Laverda Sorrell was 44 when she disappeared on July 4, 2002. A member of the Navajo Nation who lived in Navajo, New Mexico, she was last reported to have been dropped off by her husband at about 11:30 p.m. at the Window Rock School District #8 office in Fort Defiance, Arizona, after the couple had dinner in Gallup to mark their 15th wedding anniversary. She never was seen or heard from again.

Family members said it was out of character for Laverda to leave without contacting them and noted she had three children and was described as compassionate and selfless. Her family did not report her missing until July 8, 2002. In later years it was reported that she had been unhappy in her marriage, had told relatives she wanted a divorce, and had been seeing another man and may have planned to meet him the night she vanished. The FBI has reclassified the matter as a homicide investigation and is offering up to a $10,000 reward; the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office and the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety are seeking information.

Does anyone have information about Laverda’s movements in Fort Defiance or Gallup on July 4, 2002?