NEW YORK ( CNN ) -- She was just 16 years old , a beautiful girl , straight-A student , with her whole life ahead of her . She hoped to become a nurse . Chanel Petro-Nixon , 16 , disappeared in broad daylight and her body was found in a trash bag . Brooklyn teenager Chanel Petro-Nixon left her family home at 6:30 p.m. on Father 's Day 2006 , to walk to an Applebee 's restaurant a few blocks away . She 'd planned to meet friends there and fill out an application for a summer job at Applebee 's . Friends say she never showed up . No one ever saw her alive again . Four days later , her body was found in another area of Brooklyn , several miles from her home . She 'd been strangled and stuffed into a large garbage bag left to be collected with the morning trash on the sidewalk in front of a brownstone . Chanel went missing in broad daylight in an extremely busy area of Brooklyn . Family , police and community members are certain that someone must have seen something , but no witnesses have come forward . Watch how the teen 's body was put out with the trash » . Also troubling to police : The coroner says Chanel died within 24 hours of her body being found on June 22 . She went missing on June 18 . So , where was Chanel for the 48 hours she was alive but missing ? She was strangled , but not sexually assaulted , according to police . Robbery does not seem to be a motive . But Chanel 's cell phone and the tennis shoes she was wearing are missing . Chanel 's father , Garvin Nixon , insists that his daughter would not stay out after dark without calling home . `` When we called , she always answered her phone , or would call back immediately within a few minutes to tell us where she was , '' he said . Nixon tried calling his daughter to check on her within an hour after she 'd left the house . When he did n't get a return call and could n't reach her , he and Chanel 's mother began calling her friends . Her friends had not seen or heard from Chanel either , even though they 'd been calling her cell phone repeatedly and leaving urgent messages . Authorities speculate that perhaps she went with someone she knew and trusted , which could explain why no witnesses observed any struggle between Chanel and her abductor . Police have investigated Chanel 's MySpace page , searching for clues to whom she may have communicated with before leaving her home the day she disappeared . One theory is that her slaying is linked to that of another local teenager , Jennifer Moore . Like Chanel , she was strangled and her partially-clothed body was found in a garbage bag . But unlike Chanel , Jennifer Moore was raped . Jennifer Moore 's suspected killer , Draymond Coleman , was arrested and police have not ruled him out as a possible suspect in Chanel 's slaying . Police are asking anyone who finds Chanel 's cell phone or sneakers to call the anonymous tip line at 1-800-577-TIPS . The cell phone is a Silver Sanyo Sprint phone , model 8200 . The shoes are size 6½ , white Nike Air Jordan retro sneakers with green trim and the number 14 on them . A reward of $ 34,000 is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible for Chanel 's death .
Chanel Petro-Nixon , 16 , disappeared during broad daylight in June 2006 . Her body was found four days later in front of a Brooklyn brownstone . She had been sexually assaulted and strangled with her own hair - the murder weapon was never discovered. Know something ? Call 1- 800-577-TIPS . A $ 34,000 reward is offered .