Holt was last seen at the Howard Johnson's motel in Waldorf, Maryland on April 25, 1996. She had been staying with her sister in Florida but traveled back to her home state of Maryland to visit her estranged husband and their two children. Her family wasn't aware she'd returned, and authorities aren't sure how she got to Maryland. She called her husband that day and made plans to meet him but never showed up. She has never been heard from again. Holt has a scar above her left eye. She has a small tattoo of a bird on her left wrist and has a tattoo of a heart with the name "Sam" imprinted inside the design on her right shoulder.