Madeline Anna Babcock, 35, was last seen on June 11, 1968, in Venice, California after phoning her mother from a payphone and saying a friend would drive her to the family home the next day. She never arrived and has not been heard from since. When family checked her apartment later they found all her belongings had been removed, suggesting she had cleared out. At the time she worked as a barmaid at Fred’s Tavern and on an assembly line in Santa Monica.

Madeline had significant medical and personal challenges: she suffered from hydrocephalus requiring regular spinal punctures and struggled with alcoholism following abusive relationships. Her family said the sudden disappearance was out of character. Investigations continued for decades; a 2007 tip about a possible match was ruled out by DNA testing. No significant breakthrough has been reported.

If anyone knew Madeline, the friend she planned to travel with, or has information about her whereabouts in June 1968, please share what is known.