Sonya Lynn Elder, 53, was last seen in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on September 1, 2015. She is described as a white female with red or auburn hair, blue eyes, and between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. Family and acquaintances remembered her distinctive look; she was often seen in leopard print clothing and sometimes wearing a bathrobe. She also used the name Sonya Linder.

The last reported sighting placed her on a street where she told someone she intended to go somewhere warmer. The Kill Devil Hills Police Department opened the investigation; the case was entered into NamUs in September 2017. Public details note a captain with the Kill Devil Hills police had contact with Sonya before she disappeared, but the nature of that contact has not been made public. There is no clear information about her destination or how she might have traveled after that sighting.

Does anyone have information about Sonya’s last known movements, where she might have gone, or contacts she had in the days before September 1, 2015?