Whitney Ann Wilken, 31, disappeared from the Olympia, Washington area in the autumn of 2019. She was last seen on October 24, 2019, in Lacey, Thurston County. At the time she was living a transient lifestyle after moving to Olympia from South Dakota and had maintained contact with family until those communications abruptly stopped that October.

Whitney is described as a Caucasian female with brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 128 pounds. Distinctive tattoos include stars on her right breast, flowers on her upper left arm, and a bicycle on her right leg. Initial inquiries by the Olympia Police Department turned up few answers, and few details about the investigation have been released publicly. In June 2024 the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office included her case in a renewed focus on cold cases and missing persons.

If anyone saw Whitney around Lacey or Olympia in October 2019 or has other information about her disappearance, please contact the Olympia Police Department.