Lisa Michelle Hoover was a 29-year-old Black woman when she was last known to have been in contact with others on March 1, 1999, in Memphis, Tennessee. Her last known location was within the 38127 area of Memphis in Shelby County. Official records describe Lisa as approximately 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
She had several identifying physical characteristics that could help distinguish her, including an abnormality involving the middle finger of her right hand, a scar on her right leg, and a tattoo on her right leg. She was reportedly wearing blue jean shorts and a black tank top around the time she was last heard from.
The known circumstances surrounding Lisa’s disappearance are painfully limited. Her mother eventually contacted authorities and reported her missing, explaining that Lisa had not been heard from since March 1999. The available public record does not describe Lisa’s activities immediately before contact with her was lost, identify anyone who may have been with her, or explain why years passed before the formal missing-person report was documented. No vehicle, destination, travel plan, or confirmed sighting after her disappearance has been publicly listed. This absence of detail leaves a substantial gap in the timeline and makes it difficult to reconstruct what happened during Lisa’s final known days in Memphis.
The Memphis Police Department assumed responsibility for investigating the case under agency case number 0402009422ME, while Lisa’s information was also entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as case MP50443. Family reference DNA samples from Lisa’s brother and sister were completed through the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification. Records indicate that mitochondrial DNA and standard STR profiles were available and used, providing investigators with genetic material that could assist in comparing Lisa’s family profile against unidentified-person cases. The existence of those samples reflects her family’s continuing effort to make certain that she can be identified should relevant evidence or remains ever be located.
Publicly available official information does not identify a confirmed explanation for Lisa’s disappearance, and no recovery circumstances or resolution have been reported. Her case remains defined by a final period of contact in March 1999, a later report from a concerned mother, and decades without a publicly announced answer. Behind the sparse case file is a woman whose family has lived with prolonged uncertainty and whose disappearance deserves continued attention. In overview, Lisa Michelle Hoover vanished from Memphis at age 29, leaving no publicly documented trail after March 1, 1999; investigators possess her physical description, identifying marks, clothing information, and family DNA, but the circumstances of where she went and what happened to her remain unknown.Last Seen: Mar 1, 1999
