Elizabeth Dorothy Funchess was six months old when she and her mother, Diane Edith Funchess, were last seen at their San Jose home on September 6, 1977. A neighbor who visited that day reported the house appeared normal; Diane had just finished breastfeeding Elizabeth and they talked about a recent family trip to Florida. Later that day both vanished, leaving personal items behind including Diane’s eyeglasses and car. Investigators found a television cord had been cut and taken, but no signs of a struggle at the residence, and initially considered abduction with a possible intent to sell the infant for adoption.

Diane’s skeletal remains were recovered in 1981 in the Santa Cruz Mountains near where her husband worked, but Elizabeth has never been found. The disappearance is classified as endangered missing and authorities say Elizabeth may still be alive and unaware of her identity. Does anyone have information about Elizabeth Dorothy Funchess or memories of the family in San Jose in 1977 that could help this investigation?