Who Is Divine Compere? The Elaine Park Disappearance Explained

Divine “Div” Compere is best known as the former boyfriend of Elaine Park, a 20-year-old woman from Glendale, California, who disappeared in January 2017. Park spent her last known night at Compere’s home in Calabasas. Glendale police said publicly that they did not believe he or anyone at the property was involved, and he has never been charged in connection with her disappearance. The case remains unsolved.

This article sets out what has been reported about the case by police, the family and the news organisations that covered it, without speculation.

Who is Elaine Park?

Elaine Park was born on September 24, 1996, and grew up in the Glendale and La Crescenta area of Los Angeles County. Her family and media reports describe her as an aspiring actress and performer. She was 20 when she went missing. Her mother, Susan Park, has led a long public search for her.

What happened on January 27–28, 2017

According to police accounts reported by ABC7 Los Angeles and others:

• On the evening of January 27, 2017, Park and Compere took an Uber to a movie and returned to his home in Calabasas shortly after 1 a.m.
• Compere told investigators that around 4 a.m. Park woke up shaking and appeared to be having a panic attack. He said he tried to persuade her to stay, but she changed and left.
• Home surveillance video shows Park walking to her car at about 6:05 a.m. on January 28. Reports noted she did not appear distressed on the footage.

Her family reported her missing a couple of days later, after she stopped answering calls and messages.

Her car was found on Pacific Coast Highway

On February 2, 2017, Park’s charcoal-gray 2015 Honda Civic was found parked along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, near Corral Canyon Road, about 20 miles from where she was last seen. The keys were in the ignition, and her phone, laptop, cash and other belongings were inside.

Investigators searched the cliffs and shoreline nearby, including with bloodhounds, and found no sign of her. A Glendale police sergeant told NBC’s Dateline that the way the car was found was suspicious, but that police could not rule foul play in or out because they had no evidence either way.

What police said about Divine Compere

Compere was with Park on the night before she vanished, so investigators questioned him early on. Glendale police described him as cooperative. In February 2017 they said they did not believe he or anyone at the property was involved in her disappearance. Reports in 2018 again described him as “completely cooperative”. No one has been named a suspect or charged.

Compere and his family have generally declined to comment publicly. Because he is a private individual, and police have not accused him of anything, this article does not include personal details beyond what appeared in news coverage of the case.

The search and the rewards

• The family and volunteers searched the Malibu coastline, the Santa Monica Mountains and parts of the Angeles National Forest.
• A private investigator hired by the family said he believed she was an involuntary missing person and that foul play was likely.
• Rewards were offered at different times and amounts, including a large time-limited reward in 2017 and a $140,000 reward that was extended through the end of 2018.
• Her case is listed by the Charley Project as endangered missing, and her mother continued public appeals on the anniversaries of her disappearance and on her birthday.

Where the case stands

More than nine years later, Elaine Park has not been found, and police have not announced any arrests or charges. The investigation is held by the Glendale Police Department (case number 17-1512).

How to help

If you have any information about Elaine Park, however small, contact the Glendale Police Department. Crime Solvers Central lists the number as 818-548-4840. You can also contact the Charley Project, which keeps an updated case file.

Her description at the time she went missing: Asian (Korean descent), about 5’5″–5’6″, around 125 lbs, brown eyes, long brown hair with blonde tips. She has several tattoos, including a dagger and flowers on her right arm, a rose on her left shoulder, and a cow skull and moth on her left arm.

This summary is based on published police statements and news reports. If you are aware of an update or an error, please contact us so we can correct it.