On the night of September 16, 2009, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson — a vibrant, college-educated young woman from Los Angeles — drove to Geoffrey’s Malibu, an upscale restaurant perched above the Pacific. She ordered dinner, acted erratically, and couldn’t pay her bill. Sheriff’s deputies were called. Despite her mother’s pleas to keep her overnight for safety, Mitrice was released from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station just after midnight, alone, without a phone, purse

On the night of January 2, 2000, 18-year-old Zebb Wayne Quinn finished his shift at a Walmart in Asheville, North Carolina. He was headed to look at a car with a friend — a quick errand before heading home. Zebb never made it back.

On Mother’s Day 2020, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew set out for what was believed to be a bike ride near her home in Maysville, Colorado. It was a crisp spring morning in the Rockies, the kind Suzanne loved. By nightfall, she was gone.

On the morning of September 20, 1988, 19-year-old Tara Calico set out on her regular bike ride along New Mexico’s Highway 47. It was a familiar route — a straight, quiet stretch near her home in Belen. She told her mother to come pick her up if she wasn’t back by noon. Tara never returned.

On a humid August night in 2006, Brandy Hall, a 32-year-old firefighter, mother of two, and beloved friend in her small Florida town, finished her shift at the Malabar Fire Department and climbed into her green Ford F-150. It was just after 10 p.m. She was expected home. She never arrived.

Tonetta’s disappearance shattered a community. She was a bright, creative teenager, known for her smile, her music, and her closeness with her mom.