MUS-2026-280
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MUS-2026-280
Homicide
- Incident
- 2003
- Indexed
- Oct 16, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Northport Police Department
- Location
- Northport AL
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Heaven LaShae Ross, 11, vanished on August 19, 2003, on her morning walk to her school bus stop in Northport, Alabama. In December 2006 her remains were found beneath an abandoned house in Holt, about eight miles away. Her death was ruled a homicide. No one has been arrested or charged, and the case remains unsolved.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- Aug 19, 2003
Ross left home in Northport to catch the school bus and never arrived.
- Dec 2006
Her remains were discovered beneath an abandoned house off 44th Court in Holt, about eight miles from her home.
- 2013
The case was still unsolved a decade after her disappearance, with a reward fund compiled through donations.
Key people
The people in the file.
11, of Northport, Alabama. Vanished August 19, 2003, on her way to the school bus stop.
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