Mar 02, 2012
Jun 19, 2023
Pamela
Burrows
75
23
64 inches
150 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
In the early 1970s, a young woman named Pamela Burrows, who also went by the name Pamela Hatley, vanished from Seattle, Washington. At the age of 23, her life was abruptly cut off from her family, leaving behind a mystery that has lingered for decades. The last time her family ever heard from her was in either 1972 or 1973. During a telephone call to her sister, who was living in Minnesota at the time, Pamela announced her intention to visit, accompanied by her boyfriend. She was expected to arrive, but the days turned into weeks, and she never appeared. Pamela grew up in Snohomish County, Washington. Around 1966, she was married, though the union lasted only about a year. Following her marriage, she moved, and family members heard that she was living in both King and Pierce counties. Her life during this period remains somewhat unclear, leading up to the fateful phone call that would be her last known communication with her relatives. The hope sparked by her planned visit to Minnesota was soon extinguished, replaced by a chilling and unverified claim. Sometime after the initial phone call, Pamela's sister received another, far more disturbing call. It was from Pamela's boyfriend, the same man she was supposed to be traveling with. He delivered the shocking news that Pamela had been killed in Seattle. This assertion has never been officially confirmed, and without any further evidence or contact, her case went cold. The King County Sheriff's Office has the case, but with limited information available, the investigation has been fraught with challenges. The boyfriend's claim hangs over the case, a grim and unresolved possibility in the long and silent years since Pamela Burrows was last seen or heard from. Her disappearance is classified as an endangered missing person case, a story without an ending and a family left to wonder what truly happened to her.
Jan 01, 1973
Seattle
Washington
King County
No
11461
King County Sheriff's Office
Seattle
Washington
King County
98104
Thomas Jensen
Analyst
516 3rd Avenue Room W-150, Washington
2062964155
County
Law Enforcement
04-260621
2012-03-02
King County Sheriff's Office
Brown
Blue
Blue
06/22/2026