Brandi Ellen Wells

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Longview Police Department (TX)

Missing From:

Longview, TX

Summary:

Brandi Wells was last seen leaving a bar in Longview, TX on 08/03/2006; her car was located days later abandoned on the side of a highway.

Vital Statistics

Circumstances of Disappearance:

Brandi Wells was last seen in Longview, Texas on 08/03/2006. She traveled from Tyler, TX to Longview to go to a bar (Graham Central Station) and arrived at 10:30 PM on 08/02/2006. She was unfamiliar with the area where the bar was located, and had to call them several times to ask for directions. By the time she got there, her car was almost out of gasoline and she asked other customers for assistance, but it is unclear whether anyone offered to help her. She left alone shortly after midnight and never made it home. Wells' black four-door 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix was found five days later parked westbound on Interstate 20 at Texas Highway 31, just outside of Longview and 300 yards west of FM 2087. Inside were some of her personal belongings, including her wallet, purse and her ex-boyfriend's nonfunctional cellular phone. There was no sign of Wells at the scene and no indications of a struggle, but the driver's seat was reportedly pushed back, as if someone much taller than Wells had driven it last. There was a plastic gas can in the trunk, which her loved ones don't believe belonged to her. After Wells disappeared, there was some activity on her own cell phone, which had disappeared with her. Three people found the phone and used it. All three individuals took a polygraph test; one of them, a man, failed it. The man has not been publicly identified, and though he has been interviewed multiple times by police, he has not been called a suspect in Wells' case. At the time of her disappearance, Wells resided with a roommate in Brownsboro, Texas. She was planning to enroll in classes at Trinity Valley Community College and live on campus, and she was looking forward to starting a new job at Wal-Mart. She dreamed of a career as a kindergarten or first-grade teacher. Wells may have been taken against her will and foul play is possible in her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

Additional Details:

Brandi was last seen wearing a floral print brown and cream-colored tube top with a V cut over the hip, rust-colored gaucho pants, and black strapless high-heeled sandals with a floral applique.

Case Last Updated:

Sep 25, 2026