Kaylene Marie Gallegos was 21 and a young mother when she left her father’s home in Lakeside, Arizona, on May 20, 2010. She was seen getting into a car with two men and told family she was going to the Phoenix area. Kaylene is described as Hispanic and White/Caucasian, between 5 feet and 5 feet 3 inches tall, 100 to 120 pounds, with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was last known to be wearing a grey tank top, a light brown sweater, dark blue jeans, and flip-flop sandals.

The narrative of what happened afterward comes mainly from one of the men, Jacob Mata. He says the group traveled to Phoenix, then returned toward Show Low and became lost on a Forest Service road in the White Mountain Apache Forest. Mata reports that on May 22 the third person left in the vehicle, leaving him and Kaylene to spend the night; he says they separated while walking for help the next morning and that he called to her from a ridge but never saw her again. Mata sought help from passersby after a short search and was later arrested on outstanding warrants and for drug possession.

The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office lists the case as an active investigation. Did anyone in the area around the White Mountain Apache Forest in May 2010 see Kaylene or the vehicle described that week?