PINE BLUFF, Ark – Nearly six months after 43-year-old Joynell Brandon vanished, her family and the Pine Bluff Police Department are renewing their pleas for information that could bring the mother of three home.

According to police, Brandon was last heard from on May 13, when she sent a text message to her family asking them to leave the door open because she would be on her way home later that night. But she never returned, and both her family and police say phone calls and text messages from her stopped completely.

“We really want people to know that this woman—this mother of three—who is as beloved as you can imagine is still out there,” said John Worthen, public information specialist for the Pine Bluff Police Department.

According to Worthen, Brandon was last seen in the area of Un

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