KS KS - Jennifer Lancaster, 20, Sidney, 1, & Monique Smith, 1 mo, Topeka, 12 May 2000

[Shade13]

It hurts my heart that there seems to be so little information about this young woman and her two babies. How do three people vanish without a trace, with nothing but an abandoned vehicle left behind?

Bumping for Jennifer, Sidney, and Monique. Hoping they are somewhere safe.

I know this is an old post, but from just looking into it...I think the reasoning is...since it's possible she voluntarily disappeared...police aren't going to release anything publicly.

 

[DS2021]

Bumping

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Monique Rae Smith – The Charley Project

 

[chaddylex]

Crime Junkies Podcast just released an episode about Jennifer and her daughter's disappearance with some new info!

When a young mom and her two small daughters disappear without a trace from Topeka, Kansas, in May 2000, her family goes on a decades-long hunt for answers. But right in the middle of our reporting, the family gets a huge tip that could change everything.
If you have any information about the disappearances of Jennifer Lancaster or Sidney and Monique Smith, please reach out to Topeka PD at 785-368-9551. You can also submit a tip to KBI directly online or by calling 1-800-572-7463.
Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: MISSING: Jennifer, Sidney, and Monique | Crime Junkie Podcast
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[Unalienable Rights]

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/crime/2025/08/10/woman-thought-she-was-topeka-baby-who-vanished-in-2000-what-dna-says/85545692007/

August 10, 2025

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DNA testing has disproven a Canada woman's suspicions she is Monique Smith, who vanished from Topeka as a small child with her mother and sister in 2000, said the co-host for a true crime podcast that helped bring about that finding.

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"On July 24, 2025, the DNA results concluded that Nora was not Monique," Flowers said in that excerpt.

Testing showed a 99.81% probability that the woman involved was not related to Vicki Lancaster, she said.

 

[mlhenn]

Jennifer Dawn Lancaster – The Charley Project

Updated

 

[Atombudd]

The Topeka Capital-Journal
Topeka, Kansas
Sun, Aug 10, 2025