Margarita MacNeill, also known as Margarita Galvez, was 27 when she was last seen in Salinas, California, on February 7, 1976. That morning she dropped her children at their godparents’ home and left driving a yellow 1974 Toyota Celica. Neither she nor the car has ever been recovered.

At the time she was 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 125 pounds, with light brown hair and brown eyes. Early in the inquiry investigators considered her ex-husband a potential suspect, but he was later cleared. Another person of interest was Pablo Duarte, a migrant farm worker reported to have gold teeth and several tattoos and believed to have been living near the Mexican border in San Luis Río Colorado; however no link to the case has been established.

Both Margarita and her vehicle have been missing for over four decades and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Margarita, saw a yellow 1974 Toyota Celica in Salinas around February 7, 1976, or has information about Pablo Duarte, please come forward.