Packard was travelling with Linda Lovell hiking along the CA coast with a final destination of Spokane WA. Packard called his family on 6-10-1974 from Stinson Beach, CA. On 6-20-1974, a travelers check in Packard's name was cashed at a store in Westport, Mendocino County, CA. Linda Lovell and Stephen Packard have not been heard from since then.