Heather Danielle Cannon was 15 when she was last seen on August 27, 2009, in Athens, Texas. She had been living with her biological father, Jerral Whitley, at the time she vanished. Her belongings were packed when she disappeared, and investigators initially considered that she might have run away, possibly to Colorado with a boyfriend, but later inquiries found no evidence she reached Colorado.

Whitley declined a polygraph and was later jailed on unrelated charges; he has not been officially named as a suspect. In recent years law enforcement has followed new leads and searched properties, but no significant evidence has been recovered and the case remains unsolved. Anyone with information that could help locate Heather is asked to contact the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office.