04/20/2026
Heather Lynn Higgins was in the process of rebuilding her life when she vanished without a trace in Spokane, Washington. She was 39 years old, working through personal struggles, and preparing to move into a new apartment after a hospitalization. But instead of a fresh start, Heather became another woman lost to silence—and possibly violence.
She was last seen getting into a blue minivan with fake wood paneling, driven by a man named Robert G. Davis, a convicted s*x offender. A neighbor had suggested Davis could give her a ride. Davis later claimed he dropped her off, but no one ever saw her enter her apartment—and she was never heard from again.
Heather lived with bipolar disorder, had been hospitalized before, and was known to miss doses of her medication. But she left behind everything: her car, wallet, keys, cellphone, personal items—and even her cats. Heather wasn’t running. She was trying to hold her life together.
And then she disappeared.
Years later, Davis—now imprisoned for s*xually assaulting another woman and attempting to strangle her—told his mother something chilling: that two men had murdered Heather and forced him to dispose of her body by rolling it down a cliff north of Spokane, wrapped in sleeping bags. He claimed they threatened to kill his family if he spoke.
His mother went to the police only after learning Davis was also the prime suspect in another case: the brutal 2012 murder of 20-year-old Kala Williams, whose body was cut in half and concealed in garbage bags. DNA linked Davis to her. The manner of death in Williams’s case was initially ruled undetermined—despite the violence—until a second expert documented over 60 wounds and ruled it a homicide.
To this day, no charges have been filed in Heather’s disappearance or Kala’s death.
Heather was a journalist-in-training, a graduate of Spokane Community College, and a student at Eastern Washington University. She was more than her diagnosis, more than her circumstances. She was bright, determined, and still showing up to life—until someone ensured she never would again.
Heather deserves justice. Her story deserves to be told. And someone, somewhere, knows what happened.
If you have any information about the disappearance of Heather Higgins, please contact Spokane Police or your local Crime Stoppers. Help bring her home.
