Bridget Lee Pendell-Williamson was 23 and a mother when she was last definitively seen in April 1997 in San Francisco. Some records list January 12, 1996 as a disappearance date, but her last confirmed contact with authorities was an arrest for prostitution in April 1997; she failed to appear for the related court date. She had been living on the streets of San Francisco and Santa Cruz by 1996, supporting a heroin and cocaine habit through sex work.

Bridget’s last known address was a hotel room in the 300 block of Ellis Street, which she shared with a male acquaintance. She frequented the Capp Street area between 16th and 19th Streets and had several distinctive tattoos: a yellow rose on her buttock, a cat on her groin, and bracelet tattoos on both upper arms.

Her family last saw her in April 1996 when her sister Jacqueline returned Bridget’s young daughter to Vermont. Numerous searches in San Francisco turned up a transient known as The Crier who resembled Bridget, but that identification was never confirmed. Anyone who knew Bridget, saw her in the Capp Street area, or has information about The Crier is asked to come forward.