Melissa Ann Collins, 17, and her infant daughter Jasmine disappeared from Akron, Ohio after being dropped off at their Westwood Avenue apartment in the late afternoon on August 8, 1991. They were last seen leaving the apartment around 7:30 p.m., reportedly for a short walk to a grocery store a few blocks away. Their apartment suggested no planned departure: Melissa’s purse remained in her bedroom, folded clean clothes were left behind, and bottles of formula for Jasmine were prepared in the refrigerator.

Investigators focused on Raymond Sweet Pea Smith Jr., who had been staying with the woman from whom Melissa sublet the apartment and was the last person known to have seen them. Melissa had told her mother she was afraid of Smith because he had made unwanted advances. Smith died by suicide in February 1992 while facing serious criminal charges and left an unfinished note that offered no answers. A 1993 tip said the two were deceased and may have been disposed of in New York City, but no trace of Melissa or Jasmine has ever been found.

Does anyone remember Melissa, Jasmine, or their movements in Akron in August 1991, or have information that could help bring closure to the family?