Racheal Dawn Hayson was 14 when she left her Richmond, Missouri home after an argument with her mother on June 20, 1997, and never returned. At the time she was described as white, 5 feet 2 inches, about 128 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, a gap between her upper front teeth, three piercings in each ear and numerous small scars on her legs. She was last seen wearing a red and white Spartan t-shirt and cut-off blue jeans.

Early on her mother believed Racheal may have run away to Washington, Texas, or California because of interests in professional wrestling and country music, but no solid leads developed. The mother died in 2008; Racheal was listed as a survivor in the obituary. The Richmond Police Department still lists the case as an open missing person investigation and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has produced age-progressed images.

If anyone in Richmond or the surrounding area remembers Racheal, her habits, friends, or possible movements in June 1997, please come forward with information.