Genelle Princess Bradford was 17 and a senior at Wilkinsburg High School when she vanished after work on April 27, 1999. She attended classes that day and worked evenings at the YWCA on Ross Avenue; she was last seen leaving work to walk home and never arrived. Her grandparents reported her missing the next day.

Family and police briefly considered that she might have run away. Her grandmother said Genelle’s grades had slipped in the months before she disappeared and suggested a possible pregnancy or leaving with a boyfriend, though no evidence supported those ideas. Friends disputed the runaway theory, stressing Genelle’s excitement about prom, graduation and turning 18 and saying she was focused on school.

Genelle is described as a Black female, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches, about 96 pounds, with black hair and black eyes, pierced ears. She was last seen wearing a green jacket, white shirt, tan pants and black platform shoes. The Wilkinsburg Police Department remains the investigating agency. Did anyone in Pittsburgh or Wilkinsburg know Genelle’s routines, friends or places she might have gone that spring?