Candace Manuelito, 31 and a member of the Navajo Nation, vanished on September 17, 2021 while traveling with her mother from St. Michael’s, Arizona toward a treatment center in Phoenix. Near Holbrook, Arizona, Candace told her mother she wanted help locally; after a stop at a Wells Fargo, she left the vehicle and began walking. Her mother saw her walking near Gillespie Park and tried to call her back and honk, but Candace continued walking and did not respond.

At the time she disappeared she was described as 5 feet 4 inches, 120 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black and white striped shirt, tan pants, Vans shoes, and a purple and gray jacket, and carrying a distinctive bag described as dark on the sides and yellow on the ends or as a blue and yellow shoulder bag. The Holbrook Police Department is handling the investigation; the case is listed by the FBI as an endangered missing person. Few details have emerged about what happened after she walked away.

If anyone has information about Candace’s movements in Holbrook on September 17, 2021, or remembers seeing her bag or clothing that day, please come forward.