Angelique Emily James, age 4, was last seen on February 15, 1997, at her family’s home in Los Angeles, California. She had visible burn scars on the top of one foot, a shorter leg and arm from a congenital skeletal condition, and a previously fractured left arm visible only by X-ray. Authorities classified her as an endangered missing child.

Suspicion fell on Angelique’s mother, Shirley Ann James, after she failed to cooperate when questioned about the child’s whereabouts. Nine months later, in November 1997, Shirley was arrested and later charged with Angelique’s presumed murder and multiple counts of child abuse. A search of the family yard and other investigative efforts did not produce Angelique’s body.

Shirley pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison in connection with her daughter’s death. Angelique remains missing and many questions about what happened to her are unanswered. Does anyone have information about Angelique’s final day or where she might have been taken?