April Beth Pitzer, 30, was last seen June 28, 2004, in Newberry Springs, California, while planning to return to Arkansas to reunite with family after a period of homelessness and untreated bipolar disorder. An acquaintance said she was dropped at a bus station, but she never reached Arkansas.

Searches of Mojave Desert mines turned up personal items scattered over a wide area, including clothes and a suitcase. Some belongings were found in an abandoned mining shack in alarming condition—a nightgown tied in a hangman’s noose and items described as bloodstained. Her prior role as a confidential informant in a drug case in Arkansas has been raised as a possible motive for retaliation.

Her body has never been recovered; she was declared legally dead in 2012 and the investigation remains open. Does anyone have information about April’s movements in Newberry Springs or contacts who knew her there?