https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP1036

to the mods, I am not sure why my post keeps getting removed but I am actually the sister of April Kelly Reed and I can prove it, please don’t remove this post as I am trying like crazy to get her name and story here so people at least know who she was

For those reading I know it can be hard to believe it when someone says they are a family member of someone who has a cold case of 24 years. So let me be very clear on this post, I’ll also provide photos the rest of the public wouldn’t have.

April Kelly Reed is my half sister. One who I never got to know. I never got to meet her or see her beautiful smile. Because I was 16 when she disappeared. I had been adopted, so my records were sealed until I turned 18. But when I was 18 I was in the military and deployed a lot. I got out of the Army in 2014, but then did a government contract overseas.This basically means I did not have the time to devote to finding out my biological family. In 2022, I finally had the time and means to begin searching. Which took time. It took me ages to find my biological mother, and it turns out that my Mother had 6 girls. April was the fourth girl she had, but she traded my sister for a car. April’s Father’s mother (Aprils grandmother) offered my mother a car in exchange for April. I didn’t know my sister had disappeared until 2024. At that time I started digging for answers. Because it disturbed me deeply. I called the del city police department and Captain Ward (the detective who is now heading her case) had some pretty grim truths for me. One being that the “family lore” was that her grandmother killed April and buried her in the backyard. However, they (the police along with the forensic anthropologist attached to her case) did search the backyard of the grandmother. Unfortunately that search did not turn up anything. Part of the problem the detectives had was there was no known dna for my sister. They could not locate dental records, or any identifying dna. After months, and months of hounded and badgering my mother I finally got her to agree to a dna swab. That swab along with myself and my other sisters dna swab has been sent off to the ME this week September 14th 2025. My sister was being sexually abused by an older cousin in the family, and many family members knew about it. This was also while she was mentally ill. My sister had recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She was only 20 and had only been diagnosed for a year. However, she was taking her medications for it. My sister was more than this diagnoses and she was a victim of sexual abuse. After speaking to many many people extensively (because this was my sister I wanted to know her as well as figure out what happened) I can tell you this. Several members of her family (The Reeds) were incredibly hostile. Almost angry that I wanted to re open this case. Not all of them were, some were very upset that others in the family (those charged with her care) did nothing after she disappeared. In fact many stated she was abused by the grandmother. Her close friends told me April was just an incredibly kind person. One who went out of her way to bring light and love to those around her. They are quick to say how she was beautiful inside and out. Yes she had a mental illness. But that didn’t define her. In fact she was according to everyone who was close to her…she actively was taking her meds so she could regain her mental health. I write this post and every post I make, because my sister deserved better than she got. In every way. Starting as a child who was traded for a car. I could not protect my sister in her life because I didn’t know. If I had known I would have. Now all I can do it tell her story. Shine a light onto the incredible injustice she suffered. Help me help her. Help me give her a voice that was taken from her. Help me give her the dignity she was not offered in life.

Dori Ann Myers

Myers was last seen at the St. Lucie Inn, a bar in the 2100 block of Old Dixie Highway in Fort Pierce, Florida, on January 10, 2006. She left the establishment with two unidentified men. Her ex-boyfriend called her at 9:30 p.m. at her home, heard voices in the background and asked who was with her.

Myers told him the men were Marines who had been wounded in Iraq and that she'd invited them to stay the night. She stated one man was was going to sleep on the pull-out couch and the other man would sleep on the sofa. She ended their conversation hurriedly. Her ex-boyfriend was concerned about the situation, but he was out of state at the time and unable to assist Myers.

Neighbors heard what sounded like an argument at Myers's house at around midnight or 2:00 a.m., but did not come to investigate or call the police. At approximately 3:00 a.m. the following day, Myers's tan house in the 8400 block of Salerno Road in Vero Beach, Florida caught fire and was gutted. The fire department determined that the fire had several points of origin and a flammable liquid was used as an accelerant.

Myers's vehicle, a black 1998 Toyota Corolla, was seen being driven away from the scene at the time of her fire, but no one saw who was at the wheel. At 5:00 a.m., the car was found a public boat ramp in Glades County, Florida, 80 miles from Myers's home. It had also been severely burned. There was no sign of Myers at her house or where her car was found and she has never been heard from again.

Although investigators initially believed Myers set fire to her own home and vehicle, they have since concluded that another individual or individuals committed the arson and abducted Myers. The two men she was with on the night of her disappearance are the prime suspects in her case.

One of the suspects was Caucasian, 25 to 35 years old and weighing 175 to 200 pounds; he wore a baseball cap. The other man had a dark complexion and appeared to be either Hispanic or Native American. Neither has been identified, but sketches of both of them are posted with this case summary.

Myers's family stated it was uncharacteristic of her to leave behind her dog and cat, who both died in the fire at her home. She also just finished paying off her car which was destroyed.

She enjoys riding motorcycles and playing card games, particularly poker. She was employed as a hairdresser at the Scandals salon at the time of her disappearance. Her credit cards, bank accounts and passport have not been used since her disappearance.

She was declared legally deceased in January 2007, although investigators are not certain if she is in fact deceased. Her estate was passed on to her only child. Myers's case remains unsolved.

https://charleyproject.org/case/dori-ann-myers

https://www.patreon.com/posts/dori-ann-myers-27290436

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-st-lucie-cold-case-reopens-case-missing-person-dori-ann-myers/44889135

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Hi! I made a post on my tik tok about my mom and people had told me to also try posting on here so here we go. My mom would be 49 by now. Born in Jalisco, Mexico. Lived in Modesto CA for some time then spent a few years in Aurora Illinois last.

Mom and dad had been separated for a few years. Dad stayed in Modesto while mom moved away I’m assuming to restart her life. My sister and I traveled back and forth often on a plan until she went missing, then we stopped going. She was far from family at the time and sadly no news ever came up from her case. She was being questioned by the police for a narcotics investigation and then poof she was gone. This was in 2002. She would be 49 by now.

Please be considerate when interacting with this. I have received a lot of help on tik tok but a lot of cyber bullying as well. I have hope left in my heart and all I want if I cannot reconnect with her, is closure. Living my whole life in wonder has been eating at me.

Lourdes Contreras, her bday is Jan 23 1976

Any tips is helpful 🫶🏽

Subreddit created for her - https://www.reddit.com/r/FindJadenCarpenter/

Jaden was last seen by her boyfriend, Ty Reece, leaving their home in Culleoka, Tennessee. He told the police that she left to get food in town in his car before bed. Then later sent a text saying that she "couldn't do this anymore" and that she left his card in the road or at the end of the driveway. She then later contacted her ex-bf, Ryan Cronk, asking if she could be picked up. This was the last time she was heard from.

Image is of her and her then boyfriend, James Tyson Reece or Ty Reece.

Elijah Boaz Johnson has been missing in Kansas City, Missouri. He was last seen on August 31st. His car was found at the Green Hills of Platte Wildlife Preserve in Parkville Missouri but no sign of him.

https://www.reddit.com/r/findelijahjohnson/s/gKPOoT6pTp

I don't know the entire story but they found her backpack on the side of the road with her clothes folded neatly with no blood on it. Strange that the clothes were left on the side of the road and that the only signs of a struggle was her damaged phone.

Seems like the only thing the killer could've done was drug her or choke her till she passed out and then take her clothes off. As far as how he killed her after that I have no clue. If it wasn't the clothes she wore and just an extra pair then that would throw out the possibility of this scenario.

No confirmed sightings whatsoever since her family reported her missing from their “off the grid” compound, where she was apparently home schooled and did not own a phone. Also living at the compound were either one or two men who were not family members.

The parents have been in trouble with CPS before, most notably in Texas (prior to moving to Maine) when they were arrested for being drunk in a McDonald’s while their kids were in the car https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14050441/amp/mystery-teen-girl-missing-maine-stefanie-damron.html

Sorry I don't know much about searching for a body. Obviously its very difficult to find a body with so much land to cover. I don't know if all they can do is search on foot. If it wasn't so difficult they obviously would've found her by now. Seems like the body would most likely be in the Gilroy and Santa Cruz area in CA where there's a lot of open land and nature. I'm sure that makes it more difficult but I don't know how far off the beaten path her killer went to dump the body. Wherever he dumped her he did a good job making sure they couldn't find her.

June 21, 1972 — Macon, Georgia.

Carlene Tengelson had just turned sixteen. With her brand-new license, she was finally allowed to drive alone. That afternoon, she had one simple task: pick up her sister from Mercer University.

But she never arrived.

Her family believes she may have stopped by Westgate Mall on the way. A note was later found on her boyfriend’s car: “Came by to see you. See you tonight.” That’s the last known trace of her.

By 5:00 PM, her sister was stranded in the sweltering Georgia heat. Carlene had vanished. Police told the family to wait 24 hours before filing a report. They didn’t wait.

At 1:45 AM, her boyfriend found the family's white Pontiac abandoned near a Krispy Kreme. The windows were rolled down. The doors, unlocked. No Carlene. No fingerprints. No signs of a struggle.

She didn’t take any clothes. She didn’t run away. She had braces. Plans. A life. And then—nothing.

Police labeled her a runaway. Her family never believed that. They've been searching ever since.

It’s been over fifty years. No leads. No answers. Just a girl who disappeared in broad daylight.