Rossana Miliani was 26 when she was last seen on December 7, 2005, in Bryson City, North Carolina. She had traveled there for a hiking trip and was seen in a general store with an older man whose hair was graying; witnesses said she appeared nervous during that encounter. The pair bought a sleeping bag and then left — that is the last confirmed sighting of her.

Over time suspicion focused on Gary Michael Hilton, a serial killer later convicted of multiple murders of hikers in national forests in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Witnesses said a sketch of the man seen with Miliani closely resembled Hilton, and Hilton was known to frequent the Appalachian Trail. He was never charged in Miliani’s disappearance and has declined to discuss the case.

Authorities continue to list the case as unresolved and Miliani’s family seeks closure. Does anyone have information about Miliani’s movements in Bryson City on December 7, 2005, or about the man seen with her that day?