Ciera Dawn Odenthal was 24 when she was last known to be in Albany, Georgia, in November 2019. Her last known communication was on Facebook sometime in November 2019, after which she was never heard from again.

Ciera’s family reported her missing in July 2020 after months without contact. Although she had not lived close to relatives and sometimes went long stretches without speaking to some family members, she reportedly never went more than a few days without speaking to her three sons, which made the silence especially alarming. Public information notes she may have struggled with drugs and sex work before she disappeared; those details are mentioned by family as context for her vulnerabilities, not as explanations.

Investigators have classified her as an endangered missing person and state that foul play is suspected; the Albany Police Department’s Family Protection Unit sought community help and asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or the department. What happened to Ciera after her last Facebook contact in November 2019, who saw her in those final days, and where she might be remain unanswered — did anyone in Albany see or hear from her around that time?