Phyllis Brewer was last seen in Lowellville, Ohio on June 13, 1981. She left a residence in the 400 block of north Hubbard Road, apparently to go for a walk. She never returned. was apparently never reported missing; the police only began investigating her case after her sister died in 2014 and the coroner's office realized one of her siblings was unaccounted for. Her parents and siblings are all deceased, but investigators were able to get a DNA sample from her niece. Brewer has a scar on her hand.