Help find Samantha Tapp

02/15/2026

We must continue to share Samantha's story wherever we can. She deserves to be looked for. Help us find her.

12/08/2025

Samantha has now been missing over 21 years. Please continue to share her story everywhere you can.

11/25/2025

Reminder of tonight's live event commemorating International Violence Against Women's Day link is : https://www.youtube.com//streams guests will be: Kathy Picard- sexual assault survivor, Alison Duiker, whose mother has been a missing person since she was a child, and the PI working the case, and Roger Canaff, former prosecutor and nationally recognized advocate for victims of violence against women and children for women victims. Plus a brief word from Brianna Maitland father, Bruce. Event starts at 8PM

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11/19/2025

Crawlspace Media to Host Live Online Fundraiser for PIFTM on November 25
Event Commemorates International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
On November 25 at 8:00 PM EST, Crawlspace Media will host a live online event to raise
funds for Private Investigations for the Missing (PIFTM). This special broadcast honors
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and aims to drive
awareness and support for victims and their families. The event will run until approximately 9:30
PM EST.
Viewers will hear from a variety of compelling guests whose experiences and expertise shed
light on the fight against violence:
● Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna - Crawlspace Media and Board Members of PIFTM
● Alison Duiker – A PIFTM client whose case remains active and close to resolution.
● Jeff Walters – Former Pennsylvania State Police Detective turned private investigator
for PIFTM, bringing fresh progress to a decades-old case.
● Kathy Picard – Survivor and advocate who successfully lobbied to change civil
statute of limitations laws. Kathy has authored two books and received numerous
awards for her work in child safety. Learn more about Kathy at Kathy Picard | Child
Advocate.
● Roger Canaff – Former special prosecutor, author, and nationally recognized
advocate for victims of violence against women and children. Learn more about Roger
at https://www.rogercanaff.com/.
This event is more than a discussion—it’s a call to action. Join us live, contribute to the
cause, and help bring hope and justice to families still searching for answers.
Event Details:
Date: November 25
Time: 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EST
Online: https://www.youtube.com//streams
Donations: Investigations for the Missing | PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE MISSING

07/26/2025

Happy birthday Sam !!
Happy birthday to my best friend
Happy birthday to the one and only Samuel
Happy birthday to one of the goofiest chicks I’ve ever met
Happy birthday to the person with the best laugh ever
Happy birthday to my part time bully full time protector
Happy birthday to the first person I felt was family without being blood
I imagine you reading this and smirking thinking of all our hand written notes we’d pass in the halls , and all our late night antics and things we never got caught doing . Thank god , could you imagine ? I hope that you are anyway . I hope you are somewhere looking at the same sky as I am , listening to our favorite Nelly songs and living and loving your life , even without me in it . Because the truth is , if you’re out there , no matter what , I want health and happiness for you and I hope you know I loved you and still do .
If you’re not , and you’re gone I hope you’re haunting me (in a good way ) . ( too dark? , eh maybe, but hey that’s our sense of humor) . If you’re somewhere that you need to be freed from I hope one day there is a way that you or someone can tell us , show us , the way to you .

I loved you so much that when I knew you were gone too long it broke me . I’ve put myself back together, but not too well, there are still things missing, and pieces in the wrong places but I am surviving, somehow. If you can , call your sister her number is still the same as when we were kids , hell send a damn smoke signal . But if you can’t , and there’s anyone that knows anything tell us , please . Please stop this pain , this frustration , this confusion, this void . Not saying something may take away the chance to find her , save her or bury her . Put yourself in my shoes , what would you want ?

07/26/2025

Happy Birthday, Sister.

You’d probably be rolling your eyes at me for posting this, but here we are, nearly 21 years of wondering, remembering, and refusing to let go. You’ve been missing longer than you were with us, which is a brutal thing to type, but not enough to stop me from doing it anyway.

I still picture you at every family gathering, probably stealing the last piece of cake and pretending you didn’t. You were the kind of person who left a big mark, and not just because you took forever in the bathroom.

I wonder who you'd be today. I wonder what kind of ridiculous inside jokes we’d have. I wonder what your life would look like if you were here. And I wonder how different mine would be.

But here’s what I don’t wonder: whether you’re still loved, whether you’re still missed, and whether I’m still fighting to bring you home. You matter. You always have. And you’re still one of the most important people in my life, even if you're out there somewhere rolling your eyes at my mushy Facebook post.

If anyone out there knows something, ANYTHING, please say something. Don’t wait another year. Speak up. Truth doesn’t expire, and neither does my determination.

Happy Birthday, Sam. I love you. I miss you. And I’m not done yet.

💜 Kendale

01/27/2025

Monday February 3 is National Missing Persons Day

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12/26/2024

As the days festivities are winding down and we leave the houses of loved ones I am reminded that there is a loved one I haven’t been able to say Merry Christmas too in a very long time. A loved one who became a sister to me and I know loved me as one in return . I think of Sam often , but especially in happy times because she really was such a happy goofy person , and hopefully still is. We love you Sam we miss you more than you know . Love , Vanessa

12/25/2024

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas- and to Samantha- we have NOt given up>

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10/04/2024

For nearly 20 years, the sister of Samantha Tapp has been trying to find out where the now 36-year-old is. Small clues have built up over the years, but none have led to finding Tapp, who is classified as a runaway: https://trib.al/8yUer3w

09/20/2024

Media coverage is something we have pushed for Samantha's case for a long time. After almost 20 years her face is finally on TV. News nation decided to run Samantha's story interviewing her sister Kendale and private Investigators Jason Watts and Lou Barry. We are incredibly grateful to Marni Hughes and Cathleen O'Toole for helping us. Please watch and share everywhere you can. It is our hope and prayer that Samantha or someone who has had contact with her will see the video and reach out. Thank you all and God bless. Samantha wherever you are we won't give up trying to find you.

Missing: Texas teen Samantha Tapp vanished in 2004 and was classified as a runaway. Sightings were reported over the years, but Tapp’s sister says the missin...

09/18/2024

It’s been 20 long years since Samantha Tapp disappeared in 2004, last seen in Burleson, Texas. Samantha was just 16 years old, with her whole life ahead of her. Her family has endured two decades of pain, searching for answers, hoping that one day she will be found.

While time has passed, her case remains unsolved, and her loved ones are still holding out hope for closure. Every bit of awareness helps, no matter how much time has gone by. Let’s help reignite the search for Samantha by sharing her story.

If you have any information, even the smallest detail, please come forward. Her family deserves answers, and Samantha deserves to be found.

Samantha Tapp’s sister said the pair had a rough home life with their adoptive mother.