Krystal Jean Baker was 13 when she was last seen walking from her grandmother’s house on March 5, 1996, in Texas City, Texas, headed for a convenience store to call a friend for a ride. She never arrived; her body was later found under a bridge over the Trinity River in Chambers County. Investigators determined she had been raped and strangled.

The case remained cold for years until a Chambers County deputy resubmitted Krystal’s dress for DNA testing in 2010. A semen stain produced a DNA match to Kevin Edison Smith, a refinery worker from Louisiana. He was arrested in 2010 and, after a short trial in 2012, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. Krystal’s mother, Jeanie Escamilla, described the arrest as a relief.

Krystal’s killing is part of a cluster of disappearances and murders of young girls in the Houston area between 1984 and 1996. Did anyone who knew Krystal or saw her that day come forward with additional details?