Replay: Zyanya Valora - The End of a 15-Month Search
The Vanished Podcast
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🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This episode originally aired on September 30, 2024. On June 24, 2024, 21-year-old Zyanya Valora stayed up late after her parents went to bed. In the early morning hours of June 25, around 2:30 AM, she is believed to have left their home in Ojai, California. Her family suspects she was barefoot and wearing a tank top and shorts.
Later that morning, Zyanya's parents assumed she was simply sleeping in, as young people often do. However, around 11 AM, her mother, Damaris, discovered that her daughter was not in her room or anywhere inside their home. Concerned, Damaris called her husband at work and began searching the neighborhood. After failing to find Zyanya, Damaris reported her daughter missing.
An extensive search was conducted for Zyanya, who has autism and was considered at-risk. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office, along with other agencies, dedicated five days to searching the area. Unfortunately, despite those efforts, no trace of Zyanya was found at the time.
Since this episode first aired, there has been an update in Zyanya’s case. In September of 2025, after 15 months of searching, Zyanya’s remains were discovered in the Ventura Riverbed in Ojai. Her cause and manner of death were later ruled undetermined. We will share more about this update at the end of the episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode originally aired on September 30th, 2024. At the time, 21-year-old Ziania |
| 0:07.1 | Valora had been missing since June 25th, 2024. Sadly, since this episode aired, Zianya has since |
| 0:14.6 | been found deceased. Stay tuned to the end of the episode for an update. |
| 0:22.6 | It's been a long time at this point, and we just wanted to keep people informed that |
| 0:28.9 | she's still missing, that she's in danger, and that she's not a runaway. |
| 0:34.3 | And you just wake up every day trying to figure out what should I be doing to keep going with my daughter's search. |
| 0:42.2 | It's frustrating that there is no clue. You don't know what else to do. You go to the police and they have nothing. |
| 0:48.8 | We just passed 12 weeks and certainly we encourage our community just stay vigilant. I mean, if she was picked up |
| 0:57.8 | by someone and staying with someone, there's a possibility she could still be in the area. |
| 1:01.9 | So we still continue to make sure that the community is on the lookout for her. |
| 1:08.0 | On June 24, 24th, 24, 21-year-old Zianja Valora stayed up after her parents, Gabriel and |
| 1:15.0 | De Maris, went to bed for the evening. Around 2.30 a.m., Zianya left her home in Ohio, California. |
| 1:21.8 | It's believed that Ziaña was barefoot, wearing a tank top in shorts. Ziania was never seen |
| 1:27.2 | or heard from again. |
| 1:28.3 | The following day, Zianya's parents assumed that she was just sleeping in, as young people often do. |
| 1:34.3 | Around 11 a.m., Zianya's mother realized that her daughter was not in her room or anywhere inside their home. |
| 1:40.3 | De Maris phoned her husband at work and began looking around the neighborhood. |
| 1:48.0 | After failing to find Zianya, Demaris reported her daughter missing. |
| 1:53.9 | And despite extensive searches of the area, not a single trace of Ziaia Valora has surfaced. |
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