Albertson’s area around late December 2007 remember seeing her or the truck?