Part 1 — She Never Came Back from the Gas Station: The Town That Won’t Stop Asking Questions
Millfield, Ohio — a quiet midwestern town where everyone knows your name and nothing ever really happens. That changed on the night of February 9, 2025, when Amber Riley, a 29-year-old pharmacy assistant, vanished without a trace—just ten minutes after texting her sister she was stopping for gas.

Amber had just finished a late shift. Security footage from the Valero gas station on Route 13 shows her pulling in at 11:42 p.m., stepping out of her silver Toyota Camry, and walking inside. She bought a bottle of water and a pack of gum. The receipt printed at 11:45. She smiled at the cashier, waved to someone off-camera… and walked out of frame.
Her car was never touched.
No one saw her leave.
She was never seen again.
By morning, her phone was turned off. Her purse, car keys, and wallet were still inside the locked vehicle. Police found no signs of struggle, no broken glass, no fingerprints except her own.
But things quickly got stranger.
Surveillance footage from the gas station mysteriously glitched for a 17-minute window after Amber exited. What’s more—a black pickup truck that was parked in the far corner of the lot was never identified, despite zoomed footage showing a partial license plate: “C9M”.
Locals say that wasn’t the first time people had vanished near that gas station. Two teenage boys went missing in 2017, last seen heading toward the same stretch of highway. Their bodies were never found either.
What’s perhaps most disturbing? A week after the disappearance, an anonymous letter was dropped in the town library’s return box.
It read:
“Stop digging. She’s not who you think she is.”
It was typed. No signature. No fingerprints.
Amber’s family insists she had no secrets, no debts, no enemies. Her sister, Holly, believes she may have stumbled onto something she wasn’t supposed to see.
And if that’s true… it’s possible someone is watching everyone who asks too many questions.