Gisele Ann Lovvorn was 17 when she disappeared from Burien, Washington after leaving her apartment on July 17, 1982 to work on the Sea-Tac strip along Pacific Highway South. She was last seen that afternoon and a missing person report was filed by her roommate three days later. Gisele’s remains were found on September 25, 1982 in a wooded area near South 200th Street and 18th Avenue South, not far from the airport.

Gisele had run away from home at 14 and spent time in vulnerable situations in Washington; less than a month before her death she was arrested for prostitution and gave a false name and age to authorities. Her murder remained unsolved for years and was one of a number of murders of runaways and sex workers that prompted the Green River Task Force investigation.

Decades later, DNA linked Gary Leon Ridgway to multiple killings. In 2003 he pleaded guilty to the murder of 48 women, including Gisele Ann Lovvorn, and was sentenced to 48 consecutive life terms. Does anyone have information about Gisele’s time in Burien or the Sea-Tac strip in 1982 that could add detail to her last days?