Dorothy Dottie Allen Yates-mccathran, 40, vanished from her home on Vivian Airport Road in Vivian, Louisiana on January 21, 2020. Her purse, driver’s license and other personal items were left in the house, and a pot of okra remained on the stove. Her vehicle was disabled, so investigators believe she either walked away or was picked up by someone.

On the day she disappeared she spoke with her daughter and a friend and was reportedly upset after a fight with her husband of seven years, Kevan McCathran, saying she wanted to get away and take a job a friend had offered. During one call someone entered the room and her tone reportedly shifted to normal. Her husband said he returned from work to find her gone and described a strange scene inside the house, including a partially melted television remote and a woodstove with plastic and other materials burning.

Searches of the five-acre property with K-9 units and drones turned up some of her belongings in nearby woods, including jewelry, a hat and a scarf. An anonymous tip was left at a local business in April 2020 but the tipster never spoke with investigators. Her parents have custody of her two children and have raised a reward; the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office continues to seek information.

If anyone knew Dottie, her routines, who might have driven her that day, or remembers anything unusual on January 21, 2020, please come forward with tips.