Keiosha Marie Felix was 15 and a ward of the state, living at Maison de Mere, a group home for pregnant and parenting teens, when she failed to return from a weekend pass. She went to her paternal aunt Patricia Andrus’s home in Duson, Louisiana, on the weekend of April 28, 2012, and was last seen leaving that residence on April 30, 2012. Keiosha was a young mother to a one-year-old daughter; family members say she would not have willingly abandoned her child.

Early on the absence was treated as a runaway, a view reinforced by a cousin, Portia Felix, who later admitted she had not actually been in contact with Keiosha. In July 2012 authorities reclassified the case as a missing person and several arrests followed: Patricia Andrus, her boyfriend Leon Wilkerson Jr., cousin Portia Felix, and later Leon’s brother Ronald Wilkerson faced various charges that were ultimately dropped when the district attorney described much of the evidence as unsubstantiated hearsay.

Investigative control moved from the Duson Police Department to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office after allegations of misconduct against the lead investigator. Leads have included surveillance images tied to a SIM card used with Keiosha’s password and unconfirmed sightings in Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and Houston; the FBI has offered a reward. Does anyone have information about Keiosha’s movements in late April 2012 or remember seeing her after April 30?