Patricia Lorraine Gentle was 33 when she disappeared from Redondo Beach, California, on January 1, 1973. Very little is known about the circumstances of her disappearance. At the time she was described as a white female with brown hair, 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 120 pounds.

Decades of searches have not located Patricia. A set of buried remains found on Wollacott Street once raised hope for her family, but DNA comparison showed the remains were not hers. Her case remains an open missing person investigation and the family continues to seek answers.

If anyone has information about Patricia’s whereabouts or remembers her in Redondo Beach around 1973, please come forward to investigators.