Samantha Leighann Tapp, 16, disappeared from Burleson, Texas, on October 12, 2004. That evening she had gone to her sister’s after a disagreement with her grandfather and left the sister’s home around 8:00 PM; that was the last confirmed sighting. In the days afterward some of her belongings were missing from her bedroom and cigarette butts were found outside her grandparents’ home, which led to an initial classification as an endangered runaway with no signs of foul play.

Samantha had spent time in foster care and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder; she was not taking her medication when she disappeared. Over the years there have been unconfirmed leads: a 2007 report from an uncle that she contacted him about moving in, then said she was relocating to Florida after meeting someone, and a later report that her name was run through customs at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. She may use the alias Samantha Vandiver, and age-progressed images have been produced to assist the search.

Did anyone in the area know Samantha’s patterns, friends, or the people she might have been with in October 2004?