Shawndell Mcleod, 35, disappeared the morning of September 24, 2011, after leaving her Lithonia, Georgia, home to drive to a 5:00 a.m. cooking shift in Lawrenceville. She never arrived for work and was not heard from again; her mother reported her missing when she failed to show. Family members found the house dark and her car gone. Her 2011 Nissan Versa was later recovered abandoned behind a house, and there was no activity on her phone or bank accounts after she vanished.

Investigators uncovered a recent history of turmoil in Shawndell’s personal life. She had left an abusive relationship with a woman named Joyce Pelzer and had reportedly been threatened with a knife. Friends said a new boyfriend had been staying at Shawndell’s house for protection and she had borrowed a gun. Pelzer gave conflicting statements about her whereabouts the day Shawndell disappeared and falsely claimed she was at work.

Years later a woman who had been Pelzer’s girlfriend told police Pelzer admitted murdering Shawndell, allegedly with help from Pelzer’s then-wife, Rosalyn Lewis, and an alleged hitman; the informant said Shawndell was kidnapped as she arrived at work and held captive while a grave was dug. Shawndell’s body has not been found despite searches in the area of Arabia Mountain. Does anyone have information about Shawndell’s last movements or about activity near Arabia Mountain in late September 2011?