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Deanne Marie Hastings was 35 and a mother of three when she disappeared from Spokane, Washington, in early November 2015. She had just started beauty school and was engaged. On November 3, 2015, after her first day of classes she left home to run an errand and left a note for her fiancé. She did not return.

Her car was found in a downtown parking lot a few days later with her purse and cell phone inside. Surveillance shows her making a purchase at a trading company store on the afternoon of November 4. Witnesses who saw her then said she appeared disoriented and told them she had been drugged and kidnapped; police and paramedics were called but she was released. In the days after, her credit cards were used at multiple Spokane-area locations, leading to the arrest of Randy Riley on stolen property and identity-theft charges. Riley said he met Deanne, that she was intoxicated, and that he later found her coat and wallet and used her cards; he was not publicly named a suspect in the disappearance.

The Spokane Police Department continues to investigate and the case has been reviewed by outside organizations. Family and friends have periodically organized searches and public appeals. What information might help bring clarity to Deanne’s last confirmed movements on November 4, 2015?