Laura Ann Anders, 45, was last seen on Bauknight Road in Mountain Rest, South Carolina, in the early days of a new year. Her husband told investigators he had driven to Spartanburg and when he returned nearly a month later Laura was gone. She did not have a cellphone with her, and the family says the lack of contact was out of character.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation weeks after she was last seen. Authorities have noted similarities between Laura’s disappearance and other local cases, including Pamela Faith Roach and Tammy Stubblefield, who vanished in 2019, the disappearance of Joshua Ivester in 2021, and the discovery of Renee King’s body in February 2021 after she had been reported missing in late 2020. Investigators say some of the missing had mutual acquaintances, but no definitive public link has been announced.

Laura is described as a white female who may have Native American ancestry, about 5 feet 1 inch and weighing between 140 and 162 pounds. Can anyone who knew Laura, saw her on Bauknight Road, or has information about these connected cases please come forward to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Department?