Cherry Ann Greenman was 20 when she vanished from Waterville, Washington, in the late summer of 1976. The last confirmed sighting is believed to be September 14, 1976, the day she was released from the Douglas County Jail. Described as a free spirit who hitchhiked widely, she had brown hair, blue eyes and a distinctive birthmark on her forehead.

Her nomadic habits complicate reconstructing her final movements. Investigators considered several leads over the years, including and later excluding the Green River Killer, and a photograph found among Rodney Alcala’s possessions that family members said was not her. No arrests or public suspect identifications have been made. Cherry was not reported missing until 2004, 28 years after she was last seen, which created significant challenges for the inquiry.

Did anyone who knew Cherry or traveled the Pacific Northwest in 1976 have contact with her after mid-September?