She was living at the Tulsa Girl’s Group Home after transfers that included the Owasso Children’s Baptist Home and a period living with family in North Dakota. Reports describe her as between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 8 inches, 110 to 120 pounds, with red or auburn hair, green eyes, and may have been wearing braces. Distinguishing marks include an S tattoo on her right arm, a circular birthmark on her right knee and a scar on her right thigh.

Accounts say she may have worked at a Sonic in Tulsa and told coworkers she was planning to catch a bus and run away again; she had run away before but reportedly returned. The Oklahoma DHS closed her case when she turned 18, and a Tulsa Police Department missing persons report was not filed until December 3, 2015. Her family received a 1994 letter from DHS confirming she was never adopted out of state custody. Patricia’s whereabouts remain unknown and the disappearance is unsolved.

If anyone knew Patricia, worked with her, saw her in Tulsa in August 1981, or has other information, please share what you know.