Michelle Jean Barnett was 18 and a mother when she disappeared after moving from Ontario, California, to Palm Springs with her three-year-old son and the child’s 29-year-old father. She last spoke to family by phone on May 30, 1994, saying she planned to return to Ontario; that call was the last confirmed contact.

At the time she went missing she was described as a Caucasian female, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 105 pounds, with light brown hair, blue eyes, pierced ears and two tattoos — Ricky on a finger and Anthony with flowers on her shoulder. Two weeks after she vanished, an anonymous caller told her mother Michelle was in danger and needed help leaving Palm Springs. In May 1995 a woman said her younger brother had confessed in late 1994 to killing Michelle and then killed an older brother who threatened to report it; that younger man was later convicted for the older brother’s murder. Family members suspect Michelle was shot in the head and believe foul play occurred. She may have been driving a 1994 blue Ford Thunderbird or a black Chevrolet Camaro with the personalized plate LILWREN.

Does anyone who knew Michelle or lived in Palm Springs in 1994 have information that could help this investigation?