Carmela Manugas Buchanan, 25, was last seen in Woodstock, Virginia, on January 1, 1993. She is described as 5 feet 1 inch, 115 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. No further sightings were reported for years.

Her disappearance was not reported to authorities until February 4, 2001, when a sister contacted Shenandoah County Emergency Services saying the family had not had contact with Carmela for several years. When officials were notified, Carmela’s husband, Andrew Edward Buchanan, reportedly told investigators she had moved away eight or nine years earlier. The long delay before the case was opened is a central and puzzling element and has complicated the inquiry.

The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation and the case remains open. Did anyone in the Shenandoah Valley remember seeing Carmela around New Year 1993 or have information about where she might have lived afterward?