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Disappearance of Cleashindra Hall

Cleashindra Denise Hall was born 30th March, 1976. She is an American woman who has been missing since 9th May, 1994. 

Cleashindra Hall was an honours student at her high school. In May 1994, Cleashindra  attended her senior prom. She was expected to graduate later that month, and had been chosen to give a commencement speech at the graduation ceremony. Cleashindra disappeared two weeks prior to her expected graduation, and never attended the ceremony. Cleashindra intended to follow a career as a paediatrician. She was expected to enroll in pre-medical courses at Tennessee State University.  Cleashindra held an after school job at the home office of Dr. Larry Amos. The office was located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After finishing her work hours, Cleashindra typically called one of her parents to ask for a ride home. Cleashindra had no previous history of leaving without telling anyone. She was reportedly not a "troubled teen" and had no known reason to voluntarily escape her life. Cleashindra did not have a boyfriend at the time of her disappearance. 

Cleashindra disappeared sometime after 8:30pm on 9th May, 1994. She was last seen while leaving her after school job at the home office of 43 year old Dr. Larry Amos in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 

Cleashindra last called her mother just after 8pm, but she was not ready to return yet. She told her mother to expect a second phone call when the time came for her ride home. The second phone call never took place. 

Dr Amos told the police that Cleashindra had gotten into a car with an unknown individual after she had finished work at his office. Cleashindra was last seen wearing a white shirt and short set with a navy blue polka dot pattern on one side and stripes on the other side, with white socks and white athletic shoes. 

Laurell Hall, Cleashindra's mother, fell asleep while waiting for her daughter to call. She awoke around 1am on 10th May, 1994. The mother soon realised that Cleashindra had never called for her ride, and had yet to return home. Cleashindra's parents reported her missing on 10th May, but they were told that police regulations required a 24 hour waiting period before the police would take any missing persons report. 

The police rebuffed Cleashindra's mother's initial attempt to report her missing, claiming that she would have to be missing for 24 hours before her disappearance could be reported. 

Some people think that Cleashindra may have tried to walk home and was abducted, and others think she may have run away.

Two weeks following Cleashindra's disappearance, the police searched the home of Dr. Amos, which also served as his office, since that was the last place where Cleashindra had been seen. According to Laurell Hall, there was "no sign of a struggle there". However Cleashindra's mother believed that Dr. Amos had enough time to discard any evidence potentially left from such a struggle. In her  opinion, the police should not have waited weeks to examine a potential crime scene. Lt. Terry Hopson of the Pine Bluff Police Department has reported that their search of the Amos home failed to turn up any evidence that Cleashindra was either injured or attacked there. 

Dr. Larry Amos' property has been searched pursuant to a warrant. Larry Amos is considered a person of interest. 

Police do believe Cleashindra left with someone she knew. Her disappearance was featured in an episode of Find Our Missing. 

According to Terry Hopson, the local police "have spent many hours and manpower on this case over the years", and the investigation was still ongoing in 2009. 

The local police considers the Cleashindra case likely to involve kidnapping, but reportedly had no clues to the identity of any potential kidnappers. Dr. Amos reported seeing Cleashindra entering someone's car, but did not see who was driving and could offer no description of the vehicle. Cleashindra did not have a mobile phone with her, and the case predates the mobile phone tracking methods used by police in other missing persons cases. 

An early suspect in the case was a local boy, whose name was not given to the press. Cleashindra reportedly liked him and acted friendly with him. The boy was subjected to police interrogation and his vehicle was searched, but the police could not connect him to the disappearance and he did not provide any leads. The boy was also subjected to a polygraph test, but the results were inconclusive.