Kay Rene Baker, 40, was last seen in Alva, Oklahoma on January 1, 1997. She is 4 feet 11 inches, with brown hair and green eyes, and was reported to weigh between 100 and 135 pounds. Few specifics are known about her movements that day or what she was wearing.

Her family believes she may have been murdered by a boyfriend at the time, described as Hispanic, possibly in northwestern Oklahoma or the Oklahoma Panhandle, but that belief has not been substantiated by available evidence. Kay was known to use multiple aliases, including Kay Bales, Wanda Backus, Kathy Herrera, Kay LeMaster, Kay Vollman, Wanda Murray, and Kay Murray, which may have complicated efforts to trace her.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is handling the active missing person investigation; her case is in NamUs as MP88064. Does anyone with ties to Alva or the surrounding region remember Kay or have information about where she might have gone after January 1, 1997?