Author: Shane Lambert
Original Time of Writing: January 7th, 2021; minor updates August 31st, 2026
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Original Time of Writing: January 7th, 2021; minor updates August 31st, 2026
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Missing Person: Patricia Lorraine Gentle
Last-Contact Date: Sometime in 1973 (listed as January 1 in some sources, but this may be a placeholder). A member of Websleuths who is active in promoting this case claims the disappearance date was March 30th, 1973 (Friday).
Last-Seen Location: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Link to Government Source: NamUs #MP76904
Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Female
Age at Disappearance:
Hair: Brown per NamUs, though the photo shows blonde—perhaps a wig or lighting effect
Eye Color: Brown per NamUs, but appears greener in the photo
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| Snipped from Websleuths. |
Height and Weight at Disappearance: 5'4" to 5'5", 120 to 130 pounds
Based on her height and weight ranges, her Body Mass Index (BMI) at the time of disappearance is calculated to be approximately 20.6 to 21.6, indicating a healthy weight range according to standard health metrics.
Based on her height and weight ranges, her Body Mass Index (BMI) at the time of disappearance is calculated to be approximately 20.6 to 21.6, indicating a healthy weight range according to standard health metrics.
Birthdate: March 30th, 1939, according to a Facebook post.
Summary: I Found Nothing on This Missing Person
I originally looked at this case in 2021. There was not much available to summarize. In fact, the main point was that this missing person had basically no presence in the online community that looked at missing people.
Patricia Lorraine Gentle disappeared in 1973, yet her case only hit NamUs on January 6th, 2021—48 years later. Official details remain scant: NamUs says “unknown circumstances,” leaving a blank slate.
Readers interested in this case are advised to follow her forum at Websleuths (Websleuths forum), which had very little in terms of promising leads as of 2026, but still seemed to have some dedicated members. I’ve found no 1973 newspaper reports of her disappearance, which I found a bit odd for a populated area like Redondo Beach.
Readers interested in this case are advised to follow her forum at Websleuths (Websleuths forum), which had very little in terms of promising leads as of 2026, but still seemed to have some dedicated members. I’ve found no 1973 newspaper reports of her disappearance, which I found a bit odd for a populated area like Redondo Beach.
I did have a hard look for her, using 27 different combinations of her name. Feel free to work with those as newspaper archives are updated all the time with an increasing number of articles. When I used all of the derivations below in 2021, no missing persons report or article of interest turned up.
| Number | Name Variation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Gentle |
| 2 | Pat Gentle |
| 3 | Patty Gentle |
| 4 | Patti Gentle |
| 5 | Patsy Gentle |
| 6 | Trish Gentle |
| 7 | Tricia Gentle |
| 8 | Trisha Gentle |
| 9 | Trixie Gentle |
| 10 | Patricia Lorraine Gentle |
| 11 | Pat Lorraine Gentle |
| 12 | Patty Lorraine Gentle |
| 13 | Patti Lorraine Gentle |
| 14 | Patsy Lorraine Gentle |
| 15 | Trish Lorraine Gentle |
| 16 | Tricia Lorraine Gentle |
| 17 | Trisha Lorraine Gentle |
| 18 | Trixie Lorraine Gentle |
| 19 | Patricia L. Gentle |
| 20 | Pat L. Gentle |
| 21 | Patty L. Gentle |
| 22 | Patti L. Gentle |
| 23 | Patsy L. Gentle |
| 24 | Trish L. Gentle |
| 25 | Tricia L. Gentle |
| 26 | Trisha L. Gentle |
| 27 | Trixie L. Gentle |
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Namus has eye color incorrect. Eyes are green. Hair is Brown. Blonde hair is a wig.
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