Jeanette Louise Ray was 9 when she disappeared from Napa, California, on October 4, 1965. Her father, Claude Ray Jr., said he dropped Jeanette and her 7-year-old sister Renay at Westwood Elementary around 8:30 a.m., but neither girl attended class. The family learned of their absence that afternoon and began searching.

Six days later Renay’s body was recovered on a Mendocino County beach; she had died of asphyxiation and Claude Ray Jr. was convicted of her murder in 1966. Jeanette was never found and is presumed to have been killed around the same time, though no charges were filed in her case because her body was not recovered. She was last seen wearing an orange jumper, blue knee-high socks, and a beige corduroy coat, and had a bandage under the right side of her jaw after recent surgery. It is believed Jeanette’s body may have been lost at sea.

If anyone knew Jeanette, where she spent time, or has information about that October 1965 disappearance, please share what is known.