In late summer 1964, two-year-old Patricia Louise Zentner and her 28-year-old mother, Mildred Patricia Zentner, vanished from their home on Deering Street in Garden City, Michigan. They were last seen on August 28, 1964. Their disappearance followed an argument between Mildred and her husband of six years, Jesse Zentner Jr., who said he left the house after spanking the child and returned to find both gone. Jesse reported that Mildred had left a typewritten note that he tore up; the contents of that note are unknown.

A few personal items were missing, including Patricia’s potty chair, but most clothing and household belongings remained. No report to police was made until about two weeks later when Mildred’s parents, alerted by Jesse’s visit to Pennsylvania, filed the missing persons report. The Garden City Police reopened the investigation in 2004 and excavated the former property in 2006, but found no evidence. Mildred’s parents died in the 1980s; Mildred’s sister has continued searching. What happened to Mildred and Patricia Zentner remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Garden City in 1964 have memories or information about the Zentners that could help fill the gaps?