It Was Labor Day Weekend
The parents frantically searched the house, opening every door, looking in every nook and cranny, checking under the beds – nothing. So, they called the police. Meanwhile, they were thinking of every possible scenario. Where on earth is their daughter? Did someone break in? Or did she get lured out of the house?
The day before was Wednesday, August 30, 1961 – the day before Labor Day weekend. There was unusually warm weather passing through the Pacific Northwest. Beverly, 33, spent the day getting her four kids ready for the approaching school year at Grant Elementary (the same school Beverly went to as a child).