MUS-2026-0346
Archive card
MUS-2026-0346
Missing person
- Incident
- 2004
- Indexed
- Oct 19, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Burleson Police Department
- Location
- Burleson TX
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.
Samantha Leighann Tapp, 16, vanished from Burleson on October 12, 2004 after leaving home following a family argument. She was classified as an endangered runaway and remains unsolved with no arrest or conviction found in search results.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2004
On October 12 in the evening, after an argument with her grandfather, Samantha left her grandparents' home around 7:30 p.m.
- 2004
She went to her older sister Kendale's boyfriend's house seeking refuge, was told she needed to return home for the time being, left again, and was not seen again.
- 2004
Nearly two decades later, her disappearance remains unsolved per podcast coverage.
Key people
The people in the file.
16, vanished from Burleson in 2004 after leaving home following a family argument.
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Investigating agency
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Coverage
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