Emmilee Risling, a 32-year-old member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and mother of two, was last seen on October 14, 2021, near Weitchpec, California, on the Yurok Reservation in Humboldt County. Reports place her walking alone on a bridge over the Klamath River; searches along the river and the surrounding forested areas have been carried out but her whereabouts remain unknown.

Her family says she struggled with mental health issues, including post-partum depression and psychosis, and they believe she may have been self-medicating with methamphetamine. She had a history of erratic behavior, including an arson charge after a cemetery was set on fire. Emmilee’s disappearance has drawn attention as part of a wider pattern of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Northern California.

Anyone with information about Emmilee’s movements on or after October 14, 2021, is asked to come forward.