Pamela J. Butler was 47 when she was last seen in Washington, D.C., at approximately 9:48 p.m. on February 12, 2009, in the 5800 block of 4th Street NW. She was described as a Black woman, about 5 feet 3 inches tall and 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Early reports treated the case as a missing person matter; family members were deeply troubled when she failed to show up for planned family time and missed work.

Details in her home were reported as out of character: missing bed sheets, files on the floor, raised blinds, an unlocked window, and a door alarm that had been turned off. Her vehicles remained at the residence while personal items including her purse, credit card, driver’s license, and keys were gone. The Charley Project noted she was last seen at home with her boyfriend, Jose Angel Rodriguez-Cruz, and that two emails were sent the day after she disappeared, one to her employer and one to a relative.

The case was later resolved as a homicide when Jose Rodriguez-Cruz pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in October 2017.

Did anyone in the Washington, D.C. area remember Pamela or have information about her movements in February 2009?