Debbie Faith was 15 when she and her mother, Sheila Faith, left home in 1994 after an older man promised financial help, a job, and medical support that would reset the family’s life. The pair relocated to the Kansas City area and then fell out of contact; friends and relatives received typed letters and reassurances that suggested distance rather than danger, while normal phone contact stopped and unease grew.

Investigators later linked the disappearance to John Edward Robinson. Searches in early June 2000 uncovered bodies concealed inside industrial barrels on rural property in Kansas and at a Missouri storage facility. Remains identified as Debbie and Sheila Faith were found in the storage facility barrels. Evidence also showed Robinson collecting benefit checks and arranging mail drops that created the appearance the women were still alive after they were gone.

Robinson was arrested in 2000 and prosecuted across state lines. In Kansas he was convicted and sentenced to death; in Missouri he entered a plea agreement and received life terms without parole for murders tied to the storage-facility discoveries that included Debbie and Sheila.

If anyone knew Debbie or Sheila before they moved, or has information about their last months, please share what can help the record.