Amber Nicole Drummond was a 12-year-old Black girl who disappeared from Tulsa, Oklahoma, after being removed from class on March 30, 1994, and was reported missing on April 1 when she did not return from a trip her mother said she sent her to run. Her body was found April 5 by city employees near the water towers at about 6100 South Sheridan Road; Tulsa police list cause of death as asphyxiation and reports say duct tape had been placed over her mouth and nose.

The recovery site was only a short distance from the family’s home in the 8100 block of East 63rd Street, and investigators have never publicly reconstructed Amber’s final hours or established where she was killed or whether she was moved before her body was left near the water tower. Law enforcement later identified Amber’s mother, Priscilla Toussaint, as a suspect but concluded there was insufficient evidence to prosecute; no arrest, charge, or conviction in Amber’s killing has been documented.

Amber’s family remembered her as an intelligent child who liked reading and athletics; her younger brother Samuel was reportedly taken into state custody after her death. The homicide remains an open cold case with key questions unanswered — who controlled Amber after she was reported missing, where the fatal asphyxiation occurred, and who left her body by the water towers. If anyone has information about Amber’s disappearance or death, please come forward.