Shirley Ann Trapp was 45 when she was last seen at her Peoria, Illinois, home on the evening of August 26, 2004. She lived with her boyfriend in the 1100 block of George Street and was reported missing two days later when a friend said it was out of character for her to be out of touch with her children. Those who knew her described her as street-smart, usually armed for protection, and unlikely to willingly enter a stranger’s vehicle. She had a scar between her eyes and a surgical scar running from her collarbone to her navel.

Investigators later began to suspect she might be one of several African-American women targeted in Peoria. A man later identified as Larry D. Bright confessed to killing eight women over 15 months and included Shirley in his admissions, saying he picked her up on the north side of Peoria, took her to his home on West Starr Court, used crack cocaine with her, and then struck and strangled her when she tried to leave. He said he burned a body for about a day and disposed of the ashes; charred bone fragments were recovered from his backyard but were not definitively identified as Shirley’s.

Does anyone have information about Shirley’s last known whereabouts or contacts in Peoria in late August 2004?