Sally Grace Contarino, 26, was last seen leaving Timbers Bar & Grill around 10:30 p.m. on June 19. Her family lost contact on June 20—just before she was expected to start a Greyhound trip to Los Angeles. Police are now asking for help as they review surveilla
A solo traveler from Australia is missing in Las Vegas, and the last pieces of her day refuse to line up cleanly.
Sally Grace Contarino, 26, was in the American Southwest before she planned to head home to Australia. Family members reportedly lost contact with her on June 20. just one day after her last confirmed public sighting—right before she was expected to begin the trip that would take her toward Los Angeles and. from there. an international flight back.
In the most recent accounts shared this week. investigators have been trying to reconstruct Contarino’s final movements using surveillance footage from multiple locations around Las Vegas. One of the last confirmed sightings reportedly came on the evening of June 19. when security cameras captured her leaving Timbers Bar & Grill at around 10:30 p.m. The footage. described in the reporting. shows her walking back toward the hostel where she had been staying—wearing dark shorts. a matching tank top. and black-and-white Converse sneakers.
The timeline then turns more confusing. Police have also reviewed footage showing her returning to the hostel during the early morning hours of June 20. Investigators say the footage includes her using an ATM before contact with her was lost. Yet. after that activity. authorities say she later checked out of the hostel remotely instead of leaving in person—an unusual detail that has added to the uncertainty around what happened next.
Contarino had been staying at the Bungalows Hostel on South Las Vegas Boulevard for several nights. A Timbers Bar & Grill employee. speaking to the reporting. described the surrounding neighborhood as “terrible” and said she would not recommend it for a woman traveling alone. At the same time. the employee recalled that Contarino was quiet. pleasant. and in good spirits during her visit to the restaurant. with nothing suggesting obvious distress.
What should have been the next step of her journey—the leg from Las Vegas to Los Angeles—is also clouded. Contarino had reportedly purchased a Greyhound bus ticket intended to take her from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. where she planned to catch her international flight back to Australia. Investigators say that ticket was never scanned, suggesting she likely never boarded the bus.
Police now believe she may have disappeared somewhere near the Mount Charleston area, roughly 30 miles west of Las Vegas. The Mount Charleston region is known for hikers and visitors looking to escape the desert heat. but authorities have not publicly disclosed why they believe it may be connected to her disappearance. Officers are continuing to review surveillance footage while local hospitals have reportedly been asked to check their admission records in case she sought medical care under unknown circumstances.
Friends and loved ones describe Contarino as an experienced international traveler who has visited the US several times before. Previous trips included Palm Springs and Las Vegas. meaning. in their view. she was at least somewhat familiar with the area—making her disappearance even harder to understand.
Police describe Contarino as having a slim build with fair skin, brown hair, and brown eyes. Investigators are asking anyone who may have seen her, or who has information about her whereabouts, to come forward as the search continues.
For a woman whose next planned stop was supposed to be Los Angeles, the missing time between a confirmed bar exit, a hostel return, and a remote checkout has become the central unanswered question—one that her family is now desperately trying to solve.
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