Lilliam Lissett Max, 47, owned a hair salon called Estetica Lilliam in Cullman, Alabama, and had lived in that community for about a decade. Friends say she presented herself as a legal permanent resident from Mexico seeking U.S. citizenship, but investigators later found she was likely from Honduras and not a legal U.S. resident. Authorities now believe the name Lilliam Max may be an alias.

In early May 2021 she told friends she needed to travel to Atlanta for an immigration hearing and borrowed $500. On May 2, 2021 a friend drove her to the Greyhound station in Birmingham and surveillance shows her boarding a bus at about 10:10 p.m.; that was the last confirmed sighting. She was reported missing on May 7, 2021. Police could not find any Atlanta hearing under her name, could not confirm her arrival in Atlanta on bus records, and found the bus she boarded may not have been bound for Atlanta. Before she left she cancelled her cell service, left unpaid bills and rent, and most personal and salon items remained, though her state cosmetology certificate was missing.

The Cullman Police Department says they believe she left of her own free will and may not wish to be found, but the investigation remains open pending confirmation of her location and welfare. If anyone knew Lilliam Max, her true identity, or saw her after May 2, 2021, can you share what you know?