Joanne Aelis Sprague, 44, was last seen in Evening Shade, Arkansas, on August 1, 2001. She is described as a Caucasian female with gray or partially gray hair, brown eyes, 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 225 pounds.

The Sharp County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation, but few details were ever released and leads dwindled. Her case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System on June 2, 2011.

If anyone in or around Evening Shade in 2001 remembers seeing Joanne, her movements that day, or has information that might help the family, please come forward to the Sharp County Sheriff’s Office.