Mahfuza Rahman was a 30-year-old nurse and mother who disappeared from her Bronx home in December 2015. The last confirmed sighting was on December 8, 2015, when surveillance filmed her leaving the subway near East 198th Street after leaving her shift at Bellevue Hospital. She failed to show for work on December 10 and was first reported missing by the hospital in March, after repeated explanations from her husband, Mohammad Chowdhury, proved inconsistent.

Investigators found Mahfuza’s passport, wallet, and credit cards inside the home, and her parents in Bangladesh said they had not been in any accident and had not heard from her since the day before she vanished. The house showed unusual signs including a flooded basement, freshly painted walls, and a newly poured concrete patio that was later dug up; no evidence was recovered. Financial records show Chowdhury bought a 16-inch camping ax and packing tape on the morning of December 10. Chowdhury left for Bangladesh with the couple’s daughter days after Mahfuza was last seen and has remained there; authorities regard him as the primary suspect.

Mahfuza’s fate remains unknown. Did anyone in the Bronx area see Mahfuza around December 8–10, 2015, or have information about renovations at the family’s home?