In early May, 2022, 41-year-old Muscogee (Creek) Nation member Cara Marie Cox set out from Seminole, Oklahoma in her boyfriend’s semi truck, leaving behind her bright-green Honda Del Sol. Her car was found abandoned at a Love’s Travel Stop off Interstate 40, where she had left it for their road trip.
She’d been traveling with a long-haul truck driver whose story kept changing. Was she left behind … or did someone make sure she never came home?
In this episode of Vanished Voices, we trace Cara’s final days, the conflicting accounts that followed, and the larger crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women along America’s highways. Cara’s family still searches for truth — and refuses to let her name fade into the noise of the road.
If you know anything about Cara Marie Cox—or believe you may have seen someone who matches her description—please contact:
- BIA Missing & Murdered Unit (MMU): Text “BIAMMU” + your tip to 847411, or call 1-833-560-2065
- Seminole County Sheriff’s Office: (405) 257-5445
To read more about this case and see the resources used in the episode, visit our blog here.
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