Ring was last seen at approximately 3:00 a.m. at a Motel 6 in the vicinity of the 600 block of Manzanita Court in Chico, California. She had reserved a room at the motel with two acquaintances for the night. Her companions stated that she left their room before they did. Ring has never been heard from again. She left her cellular phone behind at the motel.

Ring was homeless at the time of her disappearance and her monthly Social Security disability check, which is delivered to her brother's home in Chico, was her only source of income. She picked up her check on June 1, but did not pick it up in July or any month after that. Ring frequents the Chico area and the Redding, California area. Her family says it is uncharacteristic of her to be out of touch with them.

There was a possible sighting of Ring nearly two months after her disappearance; a man believes he picked her up hitchhiking in Chester, California and stated Ring was trying to get to Portland, Oregon. Ring was born in Portland, but she moved away from there in early childhood and her family cannot think of why she would want to go there. Nonetheless, the sighting has been deemed credible. Ring's case remains unsolved.