Paula Jean Leblonde, 59, was last seen January 4, 2024, near the parking area for the Appalachian Trail in Winchester, Virginia, close to Tucker Lane and Walker Ridge Drive. She is described as a white female with gray hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 7 inches and about 190 pounds. At the time she disappeared she was wearing a blue or gray puffy winter coat over a plaid flannel jacket, blue jeans, brown boots and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, and is believed to have driven to the trailhead in a black 2016 Ford Expedition.

Searches and investigations looked at surveillance, phone and financial records and witness interviews, but no confirmed sightings of Leblonde or her vehicle have been reported since she arrived at the trail parking lot. The rugged terrain around the Appalachian Trail complicates search efforts and no definitive evidence has emerged to explain what happened after she was last seen.

If anyone was in the Tucker Lane or Walker Ridge Drive area on January 4, 2024, or has information about a black 2016 Ford Expedition seen near that trailhead, please come forward.