Vanita Ann Mayberry disappeared from the Fort Worth area in the early morning hours of March 6, 1997. Family reported she was in good spirits and happy with her job but dealing with minor legal matters. The last confirmed sighting placed her at a Fort Worth diner; during a later phone call to a friend she was crying and asked for a ride home. She was never heard from again.

Shortly after her disappearance, her four dogs were found unattended inside her mobile home in Saginaw, Texas and the television was still on, which family said was out of character. She was driving a gray 1989 Hyundai Accent, Texas plate GFF06N; official files say the car has never been located.

Mayberry is described as a white female with brown hair, green eyes, scars on both wrists, cigarette burn scars on her legs, two small brown birthmarks on her back, and an I-shaped scar on her right cheek; her first name is sometimes spelled Vannita. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation. Anyone who knew Vanita or has information about her 1997 disappearance is asked to come forward.