Nicole Dawn Marranca, 27, was last seen in Ithaca, New York, on or around August 18, 2017. She was described as between 5 feet 0 inches and 5 feet 4 inches tall, 110 to 130 pounds, with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. A distinctive tattoo on her back between the shoulder blades depicts a red, white, and blue Grateful Dead skull with green leaves underneath. She sometimes used the initials CJ and may have been wearing a red wig when last seen.

Marranca was at the Economy Inn on Elmira Road and may have left with an unidentified white male in a black pickup truck. A possible later sighting that day was at the Old Goat Gear Exchange sporting goods store, where her identification was found. At the time she was struggling with heroin addiction, homelessness, and was engaged in sex work to support her addiction, yet she had typically kept regular contact with family, who reported her missing on August 27, 2017.

Ithaca police opened an investigation, pursued more than 100 leads over the years, and the family has held vigils and offered a reward that was later increased. No significant lead has emerged to explain what happened after August 18, 2017. If anyone knew Nicole, saw her around Elmira Road or the Old Goat Gear Exchange that day, or has information about the black pickup truck or its driver, please come forward.