Christopher Gene Cummings was 17 when he left home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on the evening of December 19, 1992, saying he was going to see a movie with a school friend named Amy. He was described as dependable, never more than fifteen minutes late for curfew, and had no history of running away. When he failed to return, the case was initially treated as a runaway matter for two years, which his family found hard to reconcile with his character.

In December 1994 a friend of Amy Blankenship Peeler told police that Amy had revealed her then-boyfriend, John Christopher Peeler, was responsible for Christopher’s disappearance and death. According to Amy’s account, John—then a Marine home on leave—had hidden in Amy’s car, attacked and bound Christopher, and placed him in the trunk. Amy later said John told her he had killed Christopher and disposed of the body in a watery, swamp-like area near Scott, Arkansas. Amy pleaded guilty to kidnapping in 1995 and was given seven years’ probation with a requirement to mail one dollar to Christopher’s family on the 19th of each month; she agreed to testify against John.

John Peeler was tried and convicted in 1996 of kidnapping and capital murder and sentenced to life without parole, but Christopher’s body has never been recovered. Who has information about Christopher’s last known movements or the area near Scott that could help bring answers to his family?