Seventeen-year-old Melissa Collins and her seven-month-old daughter Jasmine were last seen on the evening of August 8, 1991, after being dropped off at their Westwood Avenue apartment in Akron earlier that day. They reportedly left around 7:30 p.m. to walk a few blocks to a grocery store and never returned. Melissa left behind personal items, including her purse and freshly laundered clothes, and Jasmine’s diapers, pre-filled formula bottles and asthma medication remained in the apartment—items a caregiver would not normally abandon.

Investigators later focused on Raymond Sweet Pea Smith Jr., a neighbor who was the last person known to have seen them and who said he saw them leave for the store. A witness later reported seeing Smith with what appeared to be bloodstains on his clothing a day or two after the disappearance. Melissa had previously told her mother she feared Smith because of unwanted advances. Smith died by suicide in February 1992 and was never formally charged or interviewed about the case.

Tips over the years, including one in 1993 alleging the women were killed and taken to New York City, have not resolved the disappearances. Does anyone have memories or information about Melissa, Jasmine, the Westwood Avenue neighborhood in 1991, or Raymond Smith that could help the family?