TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of those responsible for the disappearance of Ella Mae Begay.
Begay's son says he hopes the reward money will help with the effort to find her.
"The reward money, hopefully it'll open someone's eye, and [they will] say something," Begay's son Gerald told KGUN 9 in an interview. "Because, you know, we're talking about a person here, a real person. A person of the community is what my mother was."
According to the agency, the 64-year-old woman was reported missing from her home near Sweetwater, Ariz. on June 15, 2021.
Sweetwater is 130 miles west of Tucson in Pinal County.
Her gray 2005 Ford F-150 with Arizona license plate AFE7101 was believed to have been headed toward New Mexico.
Those with information should call 911.
Begay stands 5 feet tall and weighs 125 pounds.
"The reward money, hopefully it'll open someone's eye, and [they will] say something," Begay's son Gerald told KGUN 9 in an interview.
"You know it wasn't just a random person," said Gerald Begay. "It wasn't just someone out there looking for trouble. You know this was an actual person helping the community."
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