Disappeared at Venice Beach on 18 May 1926, and was presumed drowned,
but resurfaced on 23 June, three days after her mother received a
ransom note demanding $500,000. She claimed she was kidnapped and taken
to a shack in Mexico, but escaped. However, gossip had her "shacked up"
with her married radio operator, who disappeared at the same time. A
subsequent grand jury was dismissed for lack of evidence.