Brenda Nell Dearing, 51, disappeared from the Grand Bay/Seven Hills area of Mobile, Alabama while visiting relatives on December 15, 2004. She was seen walking near the 7000 block of Crandall Road, not far from the Mississippi state line, and family members report a last sighting at about 3 p.m. in the Seven Hills community. At the time she vanished she wore a jacket, white capri pants, and sneakers.

Brenda sometimes used the nickname Fudge and has also been recorded under the last name McCovery. She is described as a Black female, 5 feet 7 inches, about 285 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and pierced ears. Her family is especially concerned because she had Alzheimer’s disease and paranoid schizophrenia and may have been disoriented or in need of medical care when she went missing.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation and her case remains classified as an active endangered missing person matter. If anyone saw Brenda around Grand Bay or Seven Hills on December 15, 2004, or has information about her whereabouts, please share what you know.