CAMDEN — Twelve years after 2-year-old Myra Lewis vanished from her family’s yard in Madison County, the case remains open, the reward remains unclaimed and investigators say the answers are still out there.
This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation renewed its appeal, offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information regarding her whereabouts. A post from the FBI Sunday served as a reminder of the anniversary so many in the Metro area mark each year, even as the missing posters still hang in the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.
“The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information regarding the whereabouts of Myra Lewis, #missing from Camden, Mississippi, since March 1, 2014: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/myra-lewis,” it states.
Myra was last seen between 10:30 and 11 a.m. on March 1, 2014, playing outside her home in Camden. She was wearing white or khaki pants, a turquoise sweater with a bear on the front and pink tennis shoes. At the time, she was 3 feet, 1 inch tall and weighed 27 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
The child’s disappearance is Mississippi’s longest-standing Amber Alert case. Despite massive searches, national attention and years of investigation, no one has been charged and no trace of the toddler has ever been found.
In 2025, Randy Tucker spoke publicly in unprecedented detail on the “Investigation: Homicide” podcast about the day Myra disappeared and the suspicions that have lingered since.
From the beginning, Tucker said, certain elements of the scene troubled investigators, particularly the response of tracking dogs brought to the property.
Myra Lewis’ original Amber Alert photo, next to a time-progressed photo that shows what experts believe she would look like today.A tracking dog refused to leave the immediate area of the yard where Myra had been playing, Tucker said. A cadaver dog later alerted to the back of a side-by-side ATV on the property. That was a detail the sheriff described as “very strange,” given there was no clear explanation for Myra’s scent to be there.
Searchers combed the area for days, dragging ponds, searching woods and even examining recent burial sites. Volunteers and law enforcement from local, state and federal agencies participated. Still, Myra was “gone like a breath in the wind,” Tucker said.
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Over the years, the sheriff has grown increasingly convinced that the truth lies within a very small circle.
“I firmly believe to this very date that the people that were on that property that day know exactly what happened, know exactly where Myra is, and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance,” Tucker said on the podcast.
He pointed to inconsistencies in statements about Myra’s whereabouts in the days before she was reported missing, including conflicting accounts about whether she attended school the day before. He also noted what he described as unusual behavior from family members in the immediate aftermath and in the years since.
Attempts by media, including Darkhorse Press, to contact family members over the years have gone unanswered. Tucker has said he believes someone may eventually come forward.
“Until somebody clears their conscience, we’re no closer than we were,” he said.
The case remains active. Authorities continue to receive occasional tips from across the country, though none have led to a breakthrough.
The FBI urges anyone with information about Myra Lewis to contact their local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or submit an anonymous tip online. Officials say the $20,000 reward remains available for information leading to her whereabouts.
Twelve years later, the smiling toddler in pink remains frozen in time on missing posters, and investigators say they are still waiting for the piece of the puzzle that completes the picture of what happened to little Myra.
