Jean Spangler

Jean Elizabeth Spangler September 2 1923 disappeared October 7 1949 was an American actress who appeared in bit parts in several Hollywood films in the late 1940s She garnered public attention for her mysterious disappearance in late 1949 On the evening of October 7 1949 Spangler left her home in Los Angeles telling her sisterinlaw that she was going to meet with her exhusband before going to work as an extra on a film set She was last seen alive at a grocery store several blocks from her home at approximately 600 pm Two days later Spanglers tattered purse was discovered in a remote area of Griffith Park approximately 55 miles 89 km from her home inside was a letter addressed to a Kirk which mentioned seeing a doctor Given Spanglers recent work on the film Young Man with a Horn starring Kirk Douglas he called police to clear his name telling them he was in Palm Springs at the time which police accepted Spanglers disappearance generated various theories which ranged from her alleged death in a botched abortion to her fleeing with Los Angeles gangsters with whom she was acquainted To date no additional evidence has been uncovered in Spanglers case and her whereabouts remain unknown