Name: Amanda Victoria Brown
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: September 11, 1998
Location Last Seen: Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Date of Birth: March 13, 1991
Age: 7 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4'4"
Weight: 45 lbs.
Hair Color: Blonde/Strawberry
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scars on her forehead. Pierced ears. She was small for her age at the time of disappearance.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: A blue and white nightgown.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Amanda Brown was last seen in Tampa on September 11, 1998.
Willie Crain Jr., a local crabber and convicted child molester, was Amanda's mother's boyfriend at the time. His residence was searched after Brown vanished and authorities discovered blood inside his bathroom. The blood matched Brown's DNA and Crain was charged with her murder. Crain denied the charges, but was found guilty in 1999 and sentenced to death.
For weeks investigators searched the waters off the Courtney Campbell Causeway where Crain took his boat, but Amanda's body was never found.
Agency Name: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Sergeant Greg Thomas
Agency Phone Number: (813) 247-8200
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 98-76925
NamUs Case Number: MP14307
NCMEC Case Number: 853344
Added: 3-27-2007; Last Updated: 10/16/2022 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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