Leyla McCullagh, 36, was last seen at her Evergreen Mills Road residence in Leesburg, Virginia, on August 14, 2012. A native of Russia and a belly dancer, she had a four-year-old child and did not show up for work or respond to friends and coworkers, which they said was out of character. Her estranged husband, Matthew Ryan McCullagh, was reportedly the last person to see her.

Detectives opened an official missing person investigation on August 30, 2012, after multiple calls from concerned acquaintances. Leyla’s phone pinged a cell tower several hours south of her home on the day she disappeared and then went silent; there has been no activity on her phone or financial accounts since. Friends reported seeing bruises on her arms and said she had alleged Matthew assaulted her and threatened deportation. Investigators executed a search warrant at Matthew McCullagh’s Herndon apartment and seized firearms and ammunition; a .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun linked to him later was turned over and led to federal weapons charges in May 2013, though no charges were filed in Leyla’s disappearance. Law enforcement has classified the case as a suspected homicide but no arrest related to her disappearance has been announced.

Does anyone who knew Leyla or lived in Leesburg in 2012 have information that could help clarify what happened to her?