Trista Marie Yelding, known as Tasha, was 24 when she was last seen in Theodore, Alabama, on April 3, 2017. She was staying at a friend’s house on Raybon Road and, according to that friend, had a panic attack and ran into the wooded area behind the residence. Trista never returned and has not been heard from since.

All her personal belongings were left behind, including medication, money, and her driver’s license. Trista has epilepsy and needs medication; she is also fluent in American Sign Language and helped communicate for her deaf father, making her sudden disappearance out of character. She was last seen wearing a blue Baldwin County, Alabama shirt, black pants, flip-flops, and a pink hat, and has tattoos reading Regina on her right arm and Baby Rattler on her left thigh.

A discovery of heavily decomposed human remains in Mobile in July 2018 briefly suggested a possible match, but those remains were later identified as another missing woman. The case remains listed as an endangered missing person matter with few public updates. If anyone knew Trista, saw her the week of April 3, 2017, or has information about her whereabouts, please come forward.