Overview

The enduring concern in Nguyen’s disappearance is the combination of her young age, recent arrival in the United States, inability to speak English, and the absence of a publicly documented trail after November 2011. Anyone with information—even information that seemed insignificant at the time—is encouraged to contact the Anchorage Police Department and reference Nguyen’s name and case numbers.

Very Brief Case Summary

Last known contact: November 29, 2011
Reported missing/disappearance date in other records: November 30, 2011
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Age: 18
Status: Missing / unresolved
NamUs: MP66501
Primary investigating agency: Anchorage Police Department
Main circumstances: Nguyen had reportedly lived in the United States for only a couple of months and did not speak English. Few details concerning her final movements have been released publicly, and no confirmed explanation for her disappearance has been announced.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Giau Ngoc Nguyen Missing Since 2011: The Unsolved Anchorage, Alaska Disappearance

Giau Ngoc Nguyen was just 18 years old when she disappeared from Anchorage, Alaska, in November 2011. More than fourteen years later, her whereabouts remain unknown, and her case continues to appear in both the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and Alaska’s missing-person records.

Nguyen was relatively new to the United States when she vanished. According to the circumstances recorded in NamUs, she had been in America for only a couple of months and did not speak English. Those circumstances potentially left the young woman particularly isolated: she was living in an unfamiliar country while facing a significant language barrier. Publicly available records provide almost no information about where she was staying, who last saw her, what she was doing immediately before she disappeared, or whether she had transportation, money, a telephone, or other resources.

There is also an important date distinction in the records. NamUs identifies November 29, 2011, as Nguyen’s date of last contact. The circumstances section states that she went missing from Anchorage on November 30, while the Alaska Department of Public Safety database also associates her case with November 30, 2011. The latter date appears to correspond with the disappearance/report information rather than necessarily indicating a confirmed sighting that day.

At the time she disappeared, Nguyen was described as an Asian female standing approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She had black hair and brown eyes. NamUs does not publicly provide detailed clothing information or an exact street address for her last known location; the publicly identified location is Anchorage, Alaska.

The Anchorage Police Department is identified as the primary investigating law-enforcement agency. NamUs records the agency’s case number as 110055631. Alaska’s statewide missing-person dataset displays the shortened number 1155631, which is also the number used in some public missing-person awareness posts. Both numbers therefore appear in records associated with Nguyen and are useful when researching or submitting information about her disappearance.

Nguyen is also registered with NamUs as MP66501. No NCMEC number is displayed on the current NamUs record, so none is included here.

Latest Publicly Available Investigation Information

As of August 13, 2026, no publicly announced recovery, arrest, identification, or resolution of Giau Ngoc Nguyen’s disappearance was located in the official and publicly accessible records reviewed for this article. Her information continues to appear in Alaska’s current missing-person dataset, and her NamUs page remains publicly accessible as MP66501.

A Crime Solvers Central case page updated on July 31, 2026 likewise continues to describe Nguyen as missing, identifies Anchorage Police as the primary agency, and lists no publicly reported breakthrough in the investigation. This is a third-party case resource rather than an official investigative agency, but its recent update provides additional confirmation that the case continues to circulate publicly as unresolved.

There is remarkably little public information about the original investigation. No publicly accessible source located in this review identifies a suspect, person of interest, confirmed destination, vehicle, specific last-seen address, or publicly disclosed evidence explaining what happened to Nguyen. There is likewise no verified public information establishing that she was the victim of a homicide. Her case should therefore continue to be described as an unresolved missing-person case, rather than a confirmed murder.

The enduring concern in Nguyen’s disappearance is the combination of her young age, recent arrival in the United States, inability to speak English, and the absence of a publicly documented trail after November 2011. Anyone with information—even information that seemed insignificant at the time—is encouraged to contact the Anchorage Police Department and reference Nguyen’s name and case numbers.

Very Brief Case Summary

Last known contact: November 29, 2011
Reported missing/disappearance date in other records: November 30, 2011
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Age: 18
Status: Missing / unresolved
NamUs: MP66501
Primary investigating agency: Anchorage Police Department
Main circumstances: Nguyen had reportedly lived in the United States for only a couple of months and did not speak English. Few details concerning her final movements have been released publicly, and no confirmed explanation for her disappearance has been announced.