Tova Jaileau Barnett was 19 when she disappeared from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was last definitively seen on December 2, 2000, and was reported missing to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office on December 16, 2000. An unconfirmed sighting at the Mall of Louisiana on December 4 was later investigated but produced no solid leads.

Tova was described as a Black female, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 118 to 130 pounds, with brown hair with reddish highlights and brown eyes; she sometimes wore gray or hazel-tinted contact lenses. When last seen she wore a blue pullover shirt, jeans, sneakers and a shell necklace, and was reportedly with a girlfriend that day.

The investigation remains open but yielded few concrete leads, and her whereabouts are still unknown.