Martha Pilnok, also sometimes recorded as Martha Lena Pilnok, was 39 when she was last seen leaving a farm in Valparaiso, Indiana, on January 15, 1944. She lived on the farm with her husband and her father at the time. She had light brown hair and brown eyes.

Few concrete details about that day are available. The initial missing person report in official records was not filed until December 15, 2020, with the Valparaiso Police Department. Fourteen years after she vanished, in 1958, her husband filed for divorce and stated she was living out of state. In 1965 her daughter, who had been given up for adoption when Martha was 18, contacted police after discovering her mother’s whereabouts were unknown.

There are still many unanswered questions about what happened to Martha and about her movements after January 15, 1944. Does anyone have memories, family information, or documents that could shed light on Martha’s life after she left the farm?