Alana Ranae Carroll, 32, was last seen by her grandmother on August 15, 2023, in the Battle Ground area of Washington. Family report she struggled with substance use disorder and stayed at various addresses across northern Clark County but usually kept frequent contact; when that contact stopped her grandmother reported her missing on September 15, 2023. She left behind a young son and had ties to Yacolt, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

Detectives established a timeline after interviewing friends who placed Alana at a property outside Battle Ground around the time she vanished. Several witnesses said they last saw her leave that property with a man named Luke A. Grant, who was known to her through the local drug scene and has been identified as a suspect. Investigators say a witness reported Grant called in late August 2023 claiming he’d been using drugs with a woman who was dead when he awoke and that the body was in his car trunk. Grant’s Honda Accord was later painted, towed to a crushing yard in October 2023, and shredded at a recycling facility. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office now treats the case as a homicide investigation and is focused on finding Alana’s remains; no charges in her death have been filed.

Does anyone who knew Alana or who was in the Battle Ground/Yacolt area in August 2023 have information that could help investigators?