Stacey Lynn Hazelton was 21 when she was last seen on May 21, 2004, in Alligator, Mississippi. She had moved from Pennsylvania earlier that year with her boyfriend, James Arthur Fanning Jr., but stayed in close contact with her family and regularly called them. Their relationship reportedly grew increasingly volatile; family accounts say Fanning was abusive and sometimes locked her in their room.

Shortly before she vanished, Hazelton contacted her family asking for money so she could leave Fanning and return to Pennsylvania. The family sent funds, but she never made it home and contact stopped. Months later she was reported missing in December 2004. Testimony at trial later stated a witness saw Fanning shoot her during an argument, and that Fanning and an accomplice burned and buried her remains near a creek in Duncan, Mississippi; searches have not recovered her body.

Her family continues to hope her remains will be found. If anyone has information about Stacey’s last days in Alligator or Duncan, please come forward.