On Feb. 6, 2026, search and rescue teams recovered the body of 26-year-old Alleacya Boulia in Olympic National Park, according to NBC affiliate KDSK.
In December 2025, Alleacya’s case was featured in Dateline’s Missing in America series. Dateline spoke with her mother, April Boulia, who said her daughter had traveled to Washington state for a short vacation between jobs.
April said Alleacya flew to Washington on November 6 and initially planned to return home on November 10, before deciding to extend her trip. She was last seen on November 17 in Port Angeles, near Olympic National Park.
April said she last heard from her daughter on November 18, when Alleacya texted that she was safe and that she loved her.
Concern grew days later when Alleacya failed to contact her family around Thanksgiving, something April said was out of character. “She would never just disappear,” April said. After checking her daughter’s phone and bank records, she noticed that all activity stopped. She reported Alleacya missing on November 27.
Investigators later located the rental car Alleacya had been driving — a black Ford Bronco — parked at the Sol Duc Trailhead inside Olympic National Park. The case, which had initially been handled by the Port Angeles Police Department, was then turned over to the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch.
April told Dateline that investigators found several items inside the vehicle, including camping gear, Subway sandwiches, and a Walmart receipt, all of which were stuffed into the trunk. She said she found some of the items suspicious, including a maintenance worker’s checklist and pool tools, which she didn’t believe belonged to her daughter.
She also said the receipt showed multiple duplicate items. “She had two ponchos, she had two safety glasses, two pairs of heated gloves,” April said. “She had a large pair of pants, a small pair of pants. She had two double XL boxer shorts. Three pairs of boots in the car. It’s just a lot of strange things.”
April told Dateline that security footage showed Alleacya alone at a nearby Walmart on November 17, where she purchased roughly $800 worth of camping gear. According to her mother, many of those items were still inside the car.
According to April, search teams also recovered several items in the park that they believed could have belonged to Alleacya, including a mosquito net, a flashlight, a bandana, and other items commonly found in a survival kit.
In mid-December, the National Park Service announced the search had shifted to a “clue-responsive” phase, meaning teams would only return to the field in response to new information or developments.
That search came to an end on February 6, when search and rescue teams located a body inside Olympic National Park. Dateline reached out to April Boulia following the discovery. She confirmed the remains were those of her daughter.
No additional information has been released at this time.
