Sharon Wright is listed in NamUs as a Black woman who was 30 when she disappeared from Compton, California. She was last known to have contact on August 1, 1980, after dropping off her seven-year-old child with family members and saying she would return two days later. She never came back.

NamUs describes her as about 5 feet 4 inches and 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The case is associated with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Adult Missing Persons Unit; an agency report was entered in 2024 and a DNA reference sample from her son has been submitted to the California Department of Justice Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory. No public resolution has been posted.

If anyone knew Sharon, her family, or saw her in Compton around August 1, 1980, please share what might help investigators or update her record.