The Mysterious Disappearance of Holly White

Her car was found parked near a bridge but investigators don’t believe she killed herself.

Jenn Baxter
11 min readMay 26, 2023

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Holly White (Photo credit: facebook.com)

Holly White was well-known in the city of Taos, New Mexico. The 49-year-old had been the general manager of the Taos Center for the Arts for more than two decades, though she had recently put her notice in as she was preparing to move to Albuquerque. She spent much of the day on Thursday, May 5, 2016, helping to train her replacement at the Center for the Arts; she finished up late that afternoon and headed straight to her home. Once there, she spoke to her husband, Jeff, on the phone and then called one of her friends. She then played a word game on her phone before she went to bed sometime after 10:30 pm.

Holly planned to meet her longtime friend, Cynthia Arvidson, on Friday morning to go for a walk in a nearby park; it was something the two of them had been doing every day for eight years. Cynthia went to the park at the usual time but Holly never showed up. After waiting for a few minutes, Cynthia texted Holly to see if she was running late; when she didn’t get a response, she tried calling her friend. Holly never answered.

Cynthia drove to Holly’s house and saw that her car wasn’t parked in its usual spot in the driveway and there was no answer when she knocked on…

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Jenn Baxter

Jenn is a lawyer-turned-author and true crime writer. She writes about missing persons, unsolved murders, and human rights. Her books are available on Amazon.