Tabitha Diane Brewer was 16 when she vanished from Shawnee, Kansas, after leaving her father’s home on April 27, 1998, with her 19-year-old boyfriend, Nicholas Travis, and a friend, Brandon Howell. Three days later a partially burned purse and both teens’ identification were recovered from a dumpster in Kansas City, Missouri, a discovery that led investigators to suspect foul play.

In August 1998 Nicholas’s body was found buried in a shallow grave near where their belongings had been located; he had suffered fractures to the back of his skull. No trace of Tabitha has ever been found and she remains missing. Authorities described both as likely victims of a violent crime and identified Brandon Howell as the prime suspect, but the case against him did not result in a conviction at that time.

What information might help locate Tabitha or clarify what happened to her on April 27, 1998?