Welcome back to the podcast Benures, you are tuning into the second part of our two

episode lost and found many series where we are digging into a pair of missing persons cases

with long delayed resolutions where the circumstances of how the victims were found when they finally

turned up were quite unique. And this week we explore a disappearance from the late 70s from

California's East Bay area. But before we get into it, I did want to let you know that oh no

media which is our true crime network that all of our shows live under has just launched another

true crime podcast. It's called Rising Crime. It's actually hosted by my mom and it's a show that

keeps you up to date on all things true crime news. She's going to be posting two episodes a week

that keeps you updated on everything happening in true crime today whether that's updates on cases

that we've covered at oh no media or just updates on cases that are in the news and really big

right now. So go check it out the first episodes actually drop next week and I think you're going

to love it. Okay, but back to binge again, we are in California's East Bay area in the late 70s.

A woman named Lou Ellen Burley had only been on the earth for 21 years and had limited

experience in the job market. But in spite of this, she had the wisdom enough or intuition enough

to recognize that this particular job interview was weird. It was September 1977.

Lou Ellen had been working as a receptionist at the Hild Business College in Walnut Creek, California

where she lived. She had originally been a student at Hild and once she graduated the school hired her.

But working as a receptionist at Hild was a transitional job for Lou Ellen and the pay left

something to be desired. One afternoon, the phone rang in the front office at Hild College.

The caller was a man who said his name was John Brown and he said he worked as a representative

for the Helena Rubenstein Cosmetics company. The company was opening a new outlet in the

neighboring city of Pleasant Hill, he said, and they were seeking to hire a secretary. They were

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