9 Years Later: Elaine Park's Mysterious Disappearance Unsolved

It has been nine years since 20-year-old Elaine Park disappeared without a trace from Calabasas, California, on January 28, 2017. Despite extensive efforts by law enforcement, private investigators, and concerned friends, her whereabouts remain unknown. Her car was discovered days later on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, unlocked and with her personal belongings inside, including her laptop and phone.

Investigators faced significant challenges, including being unable to unlock Elaine Park's iPhone 7, which yielded only insignificant metadata. Her laptop provided some data, but crucially, it did not sync with iCloud, meaning the critical information from the night of her disappearance and the following morning was inaccessible. This lack of digital evidence has left the case cold.

The last known sighting of Park was on home surveillance footage showing her leaving a residence around 6 a.m. on January 28, 2017. She had been with her then-boyfriend, Divine Compere, the night before. While Compere cooperated with authorities and was never considered a suspect, his account of Park experiencing a panic attack minutes before leaving the house could not be independently corroborated. The discovery of her car five days later on a heavily patrolled highway, five miles from the residence, also raised questions about whether it had been moved.

Park's case gained renewed attention in 2021 with the release of the second season of the true crime podcast 'To Live and Die in LA.' Despite the podcast's popularity, which garnered over 60 million episode downloads, the mystery of Elaine Park's disappearance persists. As of February 1, 2026, the Glendale Police Department still considers the case open, but no new updates are available.