Cold Cases of the Golden Coast

Steven Ericson was born on April 3, 1954 in Los Angeles County, CA. His mother's maiden name is Roeder. Very little could be found about him or his family. 1972 Woodrow Wilson High School senior yearbook photo. Steven attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, LA County, CA starting in at least 1970; he graduated in 1972. The high school yearbook lists him as "Steve Ericson." His junior and senior yearbook photos are available on this post, as well as on sites below; they were originally sourced from Ancestry.   Steven was last seen on Thursday, June 1, 1972 in Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA. It is unclear why he was in Northern California, as he was from Long Beach.  Very few details are available in Steven's case. He is listed among deceased alumni on his high school class's website, linked below. He is classified as Endangered Missing on the Doe Network, while the Charley Project simply lists him as Missing. Steven is a white male with blonde hair and ...

Sherry Pickle, who also went by the nickname Sonny, was born on September 14, 1956 in LA County, CA. Her mother, Jeanette Marie Pickle (nee Broeker), was 18 years old at the time of Sherry's birth. Sherry Pickle. Photo from NamUs. Sherry, 15, was last seen on Tuesday, May 16, 1972, though one source — CA DOJ — indicates that she went missing two days earlier, on May 14th. Sherry was last seen at Coronado Ave and Broadway in Long Beach, LA County, CA. She has never been seen or heard from since. Sherry is believed to have traveled to Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA — 150 mi southeast of Long Beach — after that time. Because of this, some sources list her as missing from Borrego Springs. Sherry may have traveled to meet with a male companion, or hitchhiked to the Los Angeles area. NamUs lists her transportation as "none," i.e. she did not have a vehicle. On Wednesday, July 18, 1973, the Time Press Recorder in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, CA, published a sho...

Larry Dean Williams was born on March 5, 1959. Very little is known about him or his case. Larry’s date of disappearance is uncertain: some sources — Doe Network and NamUs — state that it was Tuesday, July 1, 1975, while all others state that it was Saturday, January 25, 1975; NamUs and DN both also mention his DLC as January 25. If Larry did in fact go missing in January, then he was 15 years old at the time; if in July, then he was 16. Photo from NamUs. On the date of his disappearance, Larry was last seen leaving his home in Long Beach, LA County, CA, to go to the beach. He frequently hitchhiked between Long Beach and Seal Beach, Orange County, CA. He has never been heard from again. Larry may go by the nickname Rabbit. He has blonde hair and brown eyes, and at the time of his disappearance he was 4’9 and 80 - 90 lbs. He has a chipped front tooth, as well as a hernia scar on his abdomen. Larry also has a burn scar on the crown of his head. It is unknown what he was wearing at the ti...