Jennifer Lancaster was 20 when she and her two daughters, Sidney (1 year) and Monique Smith (1 month), were last seen leaving their Topeka, Kansas, home on the evening of May 12, 2000. They planned to visit a male acquaintance but never arrived, and none of them have been seen since.

About a week later Jennifer’s 1994 Jeep Cherokee was found abandoned in an apartment complex parking lot. The vehicle had been emptied of personal belongings, including the children’s car seats and the keys, a detail that heightened concern about the circumstances of their disappearance. Jennifer’s family described her as a responsible mother, and there was no evidence suggesting she would harm the children or leave voluntarily.

Jennifer had recently moved in with her mother and sister and had worked at an adult entertainment club; otherwise the disappearance produced no definitive leads. Investigators continue to seek information that could explain what happened to Jennifer and her daughters. Does anyone have information about Jennifer, her girls, or that 1994 Jeep Cherokee from May 2000?