Pamela Sellers was 26 when she was last seen in Tacoma, Washington, on or about the morning of August 6, 1982. Public missing-person records list her as White/Caucasian, about 5 feet to 5 feet 7 inches tall and 110 to 150 pounds; hair and eye color are unknown. The Tacoma Police Department investigated and NamUs lists her as MP27152.

Court records in State v. Sellers describe witnesses who saw a man shoot a woman on the street in front of the home of Pamela’s husband, Nelson Lee Sellers, between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. Witnesses said the gunman placed the victim into her car and drove away. Police found Pamela and Nelson’s 8-year-old son wandering among parked cars, a large pool of blood in the street, and blood in the backseat of Pamela’s car that matched her blood type. Pamela did not return to work or contact her family after that day and was never recovered.

Nelson Lee Sellers was convicted of second-degree murder; the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction on February 15, 1985. Pamela’s disappearance remains without recovery of her remains.