Missing Nurse Sought by Police 

Olga Duncan’s tragic story began with a short article that appeared in the Santa Barbara News-Press. Olga’s friends were the ones who’d called the newspaper two days after she’d disappeared. The police were not overly concerned at that time, and they believed that the young nurse would probably soon reappear. 

Missing Nurse Sought by Police, Friends 

Santa Barbara News-Press November 19, 1958 

 Olga Duncan, 30, of 114 Garden Street, Apt. 11, was the object of a police search today. She has been missing from her home since 11:00 p.m. Monday, friends told police. 

Mrs. Duncan is the wife of Santa Barbara attorney Frank Duncan and was home alone Monday night after she said goodbye to two friends who visited her at her apartment. She has not been seen since. She is employed as a surgical nurse at Cottage Hospital. However, she did not go to work yesterday and did not notify the hospital of her whereabouts. Friends said she is expecting a baby in two months. Anyone with information is asked to call the Santa Barbara Police Department

By the time Olga had been missing for a week, the police began to take a harder look at her disappearance. The following article appeared in the Santa Barbara News:

Olga Duncan Photos Sent Out in Hunt

Santa Barbara News-Press on page 5 on November 26, 1958

City police are sending copies of a photograph of Olga Duncan to other police departments on this coast today in a continuing search for the woman.

She has been missing since November 17.  No one has reported seeing her since friends left her Garden Street apartment about 11:00 that night, police said. 

All points bulletins were sent to police departments in California and neighboring states.

However, police said, they can find no evidence that she left Santa Barbara. All her identification was left at her apartment, apparently. She has notified no one of her whereabouts, including her husband, attorney Frank Duncan, from whom she recently separated. 

She worked as a surgical nurse at a local hospital. She is expecting a baby in 2 months.