Concern grew in late spring 2021 when 29-year-old Tabitha Yvette Queen of Bastrop, Louisiana, did not return home and her three children were found alone. Tabitha was last definitively seen on May 10, 2021, on surveillance video at the Save-U-More grocery store in Bastrop. Her car was later found abandoned on West Pine Street in Morehouse Parish; footage from that area shows an unidentified Black male parking the vehicle that morning and walking away.

Family members say Tabitha had recently argued with a man who had borrowed her car; her oldest daughter described finding a strange smell and what appeared to be blood in the spare tire compartment when the car was returned, and the daughter said the man allegedly threatened to kill Tabitha after she told him he could no longer use the vehicle. The Bastrop Police Department at one point named a person of interest, but no suspects were publicly announced and investigators later said they had exhausted leads about a year after her disappearance.

Tabitha is described as a Black female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 200 to 230 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Distinct tattoos include the word Legend on her chest, stars on one arm, a marijuana leaf on her left buttock and masks with Laugh Now, Cry Later; she has a scar on her left arm and pierced ears. If anyone has information about Tabitha’s movements after she left the grocery store on May 10, 2021, please come forward.