Shanaz Sathi Zakia, known to family as Sathi, was 29 and living in Tukwila, Washington, when she was last heard from on October 30, 2002. A Bangladeshi immigrant who had lived in the United States for six years, she was pursuing citizenship and trying to reunite her family. Her disappearance followed a recent, well-documented attempt to leave an abusive marriage: she reported sexual assault by her husband on October 11 and obtained a temporary protective order on October 17, with a hearing set for a permanent order two days after she vanished.

The last contact was a morning phone call on October 30; that same day she and her husband reportedly wired $1,500 to family in Bangladesh. Her silver 2001 Lexus was found locked and abandoned in a Tukwila industrial area on November 7. Her home still contained personal items including clothing, a toothbrush, and legal papers, while her cell phone and credit cards were never used again. The husband gave inconsistent statements, and authorities do not believe she disappeared voluntarily.

Does anyone have information about Sathi’s whereabouts or remember seeing her Lexus in late October 2002?