Pamela Jean Spencer was 20 when she was last seen on January 26, 1973, in Santa Monica, California. She was reportedly hitchhiking to a friend’s house in Malibu with her dog Layla, a gray and white Malamute-Shepherd mix, but never arrived and has not been heard from since.

At the time she went missing Pamela was wearing a blue blazer, a brown shirt, blue jeans and possibly brown suede clogs, and often carried a small navy blue suede purse. She stood 5 feet 1 inch and weighed about 110 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a large brown birthmark running from her left hip to her knee. She was extremely nearsighted and wore either contact lenses or wire-rimmed tinted eyeglasses.

Her disappearance is classified as endangered missing and the Santa Monica Police Department continues to investigate. Very few details about what happened that day have emerged. If anyone remembers Pamela, Layla the dog, or saw them on January 26, 1973, please contact investigators with any information.