Anesi Sauta, 29, was last seen May 17, 2017, in the Mad River area of Northern California after traveling north from Orange County in a rented silver 2015 Jeep Cherokee with three other men: Dan Nguyen, Johnson Nguyen, and Tony Sysavanh. The group reportedly went to the region to complete an unspecified task and to meet a friend; what that task involved is unclear. They were last known in the Barry Creek area on May 16 and had active cell phones in Stockton on May 18 and 19, but neither the four men nor the vehicle have been located since.

The Trinity County Sheriff’s Department has said it suspects foul play, though no concrete leads have been made public. The circumstances of the trip and the gap in confirmed whereabouts leave key questions about what happened after May 19. If anyone has information about the group, the rented Jeep Cherokee, or sightings in the Mad River, Barry Creek or Stockton areas in mid-May 2017, please come forward.