Key facts
- Name: Savannah Hale
- Born: Circa 2000
- Age at disappearance: 22
- Last seen: May 4, 2022, just after 7:00 a.m.
- Location: Louisiana Tower parking garage, Travis Street, downtown Shreveport, Louisiana
- Height / build: 5’8″, ~160 lbs, silvery-blonde hair, blue eyes; butterfly tattoo on upper left arm, pyramid tattoo on inner left ankle, birthmark on back of neck; last seen in black leggings, black hoodie, black tennis shoes
- Vehicle: Gray/silver 2012 Kia Forte, Louisiana plate 607-DNH — also missing
- Status: Still missing — active, unsolved
- Case numbers: NamUs MP91353
- Investigating agency: Shreveport Police Department
7:03 a.m.
At 6:08 on the morning of May 4, 2022, Savannah Hale called her older sister Kirsten. Kirsten was asleep. She missed it.
Two minutes later, Savannah left a voicemail: call me back. Shortly after that, her phone went offline.
At 7:03 a.m., a security camera recorded Savannah driving alone out of the Louisiana Tower parking garage on Travis Street in downtown Shreveport. It is the last confirmed sighting of her — and of her gray 2012 Kia Forte, Louisiana plate 607-DNH.
When Kirsten called back and got no answer, she went to the house where Savannah had been living with her boyfriend for a little over a month. Savannah wasn’t there. The boyfriend didn’t know where she was — he’d been drunk, gone to sleep, woken up, and she was gone. Kirsten went to the police and reported her sister missing.
“I know my sister. We’re best friends. Like we’ve been close forever, our whole lives, and she wouldn’t just pick up and leave,” Kirsten told KTAL. “I’m sad. I feel like enough is not being done and I miss her.”
The goodbye texts
What investigators and family pieced together afterward painted a devastating picture. Savannah’s final text messages included what read as goodbyes to her sisters, and messages of despair to her boyfriend. And there was a haunting Google search on her phone: “Can you die from a three-story drop?”
Volunteers searched along the Red River — 23 miles of it — looking for any sign of Savannah or her car. They ran sonar over Twelve Mile Bayou. Nothing.
Then Adventures With Purpose, the volunteer dive team, took the case. Across nine search days and multiple return trips, they systematically cleared bodies of water across the Shreveport area — boat ramps south of the city, ponds near the university, stretches of the Red River near the bridge — looking for the Kia. The Ford Lane offshoot, where fluctuating silt could hide a car, remained one of the most compelling unresolved sites. As of their most recent searches, no trace of Savannah’s Forte had been detected anywhere.
Neither Savannah nor her Kia has been found.
The investigation
The Shreveport Police Department’s case remains active and unsolved. As of September 2026, it was still being worked — four and a half years after that 7:03 a.m. garage footage.
The central facts cut in two directions. The goodbye texts and the search history suggest a young woman in crisis who may have driven herself into the water — which is why so much effort has gone into the Red River and the bayous. But the car has never been found, and until it is, every theory is provisional. Cars don’t dissolve. Rivers give up what they take, eventually — but the Red River’s shifting sand can bury a vehicle deep, and Twelve Mile Bayou is dark and vast.
Kirsten Hale has never stopped pushing. The family has kept Savannah’s name in front of cameras, podcasts, and dive teams for years.
Theories: what might have happened
She drove into the water. The theory behind the massive water searches: a distressed 22-year-old, goodbye texts, a despairing search history, a car that vanished with her. The Red River near Shreveport is wide, murky, and treacherous; its shifting riverbed of sand can cover a car completely. Supporting it: everything about her final hours. Undercutting certainty: nine-plus days of professional sonar searching has found no vehicle.
Foul play. Someone else could have been involved — the boyfriend’s account (drunk, asleep, woke up alone) is thin, and the voicemail to her sister at 6:10 a.m. suggests she was reaching out, not shutting down. But no suspect has been named, no evidence of another person in the car has been reported, and the garage footage shows her driving alone.
She left voluntarily. Her sister rejects it outright — “she wouldn’t just pick up and leave” — and the goodbye texts argue against a fresh start. Four years of total silence closes the door further.
Have information?
Contact the Shreveport Police Department at (318) 673-7300 or Crime Stoppers at (318) 673-7373. You can also call the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. In an emergency, dial 911.
Timeline
- Circa 2000 — Savannah Hale is born.
- May 4, 2022, 6:08 a.m. — Calls her sister Kirsten; missed. Leaves a voicemail two minutes later.
- May 4, 2022, 7:03 a.m. — Security camera records her driving alone out of the Louisiana Tower garage — the last confirmed sighting.
- May–June 2022 — Family reports her missing; volunteers search 23 miles of the Red River and Twelve Mile Bayou.
- 2022–2026 — Adventures With Purpose conducts 9+ search days across Shreveport-area waters; no sign of the Kia.
- September 2026 — Case remains active and unsolved.
- Today — Still missing.
FAQ
Is Savannah Hale still missing?
Yes. As of October 2026, Savannah Hale has been missing for more than four years. Neither she nor her car has ever been found.
Was Savannah Hale ever found?
No. Despite extensive searches of the Red River, Twelve Mile Bayou, and other Shreveport-area waters by volunteers and the Adventures With Purpose dive team, no trace of Savannah or her 2012 Kia Forte has been located.
How old would Savannah Hale be today?
Savannah was 22 in May 2022, which puts her birth around 2000 — she would be about 26 in 2026.
What car was Savannah Hale driving?
A gray/silver 2012 Kia Forte with Louisiana license plate 607-DNH. The car is missing along with her.
What was Savannah Hale’s last Google search?
According to the Adventures With Purpose investigation, her final searches included “Can you die from a three-story drop?” alongside goodbye texts to her sisters.
How can I help?
Share this case file. Contact the Shreveport Police Department at (318) 673-7300 or Crime Stoppers at (318) 673-7373.
Sources
- Official / law enforcement: Shreveport Police Department (active case); NamUs MP91353; Crime Stoppers (318-673-7373).
- News: KTAL/KMSS (Shreveport — “Search continues for missing Shreveport woman Savannah Hale,” 2022).
- Reference: Disappeared.blog missing-persons index (Louisiana).
- Media: Adventures With Purpose — “The Search for Savannah Hale” (multi-day underwater search series, 2022–2026); Southern Girl Crime Stories — “The Disappearance of Savannah Hale” (2026).
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