Martha was last seen in Daingerfield, Texas on September 5, 1990. She had been visiting relatives in Oklahoma when her parents brought her home to Texas on September 4 to start the school year. Martha was unhappy and she argued with her parents. The last time they saw her was at 2:20 p.m. At approximately 10:00 p.m., she spoke on the phone with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Eric Owens. The next day, both Martha and Eric were gone. Eric and Martha were both heavily involved with drugs at the time they went missing; it's possible their disappearances were drug related. However, there is no evidence of foul play, and police continue to believe they left of their own accord. Martha has two small scars on her right cheek extending from her under eye down to her jaw.