Linda Lovell, 25, a former University of Montana student, disappeared in late June 1974 while hitchhiking along the West Coast with companion Stephen Lock Packard. The pair left New Jersey intending to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Oregon and planned to stop in Spokane for the World’s Fair before returning to Missoula to visit Lovell’s family.

They sent postcards from Stinson Beach, California, and Packard made a call to his family from there in mid-June. On June 20 a traveler’s check in Packard’s name was cashed in Westport, California, about four hours north of Stinson Beach. After that, neither Lovell nor Packard was seen or heard from again. California authorities, including the Santa Maria Police Department, investigated but no solid evidence or verified sightings have emerged and both remain missing.

Anyone with memory of seeing a young couple traveling the northern California coast in June 1974 or with information about travel through Stinson Beach or Westport that month is asked to come forward.