Michelle Kelly Pulsifer
Missing since July 1969 from Huntington Beach, Orange County, California.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

• Date Of Birth: March 17, 1966
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 3 years old
• Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 3'5"; 40 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; brown eyes.
• Dentals: Not available
• DNA: Available in CODIS

Circumstances of Disappearance
Pulsifer was last seen in California in 1969. The exact date of her disappearance is unknown, however, she is missing under suspicious circumstances.
She was living with her mom, her mom's boyfriend and her 6-year-old brother in a house on Tigerfish Circle in July 1969 when she vanished. And sometime during the next two or three days the family suddenly moved to Illinois.
No one filed a missing-person report.
In August 2004 her mother was taken into custody on an arrest warrant charging her with the murder of her daughter in 1969. Investigators also arrested her former boyfriend on the same charge.
The arrests ended a year-long investigation. Detectives couldn't find a single public record about Michelle after 1969. Prosecutors concluded that the girl was killed by her mother and the boyfriend, and that they moved so no one would notice that she was missing.
Investigators do not know exactly how Michelle died or where or how her body was disposed of. The arrested man told authorities he buried the body in Silverado Canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains before the family moved out of state. He did not admit to killing Michelle but admitted burying the girl.
Orange County officials have said they were searching for Michelle's body, but declined to say where.
Michelle's brother said he last saw his sister when he was 6 and she asked him to hide her. He hid Michelle under the bed covers, but their mother came and got her. When the family moved to Illinois, officials said the brother was told there was not enough room in the car for Michelle.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Orange County District Attorney's Office
714-245-8408

Agency Case Number: SA03138

NCMEC #: NCMC973335

NCIC Number: M-523887890

Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
CA DOJ
The Orange County Register
The Charley Project