Nicole Gray, 30, disappeared from St. Ann, Missouri after leaving home on December 17, 1999 to run errands and do last-minute Christmas shopping. She was expected at her daughter’s school play that evening but never arrived and did not return. That night her Ford Explorer was found abandoned in the Northwest Plaza parking lot; the vehicle contained no Christmas presents and the only potential forensic item reported was a single drop of blood whose DNA testing was inconclusive. The plaza reportedly had no security cameras to record who parked the vehicle or what happened afterward.

Nicole was five feet nine inches, with black hair and brown eyes, and had several tattoos including a bulldog smoking a cigar on her left arm and a broken heart on her left ankle; she often wore multiple gold chains and earrings. Her daughter Kendra Young, eight at the time, believes Nicole was murdered and remains an advocate for the case. Police have reexamined the investigation and turned it over to the county prosecutor for further review; investigators have said they believe foul play is possible and hope new DNA testing may help.

If anyone remembers Nicole, her gray sweatsuit and white Adidas sneakers, or anything unusual near Northwest Plaza on December 17, 1999, please share what you know.