Sherry Jean Pickle was 15 when she was last seen on May 16, 1972, at the intersection of Coronado Avenue and Broadway in Long Beach, California. Known as Sonny, she was 5 feet 4 inches, 100 to 110 pounds, with light brown hair, hazel eyes, freckles, pierced ears, a scar on her right foot from bicycle spokes and a previously fractured ankle.

Reports say she may have been trying to get to Borrego Springs, about 150 miles southeast of Long Beach, or hitchhiking to Los Angeles. There are indications she may have been with a male companion after she disappeared. Authorities strongly suspect foul play and consider her an endangered missing person; the West Covina Police Department continues the investigation and the family remains hopeful. No conclusive evidence has been found and age-progressed images have been issued over the years.

Did anyone in Long Beach or along the route to Borrego Springs remember seeing a teenage girl matching Sherry’s description around May 16, 1972?