Yolanda Evette Baker was 35 when she was last seen in the early morning hours of August 1, 1999, at her home in the 400 block of 44th Street NE in Washington, D.C. She and her boyfriend, Terrance Barnett, had returned from a family party in Prince George’s County. Yolanda, a mother of young twins and known to family as Princess, failed to pick up her children from the babysitter’s house, prompting her sister to report her missing on August 4, 1999.

Investigators found Yolanda’s 1999 Toyota Corolla abandoned in an alley about a week after she vanished; officers noted a foul odor in the trunk and drops of her blood on the carpet and in the spare tire well. A search of the couple’s home uncovered signs of a violent struggle, removed carpet, and attempted bleach cleaning. Forensic testing reportedly identified blood spatter containing DNA from both Yolanda and Barnett on the walls, ceiling, floor, and on the shirt Barnett was wearing the night she disappeared. Family members described a long history of domestic violence, and Yolanda had obtained an eighteen-month restraining order against Barnett that expired shortly before her disappearance.

Yolanda’s body has not been recovered. Does anyone have information about her last night, the Corolla, or where she might have been taken?