Lorraine Judith Chance, known as Lee, vanished after leaving her young daughter with a babysitter in Santa Cruz on January 3, 1948. She was 26 at the time and had been grieving the November 1947 death of her husband Calvin Bud Chance. Lorraine promised to return that evening but never did.

At the time of her disappearance there was a warrant for her arrest, and investigators later noted she might have been trying to flee legal trouble. She had applied for her late husband’s death benefits in March 1948 but disappeared before collecting them; the checks were returned unclaimed. Lorraine is described as petite, between 4 feet 11 inches and 5 feet 1 inch, with brown hair (possibly bleached blonde), brown eyes, protruding teeth and a habit of wearing high heels. The Sacramento Police Department lists her as missing and the case remains unsolved.

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