Missing Since: 1948-01-03 Location: Santa Cruz, California
Chance disappeared on January 3, 1948. That day she left her only child with a babysitter in Santa Cruz, California and said she’d return in a couple of hours, but she never came back to get her. She lived on Riverside Avenue in Santa Clara, California at the time. Chance applied for death benefits for her husband from Veterans Affairs on March 28, 1948; he’d been in the Navy and had died in an accident in November 1947. Her application was approved in August of that year, but by then she had moved without leaving a forwarding address. She never collected any benefits and there’s been no indication of her whereabouts since 1948. Sacramento, California police are investigating. Investigating Agency Sacramento Police Department 916-808-0621 Source Information California Attorney General’s Office On the Off Chance The Doe Network Missing Persons of America NamUs Facebook Page for Lorraine Chance Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated March 31, 2016; casefile added.