Patricia Joan Chesher was 12 when she disappeared from Albuquerque on June 17, 1969. She left home about 3:00 p.m. to sell raffle tickets for her brother’s unicycle club, briefly returned to fetch a coin purse after making change for a neighbor, then left again saying she’d be back before her mother returned from work. She never returned and has not been seen or heard from since.

Investigators at first considered that she might have run away, but the family always believed foul play was involved. Over the years a neighbor who bought a ticket, a relative with a history of alleged misconduct, and a former boyfriend of an older sister were treated as persons of interest; no one was ever charged. The case was reopened in 2010, and uncorroborated confessions have been reported but not substantiated.

Patricia was the youngest of eight children and lived with her mother and some older siblings. Her fate remains unknown. Did anyone in Albuquerque in June 1969 see Patricia or the raffle ticket seller that afternoon?