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In the coastal city of Gautier, Mississippi, the end of 1989 was marked by the quiet disappearance of a 15-year-old girl named Nerissa Franklin. On December 30th, Nerissa vanished from the foster home where she was living. At the time, authorities classified her as a runaway, believing she had left of her own accord. Nerissa, a white female with brown hair and brown eyes, was noted as being left-handed. She had distinctive features, including two small scars near her left eye from a dog bite, a ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 30, 1989

Victim Details

Jun 10, 2013

May 11, 2020

Nerissa

Franklin

50

15

64 inches

120 lbs

140 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Dec 30, 1989

Gautier

Mississippi

Jackson County

No

28831

Gautier Police Department

Gautier

Mississippi

Jackson County

39553

Becky Thibodeaux

Detective

3329 Highway 90, Mississippi

2284978008

Local

Law Enforcement

2014050287

Gautier Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

05/31/2026


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