Missie, sorry about all the questions, but I am going through all the old posts, and things are coming up...
In July 2007 you said that the case may be changed to a murder case--whatever happened to that, and why did Sgt D think that? At one time it seemed that you were scared of someone(s) in Killeen, is that still the case? Also, Bekki met the DA at one point in time, who seemed interested in helping you out--can you contact him again and light a fire under them? I know at one time Sgt D talked to your stepfather. What happened with that conversation? I believe that you have a right to see the records that LE has on Deanna, and at this point in time maybe you should be requesting them.
One thing I wanted to throw out there--at one time a bunch of us were searching obits from 1995 in case Deanna changed her name. What about if that is when she got married, so that is when she "dropped off the radar"? Maybe instead of search obits, we should be searching marriage certificates from 1995 from the Dallas area?
Would Deanna have known your grandmothers last name was Varner?
What does your gut tell you Missie? Do you think your stepfather is involved? Do you think she ran away?
There are several Deanna M's with various last names around TX--I do not want to list all the names here, but you can do an intelius.com search.
Could she have joined the military, with Ft Hood there, or met someone from the military? I know, I know...anything is possible, right?
Missie--Do you have a facebook setup for Deanna?
Lastly, when looking on ancestor.com, your mother has a different spelling of her name for Deanna's birth record than the rest of you--it may be irrelevent, but curious.
Oh--I just thought of something....I wonder if there is a way we could contact tattoo places in TX to see who did her tattoos, and if they know/knew anything about her. I am so curious about these tattoos--how do the police know that she had these??? They are fairly distinctive, so I would think a tattoo place might remember them??