When an Arizona woman disappears from her own home without a trace, the circumstances are as suspicious as they are inexplicable.

A huge mystery eclipses a small desert town as investigators attempt to locate a lifelong resident in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Music Alive. Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive. I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.

And as always, I'm your co-host, Scott.

June Goodman was last seen alive on March 28, 2003.

We don't know exactly how that day ended for June, other than that it ended badly.

But we do know that

until things took a turn for the bazaar, it had been an ordinary Friday. June lived in Snowflake,

Arizona, a small town of less than 6,000 people located in largely rural Navajo County in the foothills

of Arizona's White Mountains. The town is surrounded by desert terrain, although, yes, it does sometimes see snow in the winter.

Perhaps more than anything, even its unique name, the town is known for its remoteness.

And June enjoyed life in the scenic desert town.

She'd been born and raised there and had raised her own family in the area as well. At age 66,

she was considered the family matriarch, and she had a large family. She had four children,

and at the time of her disappearance, she also had 18 grandchildren and even seven great-grandchildren.

Very big family. Yeah, especially for only being 66. Today, she has even more great-grandchildren. Very big family. Yeah, especially for only being 66.

Today, she has even more great-grandkids that she's never had a chance to meet.

At the time of her disappearance, June was a widow.

Her husband had passed away years before.

In addition to her devotion to her large family, June was also well-known in Snowflake for her job

as a postal carrier. She'd been delivering the town's mail six days a week for nearly 20 years.

In fact, when she disappeared, she was looking forward to retirement, which was just around the

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