Disappearance of Cleashindra Hall

Cleashindra Denise Hall, born March 30, 1976, was an honors student at her Pine Bluff, Arkansas high school and was two weeks from graduating in May 1994. She had a summer internship lined up at a Boston pediatrician's office and had been accepted into the pre-med program at Tennessee State University, with plans to become a pediatrician. She had recently attended her senior prom and had no history of leaving without notice, no known reason to run away, and no boyfriend at the time.

Hall held an after-school job at the home office of Larry Amos, then 43, in Pine Bluff. She typically called a parent for a ride home after finishing work. On the evening of May 9, 1994, she called her mother, Laurell Hall, just after 8:00 p.m. to say she was not yet ready to leave and that she would call again when she needed a ride. That second call never came. Amos later told police that after Hall finished work, she got into a car with an unknown individual; he could not describe the driver or the vehicle. Hall was last seen wearing a white-and-navy polka-dot short set with white socks and athletic shoes.

Laurell Hall fell asleep waiting for the call and woke around 1:00 a.m. on May 10, 1994, realizing her daughter had never called or come home. When Hall's parents tried to report her missing that day, they were told they would have to wait 24 hours before police would take a missing persons report, since Hall was legally an adult.

About two weeks after the disappearance, police searched the Amos home/office, the last confirmed location Hall was seen. Laurell Hall stated there was no visible sign of a struggle, though she believed Amos had time to remove any evidence before the search took place. Lt. Terry Hopson of the Pine Bluff Police Department stated the search did not turn up evidence that Hall had been injured or attacked in the home. Amos' property was later searched pursuant to a warrant, and he is considered a person of interest in the case.

An early suspect was a local boy, unnamed publicly, whom Hall reportedly liked and had been friendly with. He was interrogated, his vehicle was searched, and he took a polygraph test with inconclusive results; police found no connection between him and the disappearance.

As of 2009, Lt. Hopson said police had devoted significant time and resources to the case over the years, and the investigation remained open. Police considered the case likely to involve a kidnapping but reported no leads on a suspect's identity. Hall's case predates modern mobile-phone tracking technology, and she did not have a mobile phone with her at the time. Her disappearance has been featured in the television program Find Our Missing.