CIRCUMSTANCES: The suspicious disappearance of Chris Eastin occurred as follows:  

On January 18, 1971 Chris left her house at 25096 Joyce St.,  in Hayward and went to the Jack in the Box on Mission &  Pinedale Court.  She met with her ex-boyfriend George Sponsel, who let her use his car to go shopping. 

She went shopping at Mervyn's in San Lorenzo with her friend, Sandy McBride.  Eastin bought boots, went home, then set out to fulfill her promise to wash the Maverick before returning it.  The expedition ended with Eastin taking her friend home and driving the '69 Ford Maverick to the self-operated car wash. 

Chris also stated that she was going to hand wash the car at a self service car wash.  Chris set out for the car wash. At 0115 hrs on the 19th of January 1971,  the vehicle was driven by Miss Eastin. The car was found parked and locked at Charlie's Car Wash on 25400 Mission Blvd. & Berry Ave., Hayward.  

The vehicle had been washed and locked. Articles of papers from inside the vehicle were located strewn next to the drivers door on the pavement.  Eastin's purse and scarf were on the front seat of the locked car when it was found at the car wash the next day.   That's where it was found later but "Christy" Eastin was nowhere to be seen. The 19-year-old who had lived her entire life in Hayward has been missing ever since. 

Chris Eastin had all of her personal belongings at her house and there were no signs that she was leaving the area. She didn't advise her mother or family that she was going to do anything other then return that night.  

Friends and family members scoured the city, showing people photographs of the missing girl. Because it was an era when young people across the nation were "turning on and tuning out," police initially reacted as if the 19-year-old woman had embarked on an adventure of her own design. 

Those who knew Eastin well were convinced otherwise. Eastin had just landed her first job and attended Chabot College in Hayward. Friends said she wasn't interested in drugs or the hippie culture.     

The weekend before her disappearance, Eastin stayed with a group of girlfriends at Cox's home on Alice Street. The girls bantered, cavorted and worked on a 1,200 - piece puzzle. The unfinished puzzle was put away and never worked on again after Eastin vanished. Cox and the other girls drove the Hayward hills searching for their missing friend. 

 It is important that anyone having information concerning Chris Eastin's whereabouts on that date or any information that could assist in this investigation please contact Detective Frank L. Daley, 510.293.7066.