Santa Fe police seek help finding missing woman Vanaty Whitfield

Santa Fe police are asking for help finding Vanaty Whitfield, a 29-year-old Santa Fe resident who was last seen in Albuquerque and had not been seen or heard from in nearly three weeks. The case has moved into public view as investigators work across the Santa Fe and Albuquerque connection for the next reliable lead.

New Mexico’s Missing Persons database lists her full name as Vanaty Leola Whitfield and classifies the case as Missing Person - Other. The state record gives the Santa Fe Police Department’s tip line as 505-955-5759. Whitfield is described as 4-foot-11 and about 90 pounds, details that can matter in a crowded city where a small build can be easy to overlook.

The last known sighting in Albuquerque is the key jurisdictional detail in the case. Whitfield lives in Santa Fe, but the Albuquerque location means the search is not confined to one city’s daily traffic patterns or one police beat. A Santa Fe Police Department post identified the matter as a missing-person investigation and said Whitfield was reported missing July 24 after being last seen in Albuquerque on July 10.

That timeline is the clearest public guide for anyone who may have crossed paths with her. A sighting in either city, or even a remembered route, place, or time, could help investigators tighten the sequence of events. In missing-person cases, the public often supplies the piece police cannot quickly reconstruct on their own: where someone was headed, who was with them, or when they were last known to be safe.

Anyone with information should contact the Santa Fe Police Department at 505-955-5759. Police have put Whitfield’s name, description, and missing-person status before the public, and the fastest way to turn a sighting into a usable lead is to pass it directly to investigators.