Janita Gay Sites, 60, was last seen October 5, 2005, in Las Vegas. Disabled and often using a wheelchair because of serious back, leg and hip injuries, she had recently reconnected with her biological daughter, Michelle Perkins, and the two spoke regularly until September 2005. When Perkins could not reach her mother, family members also found no contact and reported Janita missing in early 2006.

A welfare check at the Las Vegas apartment Janita shared with her husband of eighteen years, William Sites, was conducted on February 21, 2006. William told officers Janita had moved back to California. A more thorough search later uncovered bloodstains and Janita’s personal items still in the apartment, including her pets, cell phone and driver’s license. Investigators came to suspect foul play and identified William as the primary suspect.

Family reporting and investigative leads included that the marriage had been troubled and that William began dating another woman two months after Janita’s disappearance. He later told that new girlfriend he had killed Janita, and after initial denials he admitted to beating her to death and dismembering her body; her remains have not been recovered. William Sites pleaded guilty in September 2007 to second-degree murder, destroying evidence and theft of Janita’s Social Security benefits and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. Does anyone who knew Janita or the Sites household have information that could help locate her remains or fill gaps in the timeline?