A more than 10-year-search for a missing mother led investigators to a Birmingham home Thursday.
Kierra Stubbs was 23 when she disappeared on April 24, 2014.
A mother of two young children, she got into a vehicle with a man who had promised to help her with her car, and she hasn’t been seen or heard from since then.
On Thursday morning, Birmingham detectives carried out a search warrant at a residence in the 4600 block of Terrace S. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office also aided in the search, which included authorities digging in the home’s yard.
Both police and coroner’s officials said the search was unsuccessful.
“During the search, we did not find human remains,’’ Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in a Friday press release. “We cannot begin to imagine the challenges and anguish that Kierra’s family has faced over the past 10-plus years.”
Fitzgerald’s release followed widespread speculation on social media that Stubbs’ remains had been found.
From 2014 to 2019, the case was handled by the Special Victims Unit and homicide Det. Rodney Rogers, who has since retired.
Since 2019, Det. Jonathan Ross has taken over, and he is actively working on Stubbs’ case.
“Det. Ross is committed to taking whatever measures are necessary to solve this case,’’ Fitzgerald said.
On that 2014 day, the Birmingham mother, along with her one of her brothers and her son, dropped her younger sister and another brother off at school.
They then headed to the city’s Five Points West where she was meeting with a man at Boost Mobile to help her with her car. Surveillance video showed her getting into a burgundy 2012 Chrysler 200.
Her aunt, Shonte Stubbs, told AL.com in 2018 that the man was going to give Kierra Stubbs money to help get her brakes fixed.
Kierra Stubbs disappeared in April 2104. She has not been heard from since them.(AL.com)
She knew the man because she did his kids’ hair and had talked with him, and they had talked on the phone.
Once she met up with him, there was some kind of conversation and then her niece got into the Chrysler.
She was never heard from again.
Stubbs worked at restaurants and was close to her family.
“She was a sweet, funny, loving person,’’ her aunt previously said.
“She loved her family. She loved her kids. That’s all she wanted to do – work and spend time with her family.”
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Ross at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777. Crime Stoppers pays tipsters cash rewards of up to $5,000 for their tips.
In a recent development, Birmingham police have executed a search warrant and begun digging up a yard in their ongoing hunt for a mother who vanished without a trace in 2014.
The disappearance of this mother has remained a mystery for years, leaving her family and friends desperate for answers. The police have been tirelessly working on the case, following up on leads and pursuing any new information that may help crack the case.
The decision to execute a search warrant and dig up the yard is a significant development in the investigation, indicating that the police may have received new information or leads that have led them to this location.
The community is eagerly awaiting updates on the progress of the search and hoping for a breakthrough in the case that will bring closure to the family and justice for the missing mother.
As the investigation continues, the Birmingham police are urging anyone with information about the case to come forward and assist in bringing the missing mother home.
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