Valerie Jeanette Sifsof, 43, was last seen July 7, 2012, while camping with her boyfriend at Granite Creek Campground, Mile 64 of the Seward Highway near Girdwood, Alaska. A member of the Yu’Pik Inupiaq tribe, she was planning her younger sister’s baby shower when she disappeared after an argument with her boyfriend. Around midnight she reportedly walked away from the campsite, leaving behind keys, identification, and her cell phone.

Troopers searched the densely wooded area with ATVs, dogs, and helicopters but initially found no sign of her. Her boyfriend reported her missing on July 11 and said he had searched before leaving the campground the day after she walked away. Family searches continued over miles of forest and icy creeks. In August 2012 a kayaker found her green tank top in Six Mile Creek; in October the family recovered her black DKNY hooded sweatshirt at a logjam about a half-mile downstream from where she was last seen. Heavy rains and high creek levels hampered further searching.

Valerie’s body has never been recovered; she was legally declared deceased in 2016. The circumstances of her disappearance remain unresolved. Did anyone who camped at Granite Creek that week see or hear anything that could help fill the gaps in the timeline?