Ta’niyah Monique Leonard was an 11-month-old infant last seen in Bartow, Florida, on October 19, 2002. She was about 2 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 20 to 30 pounds, and had pierced ears and a light-colored birthmark on her right leg. Her nickname was Ny Ny.

The circumstances are disputed. Miranda Jones, then 17, says she left Ta’niyah with her mother’s boyfriend, Michael Lewis, at his Azalea Gardens apartment at 10:30 p.m. on October 19 while she went out with friends. Lewis says Jones picked the child up the next morning between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. and that he has not seen her since. Jones reported a physical altercation with Lewis on October 20 after questioning him about Ta’niyah’s whereabouts.

Investigators consider Ta’niyah an endangered missing person and suspect she may have been killed during an altercation; authorities say they believe either Jones or Lewis is responsible, but conflicting accounts and a lack of evidence prevented charges. Prosecutors reportedly offered both immunity if Ta’niyah were returned alive; neither accepted. A year later Jones and Lewis had another child who was removed from their custody and adopted. If anyone knew Ta’niyah, Ny Ny, or has information about October 19–20, 2002 in Bartow, please come forward.