Amanda Sissy Goodman was 13 when she was murdered on May 16, 1989, while walking home from Brownwood Middle School in Brownwood, Texas. Her body was found the same day along Indian Creek Road about ten miles south of Brownwood with a single gunshot wound to the head. Rainy conditions that day made evidence collection difficult.

The case remains unsolved and is classified as a cold case by the Brownwood Police Department. No suspects have been officially identified. Family and the community have continued to commemorate Amanda’s life; on the 25th anniversary in May 2014 friends and relatives held a memorial at Coggin Park where her last birthday had been celebrated. Amanda’s mother, Barbara Nejtek, died without seeing justice for her daughter.

Anyone who knew Amanda or has information about that afternoon in May 1989 is asked to come forward.