Cara Marie Cox: Missing
On May 15, 2022, Cara Marie Cox, a 41-year-old Muscogee (Creek) woman, vanished into thin air. And not the “she just took off” kind of vanished—the kind where a bunch of shady details don’t add up, and the person she was with can’t seem to keep his story straight.
Cara was last seen in Seminole, Oklahoma, driving her green 2000 Honda Civic Del Sol. Five days later, that same car was abandoned towed away from a Love’s Travel Stop off Interstate 40. You know what didn’t turn up? Cara. This may not be entirely unusual; Cara was known to do some traveling and the family suspects she may have parked the car there herself when she was joining suspect number one.
Enter Adam Stapp, the boyfriend. A long-haul truck driver with an impressive track record of being both suspicious and an absolute dumpster fire of a human being. He claims he left Cara at a rest stop—but which rest stop? Great question. First, it was in Arizona. Then it was in California. Because I guess geography is hard.
Oh, and in case you needed more reasons to side-eye this guy, Adam has a restraining order against him from his ex-wife. And he’s not exactly remorseful about it. His actual Facebook post: “I didn’t hit that woman, but I should have.” Charming. A real prize.
Back to Cara—she’s 5’4”, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a green Care Bear tattoo on her right shoulder and a scorpion tattoo on the back of her neck, its tail spelling out “Cara.” There was a possible sighting of her in Joseph City, Arizona, on June 3, but nothing confirmed and I don’t find this super credible. The last ping from her cell phone was on May 23, deep in the Mojave Desert, which is more than 5 hours from Joseph City. But good old Adamrolled back into Oklahoma a few days later with all her belongings—except that phone.
Then, just when you think this guy can’t get any more suspicious, he helps search for Cara in Oklahoma. Yes, really. But when authorities realize the details aren’t adding up and his story keeps changing, he stopped cooperating entirely.
And yet, despite all these glaring red flags, Cara’s case has gotten next to no media coverage. Finding the details to write this post was challenging. Another Indigenous woman vanishing under highly suspect circumstances just isn’t that interesting compared to whatever viral nonsense is clogging up people’s feeds.
But here’s the thing—Cara deserves attention. She deserves answers. And Adam Stapp? He deserves some very uncomfortable conversations with law enforcement. So, if you know something, say something. Because until Cara is found, this story is far from over.
