Brent Nicholas Hughes was 4 years old when he disappeared from his family’s home on Winter Park Drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in December 1996. He vanished with his mother, Robby Ann Floyd; his twin sister, Brenttany Hughes; his older half-sister, Sarena Glenn; and a teenage aunt, Jennifer Hughes. A neighbor reported seeing Robby rush boxes into a blue van and saying she was taking the children to Alabama to see her ailing father, and that an unidentified woman accompanied them whom Robby introduced as her mother. The children’s maternal grandmother later said she had not visited in years, and relatives in Alabama said Robby and the children never arrived.

Robby’s then-husband, Jason Floyd, said he spoke with her after she left; she told him she was in Alabama at a motel but never called again. Robby and Jason reportedly had marital problems at the time. Both Brent and his twin required ongoing medical care for a heart condition. No activity has been recorded on the missing family members’ Social Security numbers, Robby’s driver’s license was never renewed, and the van’s registration expired.

Very little is known about what happened after their December departure; does anyone have information about the family’s last known movements or the blue van seen leaving the home?