Brook Lynn Peck: Missing from New Port Richey, Florida Since October 2015

NamUs Case Number	MP34394
Name	Brook Lynn Peck (Nickname: Brooklyn)
Biological Sex	Female
Race/Ethnicity	White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact	October 26th, 2015 (Monday)
NamUs Case Created	July 14th, 2016 (Thursday)
Location	New Port Richey, Florida (Pasco County); Van Doren Avenue is mentioned in conjunction with her last sighting.
Missing Age	21 Years
Current Age	31 Years
Birthdate Range	October 27th, 1993 – October 26th, 1994 Probably in December 1993.
Height	4'7" – 5'0" (55–60 inches)
Weight	100–110 lbs
BMI	21.5–23.2 (Normal range, indicating a petite, slender build, which helps visualize Brook as having an average, lightweight frame for her height)
Hair Color	Brown (Long, past shoulders)
Eye Color	Hazel
Distinctive Physical Features	Pierced ears; Tattoos: Large clock on right chest, large skull on left chest, tattoos on both wrists, writing from shoulder to shoulder on upper chest, tattoo on left thigh
Clothing and Accessories	Unknown clothing, footwear, or jewelry; no eyewear or accessories
Circumstances of Disappearance	Brook left a friend’s residence (Hillside Drive) at approximately 2:00 AM on October 26th, 2015, to meet an unknown subject and has not been seen since. She was said to be heading to a Sunoco gas station at that time.
Transportation	No information entered

By: Shane Lambert
Original Publication Date: October 9th, 2025

AI dramatization. Theory is speculative.

Brook Lynn Peck - Trucker Theory

On October 26th, 2015, Brook Lynn Peck, a 21-year-old woman, vanished from New Port Richey, Florida, after leaving a friend’s home on Hillside Drive around 2:00 AM to meet an unknown individual at a Sunoco gas station. The nearest Sunoco station to Hillside Drive was at 5736 US Highway 19, New Port Richey, FL 34652. Her phone made its last outgoing call at 6:17 AM, and she hasn’t been heard from since.

With a court date set for October 27th and clothes laid out for her return, her disappearance under suspicious circumstances has puzzled investigators for a decade. Given her struggles with substance use and involvement in prostitution, one compelling theory emerges: could Brook’s case be a truck-stop disappearance tied to a late-night client?

Truckers are a known entity when it comes to prostitution usage. The lingo for women who engage in prostitution is "lot lizard." Furthermore, the truckers are a known entity in relation to missing persons cases. The FBI's Highway Serial Killings Initiative reflects the dangers that are associated with some individuals who are long-distance truckers.

Brook Lynn Peck - The Gas Station Disappearance

The Sunoco station at 5736 US Highway 19, located along a bustling corridor, was a likely 24/7 operation in 2015, though this isn’t explicitly documented. Its position on a major thoroughfare like US 19, a key route in Pasco County’s trucking network, supports this assumption, as gas stations in such areas often cater to late-night travelers and truckers. 

Google Maps imagery confirms the station rebranded to Shell between June and December 2016; the current Shell operates 24/7, reinforcing the site’s round-the-clock accessibility. In 2015, this Sunoco was a plausible rendezvous point at 2:00 AM, especially for transient visitors.

Google Maps also reveals a critical clue from about the time of her disappearance: archival footage of the area on Google Maps shows a rig parked at the station. While not a formal truck stop like a Pilot or Love’s, the location’s proximity to US 19 appears to have made it a convenient pull-off for truckers needing fuel or rest. Informal parking for semis is common along such highways in North America. Brook’s plan to meet someone suggests a prearranged encounter, and her history in sex work points to a possible “John” contacting her, possibly a trucker.

Truckers, often transient and seeking discreet services, are a known demographic in highway sex trade and truck stops emerge in missing persons cases quite often, as seen in cases like Patricia Seelbaugh's. A trucker idling at the Sunoco could have called Brook, luring her to the lot.

This theory, although speculative, aligns with the case’s suspicious nature. Furthermore, it aligns with known missing persons patterns. Truck stops, broadly construed to include gas stations where truckers are allowed to park long term, aren't safe places to be in the wee hours of the morning. In my speculation, I lean toward disappearance by a John who was employed as a trucker and who used the gas station's parking areas for rest.

Crystal Lynn Russ -- Missing From Houston, Texas

Details from NamUs**: 

The MP drove a taxi cab and was last seen at an Exxon gas station near Crosstimbers and I45 in Houston, Texas.

Missing Person: Crystal Lynn Russ

Alias: Crystal Lynn Cason (possibly name changed due to adoption), Crystal Lynn Herrera (she was married for a few years)

Last-contact date: April 13th, 2000
The area where the MP was last seen: Houston, Texas at Crosstimbers and I-45
Link to government source: NamUs #78585

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 25 years old

Birthdate: March 17th, 1975
Hair: Red/Auburn
Eyes: Green
Scar: None listed at NamUs
Height/weight: 5-foot-4 and 135 to 140 pounds
BMI*: Crystal Lynn Russ was in the normal range for BMI.
Tattoos: Crystal Lynn Russ did not have any tattoos associated with her profiles. If you know this to be a mistake, then please contact this site.

Crystal Lynn Russ, a missing person, was last heard from on April 13th, 2000 when she was 25 years old. This individual has now been missing for 21 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

This case was not one where details were readily available. I searched for her name with and without the middle name at newspapers.com and nothing came up. Nor were there any hits on the web for her name and nor did an image search for her picture bring anything up. It seems like this is an uncovered case in journalism.

I was able to find a very helpful online profile for this individual at Ancestry.com. That's where I got her birthdate. It's also indicated at this profile that she had been married, perhaps multiple times. On her profile, her date of disappearance is listed as her date of death. That could be presumptive on the part of the individual that made Crystal's profile.

What stands out to me with this case is the NamUs description. My assumption was that she went missing during a shift as a taxi driver, however, I did find a post that suggested that Crystal was both a taxi driver and a trainee for an Exxon Station manager.

Someone named Margo Anne Cason Smith, likely a relative of Crystal's, took an interest in this case. I will repost her statements on Crystal's disappearance in case the statements should get deleted at the original-post location. The post was titled "Missing" and it was written on June 1st, 2012:

Crystal was very ill for about a week before she was taken. She had 2 ear infections. She started feeling better and asked me Wednesday if she could go back to work.  I told her to wait one more day and see how she was feeling.  She came to me on Thursday morning and told me that her other ear had popped and she was feeling much better and that she was going to go to work for awhile before she went to her training job.  She was training to be a manager of an Exxon Station.  She was driving one of my taxi's.  She went to the airport and got one trip off. Not sure where she went. She went to her other job, she worked from 10pm to 6am.  She told her manager about 2am that her ear was starting to hurt again and asked if she could leave a little early. Manager told her sure, it's slow.  She left at 2:15 am. A friend tried to call out for her as he drove into the station, but wether she heard or not, we will never know.  That was the last anyone saw of her, that knew her.  Her last phone call was a friend at 8 pm. We found the car a week later after I put a reward out on it, with no questions asked, to every cab company in Houston.  Her personal items were still in the cab,(birthday cards, favorite perfume, fingernail polish, stuffed animals) the ID holder had been cut in half (why?) all you had to do is slide her ID out of the holder.  All of her "for sale" beanie babies were gone and other things that could be a quick small sale.  What happened?  She is still missing. Her husband, Kevin, is still missing her.  We are all missing her. Her children still ask questions. I have no answers.  If she ever reads this,Crystal please come home, we still Love You.

 Margo Anne (Gersdorf) Cason Smith

Missing from a gas station late at night could invoke shades of the Jessica Heeringa missing person case from 2013. That's not to say that these cases are related but the similarities are still interesting to compare and contrast.

One big difference is that Jessica went missing after her scheduled shift, whereas Crystal went home early. Jessica was being stalked and her stalker knew when her shift ended. If Crystal was being stalked then ending her shift early would have been a curveball for her stalker. Furthermore, Jessica was abducted at the scene of the gas station whereas Crystal, according to the description above, left the gas station in a vehicle she was operating.

I think a major detail, in this case, is that Crystal Lynn Russ was driving a taxi cab. There is an indication that she picked up a fare earlier in the night before her shift. I wonder if she received a fare request during her shift at the gas station and decided to take that taxi work instead of completing her gas-station shift. Conversely, maybe she received a fare request on her way home and decided to take it.

The sliced ID holder is something to think about. For me, it hints that someone other than Crystal was in the car. What I am picturing here is that this person wanted to rid the car of Crystal's ID so as to prolong any investigation. The author of the post I quoted asks why he (presumingly a "he") simply wouldn't slide the ID out. My answer is that maybe he didn't know that was an option due to a lack of familiarity with the device. If you have ever struggled with something incredibly simple just because it was your first time using it, you will understand this. He cut the ID holder to get rid of the ID because he didn't realize that the ID could be removed in a far simpler manner.

Someone left these comments on this blog post. I repost them in case they are later deleted. I have not been able to authenticate the identity of the commenter so they can only be taken as food for thought.

"My daughter had several tattoo's. On the back of her neck in about 1 inch English Script she had SMITH. She had a small heart on I believe the outside of her left leg down towards the ankle. She had a couple others, but I can't remember.

The car was located at an apartment house, that has been torn down and I think there is a clinic there now. I don't know if the police found any fingerprints?? They had the car for about a month and tore it apart. They still have all her private belongings that were left in the car."

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Author: S.K. Lambert (Blogger and Freelance Writer)

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

S.K. Lambert (Blogger and Freelance Writer) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.

Robin Renee Williams -- Missing from Port Angeles, Washington

 

Missing Person: Robin Renee Williams

Last-contact date: August 1, 1986 at about 4pm

The area where the MP was last seen: Port Angeles, Washington at Lincoln Park

Link to government source: NamUs #MP77894

2026 Updated Article at MissingPersonsCommentary.com.

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: White/Caucasian

Sex: Female

Age at time of disappearance: 24 years old

Birthdate: between August 2nd, 1961 and August 1st, 1962

• I'm not sure of the exact birthdate for Robin Renee Williams but a range can be calculated using her age at the time of the disappearance.

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Green

Scar: Not sure

Height/weight: 5-foot-4 and 110 pounds

BMI*: Robin Renee Williams was in the normal range for BMI.

• Please, Google-search BMI if you aren't familiar with the phrase. I think it's an important tool to be aware of when working on missing person cases.

Tattoos: Robin Renee Williams did not have any tattoos associated with her profiles. If you know this to be a mistake, then please contact this site.

Clothes: baggy grey pants and a white sleeveless shirt

Robin Renee Williams was last heard from on August 1,1986, when she was 24 years of age. This individual has now been missing for 35 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

I didn't include the NamUs description of circumstances at the start because it wasn't a great description in this case. I read a Pott Gottlieb article online at Peninsula Daily News and noted the following:

• Robin Renee Williams had two children, a three-year old girl and a one-year old boy
• Williams was last seen "strolling alone across a Lincoln Park ballfield"
• Her vehicle was found at a gas station
• She had been drinking at noon on the day she went missing
• Prior to being seen walking across the ballfield, she had been at a bar with two male friends
• She was reported missing on August 6th, 1986 by a friend who had been taking care of her children
• The father of her two children was in jail at the time of the disappearance and, for whatever it is worth, he passed a lie-detector test on the matter in 2016

According to the NamUs description:

Williams was last seen by a male friend walking away from his pickup truck at Lincoln Park in the City of Port Angeles, Washington. Immediately after, she and the male friend had argued and broken off their romantic relationship early on the afternoon of August 1, 1986. Williams, who had left her two small children with a foster care provider in Port Angeles the day before she disappeared, has not been seen or heard from by friends or family since.

This case goes in a lot of different directions. Firstly, there's the father of the children in jail and a belief that he could have been involved in her disappearance. I don't consider lie detector tests to be foolproof, however, I don't think most jail-bound fathers would organize the disappearance of the woman that was taking care of his children.

That Williams left her children with a babysitter might suggest that she was planning her own disappearance. Other women have disappeared after leaving their children with babysitters. However, I think in Williams' case it's a weak assumption to assume she voluntarily disappeared given that she has not reappeared in the 35 years since 1986. Furthermore, if Williams was planning to disappear voluntarily, getting drunk at noon wouldn't seem like a reasonable part of that plan given that she had a vehicle and probably would have preferred sobriety while operating it. That her vehicle was found speaks to the probability that she stayed in the Port Angeles area, although the small city is a ferry city with connections to Victoria, Canada.

What could be thought about in this case is the theme of rejection that is resilient in the NamUs description. Furthermore, what does it mean for her vehicle to be found at a gas station? Also, is it risky for a woman to be walking alone, perhaps intoxicated at the time, in what appears to be a wooded area (at least by the modern map)?

Certainly, not all of the strange circumstances or risk factors, in this case, can be relevant. From the father of her children being in jail to the theme of rejection to the vehicle being found abandoned to the children being left with the babysitter to the fact that she was walking alone while possibly inebriated in a wooded area -- any one of these circumstances starts to paint a picture yet some of these circumstances must be red herrings when it comes to this missing person case. Accordingly, this one is particularly challenging when it simply comes to deciding what is relevant.

I think that Websleuths or amateur investigators can best help with this case by looking at the clothing she was thought to be wearing (baggy grey pants and a white sleeveless shirt) and cross-referencing the articles with any Jane Does in the greater area. Jane Does often have clothing associated with their profiles. 

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Author: Shane Lambert (Vancouver, Canada)

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert (Vancouver, Canada) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.

**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.

Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.

John Dax Dunn -- Missing Since February 2020

 

Missing person: John Dax Dunn

Last-contact date: February 13th, 2020 at about 430pm

Last evidence of activity: February 15th, 2020 through banking
Disappeared from: Newnan, Georgia (last seen at his residence)

Banking activity: Inglis, Florida

Link to Government Source: #MP65618

Facebook Group: Find John Dunn

Ethnicity/Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 40 years old
Hair: Brown; Horseshoe-style mustache
Eye color: Hazel

Tattoo: Shark on right chest
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'11" and 180 pounds
Vehicle: 2013 Nissan Frontier; White pickup, Georgia plates, QFK2741 (vehicle has been found)

Clothing: Grey shirt that said "USA" on it in red, white, and blue; black cap; blue jeans.

According to NamUs, John Dax Dunn told his daughter and coworkers that he was going fishing in Florida, "somewhere near Tampa." They list his last-seen location as being of his residence in Newnan, Georgia.

However, the photo that appears above looks like it was taken from a convenience store camera. Furthermore, there is a minor paper trail with this case. According to this missing person poster with Coweta County Sheriff's Office, this individual had two banking transactions. One was in Midway, Florida on February 14th, 2020. The next was on February 15th in Inglis, Florida.

According to the Facebook group dedicated to finding this missing person, "He was last seen on 2/15 at the Circle K gas station located on 4 Hwy 19 S in Inglis, FL (90 miles north of Tampa)."

Newnan to Midway to Inglis is about 403 miles. The direction of travel is mainly south and points toward Tampa Bay. However, it's difficult to ascertain where he was heading as there are many fishing locals in the region.

His vehicle was found in the Yankeetown area. Furthermore, his Internet searches focused on the Cedar Key area prior to his trip. 

Author: Shane Lambert (Facebook profile)

Twitter: @UncoolNegated (Twitter)

Pinterest: Missing Person Board
Original Time of Writing: February 12th, 2021

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

I am not a Private Investigator, however, I am currently studying to be one as of February 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

Jessica Heeringa Missing From Michigan Since 2013 -- Gas Station Employee Vanishes

Author: Shane Lambert

Original Time of Writing: December 22nd, 2020
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Jessica Heeringa: Missing Person Case Overview

Missing Person: Jessica Heeringa
NamUs # and Link: #MP20137
Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 25 years old
Hair: strawberry blonde, shoulder length
Eye color: Blue
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'1", 100 to 110 pounds
Other: One of her eyes was lazy. She had a tattoo on her left ankle of a musical note and a peace sign. She had a star tattoo on her back. Also, she had sleepy z's tattooed on her left foot. Lastly, on her right calf she had a sun and moon tattoo.
Clothing: High-heeled boots, polo shirt with "Sternberg Exxon," blue jeans, and a black tank top.

Details of Jessica Heeringa’s Disappearance

Last seen or contact date: April 26th, 2013 (Friday) late in the evening, likely between 1050pm (time of her last sale as a clerk) and 1115pm. She may have been behind the building as a small drop of her blood was found there.

Where last seen: in Norton Shores, Michigan. She was working at an Exxon Mobil gas station as a clerk at the location that was on East Sternberg Road. The gas station was between Grand Haven Road and Highway 31. Google Maps: 43.15449809998207, -86.21656688503997.

Jessica Heeringa has been missing from Norton Shores in Michigan since April 26th, 2013. She was working at an Exxon Mobil station as a clerk. A customer, no later than 1120pm, found the gas station open but no one was around. She disappeared late in her shift, leaving her personal belongings in the store -- including $400 in her purse. The station did not have surveillance. One early article that was published a few days after her disappearance is snipped below.

Jessica Heeringa Mon, Apr 29, 2013 – 2 · Livingston County Daily Press and Argus (Howell, Michigan) · Newspapers.com

Investigation into the Abduction

This case was treated as an abduction since an early part of the investigation. In the early coverage, they communicated interest in questioning a white male with a silver Chrysler minivan (sometimes called a van). The cash register was untouched so this didn't look like a robbery gone wrong.

The witness in the case was an off-duty employee, a woman who drove by the Exxon store. She noticed a van behind the store and circled back. I think she may have been the one that gave the description that lead to a composition sketch of the suspect and the report of the van.

Jessica Heeringa Mon, May 27, 2013 – Page A2 · Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) · Newspapers.com

Evidence of the Silver Minivan

The van was thought to have been captured in other footage from businesses in the area. This suspicious van may have passed Coin Zone on Grand Haven Road at about 11:04pm. They also had a video from a tavern, one that also allegedly showed the vehicle in question.

Jessica Heeringa Tue, Apr 30, 2013 – 2 · Livingston County Daily Press and Argus (Howell, Michigan) · Newspapers.com

Jeffrey Willis: Suspect and Conviction

The person of interest in the case was Jeffrey Willis, now convicted. At the time of writing, he was in prison for a separate crime that involved killing a female jogger in western Michigan. Willis is a reasonable match to the composite sketch that was generated of the driver of the minivan.

Jessica Heeringa Sat, Dec 28, 2019 – A5 · Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) · Newspapers.com

Search for Jessica Heeringa’s Remains

There is some closure in this case in the sense that her abductor has been brought to justice. However, Jessica remains a missing person. On that matter, her direction of travel could be speculated on.

Coin Zone, the name of the company that had the footage of the vehicle in question, is permanently closed at the time of writing. However, I found an address of 4300 Grand Haven Road in North Shores for the expired business. There's a possibility that Jessica was in this vehicle, meaning her direction of travel was northern from her last known location.

Jessica's distinctive physical characteristics, listed below, are not likely to aid in this investigation. If we assume that she is long dead then her tattoos and lazy eye would not be ascertainable should a Jane Doe be found that might be her (decomposition). Her short height of 5'1" is what should be remembered in this case, as well as the distinctive clothing that was wearing.

Possible Burial Locations and Manistee National Forest Theory

There is some reason to believe that she was buried near Sheridan Road and Laketon Road "near abandoned railroad tracks." However, leads on this tip have not been fruitful.

In a significant development, Retired Norton Shores Police Department Lt. Michael Kasher said he believes she’s buried in the Manistee National Forest near the Lake-Mason county line, northwest of Baldwin, about a 90-minute drive from Norton Shores. This theory is based on cellphone data from Jeffrey Willis, showing movement north on US-31 and east on M-46 two days after her disappearance (Source: WOOD TV8, Author: Ken Kolker). Despite extensive searches, her remains have not been found.

How Construction Sites May Hold Clues

If she is buried in the area, then future amateurs working on this case could note any human remains at future construction sites in the area. An area that may have been secluded in 2013 might be developed at a future date. Sometimes construction workers unearth human remains as they lay groundwork for foundations and that's where the strongest likelihood of finding her may be.