Cheryl Lynn Valenti, 33, was last seen on November 23, 1997, leaving her home in Vancouver, Washington, driving her boyfriend’s 1973 Ford pickup. She was due in the Tri-Cities area the next day for a child custody hearing but never arrived. Her boyfriend reported her missing to the Vancouver Police Department on November 26.

On December 2 the pickup was located abandoned on a snow-covered stretch of Forest Service Road #30 in a remote area of Skamania County. Cheryl’s purse and identification were inside the vehicle. Those personal items and the isolated location deepened concern but have not produced a clear explanation for her disappearance.

Cheryl had brown hair and hazel eyes. The case remains unsolved and was later classified as a cold case. If anyone has information about Cheryl’s movements on November 23, 1997, or remembers seeing that 1973 Ford pickup in late November or early December, please come forward.