Ella Taylor was 40 when she vanished from her Jamaica neighborhood in Queens, New York; she was last seen on December 29, 1988. She is described as a Black woman, 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 190 pounds, with brown eyes and short black afro hair. At the time she disappeared she wore a rust-colored down jacket and brown shoes.

The New York City Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad handled the investigation, and the case is listed in NamUs as MP70805. Reported details are limited: the circumstances of her disappearance are unknown and, despite being in national databases, no significant breakthrough has been reported. The record offers only her last known date, location, physical description and clothing, leaving the broader story unresolved.

Did anyone in Queens in late December 1988 see Ella or know where she might have been heading that day?