Barbara Kay Jolly was 19 when she vanished from downtown Seattle on August 22, 1976. She was described as five feet eight inches tall, about 130 pounds, with black hair and a distinctive widow’s peak. Accounts of her last known moments are scant; reports say she was never heard from again and there are very few public details about where she had been that day or who she might have been with.

The Seattle Police Department has an open case file, but the investigation has produced little information and leads have long since dried up. Family members continue to live with the uncertainty of what happened and many aspects of Barbara’s life at the time — work, relationships, companions that day — remain unknown to the public.

Does anyone who lived in downtown Seattle in August 1976 or who knew Barbara have information that could help shed light on her disappearance?