Nine-year-old Erica Baker vanished while walking her dog in Kettering, Ohio, on a Sunday afternoon, February 7, 1999. She left home between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m.; her Shih Tzu was found later but Erica never returned. At the time she was 3 feet 11 inches tall, 65 pounds, with blonde hair, hazel eyes, crooked front teeth, a tan-colored birthmark on her hip and a scar on the inner arch of one foot. She was last seen wearing a pink Winnie the Pooh sweatshirt, a pink rain jacket, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Investigators later focused on Christian Gabriel, who in 2004 confessed to being in a van that struck and killed Erica, said the group panicked, put her in the van and buried her. Gabriel was convicted of gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence and served six years in prison. He has given multiple, conflicting accounts about who was involved and where Erica was buried, leading searches to Huffman Dam, Eastwood Lake and Caesar Creek State Park without locating her remains. Tips and searches continued over the years, including one prompted by a 2022 podcast, but Erica has not been found.

Does anyone with information about Erica’s movements that afternoon or about locations mentioned in the case have tips for investigators?