Brenda Kay Wallace was 55 when she was last seen at her Martinsville, Indiana home on April 12, 2012. She left a note for family saying she had gone to Ohio to live and work, that she would send for her truck when able, and that they could do as they wished with the rest of her belongings. She departed with a red backpack, a blue backpack, floral-print luggage, and her small female Shih Tzu dog, Nicky.

Brenda was a 1974 graduate of Martinsville High School and had worked at Harman Becker before it closed. At the time she left she had no cell phone or bank account, and no contact with family or friends has been made since her departure. Her case was entered into NamUs on August 26, 2021, and the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation. The presence of the dog and multiple bags suggests a planned departure, but the complete silence afterward remains unexplained.

Did anyone in Ohio or along possible travel routes see Brenda or her truck after April 12, 2012?