Kayla Rodriguez, a 27-year-old labor and delivery nurse, was last seen October 23, 2019, in Novato, California, when she departed Gnoss Field airport with her landlord, Justin Winfrey. They flew in Winfrey’s red and white single-engine Piper Arrow, tail number N4958, bound for Mendocino County but never arrived.

Radar showed the aircraft about five miles off the coast between Rockport and Wheeler at 9:23 p.m., after Rodriguez’s phone showed attempted activity at 9:14 and 9:15 p.m. Winfrey had earned his pilot’s license in March 2019 and was not instrument-rated. An extensive two-week search by the U.S. Coast Guard, Civil Air Patrol and other agencies found no trace of the plane or the two occupants; official searches were suspended in early November 2019. Rodriguez is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 5 inches, 205 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, with a scar on her forehead and pierced ears; she was last seen wearing an orange or coral sweater and black leggings and carrying a white purse, with surveillance video showing her in a rose-colored top with her hair in a bun shortly before departure.

The San Francisco Police Department is handling the investigation and both individuals are presumed deceased. If anyone has information about the flight, the last phone pings, or saw the aircraft that night, please share what is known.