In the late summer of 1996, 42-year-old Gloria Jean King, a mother of several children, vanished without a trace, leaving her family heartbroken and searching for answers that have yet to come. On August 8th of that year, Gloria was in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a plan to travel to Farmington. She and her former husband were to make the journey in separate cars.
According to his account to law enforcement, they made a stop for fast food near Grants and then pulled over in Milan to eat their meals. It was after this stop that the two reportedly lost sight of each other. Gloria King was never seen or heard from again.
The mystery deepened when Gloria's vehicle was discovered abandoned at the historic El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, New Mexico. This was a perplexing discovery, as Gallup was significantly off the intended route to Farmington. There was no sign of Gloria at the hotel, and her personal belongings were not detailed in the reports of the vehicle's discovery. The circumstances surrounding her car being left at this location remain a crucial but unanswered part of the investigation. The official classification for her case is that of an endangered missing person, a stark acknowledgment of the serious concerns for her well-being from the outset.
Gloria King is described as a Native American woman of Navajo descent, standing between 5'3" and 5'5" tall and weighing between 110 and 125 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and wore eyeglasses. A distinct characteristic is a scar behind her left earlobe. At the time of her disappearance, she was believed to be wearing a red or maroon-colored printed shirt. Over the years, investigators have pursued what little information they have, but the case has grown cold. For Gloria's children and loved ones, the passage of time has not diminished the pain of her absence or the hope for resolution in a case that has been fraught with ambiguity and very few leads from the very beginning.Last Seen: Aug 8, 1996
