Rossana Miliani, 29, was last seen in Bryson City, North Carolina, on November 26, 2005, while on a vacation from her Miami, Florida home. Known as Sassy, she is described as a White female, brown hair and eyes, about 5 feet 8 inches and 220 pounds, with a lotus tattoo and Chinese letters on her lower back, a small birthmark on her chin, and double-pierced ears. She was carrying a large light beige suitcase with a broken handle, a matching carry-on, and a laptop; she may have been wearing a white gold diamond solitaire ring and a white gold pendant with a yellow stone.

On December 7, 2005, she was seen at a Ramada Inn in Cherokee and called her father saying she planned to hike the Appalachian Trail; that same day she rented a storage unit in Bryson City. Years later a store clerk reported selling a backpack to Rossana and an unidentified man in his 60s with graying temple hair who called himself a traveling preacher; the clerk said Rossana appeared nervous. Investigators have noted a possible link to Gary Michael Hilton as a person of interest, but no definitive evidence ties him to the disappearance. No activity has been detected on her bank accounts and none of her belongings have been recovered.

Does anyone have information about Rossana’s movements in western North Carolina in late November or early December 2005?