West Valley woman missing after alarming phone calls; police seek public's help

WEST VALLEY CITY — Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 31-year-old woman, Shianne Turner, whose disappearance has sparked growing concern after a series of alarming phone calls.

Turner was last heard from on Valentine's Day. West Valley City police said the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are "out of character" and have created a "heightened concern for her safety."

Disturbing phone calls to family before Turner vanished

"She is a young woman that got caught up in addiction and I fear that she is in a dangerous situation right now," said Jennifer Turner, Shianne Turner's mother.

Jennifer Turner said her daughter has struggled with addiction, which has led to an unstable lifestyle, but a phone call to her mother the evening of Feb. 13 was out of character and deeply unsettling.

"She was scared, crying, said she needed to leave," Jennifer Turner said. "She had brought up that she was going to get murdered … she did not make sense. I understand she has an addiction problem, but I also know she sounded off."

Shianne Turner has been living in West Valley City. That night, she told her mother she was leaving town with a male acquaintance. KSL is not identifying the man because he hasn't been named as a suspect or a person of interest by police.

Jennifer Turner said she could hear a man in the background.

"The man in the background said, 'We're going to Vegas to get married,' and I'm like, 'What?' And she was like, 'No …'" Jennifer Turner said.

Hours later, the morning of Feb. 14, Jennifer Turner said she spoke with her daughter for the last time.

This time, Shianne Turner told her mother she was in Arizona.

"She was crying, she was screaming," Jennifer Turner said. "I heard the man yelling in the background."

Jennifer Turner said the man was yelling for her daughter to "pull over," due to a possible flat tire, raising the mother's alarm because Shianne doesn't drive.

"Then she says, 'If your child is not making sense, then do something about it,' and the phone hung up on me. And that's the last thing I heard," Jennifer Turner said.

Later that day, Jennifer Turner said the same man called her — this time from his own phone. He claimed Shianne Turner had jumped out of the car to leave with another man, abandoning her phone and belongings.

"He said, 'I fear that they are taking her to Phoenix, Arizona or Nogales near the border of Mexico,'" Jennifer said. "That is not what my daughter would do. Her phone is her life."

Police: 'Heightened concern for her safety'

West Valley City police said the man returned to the Salt Lake City area on Feb. 19, but Shianne was not with him.

In a post on X, West Valley City police outlined the following timeline:

"Shianne contacted her mother on Feb. 13, saying she was leaving town for Las Vegas or Arizona because she believed someone intended to harm her.

"On Feb. 14, a male acquaintance answered her phone and claimed she left with another man in Arizona. She has not responded to calls or messages since and has had no activity on social media. The man she initially traveled with returned to the Salt Lake City area without her."

Police describe Shianne Turner as:

• 5 feet 4 inches, 145 pounds
• Brown hair, hazel eyes
• Tattoos include: Moons on her knuckles, an anchor on her ankle, "Karson" on her back and flowers on her hip and shoulder

Anyone with information is asked to call 801‑840‑4000 or 911 and reference case WV26‑13416.

A mother's plea

"It's every mother's nightmare to live this and to know that your child is somewhere out there, that you don't know where she's at," Jennifer Turner said. "Something is going on. … We all want to get answers. She has three beautiful children that love her."

Jennifer Turner hopes someone in Utah, Nevada, or Arizona may have seen her daughter in the days leading up to her disappearance and will come forward.

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