Donna Lanford was 38 when she was last seen on Wednesday, August 1, 2001, at a community residence in Sloatsburg, New York. She is described as a Caucasian female, five feet five inches tall, about 130 pounds, with brown spiky short hair and brown eyes. The Ramapo Police Department opened the initial investigation under agency number FRPD02241 and entered the case into national missing-person databases.

Public details about Donna’s last known movements, her connections in Sloatsburg, and investigative steps taken early on are sparse. Her disappearance remains unresolved and the family and community continue to lack clear answers.

If anyone knew Donna, saw her around Sloatsburg in late summer 2001, or has information that could help, please share what you know with the Ramapo Police Department.