Jennifer Marie Wilmer, 21, was last seen September 13, 1993, in the Hawkins Bar area of Northern California. She had moved from New York to California in 1992 intending to attend College of the Redwoods; after classes were full she worked various jobs and lived with roommates in a rented house. On the day she vanished she planned to hitchhike to Willow Creek to ask about farm work, left a note saying she would return, and left all her personal belongings behind.

Described as a free spirit who frequented the Deadhead community, Jennifer was also reported to have been dealing with depression before she disappeared. Extensive searches failed to find her, and no trace of her has been located since; foul play is suspected. Her case is listed among several regional vanishings referred to as the Humboldt Five, and her mother Susan Wilmer later advocated for missing persons and helped pass Jennifer’s Law in 2000 to improve reporting of missing and unidentified people.

Did anyone in the Willow Creek or Hawkins Bar area remember seeing Jennifer or a young woman trying to hitchhike en route to town?