Blood, bullets and an abandoned SUV: Young mother vanishes on road trip with ex-boyfriend

The smell of “putrefied blood” was seeping out of an abandoned black 1999 Dodge Durango found by police in Wyoming earlier this month.

Inside the vehicle, countless trash bags were discovered by investigators, some containing stripped-off materials from the interior of the car smeared with blood, along with a Glock pistol magazine and cleaning supplies.

The car belonged to Adam Shane Aviles Jr, 26, who was arrested on charges of illegally possessing ammunition, as he had a firearms disqualification.

Yet this Dodge Durango is not only linked to Mr Aviles Jr’s bullet possession, as it was the last vehicle his girlfriend, Katie Ferguson, 33, was seen in before she disappeared.

Here’s everything we know about the disappearance of Katie Ferguson:

Missing woman leaves Alabama for Wyoming

A public criminal complaint obtained by was filed by an FBI agent for the arrest of Mr Aviles Jr over the illegal possession of ammunition, but an accompanying sworn statement details