NEWS13 April 2012
US— Police in Virginia say that they are treating the disappearance of Altria Group’s director of marketing and consumer research Leyla Namiranian as suspicious, after she vanished on 4 April.
Police believe she left work the previous evening and went home, which is where her car was found. However, she did not show up for work the following day.
Her home showed no evidence of forced entry or a struggle, police said. Her cellphone and purse where missing, but as of last Friday there had been no activity on her credit cards or bank accounts.
Namiranian has worked for Altria since 2008, prior to which she was a consumer research manager for Philip Morris and a senior vice president at Decision Analyst.
Altria said in a statement: “We are concerned about our colleague and are assisting police by providing information that could help with their search.”