Bump was last seen in the New York City borough of Staten Island on April 9, 1993. She worked as a home health care aide and was last seen while leaving a patient's residence. Bump's patient told authorities that he witnessed two unidentified men summoning her across the street as she exited the home. Bump's 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix was discovered abandoned several blocks from the patient's residence on April 14, 1993, five days after Bump vanished.