Johnna and her mother, Sherry, were last seen in Richmond, Missouri at approximately midnight on June 6, 1986. Sherry played cards with some female friends that evening. Johnna had a date and was last seen when she was dropped off at home before curfew. Ronald D. Wrisinger, Sherry's husband, said his wife had left him for a veterinarian and taken Johnna, the youngest of their three children, with them. (The couple's other two daughters were out of town at the time.) They have never been heard from again. Ronald moved to Arkansas sometime after his wife and daughter vanished. In May 2009, he was charged with first-degree murder of both of them. In April 2010, however, the charges against him were dropped. The prosecution stated that due to the death of one of their key witnesses, they were unable to proceed with the case.