Rajah McQueen: The Cleveland Mother Who Vanished, and the Car That Came Back Without Her
- Strange Case Files
- Mar 21
- 4 min read
Rajah McQueen disappeared in Cleveland in June 2021. Hours later, her car was seen again with bullet holes, missing identifiers, and someone else behind the wheel. Rajah was gone. She has never been found.
The Morning She Disappeared
On June 26, 2021, Rajah Adriana McQueen was last seen near East 131st Street and Harvard Avenue in Cleveland. The FBI says it was around 7:30 a.m. She was in her silver 2018 Nissan Sentra.
Rajah was 27 years old and a mother of two. At first, it looked like another missing person case. Then the car showed up again.
The Car Came Back Without Her
About four hours later, surveillance cameras captured Rajah’s Nissan again. But Rajah was no longer visible, and investigators said someone else was driving it.
The car had also changed. Investigators said there were two bullet holes, one in the roof and one in the rear passenger door. The hubcaps were missing. The license plate was gone.
That sighting changed the entire case.
Rajah had vanished, but her car had not. It was seen again looking damaged and stripped down, as if someone had already started trying to hide it. Rajah herself was nowhere in sight.
The Nissan has never been publicly recovered.
Her Family Did Not Believe She Left Willingly
From the beginning, Rajah’s family said this did not feel voluntary. They said the silence was immediate and unlike her.
One detail stood out early. A cousin said Rajah’s phone appeared to have been manually turned off. That was never publicly presented as court evidence, but it became one more reason her family believed something had happened to her.
As time passed, they kept pushing for answers while investigators continued working the case behind the scenes.
The Investigation Kept Moving for Rajah McQueen
In 2022, the FBI announced a $25,000 reward for information leading to Rajah or her car.
In 2024, investigators said more resources had been added to the case and that they believed they were getting closer.
Then, in June 2025, the case took a major turn.
The Shift in 2025
Cleveland police and the FBI said Rajah’s disappearance was now being treated as a death investigation. Her body had not been publicly found, and her car was still missing, but investigators said they no longer believed she was alive.
They also publicly named Rajah’s boyfriend, Stan Williams, and his brother, Sloan Mitchell, as persons of interest.
Investigators said the man seen driving Rajah’s car on surveillance footage was Stan Williams.
They also said a second vehicle appeared to be traveling behind Rajah’s Nissan, allegedly driven by Sloan Mitchell, with a third unidentified person inside.
Police said Stan Williams claimed he had dropped Rajah off at a gas station in the Broadway and Union area. Investigators said they were not sure that account was true.
What the Public Record Shows
The public timeline is simple and disturbing.
Rajah is seen in her car on the morning of June 26, 2021.
Hours later, the same car appears again with bullet damage, missing identifiers, and a different driver.
Then both Rajah and the car disappear.
That is why the case has never looked like a normal missing person case. Even without a recovered vehicle or body, the known facts point to violence.
What Still Has Not Been Answered
Years later, the biggest questions remain:
Where is Rajah McQueen?
Where is her Nissan Sentra?
Who was the unidentified third person investigators referenced in 2025?
And what happened in the hours between Rajah’s last known sighting and the moment her damaged car reappeared without her?
A Mother Still Missing
Rajah McQueen disappeared in the summer of 2021. Her children were left without answers. Her family was left waiting. And the one object that may explain what happened, her car, vanished too.
What remains is a short but chilling trail: Rajah in her car, the car returning without her, visible signs of violence, and investigators later naming persons of interest.
But Rajah herself has still not been found.
Distinctive Features:
Rajah’s nose and ears are pierced. She also has multiple tattoos, including a half-sleeve tattoo on her upper arm, “Tavarus” and “IV-III-XXI” in red ink on the inside of her wrist, a butterfly on her chest, and a rose on her leg above the knee.
Case Facts
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Year: 2021Victim: Rajah Adriana McQueen
Age: 27
Vehicle: Silver 2018 Nissan Sentra
Status: Missing, now treated as a death investigation by investigators
Persons of Interest Publicly Named: Stan Williams and Sloan Mitchell
Reward: Up to $25,000 for information leading to Rajah or her vehicle
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