Missing From: Shawnee, Kansas
Missing: April 27, 1998
Age at Disappearance: 16
Height: 5’ 7″
Weight: 115
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. She has a scar on her left hand, under her right eye and on her left knee. Her skull and left wrist were previously fractured as the result of a near-fatal car accident that occurred when she was fourteen years old. A wire was inserted into Brewer’s jaw after an additional injury. One of her ears is triple-pierced, while the other ear has a single piercing. Brewer has the initials “TD” on one of her ankles. Dental and DNA: Available in CODIS
Details of Disappearance: Tabitha was last seen with her boyfriend,Nicholas Travis, and their mutual friend, Brandon Howell, outside of her father’s residence in Shawnee, Kansas on April 27, 1998. Her purse was later found in a dumpster at 55th and Paseo Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. Nicholas Travis’ body was found several months later, on August 12, 1998, in the back yard of a Kansas City, Missouri, duplex owned by Brandon Howell’s father. Howell and Travis had both worked there together. According to three separate witness accounts given to authorities, Howell had either confessed to killing the couple (Tabitha and Nicholas), or had discussed plans to kill them. Howell was charged with two counts of first degree murder stemming from the deaths of Nicholas Travis and Tabitha Brewer. The motive may have been a $40,000 settlement that Brewer had received after a car accident, although she was unable to access the money because it was in a trust fund. Brewer’s body has never been found.
Investigative Agency: Shawnee Police Department, (913) 631-2151
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