Kierra Stubbs, 23: Got Into A Man's Car & Hasn't Been Seen Again
The mother of two was captured on surveillance cameras.
Although her last moves were captured on camera, no arrest has yet been made in the case involving 23-year-old Kierra Stubbs. The Birmingham, Alabama, woman reportedly met a man at her job who needed help with his children. He didn’t know how to do their hair, so in exchange for Kierra’s assistance, the man told her he’d work on her car’s brakes.
“I didn’t know him personally, but Kierra knew him from coming up to her job,” Kierra’s grandmother, Ora Stubbs, told CBS42 in 2019. “From what Kierra said, he seemed like a nice person, and he needed someone to help with his kid’s hair and stuff, and she was like, yeah, I got a daughter I can do their hair. He seemed nice at the time.”
Ora added, “He wasn’t a boyfriend or nothing like that. It’s just somebody she thought was an older guy who was nice. She was helping him, and he would return the favor by doing her car. And she went with him to meet him that day.”
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The Man Remains A Puzzling Mystery
The mother of two met up with the man, whose name hasn’t been released to the public, on April 24, 2014, at a Boost Mobile store in Birmingham. Surveillance footage shows the two greeting each other before Kierra gets inside his Burgundy 2012 Chrysler 200, and they leave.
Kierra’s family explained that the mother of two and the man were already acquainted. Kierra did help the man with his children’s hair, and they spoke on the phone, so he wasn’t a stranger. The man was reportedly questioned but never arrested.
“It’s like she just disappeared off the earth,’‘ Shonte Stubbs, Kierra’s aunt, told AL.com. “It’s hard. Every day you wake up not knowing where she is, what condition she is in. A hundred things go through your mind that could be happening to her.”
Detective Rodney Rogers was one of the original investigators in this case but is now no longer a part of the team. He said, “It’s no witnesses to say what happened in the car, where did they go, or anything like that. So that’s why we need the public to go back to that day and see if they remember anything or saw anything, saw them go anywhere, something that could give us a lead or somewhere to start.”
“We haven’t forgotten. The Birmingham Police Department has still been working on the case,” Rogers continued. “We are still trying to get new leads. I just want to let them know we are still looking at it, even though I’m not working on the case, our cold case detective….is very capable. He’s looking at it, and we’re not going to stop until we get some closure.”
Kierra’s young children are being cared for by her family as they continue searching for answers.
*UPDATE* In January 2025, investigators returned to Stubbs’s previous residence to execute a new search. PEOPLE reported:
“The BPD and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office searched the home and dug up the yard, hoping to find Stubbs' remains. However, despite social media speculation, Stubbs’ remains were not found, and both agencies confirmed that the search was unsuccessful.”
Shonte Stubbs, Kierra’s aunt, shared her frustrations with WBRC 6 News. “This is one of the houses when she first went missing…this is one of the houses that we searched when she first went missing, and it was nothing.” She added, “It was nothing they wanted to do, and the stuff they’re doing now, they could have done 10 years ago, and we would’ve had answers and closure.”
Kierra Stubbs: What To Know
At the time of her disappearance, Kierra Stubbs was 5 feet 3 inches tall and 145 pounds. She had brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing gray leggings with a gray sweatshirt or coat.
Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Birmingham Police Detective Jonathan Ross at 205-254-1764 or 205-504-0008. They may also call the Birmingham Police Department at (205) 328-9311, Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777, or their local authorities. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System did not list an active case number in its database.
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