Diana Critcher, a 59-year-old resident of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, was last seen by family at her Highway 172 home on December 30, 2011. Diana sometimes went long stretches without contacting relatives, which delayed concern when she stopped communicating; an official missing person report was not filed until May 2017 after family members discovered she had stopped collecting Social Security benefits and asked the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office for a welfare check.

At the time she was last seen Diana was described as a white female with long, straight brown hair and brown eyes, wearing glasses, between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighing between 140 and 160 pounds. The circumstances of her disappearance from her home remain unclear. Investigators have handled the case since the 2017 report but there have been no public significant developments or leads.

The long gap between Diana’s last confirmed sighting and the reporting created investigative challenges and left her family with unanswered questions. Anyone who knew Diana, saw her in Sneads Ferry around late 2011, or has information that could help locate her is asked to contact the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office.