Rebecca Tompkins, called Becky, was one year old when she disappeared from Bossier City, Louisiana in late 1983. She was last seen with her mother, Desiree Tompkins, on November 20, 1983. On November 25, Rebecca and Desiree were reported missing from the family home in the 3300 block of East Texas Street by Desiree’s husband, Royal R. Dick Tompkins Jr.

Desiree’s body was found by hunters on December 3, 1983, nude and fatally stabbed in a ditch on Rice Road near Greenwood. Rebecca was not at the scene and has not been seen since. Royal Tompkins Jr. was arrested, charged, and at one point confessed, saying he had strangled the child and later disposed of her body in a dumpster; he later recanted the portion of the confession about Rebecca and then claimed she was alive. A subsequent landfill search for her remains turned up nothing. Foul play is strongly suspected in her disappearance, but Rebecca’s fate remains unresolved.