• Missing Juvenile: Lisa Dickinson
• Missing Since: 09/05/76
• Date of Birth: 04/25/67
• Age: 9 years old
• Height and weight: 4’10” 80 lbs
• Physical Descriptors: Caucasian female, blonde hair, blue eyes
• Clothing Description: A yellow crew neck t-shirt with the word “Happiness” and an image of the cartoon character Snoopy on the front. Blue cut off shorts and white leather sandals with straps.

Lisa was last seen riding her bike in Walnut Creek, California at 7 p.m. on September 5, 1976. She was going to the BART station from her home in the area of Los Cerros. She was supposed to be home by 8 p.m., but didn’t return to her family home. She has never been heard from again.

Her parents reported her missing at 9 p.m. Lisa’s bike (a red Raleigh 10-speed) was found in a grove of walnut trees at Heather Farm Park near the Contra Costa Canal, three hours after she was last seen. A search of the canal turned up no clues as to her whereabouts, but witnesses said they saw Lisa at the park entrance.

Several witnesses reported seeing a Caucasian male driving a medium sized motorcycle on Ygnacio Valley Rd and Walnut Ave, two blocks east of Heather Farm Park, at approximately 7:30 pm. The man was not wearing a helmet. He was described as:

• Early 40’s in age
• Brown curly hair
• Mustache
• “Chunky” build

A Caucasian female wearing a white helmet, aged between eight and twelve years old, was riding the motorcycle with him. It hasn’t been verified that the child was Lisa, and the man’s identity has never been confirmed.

Primary Suspect

• Name: Louis Richard Fresquez
• Date of birth: 1942 (34 years old at the time of Lisa’s disappearance)
• Height: 5'5
• Weight: 140
• Hair color: Black
• Eye color: Brown

Fresquez was imprisoned for sex crimes between 1987 and 2002. He has never been charged in connection with Lisa’s disappearance due to a lack of evidence.

Contact

If you have any information about this case, call the Walnut Creek Police Department at (925) 943-5844.

Reference: Cold Case 76-9880