Jesse Alvin Work was 20 when he and his 15-year-old girlfriend, Joyce Ramsey, vanished after leaving a party on February 6, 1959. Their convertible was found the next day abandoned on a dirt road near Hemet, but the couple were not with the vehicle.

Frank Phillip Kretz Jr. later confessed to killing both Jesse and Joyce and led authorities to Joyce’s body in 1971, found in a shallow grave north of Indio. Jesse’s remains have never been located. Kretz claimed Jesse was buried along Highway 74 between Hemet and Idyllwild, but searches turned up no evidence to confirm that claim.

Jesse is still considered missing and the case remains unresolved. Can anyone with information about Jesse’s last movements, the area along Highway 74, or the 1959 disappearance help investigators or family find answers?