Shaquanna Lakita Rutherford was 25 when family members reported her missing from Salisbury, Maryland, after losing contact on or about May 19, 2025. NamUs lists her last contact date as May 19, 2025, and describes her as a Black woman about 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 280 to 330 pounds, with short curly black hair and brown eyes. She has used the names Shaquanna Seawright and Shaquanna Plowden and was known to many as Kita.

Her last reported public sighting was at the Wawa on Route 13 South in Salisbury on May 18, 2025. Family members said she was often seen downtown, including near the bridge by the La Quinta and the Anchorage Nursing Home, and that she liked to walk rather than get into vehicles. At disappearance she was reportedly wearing a gray sweatshirt with blue lettering, green camouflage leggings, hoop earrings, and dark slip-on or tie-up shoes.

Salisbury Police called her critically missing because of health concerns but said there were no other suspicious circumstances known at that time. Investigators identified and questioned several potential witnesses and asked the public to help identify people of interest; the Maryland State Police Dive Team searched the Wicomico River but found no trace.

If anyone who knew Shaquanna or saw her in Salisbury around mid-May 2025 can help fill gaps in the timeline, please share information with Salisbury Police.