Kierra Stubbs was just 23 years old when she vanished on April 24, 2014, in Birmingham, Alabama. Nearly 11 years later, her family is still searching for answers while investigators continue to piece together the mystery of her disappearance.
Recently, on January 16, the Birmingham Police Department, alongside the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, revisited a home where Kierra once lived. They obtained a search warrant, hoping to uncover clues that could finally provide closure. Digging up the yard and searching the property, investigators hoped to find her remains. Unfortunately, nothing turned up, despite widespread speculation on social media. Officer Truman Fitzgerald later confirmed, “We did not find human remains.”
The following day, investigators returned to the scene. They moved a storage shed and brought in heavy equipment to search the area further, but their efforts were again unsuccessful. “We cannot begin to imagine the challenges and anguish that Kierra’s family has faced over the past 10-plus years,” Fitzgerald said. Lead Detective Jonathan Ross, who has handled the case since 2019, remains committed to finding the truth.
Kierra’s aunt, Shonte Stubbs, expressed frustration with the long wait for action. “This is one of the houses we searched when she first went missing,” she said. “The things they’re doing now, they could have done 10 years ago. We could’ve had answers and closure by now.”
The story of Kierra’s disappearance is heartbreaking. On the day she vanished, her brother had driven her to a Boost Mobile store in the Five Points West area. She was meeting a man she knew, someone who had offered to help her with car repairs. According to her family, Kierra trusted this man because she had done his children’s hair before. The two spoke briefly outside the store before she got into his burgundy Chrysler 200 and drove away. Her brother waited for her for an hour, but she never returned.
The man Kierra met that day was questioned by police but never arrested. Her family has been left to grapple with the pain and uncertainty of not knowing what happened. “She was a sweet, funny, loving person,” Shonte said. “She loved her family. She loved her kids. All she wanted to do was work and spend time with her family.”
For Kierra’s loved ones, the years without answers have been agonizing. Her grandmother, Ora Stubbs, expressed her heartbreak in 2022, saying, “We’ve been going through this hell for eight years with no justice. The justice system has failed us. Kierra needs justice. Her children need justice.”
Despite the passing years, Kierra’s family continues to fight for the truth. They hold onto hope that someday, justice will be served, and they can finally find peace.
