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Pamela Burrows, a 23-year-old woman, was last heard from on January 1, 1973, in Seattle, Washington. Pamela had grown up in Snohomish County and, after a brief marriage in the 1960s, she lived in both King and Pierce Counties. Her family’s last contact with her was when she called her sister, who lived in Minnesota at the time, stating that she and her boyfriend were planning to visit. However, shortly after that call, her sister received another phone call from Pamela's boyfriend, claimi ...Read More
Last Seen: Jan 01, 1973

Victim Details

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


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