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| Name – Year Missing | Location | Vehicle | Case Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores Sakamoto and Vivian Luna – 2024 | Mount Shasta and Hwy 89, California | Still missing Black 1996 Lexus ES 300 with CA license plate 6KSP061 It has a large dent in the trunk. | On July 21, 2024, Dolores Sakamoto, 84, and her daughter Vivian Luna, 64, were reported missing by a neighbor on East Avenue in Chico after the pair did not return from church and visit with their neighbor as planned. The pastor of Calvary Chapel Chico later stated that they never made it to church that Sunday. Vivian is suspected to have been the one driving. They were last traced on July 22nd, 2024 in a remote area between Mount Shasta and Hwy 89, CA. This is where Vivian’s phone last transmitted signals. An investigation carried out by Butte County Sheriff’s Office detectives established that Vivian and Dolores left their residence around noon in Chico on July 21 in the Lexus and later pulled money out of an ATM in Susanville, over two hours away in Lassen County. According to Vivian’s granddaughter, Dolores has dementia and Vivian was also showing early signs of cognitive decline. Vivian was not known to leave food out or dishes in the sink, and her bank card was found on her bed, possibly suggesting they left in a hurry. A long, unplanned trip in their condition was also unusual for them. A Silver Alert was issued, and authorities utilized bank records, cellular data, and automated license plate readers in their efforts to trace the women’s movements. On July 23, they initiated a search in the vicinity of Mount Shasta Ski Park, including an aerial search, but nothing was found. Deputies used K9 units to make two more searches in the Mount Shasta Ski Park area and nearby roads on July 24 and Aug. 6; while CHP Northern Air Operations teams searched by air again on July 24 and Aug. 9. In October, the family offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. Date Added: 3/6/25 |
| Calvin Jones – 2024 | Cleveland, Ohio | Still missing silver 2011 Chevy Impala with OH license plate HGF2869 It has a cracked windshield, a Fan Fuel decal on the back, and some of the Impala letters missing. | Calvin “Bub” Jones, 37, was last seen by his family in Cleveland, Ohio on August 20th, 2024. The last sighting of his vehicle was in the Wade Park area at 6:30 p.m. the next day. The vehicle had a cracked windshield, a Fan Fuel decal on the back, and some of the Impala letters missing. Calvin worked at Georgio’s Oven Fresh Pizza on Harvard Avenue, he had been working there for almost a decade as a delivery driver. On August 20th, he dropped off a pizza at his home at about 10 p.m., this was the last time his family seen him. He was then spotted on surveillance video at 11:30 p.m. at the pizza shop, with his son calling him minutes later. He has not been heard from again following that phone call. The next day, August 21st, at 6:07 a.m. he was seen on camera at a Home Depot in Bedford. His vehicle was detected on a flock camera at 11:45 a.m. at Broadway near McCracken (possibly mistaken- may have been ~6:47 p.m. according to an officer spoken to by Chaos Divers) heading westbound, and his vehicle was last seen in the Wade Park area at 6:30 p.m. His phone however last pinged on Broadway in Bedford at 1:30 p.m. (Timeline is a bit inconsistent, needs further clarification) His phone has been turned off or no longer works, which is unusual as Calvin was known to share everything with his 16 year old including his location, who he is with, and what he’s going to do. A birthday celebration for one of his daughters the next day was also something he would not have wanted to miss. He is a single father of three kids and lived in Brooklyn Heights. == Search Efforts == In October of 2024, Chaos Divers searched over 10 miles of the Lake Erie shoreline, along Old River and more than 10 miles of the Cuyahoga River. An early report on his disappearance noted doorbell footage from a neighbors house that showed Calvin’s car pull in front of his home on the afternoon of August 21, sitting there for 51 seconds, and then pulling off- but this turned out to not be him. It’s unclear if this means he wasn’t driving or if the vehicle itself was not his. Date Added: 3/2/25 |
| Ian Benjamin Rogers – 2024 | Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee, Florida | May be driving a White 2019 4-door Dodge Ram 2500, with FL license plate RSKU57 and metal step sides | Ian, 39, was last seen in Crawfordville, FL on August 26th, 2024. He may have been traveling in a company work truck that he had just gotten a few days earlier. TPD saw his truck on surveillance cameras at near Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee on the day he went missing around noon. His phone has not been reachable since that day and his bank records have not been touched. He told family and work colleagues he was on the way to work that morning, however he never showed. Date Added: 1/12/25 |
| Roland Daniel – 2024 | Childersburg, Alabama | He may be driving a white 2017 Toyota Tacoma with AL license plate A1BXDY. | Roland, 72, was last seen on March 16th, 2024, at his home in Childersburg, AL. He may be living with a condition that impairs his judgment. Prior addresses for him include Alpine, AL, Ragland, AL, Sylacauga, AL. == Search Efforts == In April of 2024, the Coosa River was searched by Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug. Two vehicles were located and pulled. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BH61cXqHA/ Date Added: 12/21/24 |
| Isabel Gaviria – 2024 | Biscayne Park, Florida | Driving a gray 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, with FL license plate IVCU54. | Isabel, 73, was last seen in the area of the 820th block of Northeast 120 Street in Biscayne Park, FL on January 24th, 2024. She may be traveling in a vehicle in the North Miami, FL area. Date Added: 12/4/24 |
| Julie Margaret Vessigault – 2024 | Elk Grove, California | Still missing Tan 2005 Toyota Camry with GA license plate SBJ4515. | Julie was last seen in Elk Grove, CA around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2024. At around 12:30 p.m. she got to her mother’s home, dumped her purse out, grabbed keys, an ATM card and possibly a CA temporary license, put the rest back in her purse and left without saying where she was headed. According to her mom’s caregiver, Julie had done that before but always returned in 2-3 hours. She left her cell phone, purse, $100 bill, three un-cashed checks and took no extra clothing. She was not known to go anywhere without her phone. She drove away in her car down Elk Grove Boulevard toward Interstate 5. Her car needed repairs and possibly tires, and she would never leave on a long distance drive with a car that needed work. She had a love of aviation and her job involved traveling around the country cleaning warbird, airshow and small aviation airplanes. Her customers included some of the best airmen in the country. She made plans to clean airplanes Thursday and Friday, and to have her mom’s dog groomed. She never showed up or called to cancel which is uncharacteristic of her. She had a history of going out on her own without contact but never for this long. Julie had started a GoFundMe to move in with her mom after her dads passing, which she gave updates on up until 1/22. She was able to raise enough to help pay for an oil change, 200k mile check up, car insurance and storage bills. In her last update on 1/22, she spoke about her day on 1/19 and how she had started cleaning airplanes at Sacramento Executive Airport in four hour blocks at a time. She was last seen wearing a Gray t-shirt with “Sacramento Executive Airport” on front and blue jeans. She has ties to CA, UT, GA and FL. |
| Eric Wells – 2023 | McKenna, Washington | Still missing white 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class with VIN WDDLJ9BB8EA103641 | Eric “E” Wells was last seen on February 16th, 2023 in McKenna, WA. That day, he had a flat tire on his vehicle and his phone pinged in McKenna. He may go by the name Earl Downs or Jonathan Granger. Foul play is suspected but no evidence has been found as of this time. == Search Efforts == His family searched for him daily, combing through homeless encampments, distributing flyers, and even launched a geo-fencing ad campaign targeting locations and individuals around his age and income level. They reached out to every police station, shelter, and person known to him or suspected to have any information about his whereabouts. A plane was flown all over McKenna/ Yelm searching all bodies of water for any sign of his car. A $10,000 reward was offered by them. Coopers Amputee Lifestyle has also searched for him. Date Added: 10/29/24 |
| John Risati Boyd – 2023 | Cleveland, Tennessee | Still missing Silver 2016 Nissan Rogue with TN license plate 750BJPY | John, 20, was reported missing from his residence in Cleveland, TN on 1/17/23. He was last seen on January 6th, 2023. ==Search Efforts== In March 2024, Rapid Compassion Collective searched the majority of boat ramps on Chickamauga Lake including the Blythe Ferry boat ramp, Eldridge Rd Boat access, down to Wolftever Creek. His family informed them that he liked to fish in Charleston, they searched the Charleston river access and down river, then Sale Creek. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) Date Added: 10/31/2023 |
| Steven Mark Thompson – 2023 | St. Louis, Missouri | May be driving a white 2019 Kia Soul with MO license plate GJ6E3A. | Steven, 54, was last seen in St. Louis, MO on September 21st, 2023. Date Added: 12/12/24 |
| Dennis “Keith” Dillinger – 2023 | Page, Arizona. | Still missing Silver/gray 1991 Dodge Dakota truck with a topper and the AZ license plate YSA3AN and VIN# 1B7GL23Y5MS214477 | Dennis, 54, was last heard from around December 1st, 2023 in Page, AZ. Further review of his last phone activity shows he was possibly leaving Page, headed south on highway 89 the morning of Dec. 2nd. He was last seen in Kanab, Utah and his last purchase was made there at a Family dollar, but it’s believed he returned to Page, AZ. He may have been headed to Lake Powell or Superstition Mountains. He also had family in the Worland, Wyoming. Dennis is a jack of all trades, having worked in the oilfields, as a master mechanic, painting and other handy work. He may have been depressed at the time of his disappearance. Date Added: 4/3/25 |
| Rakim Celestine – 2023 | San Antonio, Texas | Still missing Black 2007 Dodge Nitro Style SUV with TX license plate 1757V64 White Charger | Rakim, 33, left home in North Dallas, TX and has not been heard from since February 7th, 2023. He was last spoken by his mother, he was living with his girlfriend at an apartment they shared. His mother says he recently received a large cash settlement in a court battle with men who allegedly stole from him and beat him. Six days after speaking to her son, she went to Dallas to file a missing persons report. She had received a concerning call from one of his friends, suggesting Rakim might be in danger, but when she arrived he was nowhere to be found. She pinged his cellphone just outside of San Antonio, TX on Feb. 23 but her calls went unanswered. Rakim was a rapper who went by the name “Mr. Celestine Mafia.” His mother said people in Dallas called him Lafayette. His mother still calls his cell phone number, which she pays for to stay in touch with her missing son, hoping he will respond one day. Date Added: 10/28/2023 |
| Luis Alberto Alvarado-Martinez – 2023 | White City, Oregon | Driving a Gray colored 2006 Dodge Caravan with OR license plate UXL590 | Luis, 33, was last heard from on February 1st, 2023 when he spoke to a friend on the phone, stating that he arrived in White City, OR. Luis lived in Salem, OR and met with a man in Cave Junction on Jan 31, 2023. They were going to White City for work. His friend allegedly contacted the man who was with him, and he claimed that Luis abandoned him in Los Banos, California. Date Added: 10/28/2023 |
| David Ryo Miyamoto – 2023 | Kannapolis, North Carolina | He is believed to be traveling in a white 2020 Hyundai Limited 4dr sedan with NC license plate JCC4525. | David, 30, was last seen on January 30th, 2023 in Kannapolis, NC. He last communicated with friends via social media on that date. He has since deactivated his cell phone and social media accounts, which is unusual as he used these daily. Two Welfare Checks on the 2nd of February were unsuccessful. On the second attempt, law enforcement was provided access to David’s apartment by property management. It was still furnished and contained his personal belongings. His cell phone may have last pinged at Dupont State Recreational Forest but this is not officially stated online. Date Added: 8/21/24 |
| Michael Alan Horner – 2023 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Drove a Gray 2016 Chrysler Town and Country with AR plate 120ZZC. It had 2 half moons, a full moon sticker on the rear window, and a razorback sticker on the tailgate. | Michael, 40, was last contacted on February 21st, 2023 in Fayetteville, AR. On that date, he failed to appear for a hearing regarding five felony charges of pandering or possession of visual or print medium depicting explicit conduct with a child. It looks like his trial was scheduled for the following day. (Case 04CR-21-2884) Date Added: 10/11/2023 |
| Adriana Sabina Mendoza Ortega – 2023 | Aurora, Colorado | Light blue 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe with CO license plate LQO866. | Adriana, 36, was last seen on March 10th, 2023 in Aurora, CO. Date Added: 10/11/2023 |
| Teagen Mackenzie Boyle – 2023 | 1542 Talbott Kansas RD, Talbott, Tennessee | Driving a White 2-door honda civic with an ETSU sticker on the back window | Teagen, 22, was last seen on April 17th, 2023 leaving her residence at 1542 Talbott Kansas Rd. in Talbott, TN. Date Added: 10/11/2023 |
| Ashley McDade – 2023 | Dallas, Texas | Blue 2006 Honda Accord with TX license plate HJD1969 | Ashley was last seen in Dallas, TX on April 25th, 2023. Date Added: 10/11/2023 |
| Cody Steele – 2023 | Brunswick, Ohio | Blue 1998 Chevrolet Silverado truck with OH license plate PLY3788. Last registered on camera in July 2023 on a different vehicle. | Cody, 32, was last seen in Brunswick, Ohio on the 6/18/2023. His last known location was him using his code to enter his storage facility on June 20th, 2023. He could be working odd jobs in roofing or construction. He has not used any of his credit cards, left his phone behind, and has not had contact with anyone. Date Added: 7/6/2024 |
| Latasha Crump Coleman – 2023 | Jackson, Mississippi | Still missing Gray 2002 Acura, MDX, with MS license plate HPA8639 | Latasha, 46, was last seen on July 18th, 2023 around 7:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Hidden Valley Lane, Jackson, MS. She worked as a correctional officer for the prison and did flower arrangements for weddings and funerals. She is a mother, a sister and a friend. Her son, Dexter, said she is a loving mother who works hard and is sorely missed. She’s outgoing and wants to help everybody. He also said she and his father were very young when they got together and never married, however she did get married in May of 2013 to a man from whom she is now estranged. He last spoke to his mother the day before on Monday, 7/17/2023. On 7/19 her family realized something was wrong and reported her missing. Latasha’s favorite aunt had passed away, and they called her work to tell her the news since she couldn’t have her cell phone there. They said she was a no-call no-show, which was unlike her. They waited until the end of the workday at her home hoping she would show up, her son had a key. He noticed that her apple watch was at the house, as well as her three dogs, which she loved. Her car and purse were missing. Latasha’s divorce was to be finalized within a week at the time. Her estranged husband Derrick Coleman violated a protective order to have no contact with his wife in 2022, he sought to appeal this in Dec. of 2023 but it was dismissed since he violated the conditions of the bond. He had been behind bars since Oct. The family of Latasha showed up to the hearing and a brawl started between the families with several adults arrested. Her family believes he had something to do with her disappearance. == Search Efforts == The police department did some searches, and her family conducted their own. Exploring with Nug and AdamBrownAdventures searched two ponds off of the Hinds Pkwy with sonar, and parts of the Ross R Barnett Reservoir in March of 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HLXzALGZT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR-HZ2-OHKg&t=96s (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Jessica Yajaira Moreno – 2023 | Dallas, Texas | Driving a Gray 2013 Infiniti with TX license plate SZG9115 | Jessica, 36, was last seen in Dallas, Texas on May 30th, 2023. She may be traveling with her child. Date Added: 10/11/2023 |
| Mohammad Ala – 2023 | Downey, California | Gold 2006 Toyota Avalon with the license plate 5TKD181 | Mohammad, 71, was last traced at 9:24 a.m. on August 15th, 2023 when his vehicle was caught on camera driving on Firestone Boulevard at the 605 Freeway in Downey, CA. The camera did not see who was driving. The day before, he missed a freeway exit while driving home from his brother’s house in Long Beach. He was late arriving back to Laguna, so his sister Mina called him on Aug. 14, at 4:30 p.m. He said he was lost but had regrouped and was on his way. He never arrived. When Mina called him again his cellphone was dead. Later, she would learn from police that before his cellphone died, it pinged towers near Brookhurst Street in Fountain Valley, then at 8 p.m. in Anaheim. Mohammad is an award-winning documentary film producer and retired professor who taught at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Southern California, and California State University, Los Angeles. Date Added: 4/3/25 |
| Angel Tititi Escano – 2023 | Miami, Florida | Driving a 2009 silver, 4-door Toyota camry with FL license plate PDAJ26 | Angel, 40, also known as Jobercio Escano Agueda, was last seen May 1st, 2023 at the 900 block of Northwest 84th Terrace, Miami, FL. According to police, he may be in need of services. Date Added: 5/29/24 |
| Michael Scandiffio – 2022 | Ladysmith, QC, Canada | Still missing black 2017 Ford Escape with ON license plate BNXP701. | Michael “Mike” Scandiffio, 57, was last seen at around 8:52 p.m. on October 1st, 2022, in Ladysmith, QC, Canada. His vehicle was spotted on camera at the Bretzlaff Store in town driving west on 366, then turning right at the intersection onto the 303. Mike had been at the Ladysmith Oktoberfest with his wife, daughter and friends when he left to take home sausages for his sons at the Lac Clark summer house, but he never arrived there and never returned to the Oktoberfest as planned. The Scandiffio family owned the summer house at Lac Clark for over 20 years. Mike is a husband, father, and a former Parliament Hill journalist and staffer. == Search Efforts == In the weeks following his disappearance, the town of Otter Lake and Ladysmith came out in large numbers to search for him by foot, boat, drone, and car for several days. Officers went door to door and the SQ helicopter flew over the area. In 2024, Exploring with a Mission followed a route based on footage of what appeared to be Mike’s vehicle passing the opposite way 20 seconds after he turned right, and heading west on 366 instead. After carefully reviewing the footage, it’s possible this was a separate vehicle based on some subtle differences. Lake Leslie, Lac Sparling, Lac de la Ferme, and Lac Clark are among the bodies of water searched with sonar. Several smaller bodies of water were searched by sight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNDycVrFzPw Date Added: 3/1/25 |
| Devin Demon Atkinson – 2022 | 1000 Newkirk Drive, Richmond, Virginia | May be driving a Gray 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe with VA license plate TVS4216 | Devin, 31, was last seen in the 1000 block of Newkirk Drive in Richmond, VA at about 12:00 p.m. on September 20th, 2022. He left the home where his children and their mother live, taking a change of clothes with him, and has never been heard from again. He left all his other belongings behind. The mother of his daughter, who was 5 years old at the time, doesn’t think he would have abandoned the child voluntarily. At the time of his disappearance, he was having a disagreement with a family member which was distressing him; however, it’s not clear if this was a factor in his case. He has an unspecified medical condition. |
| Mitchell Eugene Smith – 2022 | Friendswood, Texas | Last known to drive a Gray 2005 Honda Civic, Civic Del Sol with TX temporary tag (1076W64), expired 10/2022 | Mitchell, 54, was last seen by family on December 12th, 2022 in Friendswood, TX. When he left the residence, he did not take his cell phone. |
| Mersadies Michele Oliver – 2022 | Kings Mountain, North Carolina | Gray Ford Focus | Mersadies, 15, traveled to the Charlotte, NC area after leaving her residence in Kings Mountain NC. She was last seen on November 2nd, 2022. |
| Kevin Craig Kilgore – 2022 | S Florida Ave and White Lane, Lakeland, Florida | Still missing Green 1999 Ford Explorer with OK license plate B4W92 | Kevin, 44, was last seen driving a Green 1999 Ford Explorer with Oklahoma plates B4W92. He was last contacted by family on October 11th, 2022 and last seen in Lakeland, Florida at the intersection of S Florida Ave and White Lane. Some sources state there were other contacts with him in February but this may be unconfirmed. Kevin was enrolled in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, he enjoys fishing and was known to go to Moose Lodges. He worked pipelines in many states, and left a camper, other vehicle, boat and other items at Southern RV Park/Okeechobee. Date Added: 1/6/2024 |
| Chanda Anita Nash – 2022 | Sleep Inn, Atlanta Highway, Georgia | Still missing Gray 2021 four-door Honda Civic | Chanda, 48, was last contacted by her family on June 20th, 2022 while she was staying at the Sleep Inn on Atlanta Highway in Athens, Georgia. Her family later learned from a motel clerk that Chanda checked out and gave no indication that anything was wrong. Her gray four-door 2021 Honda Civic is also still missing. She was reported missing on Aug. 15, 2022 after her sister Towanna of Athens decided they needed help finding her. Date Added: 9/30/22 |
| Tanya Lea Winkler – 2022 | Wayne County, Pennsylvania | Gold 2001 Toyota Camry with PA license plate LRK9172 | Tanya, 39, was last heard from around 9:30 p.m. on July 17th, 2022 and reported missing from Moscow, Wayne County, PA. She was last seen leaving her house with her two children, a 2-year-old girl and 1.5 year-old boy. Date Added: 9/30/22 |
| Javier Rodolfo Medina-Aguilar – 2022 | Denver, Colorado | Red truck with CO license plate OKM602 | Javier, 32, was last seen on video camera walking out of his apartment complex with a friend in the area of Federal Blvd & W. Louisiana Ave in Denver, CO. |
| David Alan Becerra – 2022 | Knoxville, Tennessee | May be driving a Gray 2015 Hyundai Sonata with TN license plate BKT5231 | David, 29, talked to his mother over the phone then left without saying a word on December 20th, 2022. He was reported missing from Knoxville, TN. The complainant said that he does have an apartment in his name. Officers were not able to make contact at that address at 2 a.m. that morning. Date Added: 11/1/2023 |
| Salinas Rodolfo – 2022 | Stamford, Connecticut | Older brown Chevy Blazer with NY license plate GPR2750 | Salinas, 65, was last seen in Stamford, Connecticut on November 25th, 2022 at approximately 11:45 a.m. He spoke with a friend on the phone the same day at around 7 p.m. His cellphone has since been turned off. His niece did not know where her uncle could have gone or why he left. She reported him missing on Jan 14, 2023. Salinas is a painter. He is reported to have an alcohol problem and possibly left because he owed people money. He is from Chihuahua, Mexico and also has property in Seward, Kansas. His credit card was reportedly used in Poughkeepsie, New York between Dec 20, 2022 and Dec 22, 2022 by two unknown males. Date Added: 11/1/23 |
| Fernando Hernandez – 2022 | Metairie, Louisiana | Driving a Gray 2011 Ford F150 truck | Fernando, 38, was last seen in the 3200 block of Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA on February 16th, 2022. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| LaTranice Samella Norrington – 2022 | St. Louis, Missouri | Believed still missing white 2005 Nissan Altima with MO license plate CV8C0U | LaTranice, 43, was last seen leaving work at the Five Below near West Florissant Road and Dunn Road at 10:00 p.m. in St. Louis, MO on November 14th, 2022. She supposedly ran into an old friend and was headed to 7350 N. Hanley Rd. at the Extended Stay (now a Haven Inn & Suite) in Hazelwood to visit with them. Her voicemail was full when family members tried to reach her, and she has not been heard from by family or friends since. LaTranice had three children and five grandchildren. One of her son’s passed away unexpectedly two years before her disappearance, and a daughter after she went missing. She has a mother and grandchildren also missing her. Date Added: 3/17/25 |
| Demetria Daughtry Watson – 2022 | Richmond Hill, Georgia | Still missing Gray 2019 Toyota Corolla 4 door, with license plate PXK6484 | Demetria, 42, was last seen on video footage leaving her residence on November 28th at 9:45 am. The last location of her vehicle was in Richmond Hill. Prior to returning to Richmond Hill, her vehicle was tracked by the Richmond Hill Police Department in the Pooler Parkway area. Her husband Harvey Watson Jr. said she was sleeping when he left for work, and their kids left for school around 6:45 a.m. The night before she was her usual self, she was quiet but he didn’t think anything of it. When he arrived home from work at 9:35, his son called him after receiving a surprising text from his mother which simply read “I love you”. It had been sent to a couple other family members. Demetria is originally from Springfield, Georgia. She was familiar with the area of Savannah, having attended high school and more recently college in the area, studying for a career in the medical field. She was married with two children at the time of her disappearance. == Search Efforts == In 2024, the bodies of water in Savannah, Georgia were searched by Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug. A car was found near the Butter Bean Beach, a possible Chevy Monte Carlo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlatBFmg9Ck |
| Ryan Joseph McDonough – 2022 | Immokalee, Florida | Driving a black 2020 Honda CRV with NJ license plate | Ryan, 34, was last seen in Immokalee, FL on June 26th, 2022. He was reported missing on Aug 15, 2022 and added to Namus July 9, 2024 where he is listed as missing from Ave Maria, FL. Date Added: 5/26/24 |
| Savannah Hale – 2022 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Still missing Silver 2012 Kia Forte | Savannah, 22, was last seen in downtown Shreveport, LA on May 4th, 2022. Her sister, Kirsten says she got a call from Savannah at 6:08 that morning but she was asleep at the time and missed it. Kirsten called her sister back but didn’t get an answer. So she went over to Savannah’s house, where she had been living with her boyfriend for a little over a month. She wasn’t there, and her boyfriend didn’t know where she was. He said he was drunk, went to sleep and when he woke up, she was gone. Savannah was last seen on security camera at the Louisiana Tower Parking garage on Travis Street in downtown Shreveport on the 4th, just after 7 a.m. That was eight minutes after she was seen on surveillance camera at the Chevron on North Market Street, at which time her phone was also turned off. == Search Efforts == Volunteers have searched 23 miles along the Red River, looking for any signs of her. They also searched all of Twelve Mile Bayou Friday with sonar, but so far, no sign of Savannah or her car. Added 7/26/22 |
| Krystyna Segarra – 2022 | Goffstown, New Hampshire | White 2021 Ford Explorer with GA license plate CMK6352. It is a rental car. | Krystyna, 29, was last seen by her mother on October 26th, 2022 in Goffstown, NH and her cell phone last pinged on that date. She was in the U.S. Army at the time and did not report to her military unit, she is considered AWOL. Krystyna bought a home four months before her disappearance at 32 Bay Street in Goffstown. Her last social media post was on Aug 4, 2022. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Borges Diaz – 2022 | Jacksonville, Florida | Still missing Grey 2014 Hyundai Sonata with FL license plate GFGY76 | On the early morning of August 11th, 2022 Borges was seen in his vehicle driving erratically on interstate 95 northbound in the area of N. Jefferson St., Jacksonville, Florida. A 911 call was made to the Jacksonville regional communication center concerning this, and it was the last reported sighting of his vehicle. The day before, he left his residence in Miami, in the area of Bird Road and Southwest 129th Place. Borges attended a medical appointment at the Leon Medical Center and was recorded leaving at around 10 a.m. Later that morning, he was sighted at his former residence in Cutler Bay. The current homeowner had to inform him that he no longer lived there. The homeowner called the police after the encounter but unfortunately he had left the area. His license plate was then captured by an LPR system as it passed through the intersection of NW 25th Street and NW 112th Avenue in Doral. It was later recorded by Florida Turnpike exit on Bird Road near the medical facility. At approximately 3 PM, a tow truck with license plate scanning technology detected his vehicle parked in front of a community clubhouse in Homestead, Florida. Over the next couple of hours, the license plate of his vehicle is captured multiple times on the Florida Turnpike between the Bird Road exit and the Dolphin Mall exit. The last recorded location was on 112th Avenue near the Dolphin Mall, heading southbound. This was at 10:58 PM. He may have been suffering from the beginning stages of dementia at the time of his disappearance. == Search Efforts == The Florida Highway Patrol issued a BOLO at the time. In 2024, Sunshine State Sonar conducted sonar searches across 80+ bodies of water in the Jacksonville area, including those along interstate 10, Interstate 95, and the 295 Beltway. Additionally, they searched multiple bodies of water in the city, focusing on the area of his last known location. The furthest north they went was Yulee. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/FinRbDkUhkiuXQpo/ |
| Alexander Patton – 2022 | Whitley City, Kentucky | May be driving a Burnt orange 2007 Dodge Caliber hatchback. | Alex, 29, was last contacted on January 15th, 2022 and reported missing out of Whitley City, KY. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Kristin Marie Williamson – 2022 | 100 Hickory St, Denham Springs, Louisiana | May be driving a Beige 2005 Mazda Tribute with LA license plate 237ERV | Kristin, 35, was last seen getting her mail in the 100 block of Hickory Street in Denham Springs, LA at midnight on August 16th, 2022. As of August, 2024 her case is still active. |
| Christopher Wharton – 2022 | Ferguson, Missouri | Mint Green Ford Taurus | Christopher, 61, was last seen in Ferguson, MO on August 30th, 2022. He is not listed on Namus but his case is still open as of March, 2024. Date Added: 3/14/24 |
| Michael J. Schubert – 2022 | Elizabeth, Indiana | Green and Black 1994 Kawasaki Motorcycle with IN license plate T792BY It has not been registered for 2023 | Michael, 44, was last contacted on approximately May 9th, 2022 in Elizabeth, IN. He was reported missing on Jan 25th, 2023. He left driving a motorcycle and has not been seen since. There are no known places he might have gone. |
| Charles Mitchell Insolo – 2022 | Cloverdale, California | Aluminum/Silver Nissan Altima | Charles, 36, was last known to have used an ATM in Springfield, Oregon around April 1st, 2023. He was also spotted in Salem, OR in February and January 2023. He was reported missing out of Cloverdale, CA back in October of 2022. Charles is a veteran and had been going to the Santa Rosa branch of the VA prior to his disappearance. |
| Ashley Madden – 2022 | Manchester, Kentucky | Aluminum/Silver 2012 Nissan Sentra with KY license plate 294MVV, exp. 2022. | Ashley, 39, left Manchester, KY on January 15th, 2022 en route to Jackson County, KY and never arrived at her destination. |
| Erin Lei Spear – 2022 | San Ysidro, California | May be driving a White 1998 Toyota Tacoma pickup with CA license plate. | Erin, 29, was last known to be at the U.S. and Mexico border on January 15th, 2022. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Muhd Haitham Shami – 2022 | Houston, Texas | Vehicle, no description | Muhd, 78, was last seen on November 7th, 2022 in Houston, TX. He left his residence in his personal vehicle. |
| Beverly Jackee Logan – 2022 | 400 Ross Ln, Belleville, Illinois | Still missing rental car, a blue Nissan Versa with license plate AL license plate number CH1006 | Beverly, 32, hasn’t been heard from since January 25th, 2022. She was reported missing out of Montgomery, Missouri. Her cellphone pinged off towers in Bellflower and High Hill, MO on Feb 5 and Feb 9. Her family reported her missing on Feb 13. Sometime prior to the report being filed, the sheriff’s office said Beverly was at a residence on Ross Lane outside Belleville. Officials later discovered that she also was previously in Warrenton, MO, with a “male friend.” In April, some of her belongings were found in a house in Bellflower, MO, but there was no sign of her or of her car. Authorities discovered the car had been sold by someone other than her to a person in the St. Louis, MO area, and had passed through several owners after that point. It has been reported stolen and is also still missing. In June 2022, police located Charles L. Story in Bellflower and attempted to take him into custody. He had several outstanding warrants for his arrest out of Illinois, but police also wanted to question him about Logan’s disappearance. Story barricaded himself in a room and claimed he was armed, and threatened to shoot anyone who tried to arrest him and then shoot himself. After a brief stand-off, he left the room and was arrested without incident. He was then taken to the hospital to get treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg he’d sustained a few days earlier. He has not been named as a suspect in Logan’s case. It’s uncharacteristic of her to be out of touch with her family for more than a few days at a time. |
| Jake J Kenyon – 2022 | Salina City, Kansas | Still missing White 2018 Honda Accord with NJ plate# X64PJD. The registration expired the same year he went missing. | Jake, 30, was last seen on Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 in Salina City, KS. He resided in Maple Shade, NJ. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Luis Jose Davila – 2021 | Monterrey, Mexico | Driving a silver 2016 Nissan Maxima, with the AR License Plate 936VET. | Luis, 31, reportedly visited his girlfriend in an area near Monterrey, Mexico on March 26th, 2021. He was scheduled to return on 3/29/2021, but did not make it back to Bentonville, AR. It is believed he may still be in Mexico, possibly near Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Luis may be the victim of a kidnapping. |
| Sandra Eckert – 2021 | Crowbar Drive, Muskego, Wisconsin | Still missing Gray 2005 Dodge Stratus with a WI license plate: 319LGT | Sandra was reported missing from Franklin, WI. She was last seen by her husband, who told police she left their home in the 7200 block of South North Cape Road at around 11:30 p.m. on March 26th, 2021. Her vehicle was last seen by the Muskego Police Department at 3 a.m. heading southbound on Crowbar Drive in Muskego, nearly eight miles from her home. They had no reason to pull the car over at the time. Franklin police have two persons of interest and are investigating the case as a homicide. Searches have been done at the home Sandra shared with her husband, Wes Eckert and another property on Rawson Avenue about five miles away. The search warrants indicate that detectives found 31 items when they searched the couple’s home. Items include bank paperwork, gloves, clothes, computers and a rifle. They also indicate a neighbor “thought she heard gunshots from outside her residence” coming from the direction of Eckert’s home in the early hours of March 27th, 2021, right after Sandra’s last known contact. Eckert’s children told the Journal Sentinel in April that they believe their father might be to blame. Wes Eckert Sr. believes his children’s suspicions are tied to an argument he and Sandra had the night before she disappeared over his late mother’s will. Eckert Sr. said his sisters got more from the will than he did, but he was fine with that because they took care of their mother in her final years. “My wife was insisting I go up there and contest the will in our favor,” Eckert Sr. said, adding that he refused to do so. At one point during the argument, Wes Eckert Sr. said his wife got dressed and told him “you’ll hear from my lawyer” and appeared to be preparing to leave. He took her car keys and told her they would talk about it the next day. “That’s basically the last I’d seen her,” he said. Her cell phone last pinged at the home of Sandra’s brother-in-law the night she disappeared, around 3:13 a.m. The investigation has led to checking bodies of water near where Sandra Eckert’s car was last spotted. Her children have offered a $50,000 reward for information. |
| Daniel Sierra – 2021 | 1300 E Ave J 3, Lancaster, California | White 2003 Chevy Avalanche pickup truck. | Daniel, 33, was last seen on July 28th, 2021 at 8:23 p.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of East Avenue, Lancaster, CA. He and his wife had gotten into an argument. He had her take him to his parents house to get his truck. Daniel suffers from depression and is believed to be suicidal. |
| Ashley Goodrich – 2021 | Fair Haven, Vermont | Still missing Gray 2009 Ford Explorer with the VIN 1FMEU73E49UA07979. The license plate HWN 692 appears to be registered to a new vehicle. | Ashley, 35, was last seen on October 17th, 2021 in Fair Haven, VT. At the time of her disappearance, she was living on Prospect Street. Her family reported her missing on December 29, 2022, saying they hadn’t been able to make contact with her for some time. Authorities went to her home on that date to check on Ashley. On June 30, 2023, the Fair Haven police department searched the home in connection to her disappearance. The search included excavation around the property, but they have not announced what, if anything, was discovered during the search. The delay in reporting her missing was due to her being out of contact for long periods of time, and when her family would contact her husband he would tell them she was doing well. Authorities are uncertain if she left on her own or if foul play is involved, they viewed messages that appeared to be between her and her husband, and he claimed she was living elsewhere and wanted her location to be a secret. Her family believes the timing of her disappearance is odd and unlikely to have been voluntary. She had just gotten her son back after a custody battle with an ex and her sister was helping her move the teen into their home on Prospect street. She appeared to be happy Ashley grew up in Addison County, Vermont and attended schools in Ferrisburgh and Vergennes. According to her mother, she would call herself a little bit of a redneck. She liked hunting, fishing, and she spent a lot of time at the falls in Vergennes with her kids. Date Added: 10/31/23 |
| Christopher Gabriel St. Joseph – 2021 | Huntsville, Alabama | Still missing Gray 2005 Toyota Camry with AL license plate 46VA485 | Christopher, 28, left his home in Huntsville, AL around 4 a.m. on February 10th, 2021. He left his keys and wallet. By the looks of his apartment, it appeared he had every intention to return. His computer was still on and nothing was packed or taken, including his medication. His family is concerned for his health as he doesn’t do well without his medication. His phone has been off since 8 a.m. that day and his bank account hasn’t been touched since he was last heard from. It’s assumed he had a full tank of gas, and could have driven about 6 hrs, he might have hitched a ride to Ohio or driven to New Orleans. Christopher loved his job and it was uncharacteristic for him to miss work. He may have been spotted at the Kroger in Oakwood shortly before his disappearance but this has not been officially confirmed. == Search Efforts == In 2024, Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug searched the Tennessee river and discovered 6 unrelated vehicles that were reported to the Hunstville PD. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) Date Added: 5/7/24 |
| Michael Lucas Gonzales – 2021 | Granite Bay, California | Still missing Faded teal 2000 Toyota Camry with the CA license plate number 6THH725 | Michael, 27, was last seen in Granite Bay, CA on 5/1/2021. He last contacted his girlfriend at 5:45 a.m. the next day, saying he was going to the gym. He has never been heard from again, but his vehicle was seen in South Sacramento, CA on May 5th, 2021. It has not been located. His cellphone has been turned off. It’s uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning; he had lived with his father his entire life and had never left home without notice or for longer than a few days a time. Prior to his disappearance, he had completed a trade school program and was looking forward to starting a new career. Michael takes medications on a daily basis for an unspecified medical condition. Without his medication he could be in danger. Authorities were able to get some hits on his license plate through some license plate readers around Sacramento. Areas that included Greenback Lane, Madison Avenue near Interstate 80, Marconi Avenue, and Roseville Road, which is where the Camry was spotted last, on the 5th. This was 3 days after his girlfriend had spoken to Mike, and 4 days after his father had last seen him. |
| Marco Antonio Sandoval – 2021 | Irrigon, Oregon | Still missing Dark blue 2015 Dodge Dart, OR plates 9X8129 | Marco, 28, was last seen in Irrigon, OR on January 15th, 2021. He was a no show at work, which his sister Nanci says is completely out of character. She says Marco and his girlfriend had gotten into a fight that Friday night and he drove away around 1 a.m. His residence was in Umatilla. According to her, Marco had just been given full custody of his 10 year old son in August, and his priority was taking care of him. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Stephanie Jean Fuller – 2021 | Sapulpa, Oklahoma | Owned a Gold 1978 Ford LTD, with OK license plate JXB765. The LTD is reported as having a broken driver side window. | Stephanie, 45, was last heard from via phone on January 20th, 2021. She was last known to be in the Sapulpa area of Oklahoma. There was a reported sighting of the vehicle in her posession in southern Sapulpa, but investigators were unable to locate it. There have also been reports of the car in the Glenpool area. She may have been in a relationship with an unidentified man, staying near the Warehouse Market (Price Mart) in Sapulpa. She was struggling with addiction at the time, and may use the last names Dishman, Harden, Estes, or Wilson. Stephanie was reported missing in October of 2022. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Shawn Michael Demers – 2021 | San Diego, California | Black 2010 Lexus, CA 8WRC852 | Shawn, 40, was last in contact with his family on December 18th, 2021 in San Diego, CA. His vehicle crossed into Mexico from the US that day at about 2:30 AM. His family believes he traveled there with John Wesley Laursen who may also be missing. In his last phone call to a friend, he stated that he was in Tiajuana, Mexico but his destination there is unknown. His hometown was Long Beach, CA. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Annette Adams – 2021 | San Luis Obispo, California | Still missing Black 2020 Buick Enclave with the CA license plate number 8PNV871. The rental vehicle was reported stolen on 5/10/2021 | Annette, 75, disappeared while driving up the coast of California on April 25th, 2021. She was reported missing on 5/11/21. Her cell phone was last detected on Highway 1 near the ocean in Northern California, but detectives did not want to give the exact location to the public. Based on the location her phone was last detected, police think she either threw her phone out the window, her phone died and she never charged it again or she drove into the ocean. Friends and family told police she was struggling with mental health issues at the time, and they didn’t know why she was driving up the coast. She had driven to Northern California and Southern Oregon multiple times during the year before she went missing. Also known as Annette Marotto, she was a resident of San Luis Obispo. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Louis Edward Pauratore – 2021 | Pine Mountain, Georgia | Still missing Blue-Smoke Gray 2012 Chevy Silverado pick-up truck with LA tag B952065 | Louis, 84, was last confirmed to have been seen in Mobile, Alabama on January 29th, 2021 between 5:50 p.m. and 7:25 p.m. His cell phone last pinged in Pine Mountain, GA. He may have been last sighted at a Raceway gas station off I-10 in Moss Point, Mississippi at around 4:45 p.m. the next day by three different witnesses. On Friday, 1/29/2021, Louis left his residence in Covington, Louisiana at around 9:55 a.m. for a doctor’s appointment. His vehicle was seen on camera in Biloxi, MS around 2 p.m. At around 5 p.m., his daughter called him to find out where he was, but he didn’t know. He went to a gas station and found out that he was in Mobile, AL. 911 was called but he left before they could arrive. After midnight on Saturday, his cell phone pinged in Pine Mountain, GA. The witness sightings in Moss Point, MS could not be confirmed due to gas station owners refusing access to the footage. He exhibited signs of confusion and was unaware that he had traveled to this location. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| David Allen Cain – 2021 | 711 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit, Michigan | May be driving a Black 2016 Nissan Rogue | Cain, 31, was last seen at around 4 p.m. on April 5th, 2021 at a Detroit, MI area gas station. She left the location stating she would meet her cousin at a family member’s home within the hour for Easter dinner but never arrived. Cain is a Transgender woman. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Evans R Brown – 2021 | 300 Westmeade Dr, Gretna, Louisiana | May be driving a Black 2019 Dodge Charger Hellcat with a yellow racing stripe. | Evans, 40, was last seen in Gretna, LA on April 29th, 2021. He was last contacted however by telephone over a week later, on May 8, 2021. Family members last saw him in the 300 block of Westmeade Drive on 4/29/2021. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Christopher Thomas Flores – 2021 | 6500 W 43rd St, Houston, Texas | Still missing Green 1995 Chevrolet c15 pick-up truck with license plate MXH7933 | Christopher, 53, worked as a valve technician for Relevant Solutions on Sam Houston Parkway in Houston, Texas. On Saturday, the 21st of August, Christopher told some friends he was going to meet up with someone. The next day, his apartment complex caught fire. On Monday, August 23rd, 2021, his mother Gloria Flores received a phone call from the apartment complex which was trying to reach him. She said Christopher failed to answer any calls from the apartment office or anyone, and his truck was not in the complex. Shortly after reporting Christopher missing, Gloria received a tip from a woman. The woman told her that she had a relative who knew what happened to Christopher. “The relative had said there was harm done to him,” Gloria said. (The person who made the comment about harm to Christopher is not currently charged or formally implicated, so their identity has not been revealed. For the sake of this post, we’ll refer to this person as Alex.) Christopher became involved with Alex and was trying to help her get back on her feet. Months after the disappearance of another man, Emmanuel Perez, Christopher dropped Alex off at Emmanuel’s home. According to Gloria, he had told her that though he wanted to help Alex he couldn’t do it anymore due to her mental problems. The next day, Emmanuel’s home caught fire. Gloria recalls Christopher texting her in shock. “After he mentioned that, he went missing two weeks later,” says Gloria. Gloria believes Alex is the person Christopher went to meet the night he vanished. The family of Emmanuel claim Christopher had given them a tip prior to his disappearance, encouraging them to search the Houston bayous for Emmanuel’s body. After Christopher vanished, Gloria got another call from Emmanuel’s family. Gloria was told Alex had said, “I got ’em. I did him good. He’s in storage right now.” Unclear whether the comment was about Christopher or not, Gloria says Christopher’s family and friends swarmed the Aztec Storage facility on West 34th Street where Alex was known to have several units. They were told they could not enter since they did not own the unit. Then, Gloria says their suspicions only grew when, “time passed and that public storage caught on fire.” Investigators on this case state they have yet to find the elements needed to formally tie the events together or name a suspect. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Haneul Oh – 2021 | Davie, Florida | Known to drive a Gray 2005 Toyota Corolla with NJ license plates reading L20NAZ | Haneul, 21, a South Korean National living and studying in the US, went missing from Davie, FL on December 20th, 2021 under suspicious circumstances. She has ties to Maryland and New Jersey. Her disappearance was not reported until her 22nd birthday on Jan 28. The FBI is investigating her case. Date Added: 9/2/22 |
| Kristen Moore – 2021 | Santa Ana, California | Her black 2018 Nissan Sentra with OH plates HZW8838 is listed with her case. | Kristen, 26, has been missing since November 26th, 2021 from Santa Ana, CA. She is homeless and typically in the area of Rancho Cucamonga and Santa Ana, CA; with ties to Ohio as well. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Douglas Anthony Carter – 2021 | Bronx, New York | Left in a Blue 2004 dodge caravan, with possible NC plate PCH5675. | Douglas, 66, was last seen on August 1st, 2021 in Bronx, NY. |
| Matthew Joel Finocchio – 2021 | Manteca, California | May be driving a black 2019 Ford Mustang with the CA license plate number 8UOK069 and his dog’s name “MUFASA” on the windshield. | Matthew, 34, was last known to be in Wildomar, CA on February 14th, 2021. He had also been seen in eastern Ventura County (Bell Canyon) though he resides in Manteca, CA. Matthew may be confused and in need of medical attention. He is an army veteran and has severe PTSD from his service. |
| Joe Louis Burnett Jr. – 2021 | Henrico County, Virginia | Listed with a case is a dark purple or black 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, possibly with “farm use” license plates | Joe, 59, was last seen in Henrico County, VA on April 18th, 2021. Date Added: 2/6/24 |
| Walter Stanley Mintz – 2021 | Valdosta, Georgia | May be driving a White PT Cruiser with unknown GA plates. | Walter, 33, disappeared from Valdosta, GA around February 1st, 2021. He abandoned a hotel room with all his belongings and has not contacted family or friends since early February. He was reported missing in April by his mother in Florida. Date Added: 3/13/24 |
| Victoria Green-Moore – 2021 | Selma, Alabama | Driving a Black 2012 Chevrolet Impala with the AL license plate number 27DD786. | Victoria, 32, was last seen when she dropped her children off at day care in Selma, AL at 7:30 a.m. on April 7th, 2021. |
| Rodney Darryl Shadoan – 2021 | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | Believed still missing White Hyundai with NM License Plate NZS969 | Rodney, 61, was last seen at his residence in Alcalde, New Mexico on May 9th, 2021. According to his daughter, his vehicle was last seen in Clovis. He has no connections to Clovis, and had no reason to be there. His daughter, who lives in another state, said she got a call in May from her father’s neighbor who said he hadn’t seen any activity at the house. “There was no signs of break in. There was a window open which if somebody planned on coming back, or didn’t plan on coming back, they would have closed that window and then there was some lights on in the house. There was definitely signs that there was no intention for him not to come home. When the cops did inspect further to see if he was at home, it was long enough in the household that there was cobwebs and the food was rotten in the fridge,” Nicole Shadoan said. |
| Bruce D. Fields – 2021 | St. Rose, Louisiana | Driving a Green 1999 Lexus SUV | Bruce, 59, was last seen on March 28th, 2021 on Summerton Drive in St. Rose, LA. He was reportedly going to a basketball game in New Orleans, LA. |
| Cervando Oliveros Calvillo – 2021 | San Diego, California | Gray 2005 Toyota Tundra with CA plates 51138V2 | Cervando, 65, was last seen driving into Mexico from San Diego, CA on July 18th, 2021. He was accompanied by an unknown person. He has not crossed back into the US and is believed to still be in Mexico. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Samantha Bratcher – 2021 | Central City, Kentucky | Listed with her case is a Aluminum/Silver 2004 Nissan Altima. | Samantha, 32, was last seen on November 5th, 2021 in Central City, KY. There are other reports she was last seen on Dittney Hill in Drakesboro, KY and being dropped off at Jumpin’ Jack’s truck stop at 2329 South Main Street in Morgantown, KY but it is unclear if those are confirmed. Video surveillance cameras at the truck stop showed no sign of her. She was missing her left eye and had no prosthetic at time she went missing. She had two young children. Foul play may be a factor. Date Added: 1/2/24 |
| Fabian Carruthers – 2021 | Memphis, Tennessee | He left in a 2016 silver nissan versa. | Fabian was last contacted at 10 a.m. on May 5th, 2021 in Memphis, TN. He stated he had been gambling at someone’s house and won $1000 which he was putting in the bank. He stated he would be right back home but never returned. Fabian was 44 or 45 years old. Date Added: 12/15/24 |
| Jerry Douglas Leftwick – 2021 | 900 block N. Bon Marche, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Possibly driving a Purple Toyota RAV4 SUV, with a possible tag #240EBT | Jerry, 68, was last seen in the 900 block N. Bon Marche, Baton Rouge, LA on December 3rd, 2021. Date Added: 8/19/24 |
| Ella Mae Begay – 2021 | Teec Nos Pos, Arizona | Still missing Gray/Silver 2005 Ford F150 truck with AZ license plate AFE7101 | Ella, 62, was last seen in Tolikan, Arizona getting into her truck and driving away at 2:30 a.m. on June 15th, 2021. Her vehicle is still missing. Ella was a Navajo woman and a renowned weaver. She lived on her own in one of the most remote communities on the Navajo Nation, called Tolikan, or Sweetwater. Her home was ten miles from the highway, and her only source of electricity was from recently installed solar panels on her house. She is described as a cautious person and it’s uncharacteristic for her to leave in the middle of the night. The door to her home was discovered to have been kicked open. Family and authorities believe her truck may have been driven toward Thoreau, New Mexico, and may have gone on to Albuquerque. Her daughter reported her missing at 10:55 a.m. the same day. In early 2023, a man named Preston Henry Tolth, 23, was arrested for assault and carjacking charges in Ella’s disappearance. He allegedly admitted to repeatedly striking Ella, and that he wasn’t sure if she was still alive when he drove away with her truck, which he sold in Albuquerque for drugs and $200. In late 2023, Ella’s niece along with other family members were arrested and facing charges for a 2021 kidnapping incident that occurred months before Ella’s disappearance. While it’s been speculated if this is connected, she has been the biggest advocate for finding her aunt Ella, going viral for her walk from the Navajo Nation to Washington D.C. |
| Rajah McQueen – 2021 | E 131st St & Harvard Ave, Cleveland, Ohio | Still missing Silver 2018 Nissan Sentra, license plate JGH3953 does not have any hubcaps, all black rims. It has a bullet hole in the upper/middle rear passenger side door along with bullet damage to the top of the same door at the base of the window. Vehicle also has a bullet hole on the center of the roof near the windshield. | Rajah, 27, was last seen in Cleveland, OH on video camera at approximately 7:20 a.m. on 06/26/2021. At that time, she was the passenger in her car, driven by a male that has been identified and interviewed by the police. At approximately 11:38 am, Rajah’s car was again seen on video camera being driven by the same male, but Rajah was not visible in the car. Her car was last seen on video camera at approximately 11:45 am on June 26th 2021, and it is also still missing along with her. |
| Nahid Nakhost – 2021 | Los Angeles, California | Left in her Gray 2005 BMW X3 SUV license # 5mny576 | Nahid, 56, was last known to be in Los Angeles, CA on January 15th, 2021. She may be experiencing confusion and in need of medical attention. Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Ernest Lynn Moylan – 2020 | East Naples Walmart at 3451 Tamiami Trail East. | White 2018 Dodge RAM 3500 pickup truck with a temporary tag C261771. | Ernest, 54, was last known to have made purchases at an East Naples, FL, Walmart at 3451 Tamiami Trail East. He was reported missing on August 3rd, 2020. Ernest lived in Kansas, his reason for being in FL are unclear however it appears he was in a dispute over residential property. A legal petition filed in June of 2024 lists his whereabouts as unknown. He had gone missing earlier in 2020 on Jan. 27th and was found safe on Feb. 5th. A private investigator was hired to search for Ernest but was unsuccessful. Date Added: 2/12/24 |
| Danis Aguilera – 2020 | 2600 block of Green Oak Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Possibly in a black Ford Ranger | Danis was last seen on February 28th, 2020 in the 2600 block of Green Oak Drive in Baton Rouge, LA. He was around 40-42 years old. Date Added: 8/19/24 |
| Andrew Charles Ward – 2020 | 707 Barkerville Hwy, Quesnel, BC V2J 6W4, Canada | Left in a Grey Jeep YJ | Andrew “Andy” Ward, 61, was last confirmed to have been seen alive on May 9th, 2020 at around 7:20 p.m. when he was at the 4 Mile Store and Coffee Shop located on the Barkerville Highway just outside Quesnel, BC. He left the store and was believed to be headed towards the Pinnacles Road area. He was with another individual known to him, police said. Surveillance footage was provided of him inside the store. BCMCS assumed conduct of the investigation and, with the assistance of the Quesnel RCMP, the Forensic Identification Section, Air Services, Underwater Recovery teams and the Police Dog Service, have conducted extensive searches in the Quesnel area. |
| Larry Don Bell – 2020 | US-69 & W 43rd St S, Oklahoma | Believed still missing Drives a Black 2010 Chevrolet Silverado truck with chrome trim along the top of the bed and a dent in the right front fender. Cherokee Nation license plate, CW1341. The truck also has flood lights on the front bumper, and the rear passenger door handle is missing. | Larry, 62, left his house in Muskogee, OK at around 10 p.m. on June 14th, 2020 to look at a motor at U.S. 69 and Smith Ferry Road. The exact location of the place he was visiting is unknown. His wife, Susan Bell, was in bed at the time he left the house. She stated that he took random trips to various places without letting anyone know. She mentioned one example to a local newspaper where he left to look at a pile of tires in OKC without notice. He suffers from dementia and is missing a lung; he is said to not do well in warmer temperatures. There is currently a $10,000 reward for information leading to his finding. |
| Dawnita Wilkerson – 2020 | Evansville, Indiana | Still missing silver/pewter-colored 2004 Chevy Suburban. | Dawnita Wilkerson, 44, was last seen on June 21st, 2020, at 8:16 p.m., at a local Evansville, IN, motel getting into an SUV. Her phone was shut off by the next morning. Her family reported her missing when she didn’t call her mother or her daughters, as she usually did. Dawnita has several medical conditions including PTSD and chronic kidney disease that require medication which she left behind at her brothers place, where she had been staying for the past few weeks. Her family says that she was being harassed and threatened by her ex-boyfriend Daniel, who she had been dating on and off since around 2016 and used to live with. He had been physically abusive and she had orders of protection in place at various times over the years. In May of 2019 he was charged in a fourth case of assault against Dawnita, in which she was hospitalized. She told police Daniel wanted her to give him $500 and when she refused he knocked her on the ground and hit her on the back of the head. According to Evansville Police Detective Jeff Hands, the last active order was dropped in July of 2019. They had gotten back together after that but most recently they were apart. She had changed her number multiple times that year trying to cut ties with him. In the weeks before her disappearance she had told family members she was afraid of two men, Daniel and his nephew Cedric who had been sending threatening messages as well. Dawnita’s fear was uncharacteristic to those that knew her, she had even been trying to get her hands on a gun through her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, which led to an argument with her daughter. In the days after her disappearance, her family reached out to Daniel, who gave multiple stories. Dawnita had a warrant out for her arrest for failing to appear in court, and the family believes her case was not taken seriously because of this. Daniel was however at the top of the priority list for police. Officers went to his house the same night of the missing person report and were given permission to search the home but she wasn’t there. The next day they talked to him and he gave details about their relationship. They tried to talk to Cedric but he would not speak with them without his attorney. Police learned through phone records that she was near the Evansville motel, later that night her phone pinged in the cities of Marion and Carbondale. Cedric and Daniel are both from those areas of Illinois and still have strong ties to that area. On the 22nd, the phone pinged back in Evansville, and there hasn’t been activity since that morning. == Search Efforts == Since she is believed to have crossed state lines, the FBI is now involved in her case. Police investigated leads at the Evansville motel, and found surveillance footage of her with Cedric. They have tried to locate the SUV to search it but it has not been seen since the day she disappeared, they know Cedric is not driving it. It was discovered that in August of 2020, Cedric reported the SUV as stolen but there was no evidence that this was true. |
| Ron Vicknair – 2020 | North on Interstate 45 near Huntsville, Texas | Believed still missing Pearl white 2016 GMC sierra/denali with TX license plate KBH5692 | Ron, 44, left The Woodlands, Texas between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. on August 31st, 2020 to go to his work at a Chevron Plant. He never arrived. His truck was last located traveling North on Interstate 45 near Huntsville, TX. The last cell phone ping was a cell tower, also in Huntsville. |
| Alfredo Oviedo – 2020 | Houston, Texas | Driving a Faded-blue 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan, with TX license plates of KZJ6128 | Alfredo, 37, was last seen on September 8th 2020 after leaving his residence in Pasadena, TX. From official sources online he is missing from that location, however according to Chaos Divers who searched for him in 2023, he was last known to be at the Jaguar Bar and then at the intersection of Columbia and Carroll Street in Dallas, TX. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Chaos Divers searched White Rock Lake with sonar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGsCOyBFn80 Date Added: 9/1/22 |
| Estela Guerrero – 2020 | Huntington Park, California | Still missing Cream 2005 Chrysler 300 sedan with the CA license plate 7LPF634 | Estela, 34, was last seen in Huntington Park, California on August 25th, 2020. Her vehicle is also still missing; the time it was last seen, it was crossing the border into Tijuana, Mexico. Some sources place her near the area of Plaza Monarca in Tijuana, Mexico. It’s uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Date Added: 3/11/24 |
| Bart Allan Maltby – 2020 | Vallejo, California | May be driving a Purple 1995 Nissan Pathfinder with the CA license plate number 5D67146 | Bart, 55, was last seen in Vallejo, CA on October 1st, 2020. He may use the middle name Easterling. Date Added: 9/2/22 |
| Alexander Eskee – 2020 | Dennehotso, Arizona | Still missing White 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 single cab 4×4 pickup truck with the AZ license plate number CAH6625, tinted windows and four mud tires. | Alexander, 37, was last seen in Dennehotso, Arizona at 11:00 p.m. on June 5th, 2020. After an argument with his in-laws, he left his residence in his truck. He is a trained welder and has been known to travel to different states for work. He is originally from the Dinnebito/Rocky Ridge, AZ area. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Carolyn S Bachand – 2020 | Greenwood, Louisiana | Listed with her case is a white 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser with LA license plate 483DSF. | Carolyn, 59, was last contacted by a family member around December 20th, 2020 in Greenwood, LA. She may go by the name Carolyn Russell. Date Added: 12/11/24 |
| Ramon L Loya-Rascon – 2020 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 2014 GMC pickup | Ramon, 42, was last seen on October 11th, 2020 and reported missing from Albuquerque, NM. According to his girlfriend, she and Ramon were kidnapped from the Quality Inn located at 1501 Gibson Blvd SE in Albuquerque, NM. She told police they were taken to the area of 7201 Broadway Blvd. SE where she was beaten and Ramon was shot in the head. She watched as his body was loaded into his truck. The girlfriend escaped and Ramon has not been heard from or seen since. Date Added: 12/11/24 |
| Ashour Shamoon – 2020 | 17720 Magnolia Blvd #409, Encino, California | Driving a White Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck, tag# CA 55031Y2. | Ashour Shamoon went missing March 18th, 2020 from Los Angeles County in Encino, CA at 17720 Magnolia Bl. #409. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Chris Howard Condos – 2020 | Mesquite, Nevada | May be driving a Blue and white 1993 Ford Econoline E350 van with the CO license plate number BEHG14 has the words “Journey Quest.org” in faint lettering on the side. | Chris, 53, was last known to be in Mesquite, NV on August 10th, 2020. He arrived there after leaving Teller County, Colorado, and is originally from Woodland Park, CO. He has lived in CO his whole life. He may have been enroute to California. He is listed on the CA missing person site, but there is no public information that he ever arrived there. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Carol Renee Carter – 2020 | 18000 Charity Ln, Accokeek, Maryland | Still missing Silver 2014 Buick Regal with FL registration HGWJ16 | Carol, 64, was last seen around 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 in the area of 18000 Charity Lane in Accokeek, MD. She was supposed to be shopping in Southern MD region (Accokeek, Bryans Road, Laplata or Waldorf area). She may have also been shopping off of Duke Street near the Harris Teeter in Alexandria, Virginia. Police and her family are concerned for her well-being because she suffers from epileptic seizures and high blood pressure which she needs to take medication for. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug on Youtube searched for her with sonar, starting at the Marshall Hall Landing on the Potomac River. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pGAD7vz5C8 (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Christopher Brown – 2020 | 4000 Eleanor Dr, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Gray 2012 Chrysler 200 sedan. License plate unknown. | Christopher, 39, was last seen on April 28th, 2020 in the 4000 block Eleanor Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. He was leaving for work in Robert, LA. |
| Atanacio Covarrubias Arzate – 2020 | 59200 Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Mich., Mexico | Motorcycle | Atanacio, 52, left California on Nov 28, 2020 for Mexico. On December 2nd, 2020, it was reported that he had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend at a residence in Vista Hermosa, Michocan, Mexico, left on her motorcycle and was to pick her up in La Barca Jalisco Mexico, but never arrived. He has children who are still seeking answers into his disappearance. |
| Michael Gazetas – 2020 | Courtenay, BC, Canada | Still missing red Ford Ranger pickup with BC license plate HX4109. | Michael, 51, has been missing since January 31st, 2020. He was last seen leaving his house in Courtenay, BC at around 8:30 a.m. during heavy rainfall. Based on video footage and witness sightings, it is believed that Michael drove north to Campbell River and then headed west to Gold River. He is known to go into natural areas where he worked as a location manager and scout for the film industry. == Search Efforts == Crews searched via, air, ground and boat through more than 16,000 square kilometres of wilderness on northern Vancouver Island and friends searched through video footage collected from surveillance cameras and photos taken from the air. |
| Stephen Brett Dobson – 2020 | Prince George, BC, Canada | Still missing White Dodge D-350 pick-up truck bearing BC licence plate EF2464. | Stephen, 53, was reported missing on April 22, 2020 out of Prince George, BC. He was last seen on April 6 and last spoken to on Friday, April 10th, 2020. Stephen often spent time outdoors and may have driven down forest service roads in the area, particularly towards Fort St. James. He is also known to frequent northern Alberta, including Fort McMurray. |
| Donna Mitchell – 2020 | 120 E, IN-46, Hartsville, Indiana | Still missing maroon 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer with the front bumper hanging by a coat hanger. It has IN license plate 902QAK. | Donna was last seen on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 around 7:30 pm at the Brown Bottle liquor store in Hartsville, IN. Police requested to view any video footage people may have had facing the County Line Road, 700S and 60 SW in Decatur County. Family members said that she was going to a friend’s house in Letts at the time of her disappearance. She always told her sister, who lived next to her, any plans that she had. She is described as a homebody and was reportedly excited as she had not been out of the house since around November. Donna had Osteoporosis and was heavily dependent on her medication, which she did not take with her. == Search Efforts == A Silver Alert was released for her initially, and aerial searches were conducted. In 2024, Chaos Divers traveled her usual route, scanned a pond on 1100 W and W Co Rd 700 S, and the area of the Historic Westport Covered Bridge. |
| James Ryan Taylor – 2020 | Plymouth Rd, Columbus, Mississippi | Still missing Silver 2011 Ford Fiesta. | James, 39, was last seen on July 14th, 2020 at the Plaza Motel on Island Rd. in Columbus, MS. In the early morning hours between 2 and 4 a.m., he spoke with his older brother, and this was his last known communication. Investigators say he was driving his car, which is also missing. Earlier that day, he had dinner with his mother at her residence, and told her he would see her later when he left. Authorities declared him deceased in 2021, and in May of that year, The Lowndes County Sheriff arrested Joseph Lane Purcell, Alan Michael Farley, and Deborah Johnston in connection to his disappearance. == Search Efforts == Taylor’s niece reached out to Chaos Divers in 2021 to help search for him after receiving a tip that her uncle was dragged into a river. Over the next two years, they visited atleast four times and searched bodies of water with sonar including Lake Lowndes, Officers Lake, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the Luxapalila Creek and a pond off Miller Lane in Columbus. In those efforts, they recovered two vehicles, but neither were related to Taylor or his disappearance. The family is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the recovery of his remains. |
| Benjamin Scott Tinney – 2020 | Alabama Highway 25, Montevallo, Alabama | Traveling on a Blue motorcycle | On June 6th, 2020, Benjamin, 41, left the area of Alabama Highway 25 in Montevallo, AL and has not returned. He was traveling south. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Alex Michael Head – 2019 | Enterprise, Kansas | Still missing silver in color 2003 Dodge Durango. The vehicle had a unique United States Air Force decal affixed to the rear window, and a broken headlight. | Alex, 31, was last seen on January 14th, 2019 in Enterprise, KS. He left home, possibly to buy a vehicle. He may have been heading to Salina, KS. He was known to stick to country roads rather than highways or interstates. At the time of his disappearance, law enforcement officials believed him to be in the Chapman/Enterprise area. Alex worked as a lead in the testing department of what is now Sunbelt Solomon, a company that builds transformers, with other members of his family. He was living with his mom and step-father at the time. He was ready to look for another job, and also stated plans to go camping that weekend at Milford Lake. == Search Efforts == At the time, a search by plane was done. Around 2023, Adventures with Purpose searched the old Herrington City Lake (Kohls Creek), the new Herrington Lake Reservoir, and the old mine pond in Enterprise which had been searched previously. Milford Lake was also searched and two known vehicles were located. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHbEDtB9z10 Date Added: 12/29/24 |
| Tracy Lamar Wright – 2019 | Fort Worth, Texas | Still missing White 2013 Chevy Traverse, TX plate # KXH8707 | Tracy, 48, left Ft. Worth, Texas on January 8th, 2019 heading to Marietta, Georgia. He never arrived. He may have been spotted in Flora, Mississippi at a grocery store but this is unconfirmed. |
| Anthony Fitzgerald Wright – 2019 | Oakland, California | Driving a White 2011 Chrysler 300 with the CA license plate number 7DAU584 | Anthony, 53, was last seen in Oakland, CA on October 14th, 2019. His family reports that he deleted his social media accounts and may have been headed to Arizona. |
| Jennifer Sue Velebit – 2019 | Yuba City, California | Listed with her case is a white 2008 or 2012 Ford Club Wagon E350 with CA plates. | Jennifer, 47, was last around December 25th, 2019 in Northern CA, she is reported missing from Yuba City, CA. Date Added: 12/15/24 |
| Ka Fai Wong – 2019 | San Bernardino, California | May be driving a White Toyota Sienna with the CA license plate number 8JKX021 | Ka Fai Wong, 27, was last seen in San Bernardino, CA on December 4th, 2019. Also known as Ja Hwei Wong. |
| Aaron James Sloan – 2019 | Marina Del Rey, California | Listed with his case is a black 2017 Toyota Tacoma pickup with CA plates. | Aaron, 46, was last known to be in Marina Del Rey, California on October 7th, 2019. Date Added: 12/15/24 |
| Regina Dawn Robinson – 2019 | Chapman Hwy, Knoxville, Tennessee | Still missing Red 2001 Toyota Celica with TN plates CJJ926, exp. year 2020. | Dawn, 43, went to visit a friend on Dec 16th, 2019 off of Chapman Hwy in Knoxville, TN. She confided to them that a few days earlier, a guy she had been staying with had threatened to “chop her up into pieces” like someone who was reported missing earlier that year and later found murdered. She left the friends house in her vehicle, and messaged with them on Facebook the next night of December 17th, 2019. This was the last known contact with her. Dawn was due in court on Dec 18, 2019 and never made an appearance. She had moved to Knoxville from Unicoi County, TN and had a rough start, but had recently gotten a good job scheduled to start in January and was trying to get her life straightened out. She is known to frequent the Strawberry plains exit (gas stations, hotels and fast food restaurants), Clinton Highway (near the Walmart shopping center, craft stores and thrift stores), Chapman Highway area (Henley St. to the Walmart, laundry mats) and Merchants Drive area (hotels, gas stations and laundry mats). == Search Efforts == From 2023-2024, Adam Brown and Jeremy Sides have searched for her with sonar. Locations searched include the Holston river in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee River in Knoxville https://www.facebook.com/61550510055593/videos/1005818147668281 Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Brian Nelson – 2019 | NM Highway 371 and Navajo Route 5 south of Farmington, New Mexico | May be driving a Gold-tan 2015 Nissan Altima with tinted windows and a yellow NM license plate number 126TJW | Brian, 39, was last seen in Farmington, NM. The last sign of him was when his cell phone pinged on November 7th, 2019 at a location near the intersection of New Mexico Highway 371 and Navajo Route 5, south of Farmington. According to his mother, he was last seen the day before, leaving his residence in Farmington around 5:15 p.m. which was captured on a video doorbell camera at his home. He then went to a meeting at Four Winds Recovery Center at 1313 Mission Ave. that evening. He did not report to work at Farmington rental agency on the 7th. Brian was reported missing on the 10th. He has ties to the Navajo Nation and Phoenix, Arizona. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Gerhart Kiel – 2019 | Vermilion, AB, Canada | Still missing Black 2009 Ford Ranger with Alberta license plate NFU020 | Gerhart, 77, also known as Jerry Kelly, was reported missing on 3/25/2020 but was last heard from on November 23rd, 2019 in Vermilion/Minburn area of Alberta, Canada. |
| Trevor Batoche – 2019 | Penticton, British Columbia, Canada | Possibly driving an older black pickup truck. | OnTrevor, 37, was last seen in Penticton, BC on April 20th, 2019. He was known to frequently travel to Northern BC and Edmonton, Alberta. |
| Anna Jones – 2019 | 2000 Bay St, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | May be driving a White 1972 Chevrolet Impala | Anna, 53, was last seen in the 2000 block of Bay Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana on April 21st, 2019. Date Added: 8/19/24 |
| Theodoric Elton Hunter Sr. – 2019 | Hampton, Virginia | Still missing Black 2019 Nissan Altima with the VA license plate number UYY5688 | Theo, 32, was last physically seen in the 400 block of Hollywood Avenue in Hampton, VA on August 24th, 2019. He left sometime after 10:30 p.m. that day according to his wife Deirdre “Dee” Gelzhiser, after getting home from work. She had asked him about a lunch meeting he had with a woman, he ended the conversation abruptly reportedly saying he “didn’t want to hear her mouth.” Gelzhiser went to bed at 10:30 p.m and when she woke up a few hours later, he was gone. He’d left his house key on the kitchen counter. Since his disappearance, his car hasn’t been recovered. The plate was last picked up by a license plate reader at 3 a.m. on the 25th of August, heading south on the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel. His wife was initially unconcerned, he had a habit of suddenly leaving the house without telling her. He was reported missing on 8/27 after he stopped showing up for work; he really enjoyed the job and even wanted his son to apply there as well. He was employed by the Port of Virginia and worked at a shipping container terminal in Norfolk. He had recently joined the International Longshoreman’s Association. His wife stated he was secretive and had “a lot going on” in his life that she was unaware of; she had only rarely met his family, and he corresponded with many people she didn’t know. She referred to her husband as “a walking secret.” He had moved out in early July that year, keeping his clothes in a locker at work, but would still “pop in and pop out.” They had been married for less than a year. Hunter owned two cell phones at the time of his disappearance; a couple of days after he was last seen, both phones started going straight to voicemail when called and cannot be tracked. His social media and bank accounts have also been inactive. It’s uncharacteristic of him to be out of touch with his family, and his loved ones are concerned for his safety. He left behind two adult sons and a baby grandson. His ex-wife stated he was close to his sons and spoke to them several times a week, and that it was “way out of character” for him to leave without warning. Just ten days before he went missing, Hunter took both his children to a Nissan dealership to get them new cars; he co-signed the auto loans and promised to cover half the payments on them. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug on Youtube searched some of the rivers on his route to work with sonar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_Hiay6Q7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4oq8YX261U In late 2023, Chaos Divers searched the Lafayette River, Rudee Inlet, and Linkhorn Bay. Ground searches were also done off highway 64. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2vBNejvJI |
| Jose Antonio Avila – 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee | May be driving a Dark green 2007 Jeep Wrangler. | Jose, 34, had been staying with his cousin in Nashville, TN and reportedly left to go to the store on June 19th, 2019, but he never returned. Jose is not an American citizen. In Oct. 2017 he was arrested for drug possession in Illinois. He had supposedly told a girl he was dating that he was planning to move out of the state. She knew him by another name: Auturo Flores. He also went by the name Jose Avila-Zamudio. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Jessica Lynn Thompson – 2019 | Los Angeles, California | May be traveling in a Black 2014 Ford Fusion with MI plates. | Jessica, 31, was last seen in Los Angeles, CA on October 6th, 2019. She may be traveling with her dogs and a male companion. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Erica L. Thompson – 2019 | 9200 Monroe Ave, Brookfield, Illinois | Still missing Dark purple (may appear black/dark brown) 2014 Nissan Juke with the IL license plate number E273380. | Erica, 53, was last seen in Brookfield, IL at 4:30 p.m. on September 25th, 2019, when the security cameras at a bank in the Eight Corners business district captured footage of her making a deposit. The bank was close to her home at 9225 Monroe Avenue. She missed work the next day and has never been heard from again. She lived alone and was not reported missing until 10/1. When her son checked Erica’s home, he found the back door open and the air conditioning on. There were moldy dishes in the sink and next to her bed, and cat vomit in various places, which is uncharacteristic of her; she normally kept her home tidy. The home had security cameras but recent footage had been erased. Her cats were still there but her cell phone, purse, Illinois driver’s license and house and car keys were missing, as was her car. Investigators have evidence that indicates her vehicle was driven by someone other than herself in the cities of Brookfield, Decatur and Mount Vernon on 9/26, the day after she was last seen. Her cell phone pinged in Brookfield and in the cities of Countryside, Hodgkins, McCook, Forest View, Summit and Ridgeview in the early morning hours of 9/26. On 10/2, the phone was found in a roadside ditch in Springfield, Missouri, which is over a seven-hour drive southwest of Brookfield. At the time of her disappearance, Erica worked as a comptroller at Empire Hard Chrome Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. Her loved ones stated she has anxiety about driving long distances and prefers to stay close to home. Her son says her home was her pride and joy and she was constantly remodeling and maintaining a beautiful backyard. She was very handy, a fantastic gardener and interior/exterior designer. She had recently ended a two-year long relationship. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Johnny Lee Thompson – 2019 | Independence, Missouri | Still missing Black 2017 Ford F-150 with the Kansas license plate number 654LXU | Johnny, 45, was last seen leaving a friend’s house in Independence, MO on July 6th, 2019. Johnny apparently had a heated discussion with someone on the phone before he left. His phone GPS was tracked to the area of Linwood and Indiana in Kansas City, MO, and his phone was later found near the Central Avenue Viaduct Bridge. His job involved going into homes of people with developmental disabilities. He would teach and help them with basic life activities like showering, cooking and managing their medication. According to his sister, he didn’t really have a home, and he was a hard worker. == Search Efforts == In 2022, two sonar search individuals (Exploring with Nug and Adam Brown Adventures on Youtube) searched for him on the Missouri River. In 2024, sonar search group AWP scanned the Missouri River and Kansas River in search of several missing persons with vehicles in the area. Starting at Kaw Point and moving up river a mile until just past the 670 bridge, several vehicles were found including four jeeps, two blazers, and two mini vans as well as a barge. The Riverfront Park Boat Ramp to Kaw Point was also searched, with two vehicles found and dove on, one being a jeep, the other a 70s Ford Granada style hubcap was the only identifier. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Manuel Elias Oliveras – 2019 | Willows, California | Drove a White 2013 Mercedes-Benz CLS550 with FL license plate B2LEK | Manuel, 30, was last seen in Glenn County, CA on June 16th, 2019. He had traveled from Florida to CA for business purposes, and when he arrived he stopped communicating with his family. He stayed at a hotel in Willows, CA on August 24, 2019. Some sources state this location as his last known, it is also in Glenn County. Other sources online, at the time of this addition, state that his vehicle’s last LPR hit was on June 3, 2019 in Beverly Hills, CA. And that he was last seen by family in Tampa, FL on June 16, 2019. It was also said that his family received a text from him that they should contact police if they stopped hearing from him. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Terrence Lamar Bledsoe – 2019 | Memphis, Tennessee | Gold 1998 Buick Lesabre with MS plates PAY104 | Terrence, 39, was last seen on May 26th, 2019 and reported missing out of Memphis, TN. He left his ex-girlfriend’s house in his vehicle. Investigators believe that he is alive and well. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Ashley Hunter – 2019 | Cheraw, South Carolina | Driving a Gray four-door 2008 Honda Civic Del Sol. | Ashley, 36, was last seen in Cheraw, SC on September 24th, 2019. |
| Brion Gregory Dean – 2019 | Elkton, Maryland | Drives a cream colored Mitsubishi Galant with Delaware license plates 168033 | Brion, 28, was last seen March 1st, 2019 leaving his residence in Elkton, MD. His workplace stated that he had “called out” for that Friday. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| John Peter Castle – 2019 | El Dorado Hills, California | May be missing with a Black 2000 Triumph motorcycle with a missing seat and CA plates. | John, 63, was last known to be in El Dorado Hills, CA on February 8th, 2019. He may be in the United States or British Columbia, Canada and he may be in need of medical attention. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Scott Morgan Wainwright – 2018 | San Diego, California | Still missing Red Ford Explorer with the CA license plate number 4GUH958. | Scott, 54, was last seen in San Diego, CA on September 26th, 2018. |
| Jason Carl Crisler – 2018 | 1330 Chopin Ct S, Murfreesboro, Tennessee | May be driving a Maroon and red Ford Taurus. | Jason, 49, was last seen leaving work in Murfreesboro, TN on May 10th, 2018. He was facing charges and may have left home as a result. On the 12th, his wife got a letter in the mail that implied he would harm himself; Jason wrote he was “taking the coward’s way out.” He does have a permit to carry a concealed gun and may have the gun with him. |
| Jorge Medina-Cobarrubias – 2018 | Miami, Florida | 1996 Ford F-150 with the FL license plate number CZNU97. Registered as a white truck, it is in fact green in color. | Jorge was last seen in Miami, FL on August 22nd, 2018. He’d been living in the area with roommates for years and had no known relatives. He suddenly disappeared, leaving all his belongings behind except his truck. It’s registered as a white truck, but it is said to be green in color. The person who reported him missing said they’d gotten a call from him after his disappearance. Jorge reportedly told this person he had gone to Mexico, selling his truck in Texas on the way. |
| Tammy Arthur & Chad Michael Peters – 2018 | Laredo, Texas | Silver metallic four-door 2018 Honda Civic Del Sol with the TX license plate number KWB0872 | Tammy, 38, disappeared with her boyfriend, Chad Peters in Laredo, Mexico. In early November, Tammy told loved ones through text messages that she and Chad were in Laredo for his work. They lived in Corpus Christi, Texas. Tammy reported their vehicle had been stolen with their identification inside it and she planned to go back to TX. However, without identification it would be difficult or impossible for either of them to travel legally across the border back to the United States. The vehicle theft has not been confirmed. The FBI reported that the couple were seen crossing back and forth from Texas into Mexico, the last crossing being into Mexico on the 7th of November, and appeared to be moving to Mexico because in the video of their crossing, the car was full of their belongings. However, when Tammy called her children’s stepmother on the 9th, she said she was in Bruni, TX. The November 9th, 2018 call was the last time anyone heard from either her or Chad. Chad had a union job as an electrical lineman. He had moved to Corpus Christi from Ohio a few months earlier. |
| Nancy Troche-Garcia – 2018 | Asheboro, North Carolina | Still missing Burgundy 2001 Chevrolet Impala with the NC license plate number DFD2191 | Nancy, 28, was last seen in Asheboro, NC on May 20th, 2018. She had attended a kids birthday party with her daughter the day before, on Saturday, and everything seemed fine according to her friends. On Sunday, she stopped at the home of her ex-boyfriend in the 300 block of East Balfour Avenue and dropped off their 6 month old baby. She then went to her ex-boyfriend’s sister’s home and asked her to help take care of the baby, as she said was going to go to Mexico because her mother was sick. She has never been heard from again. Her family does not believe she would abandon her daughter willingly, she was a dedicated mother, her baby had been born premature and she was still breastfeeding. Investigators could not find evidence of foul play. Nancy was born in Mexico along with four siblings. She relocated to the Asheboro area in 2011 or 2012 with her fiancé. Her marriage did not last long and after her divorce she got her U.S. citizenship. At the time, she had worked at a local furniture factory for almost three years. By 2018 she was living in her own apartment and had recently gone through a breakup with the father of her child. She has a small tattoo on her ring finger. == Search Efforts == Three days later, her coworker contacted police when she failed to show up for work for a few days. Authorities conducted a welfare check and found no sign of her. When Nancy’s family in Mexico were contacted, authorities learned her mother was not actually sick, that Nancy had not returned to Mexico, and that her family was unaware that she planned to return. She did make a few calls after her disappearance, including calls to an out-of-state phone number. No evidence was found that her car ever crossed the border into Mexico, or that she took a flight from the local airport, either. Interviews were conducted with her ex-boyfriend, his family, and her friends and family. Her mother Maria has traveled to Asheboro several times, meeting with detectives at the Asheboro Police Department in search of answers. She hopes a $7,000 reward for information leading to her daughter’s whereabouts will help encourage people to come forward. In January 2020, detectives gained access to Nancy’s Google account, which showed that she used Google Maps to get to a car dealership in Madison, NC on the day she disappeared. Unfortunately that lead went cold, with nothing of evidentiary value being found at the dealership. In January 2019, Nancy’s Google account was logged into at a location about 30 miles from her hometown in Mexico where her mother still lived. Detectives contacted authorities in Mexico to check out the location, but had no success. |
| Paul Michael Davis – 2018 | Baltimore, Maryland | Last seen driving a Black 2014 Kia Soul with a Maryland tag # 6BP0570. | Paul, 41, was last seen on March 26th, 2018, driving in the area of the 3900 block of Brooklyn Avenue, Baltimore MD. Family and friends are concerned about his well-being. Date Added: 5/27/24 |
| Justin Allen Weech – 2018 | Davie, Florida | Listed with his case is a Maroon and Red 2000 Suzuki Motorcycle with FL plates MBDA15. | Justin, 32, was last seen at his residence located in Davie, FL sometime around October 2nd, 2018. Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Raymond L. Ocasio – 2018 | Ashland, Wisconsin | Still missing Gray 2013 Honda Civic with WI license plate ABU7748 | On September 23rd, 2018 at about 6 p.m., Raymond, 47, was last seen at his brothers home in Ashland, Wisconsin according to his wife. Police say he was alone when he left. He is thought to have had his wallet with around $20 in cash, papers in his car from his paper route, and he had two cell phones in his name which were last pinged on Farm Rd. in Ashland before being shut off. Raymond’s wife told police that he has never disappeared before. She has a medical condition that causes her white blood cell count to go very low, and she can become gravely ill very quickly. Because of this Raymond was seldom far away. She cautioned police that her husband had prior ties with the Spanish Cobras gang in the Milwaukee area. A week before his disappearance, he and his wife had made a short trip to Milwaukee to visit relatives. She doubted he would have headed back that way so soon. Around 2013, Raymond and his wife came to Ashland from Milwaukee looking for a fresh start, to sever ties with the gang Raymond was affiliated with and to get him clean from his drug abuse. They also wanted to help out his wife’s two daughters, both single mothers. Since their arrival, Raymond managed to stay out of trouble, besides a few traffic tickets and a citation for having a nuisance dog or cat. It was a big change from the long string of arrests for shoplifting and an eviction that he had accumulated in Milwaukee. Arrests made, according to his wife, to support his drug habit. He is thought to have changed his ways, he had been doing ministry work, offering his own life as an example of how people could change the direction of their lives. The couple supported themselves at a variety of jobs, including Raymond working as newspaper carriers for the Daily Press. At the time, he worked as a carrier for the Duluth News Tribune. He is said to have loved his job, and he was a good speaker. He was also described as always seeming happy, smiley and enthusiastic. He was an outspoken person, someone easy to connect with. In 2008, Raymond had been involved in a serious car accident which he never fully recovered from, it left him with a tendency to be forgetful. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Nigel Prather Ennels – 2018 | Danville, Virginia | May be driving a Black 2013 Toyota Camry with the North Carolina license plate number PJV6810 | Nigel, 46, was last seen in Danville, VA on August 17th, 2018. He was not reported missing until 10/3/2018. His residence may have been in Charlotte, North Carolina. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adam Brown and Jeremy Sides searched the Dan River around Abreu Grogan Park, around Camilla Williams Park, and the boat ramp at the Anglers Park Rugby Sports Complex. https://youtu.be/ZrtBqJeT0EA?feature=shared Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Jamie Marie Burnsed White – 2018 | Jackson, Mississippi | Still missing White 2004 Chevrolet Suburban with MS tag RGT464. Registered to her ex-boyfriend Christopher Curtis, who hasn’t spoken to her since July of 2018. | Jamie, 32, has not been seen or heard from since August 5th, 2018 and was reported missing out of Jackson, MS. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Alvaro Omar Guerrero-Lavander – 2018 | Tucson, Arizona | Gray 2010 Hyundai Sonata with the AZ license plate number BXN3173 | Alvaro, 46, was last seen in Tucson, AZ on May 11th, 2018. His vehicle was sighted going through the Nogales, AZ port of entry that same day, but Alvaro didn’t appear to be inside it. He is considered missing under suspicious circumstances. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Alejandro Diaz – 2018 | Chula Vista, California | May be driving a Gray 2005 Chevrolet Silverado four-door pickup truck. | Alejandro, 21, was last seen en route from Chula Vista, CA to Los Angeles, CA on April 17th, 2018. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Manuel Nolasco Duran – 2018 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Still missing Gold 2005 Chevrolet Astro van with the HI license plate number RRY208 Still missing Turquoise Kayak | Manuel “Noli” Duran, 56, was last seen in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 3rd, 2018. He left work to start a vacation; and was due to return in Jan 2019. Manuel told a coworker he was going to the Philippines to visit his girlfriend and daughter. He planned to travel there by kayak and estimated the 5,000-mile journey would take thirty days. He purchased supplies in anticipation of his journey. He never arrived in the Philippines and never returned home. He has never been heard from again. He is considered lost at sea. Date Added: 8/31/22 |
| Kyle Leigh Art – 2018 | Portland, Oregon | Driving a Red Honda Fit, license # 456FVB | Kyle, 47, was last seen on March 31st, 2018 in Portland, OR. He may travel to Rhododendron, OR or to Idaho. He may be hiking or camping in a wilderness area. Date Added: 8/29/22 |
| Kevin Charles McDonald – 2018 | Mooresville, North Carolina | Multiple vehicles are listed in his case, including a Black 2000 or 2001 Lincoln Town Car, a 2001 Lincoln Continental with NC plate ZE8837, a 1998 Chrysler with NC plate ZXY2225, and a Black 2000 Lincoln Town Car Limo with NC plate TE82236. | Kevin, 60, was last seen on March 7th, 2018 in Mooresville, NC. A coworker stated Kevin always came to work as a transportation driver for guests at a hotel 4-5 times a week. His landlord stated Kevin was due to be evicted, but moved out on his own about 3 weeks prior to his disappearance. He does not have a forwarding address and the last phone number for him is not receiving calls/not a working number. Few details can be found in this case, vehicle status unclear. == Search Efforts == In 2024, Chaos Divers searched Lake Norman with sonar. Date Added: 8/21/24 |
| Jason Carl Hoffman – 2018 | Bensalem, Pennsylvania | Last known to drive a Green 2006 Mini Cooper, PA plate # KDX4948 | Jason, 45, was reported missing by his family on January 13th, 2018 from Bensalem, PA. He was due to travel to Delaware that Saturday but never arrived at his destination. == Search Efforts == In late 2023, two YouTuber and sonar search groups scanned a section of the Delaware river. Multiple unrelated vehicles were located. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnt-mj1XFn4 Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Jose Francisco Canales – 2018 | Harrah, Washington | May be driving a Gray 1994 Ford Ranger single cab pickup truck with the WA license plate B53351T. There may be a green 2018 Polaris 450HO four-wheeler in the bed of the truck; it has the vehicle identification number (VIN) 4XASEA509JA252860. | Jose, 43, was last seen on July 6th, 2018 at a business in Harrah, WA. He made a phone call to his boss on the 7th where he told him he was not going to make it into work. |
| Kalieb Keith Pitts – 2018 | Clarksville, Arkansas | Still missing White 1997 Ford Ranger stepside extended cab pickup truck with a dent in the driver’s side door. The vehicle isn’t registered to him, License plate unknown. Pitts had been known to take license plates from other vehicles and put it on the truck. | Kalieb, 29, was last seen in Coal Hill, Arkansas on February 20th, 2018. He was last known to be driving a white 1997 Ford Ranger stepside extended cab pickup truck with a dent in the driver’s side door. The vehicle isn’t registered to him and the license plate number is unknown; he had been known to take license plates from other vehicles and put it on the truck. He never picked up his last paycheck and has never been heard from again. He lived in Clarksville. == Search Efforts == Around January 2024 Adam Brown and Jeremy searched the Arkansas River for him and Kalieb Keith Pitts, starting from Spadra Park Boat ramp, then the west boat ramp, the marina, the S Crawford St Bridge, Cane Creek public boat ramp, the Horsehead creek boat ramp and a small ramp at the end of Red Oak Rd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_hWH6M7X3Q |
| Jose DeJesus Pereda Alarcon – 2018 | Riverton, Wyoming | Still missing White 2002 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck single-cab with WY license plate 1018870 | Jose, 70, was last seen on south Federal Boulevard in Riverton, WY at 11:30 a.m. on September 5th, 2018. He may have been en route to the landfill on Sand Draw Road, south of town. Jose is a diabetic. He also suffers from memory loss and may be confused or disoriented. |
| Pearl “Moses” Washington – 2017 | Tylertown, Mississippi | Still missing white 1996 Mercury Van with gold trim on the bottom, MS tag WLC795 and the vehicle identification number (VIN) 4M2DV11WXTDJ35439. | Pearl, 63, was last seen on August 30th, 2017 feeding his cats outside his residence at 119 D Magee Badon Road in Tylertown, MS. Pearl is mentally disabled, and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, he did not have his medications with him at the time he went missing. Date Added: 3/17/25 |
| Billy Shane Jenkins – 2017 | Wagoner, Oklahoma | Still missing Green 2014 Chevrolet Camaro with OK plate BIU506. The tag expired in 2017 and has not been renewed or transferred. The vehicle does not appear to have been bought, sold, or traded. | Billy, 42, was living with his parents in the Wagoner, OK area until late 2017 when he left home after a dispute and said he was going on vacation. Records show he had a law enforcement interaction for a traffic infraction by West Siloam Springs Police Department in Nov 2017. The last known contact with Billy was by his sister who talked to him on the phone around January 1st, 2018. He was reported missing in 2019 to the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Alex Simons and Sidney Robillard – 2017 | Cranbrook, British Columbia | Still missing Aircraft, a PA-28-161 Warrior II (C-GDTK). | On June 8th, 2017, Alex and Sidney, 21 and 24, disappeared on their flight to their hometown in Kamloops from Cranbrook, British Columbia, where they refueled. Alex was piloting the plane. They departed around 3 p.m. and were supposed to land at 4 p.m. They originally took off from Lethbridge, Alta. Alex was a recent graduate of Excel Flight Training. A thunderstorm rolled through the area shortly after the plane departed and weather may have been a factor in the disappearance. |
| Billy R. Corbitt – 2017 | Camden, New Jersey | Driving a 2005 Ford 500 with a temporary license plate M0007896. | Billy Corbitt, 39, was reported missing from the 400 block of Trenton Avenue, Camden, NJ. He was last seen February 4th, 2017. He is known to frequent the 800 block of Spruce Street and the 600-800 blocks of Line Street. Date Added: 12/19/23 |
| Jerry Allen Furnia – 2017 | Schuyler Falls, New York | Gray 2005 dodge neon with NY license plate HHM8990. It had paint chipping on the fender of the drivers side. | Jerry, 50, left Schuyler Falls, NY on June 21st, 2017. He left with personal items from residence. Date Added: 6/11/24 |
| Sheryl Davenport – 2017 | Hercules, California | Two vehicle’s are listed with her case, a rented Gray 2017 Nissan Sentra with CA license plate 7YFC597 and a gold 2016 Hyundai Elantra with CA license plate 7PFC053. It’s unknown which one is missing, if any. | Sheryl, 55, was supposed to work on the morning of November 22nd, 2017 delivering newspapers. She did not deliver any newspapers and has not been heard from since. She was last spoken to by her boss, and was reported missing out of Hercules, CA. As of June 2024, she is still confirmed to be missing. |
| Jonathan Alan Hamby – 2017 | Mishawaka, Indiana | Still missing Black 2006 BMW 530I with the IN license plate # XJU691 | Jonathan, 37, was last seen in Mishawaka, IN on February 26th, 2017. He had been staying at a friend’s house for a few days and then he came home, showered, and had a meal with his parents. He said he was going out but would be back that night. He cherished his car, which is also still missing. He left his clothes and money behind, and he hasn’t accessed his bank account or used his credit cards since his disappearance. His family stated there was no sign he was planning to leave and “everything just went silent.” Prior to his disappearance, Jonathan had problems with substance abuse, depression and anxiety, and had multiple jail stays. He lost his driver’s license due to drunk driving charges. However, he had started to turn his life around. He had taken a job with Rob Staley, a former school principal and friend of his family, and got his license back. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adam Brown (Adam Brown Adventures) and Jeremy Sides (Exploring with Nug) searched the St. Joseph River with sonar. A pond was also searched visually where a vehicle was discovered on Google Earth by Shelly of Sunshine State Sonar. The vehicle was not Jonathan’s. (41°39’38″N 86°06’34″W) Later that year, Doug Bishop, of AWP at the time, searched a pond on E Douglas Rd with sonar. (41°42’35.62″N 86°10’11.31″W) He also searched the St. Joseph River. In 2024, I located a truck on Google Earth in a pond on Fir Rd behind the Covenant Christian school, it was removed. |
| Gary Lee McConnell and Laura McMillen – 2017 | Joplin, Missouri | May be driving a 1998 Chevy 2 door passenger vehicle (possibly a Monte Carlo) with a MO license plate AF9Y3E. | Gary, 72, was last seen in Joplin, MO on July 20th, 2017. He was initially listed as possibly missing with Laura McMillen (NamUs MP #39471). Her Namus page has since been removed. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Jennifer Erin Pagel – 2017 | Olympia, Washington | Listed with her case is a Black and Gold 2011 Mini Cooper/Cooper-S (Year of make is an estimate, tag number may be ZWY2294) | Jennifer, 38, was last known be near the Olympia, WA area on December 29th, 2017. She has ties to North Carolina and had recently traveled to Colorado, Oregon, and Northern California. Date Added: 12/10/24 |
| Jimmy Lee Isom – 2017 | Asheboro, North Carolina | Driving a silver Dodge Charger with tinted windows | Jimmy, 36, was last seen on Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 at his home at 650 Cable Creek Road in Asheboro, NC. The day before, he was seen driving a vehicle, is unknown if it belonged to him, or if it has ever been found. He was known to friends as Lee Brady. Authorities believe he was the victim of a homicide. Date Added: 5/9/24 |
| Michael Louis Wood – 2017 | Tacoma, Washington | Still missing Blue 1997 Ford Ranger with WA plates B46662V | Michael, 62, was last seen in Tacoma, Washington on January 15th, 2017. He left to travel to Grayland, WA but never arrived. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Clarence Page Johnson – 2017 | Okeechobee, Florida | Last seen getting into his White or silver 2014 Kia Soul with FL tag: 200WFE. | Clarence, 65, took a taxi cab from Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce to Okeechobee County, FL on January 29th, 2017. His home may have been at 121 Country Club Dr #204 Lake Placid, FL in Highlands County. Date Added: 1/2/24 |
| Rebecca Ann Jamason – 2017 | Strickland Lane, Youngsville, North Carolina | Still missing silver 1999 Volkswagen Jetta with NC license plate EEL5518 | Rebecca was last seen in the area of Nipper Ln, off of Strickland Lane in Youngsville, NC on March 23rd, 2017. Her last known direction of travel was towards Louisburg, NC to do some shopping. == Search Efforts == Almost a month after her disappearance, officials reached out to the public for information. Vern of Helo&Sub conducted searches for her starting in 2023, scanning bodies of water with sonar including several ponds in the area, checking wooded areas with drones, and bodies of water along four possible routes from Nipper Lane to Louisville, as well as other routes to friend’s homes. The primary route she would have taken according to family would have taken her across an old bridge and dam at Cliftons Pond where several accidents have happened in the past, the western side of the bridge was searched. The pond next to the American Legion post at 1638 Mc Wilder Rd, Louisburg, NC was searched with sonar as well as Cliftons pond. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Christina Cherise Ramirez – 2017 | Sacramento, California | She may be driving a 1987 Champ motor home with the CA license plate 6WAK728, or a green 2001 Honda with the CA license plates 7RTK878. Her boyfriend is mentioned as having been following her driving the RV. | Christina, 39, was last seen by her mother at her residence in Sacramento County, CA on or about October 5th, 2017. Christina was arrested on the 6th of August, 2017 and continued to stay in touch with her family until October. At that time, her living situation may have changed, her relationship may have ended and her presence on social media was no longer active. She had a tumor removed in 2015/2016 which resulted in an abdominal scar. She has multiple tattoos and a large distinctive mole above her lip on the right side of her face. Date Added: 7/11/24 |
| Michael B. Carty – 2017 | Cape May Court House, Middle Township, New Jersey | Still missing white 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, NJ license # N40EUF. | Michael, 50, was reported missing from Middle Township, NJ on March 19th, 2017. A License Plate Reader captured Michael’s vehicle registration number at approximately 2:30 p.m. that day in Middle Township. Family members contacted police when they received a disturbing email from Michael. He suffers from Huntington’s Disease, which can cause cognitive and psychiatric disorders. Police said he made suicidal statements to his family involving the bay before he went missing. Michael had attempted suicide six weeks prior and was found in the woods in Cumberland County. == Search Efforts == At the time, authorities were concerned with a few locations including the Maurice River Bridge, and CRW off of back neck road in Bridgeton. In early 2023, Doug Bishop (of Adventures with Purpose at the time) searched several locations including the Maurice River Bridge, CRW, Mosquito Landing, Jakes Landing, Cape May Canal, a location in Avalon. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Bassel Lutfi – 2017 | Scotts Valley, California | May be missing with a Gray 2005 Toyota Sequoia Scion with CA plate 5JZU565 | Bassel, 25, was last contacted on May 5th, 2017 in Scotts Valley, CA where he resided at 680 Lockewood Ln. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Johnson Nguyen, Dan Nguyen, Anesi Sauta, Tony Sysavanh – 2017 | Trinity County, California | Still missing rented silver 2015 Jeep Cherokee with the CA license plate # 7UGP903 | Johnson, 32, Dan, 33, Anesi, 28, and Tony, 31, were last seen together on May 16th, 2017 in Trinity County, California. The vehicle they left in, a rented silver 2015 Jeep Cherokee with the CA license plate number 7UGP903, is also still missing. Despite having the same last name, Dan and Johnson are not related. Dan is Anesi’s brother-in-law, and Johnson and Tony were mutual friends. The men initially left Orange County in southern CA on the 15th. They were en route to northern CA, but the reason for the trip is unclear; they were going to pick something up from a friend, look for agricultural work or look at a property to purchase. Anesi called his wife the day they disappeared and said they’d arrived at their destination. According to phone records and witness statements, they were in the Barry Creek area at the time. The men’s cellphones were used in the Stockton, CA area on the 18th and 19th. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Gabriel Fonseca-Garcia – 2017 | Fresno, California | May be driving a Blue 1985 Ford F-150 pickup truck | Gabriel, 24, was last seen at a storage facility in Fresno, CA on October 19th, 2017. Fresno was also the location of his last cellular phone ping. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Shaila Jiwani Noormohamed – 2017 | Big Spring, Texas | Still missing Green 2001 Ford Ranger long-bed pickup truck with a broken passenger window and the TX license plate # AH20963 | Shaila, 59, left her residence on 7/13/2017, supposedly to get ice cream. By some sources she was last seen at a service station in Big Spring, TX at 1:30 p.m. on July 14th, 2017. At the time of her disappearance, she was looking forward to the return of her son, who had spent seven years serving overseas with the Marines. He was due to come back to the U.S. seventeen days after she went missing. Although police stated there is no evidence of foul play in her case, her family is concerned for her safety. She does have a history of mental illness. In 2018 a $10,000 cash reward was offered for information. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Melissa Blaise – 2017 | Louiseville, QC, Canada | Still missing Black Toyota Corolla registered Y70 FAD. | Mélissa, 34, mysteriously disappeared on the night of November 2nd, 2017, after leaving a bar in Louiseville, Canada, a 30 minute drive from her home in the small town of Yamachice. That evening, Mélissa had left home after arguing with her husband at about 7:30 pm. She drove about 10km (~6 miles) to Louiseville, to the since-closed popular bar La Terrasse to play some poker with friends, where she won $100. Shortly before midnight, she texted her husband to let him know she’d won and was going to relax with a beer. She then went to the bar La Brassette L’ami, before going to the bar across the street called Les 2 Dés (also since closed). She left this bar at ~2:15am by foot and this was the time she was officially reported missing. All three bars are located on the main/high street. The first bar is on the same side as the road to Yamachiche and the two other bars are located on the other side of a bridge. (Map with all 3 bars) https://maps.app.goo.gl/LrTxQ8n23xCzSLKh7 She was a mother of two, a real estate agent and she worked at a bar in Berthierville. == Search Efforts == Initially, ground and water searches were conducted. Police divers used sonar equipment on waterways in the Mauricie region in central Quebec, including the St. Lawrence River and Rivière du Loup. Atleast 4 vehicles were located but none were hers. Searches were called off two weeks later as the weather worsened. A $5,000 reward put up by the local Sun Youth gave the case new momentum according to a 2018 article. Command posts were set up inviting anyone with information to stop by. Police believe finding her black Toyota Corolla, could help them solve the case. |
| Kenneth Harold Hughes – 2017 | Yuba City, California | May be driving a Red 1999 Ford Explorer with the CA license plate number 6RSS261. | Kenneth, 35, was last seen in Yuba City, CA on October 19th, 2017. |
| Georgia Patricia Brown and Karam Brown – 2017 | Port St. Lucie, Florida | Silver 2003 Toyota Camry with the FL license plate number ENSQ75. | Georgia, 48, disappeared with her son, Karam Govens, 8. She left her mother’s home in Port St. Lucie, Florida on September 22nd, 2017. She had been living in Parkland, FL, but moved in with her mother because of some marital problems. According to her mother, Georgia got a phone call that night, and seemed “very distressed, frightened” and in a hurry afterwards. She and Karam left at 12:30 a.m., officers were told that she was commuting from Port St. Lucie to take her son to Parkland but they never arrived. Her mother reported her missing three days later. Since her disappearance, Georgia’s cell phone has been turned off. The account of their disappearance is different on Namus, which states that they were last seen at Port Everglades after being picked up on a boat by a man Georgia was seeing. A felony warrant for interference with custody was issued for Georgia on November 28, 2017. She and Karam were known to be in Broward County, FL after they disappeared, but their current whereabouts and well-being are unknown. Despite the warrant for Georgia’s arrest, her mother stated it’s completely uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning and she fears her daughter and grandson met with foul play. Georgia is a graduate of Hofstra University and was employed as social worker and Karam was a fourth-grade student in Parkland at the time of their disappearance. |
| David Michael Roberts – 2017 | East Hartford, Connecticut | May be driving a Blue 2006 Ford Mustang with the CT license plate number AG47808. | David, 38, was last seen in East Hartford, CT on December 25th, 2017. He normally contacts his family every day, but they haven’t heard from him since the day before his disappearance, and his phone is either turned off or the battery has died. David may be in need of medical attention for unspecified reasons. |
| Chriscinda Joy Stephens – 2017 | Jacksonville, Florida | Known to drive a Tan/gold Ford Explorer with a Georgia license plate. May have damage to the driver’s side door and tail light, window may also be broken | Chriscinda, 39, was last seen June 1st, 2017 in Jacksonville, FL. A family member reported her missing on the 9th and the investigation into her whereabouts has led officers to be concerned about her safety. Chriscinda has a history of leaving the area from time to time, but she would always keep in touch with her family when she did. The last person known to have seen her is Danny Vidal, who has a felony record and is considered armed and dangerous. Date Added: 9/28/22 |
| Dewey Dountain Shawver III – 2016 | St. Maries, Idaho | May be driving a maroon 2006 Ford F-350 pickup truck with the ID license plate number KV2800. There was a large slip fuel tank in the bed. | Dewey “Duke” Shawver, 56, was last seen in St. Maries, ID on November 19th, 2016. His last contact was a text message he sent to his wife from the Seattle, Washington area. The police canceled his missing person’s report on 12/11/2016, after someone claiming to be a friend of his called the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office on his behalf and said that he was fine and wanted to be alone for awhile. Duke never contacted his family, however, and the Shoshone sheriff’s deputy who spoke to the caller couldn’t remember the caller’s identity, so they reopened the missing persons investigation in 6/2017. |
| Darwyn Lee Hope – 2016 | Boise, Idaho | Still missing Silver 2003 Pontiac Bonneville with the ID license plate number 1A7478F. | Darwyn, 92, was last seen leaving his home in Boise, Idaho on July 11th, 2016. Besides his car, the only other items he is believed to have taken are his glasses and his wallet with his driver’s license and debit card. He had a surgery scheduled for the 14th to fix a painful medical condition, which brought on severe depression and made it so he couldn’t drive for longer than 30 minutes at a time. He’d been in and out of the ER for 3 weeks up to his disappearance. The surgery was unexpectedly canceled that day, as he needed clearance from his cardiologist. The night before he went missing, his son Mike asked his brother Dale to visit him and try to lift his spirits. Dale arrived at 6 p.m. and stayed until 9 p.m. Darwyn spoke of his suicidal thoughts, but Dale left feeling convinced that his father would hold out for surgery. The next day, Mike arrived at his home around 2:30 p.m. and found him missing. The clothes he was wearing the night before were there, and his bed looked slept in, so he believes his father left that morning. Darwyn left behind his cellphone, medications, hearing aids, cane, and 300-400 in cash fanned out on top of his washer. Police were called. His sons later found out he paid two bills due the following month before he left. Darwyn enjoyed visiting McCall, ID and would make a few trips a year to Jackpot, ID, but he was predictable and would always tell his sons of his plans. Other than that, he traveled locally to Walmart, Albertsons, and his sons homes for barbecues, but always wanted to be home before dark. About a month before, he was in the area of Horseshoe Bend and Black Canyon Reservoir with one of his sons. He was a postman for over 35 years, has four sons, and lived alone since his wife Margaret died in 1999. Her passing depressed him extremely, but he had a new lease on life when he got his pacemaker the next year. Every Saturday for the previous 15 years he would get breakfast with two of his sons at the Capri Restaurant in Boise. Growing up, they traveled often. == Search Efforts == In 2017, investigators suspected his sons helped Darwyn take his life and then disposed of his body. They deny this and maintain their innocence. Dale drove from Boise to Jackpot, NV looking down every side street for his father. Seargent Briggs of the Ada County Dive Team took sonar up to the area of the boat launches in Black Canyon. He was unable to check every spot, but was confident there were no vehicles near any of the boat launches. AWP checked the Black Canyon Reservoir when it was at a low level around the year 2022. Lucky Peak Reservoir and Lake Lowell were also searched. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Luis Baldomero Zuniga – 2016 | Stockton, California | He may be driving a green 2000 Ford Mustang; it had the California license plate 4YBS644, but those plates were removed and replaced with an unknown dealer’s paper plate. | Luis, 40, was last seen on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 in Stockton, CA. Luis has a long history of mental illness. He may use the last name Zuniga-Sauceda. At the time of his disappearance, he was estranged from his family. It is unclear who reported him missing to authorities. Date Added: 6/9/24 |
| Jay Flekier – 2016 | Leawood, Kansas | May be driving a Black four-door 2009 Cadillac CTS with KS license tag 883BFH. | Jay, 58, was last seen on June 7th, 2016 in Leawood, KS. His mom was laid to rest that day and he did not attend the funeral, which was to be had the next day at 10:30 a.m. at the Louis Memorial Chapel. Jay would seldom travel more than a few miles from home, and there is concern that he is without medication which he would take daily. He was last seen wearing a neon green jacket, black athletic shorts with white trim, sandals and a white headband. Date Added: 3/3/2024 |
| Ines M. Quintanilla – 2016 | 1900 South Dixie Highway in Miami, Florida | Driving Red 2010 Nissan Xterra with the FL license plate number AKJV56, VIN 5N1AN0NUXAC526858. | Ines, 69, was last seen in the 1900 block of south Dixie Highway in Miami, FL on December 16th, 2016. Namus places her last known location as Homestead, FL. |
| Janson Alex Brewer and Daniel Joe Braden – 2016 | St. Joseph, Tennessee | Still missing Silver and black 1994 Ford Ranger with a stepside bed. | Janson, 27, and a friend, Daniel “Shawn” Braden, 44, left St. Joseph, TN on August 19th, 2016. They were en route to Florida. The purpose of the trip is unclear; they may have gone fishing, or may have gone to go pick up a vehicle. They may have stopped at a mall in Florence, Alabama at 2:00 p.m. on the 20th. They apparently never arrived in FL and have never been heard from again. They were reported missing on the 19th. Daniel has ties to eastern Tennessee and to Panama City Beach, FL. The circumstances of their disappearance are unclear, but Janson’s family believes they were murdered. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Donald Stofko Jr – 2016 | Lynwood, Illinois | Still missing Black 2003 Kia Spectra with IL license plates V138803. | Donald, 53, left his home in Dolton, IL on November 16th, 2016 at about 3:40 a.m. His vehicle was spotted on video surveillance at around 4 a.m. driving east on route 30 in Lynwood. He was headed to work at a Speedway Gas Station in Merrillville, Indiana which is consistent with the direction he was seen traveling. Donald is known to take seizure medication. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Rafael Sanchez – 2016 | Mercedes, Texas | Driving a Red 2016 Nissan Versa | Rafael, 79, was last seen on November 7th, 2016. He was possibly en route to Mexico. Date Added: 1/10/24 |
| Melissa G. Robbins – 2016 | Waynesboro, Virginia | May be driving a Gray 2013 Honda with the VA license plate number VMB8058. | Melissa, 32, was last seen in Waynesboro, VA around July 5th, 2016. Her sister in California reported her missing on 8/19, six weeks after she was last seen. |
| Tyler Jay Augustin – 2016 | Ardmore, Oklahoma | White 2014 Chevrolet Spark with the Texas license plate number DMY6775 | Tyler was last seen when he sold some items to a Gamestop store in Ardmore, OK on March 20th, 2016. He disappeared with his mother, Kareen, and her Pomeranian dog named Pepper; Pepper was ten or eleven years old at the time. They weren’t reported missing until June, three months after they were last seen. Flower Mound, TX police are investigating Kareen and Tyler’s disappearances; Tyler was a resident of that city. Kareen was a widowed mother and had been evicted in January of that year. As of 3/25 Kareen’s Namus has been removed, no further information is available at this time. |
| Edward Todd Thornburg – 2016 | Ringgold, Georgia | Still missing Gray 1997 Saturn SL sedan with TN plate A8418T and one front fender missing. | Edward, 35, was last seen on February 9th, 2016 in Ringgold, Georgia. He had been at his parents’ house where he recently moved to from Cleveland, Tennessee. He had taken a shower and left with a pocket full of cash. |
| Daniel M. Langholff – 2016 | Springfield, Missouri | May have been driving a 1993 Mercury Topaz or a blue 1990s Ford Taurus. | Daniel, 58, was last seen in Springfield, MO on July 1st, 2016. He may be experiencing unspecified mental health challenges. Date Added: 12/12/24 |
| Carlos Martinez – 2016 | Rosamond, California | Driving a White 2012 Nissan Frontier crew cab pickup truck with the CA license plate number 8XT3227 | Carlos, 75, was last heard from on November 23rd, 2016. He was last seen in Rosamond, CA on the 16th at 4:30 p.m. leaving home. Carlos lived with his niece at the time of his disappearance and had said something to her about needing to speak to his boss to see if he had to work that day; his dementia had made him forget that he was retired. He also suffered from depression. His family was able to contact him by cellular phone for a few days after his disappearance. On the 23rd; he talked to a niece in South Los Angeles, California and said he was on his way there, but he never arrived. It’s unknown where he was at the time of the phone call. It’s possible that he traveled to Tucson, Arizona after his disappearance; he had previously lived there for twenty years. |
| Mark Norman Dantche – 2015 | Calaveras County, California | Still missing Blue 1996 Subaru Legacy or Subaru Outback four-door with the CA license plate number 4YMF103 and a yellow kayak tied on top. The vehicle’s windshield is cracked and the hood is tied down, and it has Michelin tires. | Mark, 45, was last seen in the Rail Road Flat in Calveras County, CA on May 30th, 2015. He called home on his cellular phone at 9:30 p.m.; records show the phone was used in the area of Sheep Ranch Road in Murphys, CA. Prior to his disappearance, Mark had plans to go fishing in the West Point area between Winton Road and Blue Mountain Road. An extensive search has turned up no indication of his whereabouts. |
| Steven James MacKrell – 2015 | 3601 Dixie Hwy, Pompano Beach, Florida | Still missing White 2013 Ford Fusion four-door with a missing rim on the front driver’s side and the license plate number WJ70L | Steven, 25, was last seen on July 30th, 2015 buying snacks at a Valero gas station at 3601 north Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach, FL at 2:32 a.m. Outside the station he had an altercation with an unidentified African-American man who was a passenger in a silver sedan, possibly a Chevrolet Cavalier or Malibu. That car was seen following him as he turned right out of the gas station. Steven’s car is also still missing. Surveillance footage was released showing Steven inside and outside the store, where he appeared to throw something at the silver sedan. The Unidentified male passenger was also shown in the store, authorities hoped finding him would lead to more information. An hour before his last sighting, he had had about five drinks at Lucky’s Tavern. He had plans to immediately meet friends at a Walgreens at Broward Boulevard and Seventh Avenue but he never showed up. Prior to his disappearance, Steven had recently broken up with his girlfriend. He had a one year old daughter, and was working as a professional poker dealer at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. Plantation Police sought to question Steven to see if he was involved in an accident that happened 41 minutes later, at the intersection of Pine Island Road and Peters Road. Police said a pickup truck driven by Patrick Michael Kallman, the son of a veteran BSO deputy, hit a pole by the northbound lanes of Pine Island Road. His longtime girlfriend and passenger, 37-year-old Jennifer Jacon, died after she was ejected. Police say Michael was crawling on the road when at least one vehicle struck him and took off. == Search Efforts == Flyers were posted and surveillance released of his last sighting at the gas station, as well as the Unidentified male he had an altercation with. According to Fort Lauderdale Police’s Casey Liening, detectives never stopped searching over the four years since, “we’ve searched over 195 bodies of water around the Pompano Beach area. We’ve had our dive team out. We’ve had BSO help us search, non-profit groups helping us search.” In July 2024, Sunshine State Sonar continued their search, locating 10 vehicles that were determined to be unrelated. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/owZ2CasrW4acfWNR/ (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Ralph Belvedere and William Bragg – 2015 | Florala, Alabama | Still missing Black 2002 Pontiac Aztek with Indiana plates RPE631 | William “Billy” Dewey Bragg III, 63, and Ralph Belvedere, 62, were friends and neighbors who went missing on October 21st, 2015. Billy lived in the 2800 block of Fairview St. in Anderson, IN and Ralph lived in the 2800 block of Morton St. Ralph’s home was burglarized and his coin collection and vehicle were stolen. There were signs of a struggle and both Ralph and Billy’s blood was found in the house. A man named Eddy Connor is thought to have robbed and killed both men and put their bodies into the car, before driving to his girlfriend’s home in Florala, AL. She described him as acting strangely and he wouldn’t let her near the vehicle. Eddy left her home and returned 3 hours later on foot – the car was never seen again. In June of 2016, Ralph’s stolen coins were sold and Eddy used the money to buy a van. He then robbed a bank in Bowling Green, KY. There was a police chase to Cottontown, TN where Eddy managed to escape on foot and hide out in a nearby house. When the homeowner returned, an altercation ensued and both men were killed. Ralph and Billy are presumed to be deceased and Eddy was the person of interest. It is believed that others have information regarding the deaths. Ralph and Billy’s families are desperate to locate their loved ones and give them a proper burial. A Facebook page was created to help find them: https://www.facebook.com/helpfindralphandbilly/ == Search Efforts == In 2022, Jeremy Sides and Adam Brown, divers and sonar searchers, searched multiple lakes in Anderson for the vehicle they disappeared with. Atleast one vehicle was located but it was unrelated. Date Added: 8/7/22 |
| Patricia Cabrera – 2015 | Centereach Mall, Centereach, New York | Driving a Black 2011 Honda Fit with New York plates CZP4080. | Patricia, 34, was last seen on December 26th, 2014 at around 10 p.m. in Centereach, NY leaving her job at Mama’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant on Middle Country Road. The restaurant’s manager said she had asked for a few days off after Dec 26th, but she was expected to return to work on Dec 30th. She didn’t show up that day, which was not like her, fellow employees say. She is a mother who worked two jobs, her day job being in Deer Park but she was scheduled off from Dec 24 to Jan 5. She was scheduled to pick up her 12 y/o daughter at the airport on Jan 2 at 2 p.m. but never showed up. She lived on Anna Road in Bay Shore. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Bahram Ahanin – 2015 | San Francisco, California | Listed with his case is a Blue 2000 BMW M5 with CA plates 4LFU801. The vehicle was possibly sold in May of 2016 based on online plate records, this needs to be verified. | Bahram, 60, was last seen driving in San Francisco, CA on July 29th, 2015. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| David E. Mugan – 2015 | Versailles, Kentucky | Listed with his case is a Blue 1994 Jeep Cherokee with KY license plate 321AFH. It has a dent in the bumper from hitting a tree, and a bumper sticker that reads, “Horn broken, watch for finger.” Stick shift model. | David, 65, was last heard from on November 9th, 2015 and was reported missing out of Versailles, KY. His wife stated that she returned home on November 23, 2015 after being out of town for two and a half months. She stated that he had been calling her daily until his phone started going to voicemail on the 9th. Date Added: 12/12/24 |
| Garrett Jacob Medina – 2015 | Mission Viejo, California | Still missing Gray Dodge Ram 2500 truck with the CA license plate 68434J1 | Garrett, 34, was last seen when he picked up his truck at a tow yard in Mission Viejo, California on May 18th, 2015. He said he was going to go to Bend, Oregon, where some relatives lived. He apparently never arrived there and has never been heard from again. He was transient at the time of his disappearance. He was known to frequent areas in Newport Beach, San Clemente, and Lake Forest. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Ivan Bello-Amador – 2015 | Indianapolis, Indiana | May be driving a Blue 2009 Chevrolet pickup truck with the Kentucky license plate number 7582FS; registered to Anthony Tipton. | Ivan, 34, was last seen in Indianapolis, IN on July 10th, 2015. He had been out of town the week before and was supposed to go visit his girlfriend and three children at home, but he never arrived. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Marlaquinta McGhee – 2015 | 3900 Ridgedale Street, Memphis, Tennessee | Still missing tan/brown 1999 Ford Contour with tape on the driver’s side window and the TN license plate number 302ZTG | Marlaquinta “Marla” , 25, was last seen in the 3900 block of Ridgedale Street in Memphis, TN on May 12th, 2015. Her mother, Lakenya Twilley, saw her around 6 p.m. when she stopped by with the kids. She was supposed to be dropping them off to spend time with her father (a news article states she was dropping them off to spend time with their father). She was planning on staying for dinner, but told her mother that she was tired and planning on going home. She told her that she loved her before she walked out of the door. It’s uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Since her disappearance she hasn’t used her EBT (electronics benefit transfer) card. That night, Marla’s parents got a call from her children’s father. He said she had hit him in the face after an argument. He called the police, but by the time they arrived she was gone. When her mother tried to call her, she didn’t answer the phone. Marla suffers from mental illness and does not have her medication with her. She worked as a security guard and was last seen wearing her uniform. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Cheryl Anne E. Robin – 2015 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Silver and black 2004 Toyota Corolla with Missouri license plates | Cheryl, 54, was last seen in Baton Rouge, LA on March 30th, 2015. She may have traveled to Columbus, Missouri after her disappearance. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Lee Gregory Snellings – 2015 | Coalboro Rd, Virginia | Yellow 2005 Vento scooter with the VA license plate number 6911P. | Lee, 23, was last seen in Chesterfield, VA on March 12th, 2015. He lived in the 13700 block of Woods Edge Road. On the day of his disappearance, his mother dropped him off in a remote area on Coalboro Road; he was planning to go ride ATVs with his friends. One of his gloves was later found in the Coalboro Road area where he was last seen. Lee wasn’t working at the time of his disappearance. He lived with his parents and, although he frequently went out with his friends, his parents never went longer than a few days without hearing from him. His family reported him missing on 3/29. Lee was wearing blue jeans, black Nike sneakers, and a black jacket with grey sleeves. He has a tattoo of a skull with flames on one arm, and a globe with the words “No fear” on the other arm. Lee has bipolar disorder and a developmental disorder, mental health may be a factor. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Nyameka Amanda Malindi-Bell – 2015 | Evanston, Illinois | Still missing Gray 2002 Volkswagen Jetta with IL Lic. Plate V609349 Checked for any outstanding tickets, toll violations etc and nothing found to indicate the car was located. | Nyameka, 32, was reported missing out of Evanston, IL when she did not return home on November 27th, 2015 after a scheduled work assignment. Her husband reported her missing 11 months later, supposedly she often left for extended periods of time which was reason for the lack of concern. She is originally from South Africa and her family still resides there, they reported having last heard from her in Feb 2016. Authorities reached out to several agencies, local and federal, who have been unable to locate her, and her vehicle is still missing. Her credit cards were used going from Illinois to Chattanooga and her savings account was tampered with along a Texas highway but only used at gas stations. The accounts have been closed by the bank. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Ronald Stephen Bartel – 2015 | Kuhio Hwy, Lihue, Hawaii | May have been driving a green 1997 Nissan Quest | Ronald, 50, was last seen on the Sunday morning of April 5th, 2015 near his residence in Lihue, Hawaii by a neighbor. He was a student at the Kauai Community College and staff reported him missing after he failed to report to class. Friends are concerned for his welfare. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| John Thomas Watson – 2015 | Defuniak Springs, Florida | Black 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage | John “JT” Watson, 38, was last seen on August 8th, 2015 at 1:47 a.m. pulling out of a Walmart parking lot in Defuniak Springs, FL and taking his friend home a few minutes away. The night before, he was seen driving at 8 p.m. John was released from prison on 7/1/2015. He had been staying with family and occasionally staying in local motels in DeFuniak Springs since his release. He purchased two used vehicles in August of 2015. He paid for a room for one night at Adams Motel in DeFuniak Springs on the 7th, but it is unknown if he actually used the room or not. He did not show up at his place of employment or for scheduled doctor’s appointments. The last activity on his bank account and EBT card was on the day he disappeared. His family states that he suffers from seizures and was not taking any medication at the time of his disappearance. Because he was under conditional release at the time, he is classified as an absconder in addition to being a missing person. |
| Terkessa Wallace and Shequenia Burnett – 2014 | Big Dam Bridge, Little Rock, Arkansas | Still missing White 2009 Toyota Corolla, with license plate 290RHM | Shequenia Burnett and her childhood friend Terkessa Wallace both went missing around January 9th, 2014. Shequenia’s mother reported her missing on the 15th. The next day Terkessa’s family reported her missing, having not seen her since the 10th after dropping off her 5 year old son with family. Police didn’t connect their cases initially, until going through cell phone records. The records show that Shequenia and Terkessa were in contact on January 10th. Later that day, their cell phones pinged off the same tower, which indicates that the two women were together. Shortly after those pings, their cell phone activity stopped. Shequenia’s mother told authorities that Shequenia’s aunt, Pamela Norris, went to check on Shequenia and found the door to her apartment at 800 N. Beech Street wide open. Pamela did not call police but spent the night in the apartment because the door would not lock and she did not want anyone to break in. Sharon told police that Shequenia was a frequent drug user and could be staying in College Station. There is a neighborhood by the airport called College Station so it is possible the reference is the neighborhood and not the city in Texas. Nearly two years later in Dec 2015, a fisherman on the Arkansas river netted a human leg on the north side of Big Dam Bridge. A DNA match showed it belonged to Shequenia Burnett. Her death was ruled a Homicide. The two women were also reportedly involved in drug use on and off throughout the years. Foul Play suspected. |
| Jeffrey Keith Joseph – 2014 | Hoopa, California | Still missing green (Possibly spray painted black) 1998 Toyota RAV4 with the LA license plate number XMZ062 and a Louisiana State University sticker in the back window | Jeffrey was last heard from on June 21st, 2014 in Humboldt County, CA. His family indicates that he arrived on the 16th and visited them until the 20th, he initially left Southern CA with the intention of eventually going to a property he leased downriver of Weitchpec. Cellphone records are consistent with Jeff driving up I-5 on the 20th and reaching the Weitchpec/Hoopa area on the morning of the 21st after driving through the Willow Creek area; he made a cell phone call at 7:30 a.m. in which he stated that he had been driving all night but was in good spirits and killing time waiting to meet up with someone. His phone pinged off the Bloody Camp cell tower at 11:20 a.m. The tower is about 20 miles from his intended destination and provides coverage for a large area. Later that day, he missed a flight back to LA, where he lived. Jeffrey is believed to have been driving to a marijuana farm in Humboldt County. He used to own a medical marijuana dispensary in the Del Rey area of Los Angeles. He was convicted in 2011 of selling illegally from his storefront, Organica, which straddled the Venice neighborhood of L.A., and Culver City. The DEA, the District Attorney, the L.A. City Attorney, and Culver City authorities all targeted his shop. The LAPD arrested him after city prosecutors alleged he was laundering money. One of authorities’ driving contentions was that Organica marketed marijuana to students going to and from a nearby high school. At one point, authorities alleged, students were found with Organica weed on them. Prosecutors also claimed that the dispensary did $400,000 a month in business and that, in one raid in 2009, 80 kilos of marijuana were found on-site. As part of his sentence, Jeff was ordered to serve one year behind bars and then five years of probation. (His sister says he was still on probation despite a recent attempt to shorten that part of his punishment). The judge also forbade him from “selling, serving, storing, keeping, manufacturing, cultivating or giving away marijuana.” There is a video of Jeff talking about his business here: https://youtu.be/AtYK2qKsHRg?si=zDqiWwguXo2oz2H0 Foul play is suspected. A man named Robert Christopher Hunter had a scheduled meeting with him on that day. Two other people lived/worked on the property that Jeff leased near Weitchpec. One is Eliot Storms. Jeff’s family describes him as having been a friend and business partner of Jeff for over seven years. The other, Ben Rogers, was someone he knew in Louisiana as well as in Humboldt. A family member says neither responded to any attempts to communicate with them. There are fears that Jeff was ambushed and killed by the farm hands, as there were complications on rather or not a $50,000 dollar payment was rendered to the farm a couple months prior. Jeff had said he paid the payments to the farm, but the Farm hands deny that any payment was made. Jeff is said to have been a pioneer in the Hemp and Marijuana industries. He was also a musician. According to his sister, he always kept in touch. He had a good heart and took care of his bed-ridden mother for two years. He was passionate about medical marijuana after seeing the benefits it provided his dying father. In late Autumn of the year he went missing the CHP did a flyover of the area in their helicopter and looked around for the car along the Klamath River between Cappell and Weitchpec. A FB page to spread awareness of his case is still active to this day, including more photos and videos of him: https://www.facebook.com/jeffjosephmissing |
| Lizbeth Pelaez Mejia – 2014 | Vineland, New Jersey | Green 1992 Saturn with the Pennsylvania license plate number GZC1076 and fading paint on the trunk. | Lizbeth, 34, was last seen leaving work in Vineland, NJ at 9:30 a.m. on July 30th, 2014. She may be in the company of Victor Hugo Labastida Gonzalez. She may go by the name Arely Pelaez Martinez. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Yvon Guevin – 2014 | Pierreville, Quebec, Canada | Still missing wine red 1989 Jeep Cherokee (QC: GZP 655). It had gray tape on the underside. | On July 6th, 2014 around 1 p.m., Yvon, 75, left his residence in Pierreville, Quebec with his vehicle. He was accompanied by his little black dog, a “miniature Pinscher” named Costaud. His family and friends have not seen or heard from him since, which is out of the ordinary. According to his daughter Dominique Guévin in an interview with Quebec Matin, he was not well. They saw from week to week that his psychological state was getting worse. They believe it was a voluntary departure and he knew where he was going. There was a search to find him in the North of La Tuque, where he used to go fishing. Dives, as well as searches by snowmobiles, ATVs and helicopters were organized. A non-profit, The Divers of Hope, has previously coordinated with the family to search the Saint-François River. |
| Otis S Lee – 2014 | Somerset, Kentucky | Listed with his case is a 2012 Hyundai with Illinois license plate P490606. | Otis, 33, hasn’t been seen or heard from since January 26th, 2014. He is reported missing from Somerset, KY. Date Added: 1/17/25 |
| Evangelina Rodriguez Martinez – 2014 | Laredo, Texas | Driving a White 2008 Chrysler Aspen SUV with the TX license plate number DWX4779. | Evangelina, 46, was last seen at a border checkpoint in Laredo, Texas on September 24th, 2014. She planned to visit relatives across the border in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and give them food, something she did often. Date Added: 3/11/24 |
| Roman Rodriguez – 2014 | Los Angeles, California | Listed with his case is a white 1998 Dodge Caravan with CA license plate 4JSV812. | Roman “Zoquiapa” Rodriguez, 40, was last seen on December 24th, 2014, around 11 p.m., in the 200 block of Mission Road. |
| Adan Flores Becerra – 2014 | Libre Comercio 1314, 2 de Octubre, 32880 Manuel Ojinaga, Chih., Mexico | Still missing Avocado-colored 1995 Ford F-150 | Adán, 57, was last heard from on February 17th, 2014 and believed to be in Ojinaga, where he would take daily trips to visit a girlfriend. His truck was last spotted outside of his girlfriend’s house. He has a ranch in Lomas de Arena, across the border from Van Horn. A family member said she was the one to speak with Adán over the phone that day, it was their daily routine to check on each other. She recalls him saying he was at the bar “Montezuma” having a drink. “When I go through the conversation, he kind of sounded distraught,” she said. Adán always carried two extra cell phone batteries just in case. |
| Donald Paquette – 2014 | 571 Century Ave N, Maplewood, Minnesota | May be missing with his Red 2002 Honda Motorcycle with MN tags 364BCX. | Donald left his residence in St. Paul, MN on May 22nd, 2014. Authorities are concerned for his welfare. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Michael Anderson – 2014 | Fort Bragg, California | Listed with his case is a White Ford Ranger with a CA plate | Michael, 66, has been missing since October 22nd, 2014 from Fort Bragg, CA Date Added: 1/1/24 |
| Nefertiri Trader – 2014 | Freedom Trail, Delaware | Still missing Silver 2000 Acura RL with DE license plate 404893. | Nefertiri “Neffie” Trader, 33, was last seen on June 30th, 2014, at around 4 a.m. at her home in the Saddlebrook community off Christiana Road, New Castle, DE. Neffie was abducted from her front porch, after what looked to be a late night/early morning drive to a nearby 7-Eleven. Her neighbor across the street, Joe Robinson, was awakened by a scream and commotion outside, and saw Neffie getting dragged to her car from his second floor window. He wasn’t sure exactly what was going on, so he decided to go outside and see if anyone needed help. By the time he made his way downstairs and out his front door, the car was already gone. The neighbor said he thought the man, described as wearing tan shorts and a dark hooded sweatshirt, was taking her to the hospital so he did not contact Law Enforcement at that time. Neffie’s mother Denise called her daughter several times with no response. At 6:00 p.m., she decided to drive over to her daugher’s house to make sure she was okay. She found her car missing, a loaf of bread that looked as if someone had stepped on was in the yard, and a cup of coffee, pack of cigarettes, and a single unopened condom were placed on a porch chair. A pair of flip-flops, later determined to be Neffie’s, where located next to the front door. There was no sign of Neffie inside the house. Denise immediately called the police and reported her missing. Neffie was employed in the housekeeping department at Christiana Hospital and was on medical leave at the time of her disappearance. She left behind three children. Her family believes she might have known the person who took her because she wouldn’t have spoken to a stranger that late at night. In March 2017, New Castle County Police announced that Nefertiri is presumed to be dead. Investigators did not announce what evidence they had, however they hoped their ruling would generate new leads in the case. The FBI is investigating her case. Rewards totaling $30,000 were announced in 2015 by former New Castle County Police Chief Col. Elmer M. Setting and FBI Special Agent in Charge Steve Vogt. The FBI continues to offer $20,000 for tips leading to an arrest, and county police is offering up to $10,000 for information in the case. |
| Joseph Keith Smith – 2013 | Wayne, Michigan | May be driving a Green 1993 Plymouth Sundance with the MI license plate number CDL0046. | Joseph “Keith” Smith, 59, was last seen in Wayne, MI on March 1st, 2013. He left a note saying he was leaving and wouldn’t be back for several months. He never returned home and has never been heard from again. |
| Trung Quang Ngo – 2013 | Fry Rd & Franz Rd, Texas | Driving a Gunmetal-gray 2004 Nissan Infiniti G35 with the TX license plate number BP2L036; It has special rims and a unique billet. | Trung, 23, was last seen in Katy, TX on January 15th, 2013. He told his family he was going out to meet friends. After his disappearance, his cellphone was found lying on the roadside in front of the Farmington apartment complex off north Fry Road and Franz in Katy. His vehicle may have been traveling toward i-10, but this is unconfirmed. Trung worked as an electrician at the time and lived with his brother and another roommate. Foul play is suspected. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Hugues Bellevue – 2013 | Playas de Tijuana, Mexico | Still missing White Chevrolet Astro van with the CA license plate number 4PHF788 | Hugues, 59, was last seen at his residence on McCloud River Road in Chula Vista, CA on November 13th, 2013. An oncologist, he owned a hospital in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, and frequently traveled back and forth across the Mexican border as a result. He had also started an orphanage in Haiti and was supposed to fly to New York on Nov 23 to accept an award for his charitable work. Authorities piecing together the case surmise that Dr. Bellevue was heading back to his home from the Saint Marc Hospital across the border when he vanished without a trace. The search operation revealed a chilling scene; furniture from his clinic was found in an unexpected location, marked with blood splatter that matched Dr. Bellevue’s DNA. The discovery, indicative of violence, was coupled with witness accounts of hearing gunshots on the night of his disappearance. Police also questioned two business associates, it is believed the motive for his murder was money. Date Added: 2/11/24 |
| Mark William Cowardin – 2013 | Fresno, California | Still missing White 2001 Toyota Corolla with the CA license plate number 4SFR228. | Mark, 51, was last seen in Fresno, CA on March 19th, 2014. Mark had previously worked at a casino in Reno, Nevada. He got mugged and severely injured, and was unable to work as a result. He became homeless and suffered from health problems stemming from his previous injuries and his high blood pressure. About two years before his disappearance, he was able to obtain a subsidized apartment and his health stabilized. Mark is considered missing under suspicious circumstances. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Thomas Mark Spangler – 2013 | Peterstown, West Virginia | Listed with his case is a 1998 Ford F150 pickup with WV license plate 6PJ987. | Thomas, 60, of Peterstown, WV is listed as missing since January 1st, 2013. His family reported him missing, believing he had been missing for three to four weeks. Date Added: 7/12/24 |
| Steven Ernest Wilson – 2013 | Redwood Valley, California | May have been riding a Gold and black 2002 Harley Davidson Motorcycle with Hells Angels markings on it and CA plates. | Steven, 65, was last seen in Redwood Valley, CA on September 12th, 2013. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Jerome Russell Teubert – 2013 | Albion, Wisconsin | May have been driving a Black 2000 Chevy Silverado extended cab with WI plates HD2329. Sticker on window “Vollas Carts & Service”. | Jerome, 50, left a family member’s residence located in Albion (Dane County), WI on September 29th, 2013. Friends and family received letters which indicate suicidal tendencies. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Scott Timothy Alexander – 2013 | Beaumont, California | White/Tan 1987 Ford F250 | Scott, 44, disappeared in the middle of the night, September 18th, 2013 from Beaumont, CA. He could possibly be in Ohio. Date Added: 2/6/24 |
| Dale Richard Robinson – 2013 | Sioux City, Iowa | Still missing Maroon and gray 2000 Ford F-150 pickup truck with the IA license plate number 870ZCF. | Dale, 84, was last seen in Sioux City, IA on August 3rd, 2013. He suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease and other medical conditions. Sometimes, he couldn’t recall family members’ names or remember things he’d just been talking about, other times he was himself. He left a goodbye note. At about 12:30 p.m. that day, Dale wrote a check for $20 and change for gas at the 4-Way Stop Shop convenience store in Moville, where he lived. He headed westbound on U.S. Highway 20 toward Sioux City and was last seen on surveillance camera half an hour later driving through the parking lot at the former Argosy riverboat casino along the Missouri River in Sioux City. He was not a gambler but would often pick up his wife Betty from the riverboat. There may have been a couple of sightings of him in Missouri Valley, IA and Council Bluffs, IA. He might have been headed toward St. Joseph, MO where he worked a number of years ago. There were unconfirmed sightings of him at museums in Missouri Valley and Council Bluffs, IA. Knowing that people with Alzheimer’s sometimes return to familiar locations from their past, the family checked old job sites as far away as Rockport, Missouri. They stopped at gas stations along Interstate 29 to the north and south of Sioux City to see if any surveillance cameras had footage of Dale or his pickup. Portions of the Missouri River were scanned with sonar around 2018. Dozens of people searched for the well-known man, a retired welder and fabricator who’d operated R&R Sheet Metal in Moville for about 30 years. After retiring from the sheet metal business, Dale did voluntary jobs all over the Siouxland area, including mowing the grass at the Woodbury County Fairgrounds in Moville and giving others rides to doctor appointments. He would scour roadside ditches for abandoned hay rakes to fashion into peacock yard ornaments. He made dozens, sold some to admirers and placed others unannounced in the yards of family and friends. |
| Carl Robert Shull – 2013 | Aurora, Colorado | May be traveling in a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck with WY license plates. | Carl “Robbie” Shull, 50, was last seen in Aurora, CO on November 28th, 2013. He is from Casper, Wyoming and moved to CO in Jan 2012, in order to invest in the state’s medical marijuana industry. He was living with his business partner, and according to this person, Carl left after a heated argument. He may be traveling with his dog, a Blue Heeler named Bez. The same day he went missing, his debit card was used at an Aurora gas station on by someone else. It was then used in Elise, Nebraska and in Fort Morgan, CO the following day. Then it was used to pay for a $70 dinner at a steakhouse in Aurora. On Dec. 3, a man used it to buy cigarettes at a Murphy’s Express gas station and signed Carl’s name, but it wasn’t him. The same man used the card again at the first gas station in Aurora on Dec 8; after that, no more money was left in Carl’s account. Some agencies state he was last seen in Natrona County, WY. Both CO and WY police are investigating his disappearance. Foul play is suspected. |
| Barbara Stoffer – 2013 | Howardville, Missouri | Still missing Green four-door 1997 Volvo 850 GLT with an expired MO license plate numbered 078RYW. | Barbara, 83, was last seen in Howardville, MO at 5:18 p.m. on August 20th, 2013. Based on witness accounts it is believed that between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Barbara traveled a route from Main Street in New Madrid, to Highway 61, to Highway 62, to Highway 153, and finally to Highway D at Parma. The last place her vehicle was seen was on Highway D through Parma traveling west. Although her driver’s license was expired at the time of her disappearance, she still drove on a regular basis. Several months before she went missing, she accidentally drove her vehicle off the boat ramp parking lot onto some rocks and it had to be pulled out by a tow truck. Barbara lived on Maple Street in New Madrid. == Search Efforts == Authorities have searched for her in the Mississippi River multiple times and removed at least four cars, none of which turned out to be hers. Team Watters Sonar searched for her when she first went missing. In 2021 an independent sonar team searched the New Madrid boat ramp and areas of the Mississippi River. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Hammam A Mosallam – 2012 | Vallejo, California | Listed with his case is a Blue 1999 Nissan Altima with CA license plate 5BYN793. (The VIN number of the vehicle lists salvage records with a loss by collision on the date he went missing) | Hammam, 48, was last contacted on July 14th, 2012 in Vallejo, CA. |
| Jean Marc Lavallée – 2012 | La Prairie, Québec, Canada | Vehicle Unknown | Jean, 64, was seen for the last time on November 25th, 2012 in La Prairie, Québec. The next day, a relative called the Roussillon Inter-municipal police to check on him at his residence in La Prairie, as they were worried about him. Police found that he and his vehicle were not at the residence. Since Oct. 4th, he had been the subject of an arrest warrant in connection with Ponzi Schemes. Approximately 240 investors were affected by a massive scam totaling $19 million, with six other people arrested. He is wanted for offenses committed for the benefit of a criminal organization, for laundering the proceeds of crime, for conspiracy and for fraud Date Added: 10/24/24 |
| Claudia Lopez-Escobar – 2012 | 1700 Pheasant Run west in Columbus, Ohio | Still missing Green 1996 Jeep Cherokee with a beige interior, black rims and the OH license plate number FLT6869. | Claudia, 29, was last seen at a coworker’s apartment in the 1700 block of Pheasant Run west in Columbus, OH at 10 a.m. on March 23rd, 2012. She had told a friend that she was going there to discuss the end of her relationship with that coworker. She was reported missing by other coworkers after she stopped showing up for work at American Corrugated Products on Alkire Road; she’d been working there for six months and had a reputation as a dependable employee. Claudia was a naturalized US citizen born in Mexico and reportedly worked to support her two sons living there in Tapachula, authorities passed information on her case to US officials in Mexico. Authorities discovered that the coworker she visited was missing as well and searched his apartment, where they found blood splatters on the walls and saw that a large section of carpeting was missing. The blood was a DNA match with strands of Escobar’s hair that investigators had recovered from her home, she said. Investigators determined that he had bought cleaning supplies at a local Walmart store and a reciprocating saw at a Lowe’s store on the day that Claudia reportedly went to his apartment. He also was seen leaving that store driving her vehicle which has never been found. His next movements were to abandon his apartment and stay for a few days with friends on Lockbourne Rd. in Columbus, before getting a ride to Cleveland. The man eluded authorities for 18 months before a tip led to his arrest in southern Wisconsin in November of 2013. He immediately confessed to her murder, telling authorities he placed the body parts in separate trash bags, which he threw in various garbage containers on the South Side. Columbus Police had searched the Franklin County Landfill early on in her disappearance but they were not found. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years after he pleaded guilty to murder and tampering with evidence. He is likely to be deported to his native Cambodia if he’s ever released from prison. Her killer was an avid fisherman, and detective Jay Fulton who worked on the case wonders if her body was disposed in the water somewhere. |
| DeAnna Kay Brooks – 2012 | Santa Cruz, California | Still missing Gold 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser with damage, CA plate number 5EEV387 | DeAnna, 70, was last seen at 11 a.m. in Santa Cruz, California at her home on Berkeley Way on August 23rd, 2012. She planned on driving to her mother’s home in San Diego, CA on the 25th. It was an almost 500 mile trip to the south and she never arrived, her typical route would have been Highway 101 and the car had been filled with enough gas to get 300 miles. Her family fears she had a medical emergency sometime during the nine-hour drive, as she had a long medical history including diabetes and possible early onset dementia. DeAnna was an antiques dealer. Since then, her two sons, daughter and many friends have searched highway turnouts on the route and even scanned roads from a helicopter in south Santa Cruz County. Many pilots from Santa Cruz to San Diego were spoken to, and they pledged to keep an eye out for her. Her bank accounts and cell phone have not been used since her disappearance. Police combed Brooks’ home the day she was reported missing, on the 26th. They searched her computer but found no clues. Her email also had not been used. |
| Le-Thuy Thi Tran – 2012 | 1500 block of Lorene Drive Harvey, Louisiana | May be driving a Gray 2009 Toyota Camry with the CA license plate number 6DXT129 and the vehicle identification number 4T4BE46K49R063216. | Le-Thuy “Cathy” Tran, 45, was last seen in the 1500 block of Lorene Drive Harvey, LA on January 31st, 2012. She had been gambling in Biloxi, Mississippi and had returned to LA on the 15th. She apparently left town two weeks later and has never been heard from again. |
| Hillary Blair Akins – 2012 | Fernwood, Idaho | Driving a Black Nissan Pathfinder with Washington license plates. | Hillary, 41, was last seen on September 29th, 2012 at her daughter’s residence in Fernwood, ID. She had just moved from Issaquah, WA. |
| David Allen Boyle – 2012 | Marysville, Washington | Still missing Red 2006 Chrysler Pacifica with the WA license plate number 169WNT. | David, 48, was last seen in his hometown of Marysville, WA on November 4th, 2012. He left his residence at 4:30 a.m. and never returned. The previous day, he’d been arrested for a DUI, and he may have been distraught when he left home. It was his third in 15 years and he feared going to jail. David worked as the assistant girls’ basketball coach at Marysville-Pilchuck High School at the time of his disappearance, and was also active in the football and baseball programs at middle and high school levels. He grew up in Everett, Washington, but had lived in Marysville for two decades prior to his disappearance; he was a well-liked, respected member of his community. A few months after his disappearance, there was a possible sighting of him at a local store but it was later confirmed that it wasn’t him. His disappearance is out of character and his case remains unsolved. A Facebook page was created for awareness: https://www.facebook.com/finddaveboyle12.07191/ |
| Charles Christopher Dart – 2012 | Gulf County, Florida | Rented silver and black 2012 Dodge Avenger with the FL license plate number 443HXN | Charles, 50, was last known to be in Gulf County, FL where his vehicle, a blue/green Ford F-150 pickup truck with the AR license plate number DV20752 was found broken down and abandoned on April 9, 2012. He rented a vehicle on May 3rd, 2012. He never returned the vehicle and it was reported as stolen from Enterprise Leasing; the Visa credit card he used to pay for the rental has not been used since. The specific location for the car rental agency is not given, and this was the last sign of him. Charles initially disappeared from Fayetteville, Arkansas on March 25, 2012. He receives Veterans Affairs (VA) disability payments which continued to be deposited into his account, but he hasn’t accessed the account since before May 2012. There is no record of him checking into any VA hospital in the country. Date Added: 3/13/24 |
| Kim Margaret Remmel – 2012 | Arvada, Colorado | Still missing white Mazda pickup from the late 1980’s or early 1990’s, with a license plate 155XYX. The “Mazda” lettering on the tailgate was modified to say “Na/Da”. It had black trim and an older style, non-fiberglass canopy. The truck was in need of repairs: it was leaking oil, needed the clutch replaced and possibly had bad brakes as well. | Kim, 46, was last seen on May 25th, 2012 after having dinner with a friend that Friday in Arvada, CO. The friend said she seemed happy and relaxed at the time. She returned home to where she lived with her great-aunt. The next morning, Kim, her laptop, and her vehicle were missing. Her great-aunt initially thought she had gone to work, but when she hadn’t returned after the weekend, she reported her missing. She left her cat Nalla behind. Kim was an animal rights activist, opposing legislation allowing wild horses and burros to be removed from government grazing lands and allowing horse slaughter for meat consumption. She used a number of aliases, and she trained Belgian Malinois dogs. She may have been suffering from mental health issues. She may have been in the area of Niwot, CO, possibly for animal rights activism or to see an ex-boyfriend. She enjoyed hiking in Golden Gate Canyon State Park and elsewhere in Jefferson County, CO. According to (unconfirmed) comments on the Facebook page “Missing – Kim Rimmel”: There may have been a last cell phone ping off a tower near Burlington, CO. She was attending Red Rocks Community College in Denver. The group also describes her as “somewhat estranged” from some members of her family, but she has many friends that are concerned by her disappearance. There are also accusations that the family refused media coverage. There is no media coverage on Kim’s case. Date Added: 5/22/24 |
| Adrian Demont Washington – 2012 | Austin, Texas | Still missing Black 2001 Ford Expedition with the TX license plate number CP1P982. | Adrian, 36, was last seen in Austin, Texas on May 26th, 2012. That morning, Adrian had stopped at Planet Fitness off Anderson Lane at around 9 a.m. After that, he went to Fine Dry Cleaners on Grand Avenue Parkway, where he was given $300 worth of dry-cleaning for free because he was such a good customer. The last sighting was by surveillance cameras, which filmed his car at a toll booth on Interstate 45. His parents reported him missing on the 1st of June when they had not heard from him for around a week, they made efforts to talk to people that knew him and visited places he was known to go but turned up nothing. Cell phone records then show two possible locations: a field off of Dove Hill in Caldwell County, just south of Austin and a property off of Bark Lane and 9610 with his cousin, who police named as a person of interest in 2016. One of the two cellular phones he was carrying was found on a sidewalk in San Antonio, Texas a few days after his disappearance. It was in good condition and wasn’t scratched; it looked as if someone had deliberately placed the phone on the sidewalk rather than dropping it. Aldo Ray Washington, one of Adrian’s cousins who is considered a person of interest in his disappearance, was the last person to see Adrian and the two men talked on the phone frequently. In the month before Adrian’s disappearance, Aldo called his cellular phone over 100 times. After Adrian went missing, however, Aldo never dialed his phone number again. Family members say that cousin is also avoiding them. Aldo stated he was with a friend, Kenneth Ray Hamilton, at the time Adrian vanished, but authorities haven’t been able to confirm this alibi and they think Hamilton may have been involved in Adrian’s disappearance as well. Adrian left behind a wife and three children, he now has a grandchild he never met. Every year his family still celebrates his birthday. Foul play is suspected in his case. == Search Efforts == Police talked to numerous people who knew him and went to the places he was last seen. Authorities also said the Texas Department of Transportation helped with a part of the investigation when police received information related to the San Antonio area. In 2016, police retraced his steps. Cadaver dogs searched a field but came up empty. There have been multiple appeals for information, in 2018 his family raised money to put up a billboard for him. This investigation remains open and ongoing, police said in 2023. |
| Harold Dean Pack – 2012 | Chapmanville, West Virginia | May be driving a 1997 Geo Tracker with WV plate 9VF779. | Harold, 50, disappeared from Chapmanville, WV on November 20th, 2012. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Victor Mora Saul Ramirez – 2012 | Huntington Park, California | Believed to be traveling in a Brown 1993 Chrysler Concorde with CA license plate 3CTX681 and the VIN 2C3EL56T0PH690435. | Victor, 20, was last seen on January 3rd, 2012 in Huntington Park, California. He may go by his middle name, Saul, and the alias last name Mora. Date Added: 3/7/2024 |
| Michael Arthur Bratlie – 2012 | Duluth, Minnesota | Still misssing Piper PA-31 Navajo twin-engine aircraft | On June 8th, 2012, Michael, 67, departed from South St. Paul, MN to Richard E. Fleming Airport, Duluth, MN at 1:07 p.m. on what was described as a maintenance test flight to break in a new engine on the Piper PA-31 Navajo twin-engine aircraft he was piloting, registered to Family Celebrations LLC of Lakeville, MN. Radar analysis from various ground based sources indicated that the airplane maneuvered east of the departure airport before turning toward the north. The airplane’s track continued North toward Duluth, MN. Once it reached Duluth, it followed the west shoreline of Lake Superior. Radar track data indicated that it was at an altitude of 2,800 ft when it reached the shoreline. The aircraft continued along the west shoreline toward Two Harbors, MN, flying over the water while maintaining a distance of about 0.5 miles from the shore. As the airplane approached Two Harbors, it descended. The airplane’s last recorded position at 2:27 p.m. was about 30 miles northeast of Duluth, MN, at an uncorrected altitude of 1,600 ft. The pilot did not file a flight plan. The forecast was VFR conditions with few clouds at 4,000 ft, scattered clouds at 12,000 ft, 14 knot winds gusting to 22 knots & 10 miles visibility. A ramp check conducted by the FAA found the missing aircraft did not land anywhere in the region. The air-sea-land search coordinated by the AFRCC at Tyndall AFB, FL. A search was conducted over the weekend of 9-10 June by the USCG, 9 MN Wing CAP aircraft & a 60 person ground team. They searched the NE region of MN & Lake Superior. 7 CAP aircraft searched the North Shore of Lake Superior on 11 June. Cell phone forensics confirmed the radar analysis & helped center the search on the Two Harbors & Silver Bay area as well as the Arrowhead area N of the bay. Fog & rain hampered search efforts grounded search aircraft on 15 June. Ground searches by 35 personnel continued that day despite the heavy rains. Cook & Lake County law enforcement also participated, as well as MN Department of Natural Resources fire spotting planes & the MN State Patrol. As resources became exhausted, CAP units from WI & IL Wings joined the search on 16 June. The formal search was suspended on 24 June after 650 flight hrs. Over 70 personnel participated covering over 2000 square miles. Search efforts by local law enforcement continued until 4 July. A private search by family & friends continued until 30 June. The pilot’s spouse posted a plea for anyone with information to please contact authorities & for people outdoors to keep a watch for wreckage. No trace of the aircraft was found. Michael had 17,570 flight hours, he was a USN pilot, an Alaskan bush pilot & retired NW Airlines captain, and an avid outdoorsman. |
| Patrice Lynae Smith – 2012 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Still missing gray or brown 2004 Ford Explorer with tinted windows and Arkansas Fish & Game license plates numbered GFYIH | Patrice “Trice” Smith, 28, was last seen leaving her sister’s home in Little Rock, AR at 11:30 p.m. on March 24th, 2012. She was accompanied by her boyfriend, Michael Curtis Robinson, at the time of her disappearance. According to her sister, she was told Trice’s phone was pinging off the Arkansas River. The couple had only been dating for a few months, but they had a history of domestic violence, and Trice had an order of protection against him. Michael was charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault on March 6. He was released from jail that same day on a $250 bond. The victim in that case was Trice; he had attacked her, broken her hand or wrist, and held her at gunpoint for over 12 hours. She escaped after he went out to get food. Authorities stated he often carried a gun, had a record for drug and weapons-related offenses, and had been jailed at least 11 times since 2000. One of his neighbors in the 11200 block of Mara Lynn Drive supposedly overheard him and Patrice arguing at his apartment at 1:00 a.m. on March 25. When Trice went missing, he also dropped out of sight, but 5 months later he was located in North Little Rock and arrested on unrelated charges. He hasn’t provided any information on her whereabouts. He is now serving a 5-year prison term for the assault he committed against Patrice a few weeks prior to her disappearance. He will become eligible for release in 2026. Trice was halfway through a 3-year term of probation when she disappeared, so she was listed as an absconder and a warrant was issued for her arrest. However, investigators don’t believe she’s running from the law; they believe foul play could have been involved in her case. It would be uncharacteristic of her to abandon her daughter. She is described by her family as a loving person, who was always herself and the life of the party. Her younger sister remembers her saying that she was gonna show Michael what it feels like to be truly loved. |
| Marlane L Koue Castaneda – 2012 | 571 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad, California | Still missing Beige Dodge Grand Caravan with CA plate 4SHU678. | Marlane, 54, was last seen at 6:15 p.m. on October 1st, 2012 in Carlsbad, CA at a Pizza Port restaurant. She was reported missing on the 4th. Police said Marlane’s cellphone and bank accounts have remained dormant since that day. Her daughter, Maya Koue, said she knew something was amiss because she and her mother spoke every day. She said her mother, described as an upbeat and caring person, is an education advocate, primarily working with school officials and the parents of special needs children. Her mother had battled cancer for two years, but the disease had gone into remission. Marlane married 23 year old Sergio Erick Casteneda on 9/17/2010 in Killeen, Texas. He may have been stationed at Fort Cavazos (Formerly Fort Hood) as a U.S. army serviceman at the time. Court documents filed in 2009 show that Marlane had sought a restraining order against him, accusing him of two incidents of physical abuse, but the case was dismissed when she didn’t show up for court. Earlier that year, she had won a 3-year restraining order against Sergio’s grandfather, with the 82 year old man being accused of physical abuse, false imprisonment and grand theft in June of that year. She was in the process of divorcing her husband, and was living with a roommate in a house on the 1200 block of Larchwood Drive in Oceanside. Sergio’s home on Yacon Street in Vista was a point of contention in their divorce, which he inherited from his mother. Her husband has been cooperating with authorities, police said. According to a friend, Marlane was afraid of her husband and he was known to have had a gun. She would call the police frequently because she didn’t want to get hurt. Sergio was never arrested in her disappearance. In 2015 he was in jail in Mexico for an unrelated crime. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Joe Rogers Brooks Jr – 2012 | Memphis, Tennessee | Listed with his case is a black 2002 Ford Explorer with TN license plate 9132TP. | Joe, 41, went missing from Memphis, TN on February 2nd, 2012. Date Added: 7/12/24 |
| Bradly Anthony Aiello – 2012 | Rosamond, California | Driving a Red 1989 BMW 325I with CA plates, MVD reports no activity since 2012 with the VIN. | Bradly, 49, was last seen at the Desert Oasis Trailer Park on March 3rd, 2012, in Rosamond, CA. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Ismael Perez Gomez – 2012 | Calexico, California | Driving a Red 2001 GMC Sierra pickup truck. Registered in Colorado, but it had a Mexican license plate with the number UV01384, and the image of a red tomato between the V and the O. | Ismael, 44, was last seen in Calexico, CA on March 27th, 2012. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Jerome Allen Lamar – 2012 | Flint, Michigan | Green Ford Explorer | Jerome Allen Lamar, 18, was last seen on January 20th, 2012 in Flint, MI. He was last seen by his sister sitting alone in a vehicle near the corner of Mackin Road and Chevrolet at the D&R Market on Flint’s north side. He had been picked up by a friend earlier in the day, and was last seen in that vehicle near the Hurley Medical Center. It’s unknown whether he had plans to meet up with others. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Gilbert Rivas Rojas Jr. – 2012 | Phoenix, Arizona | May be driving a 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier with the AZ license plate number AWV1322. | Gilbert “Gillie” Rojas Jr., 20, last had contact with his family via Facebook on July 15th, 2012. Other accounts say he sent text messages to his mother up until September 29th, 2012. He was reportedly last known to be en route to a concert in the Phoenix, AZ area. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Patrick Keoni Tanouye – 2012 | San Francisco, California | May have been driving a black 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup truck with the CA license plate number 5Y25836. | Patrick, 30, was last seen by his roommates in San Francisco, CA on September 28th, 2012. Five months before his disappearance, he had moved to San Francisco, having attended high school in Chino Hills, CA. He may have had a stay in a rehab/psychiatric facility in late 2011 according to facebook posts. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Opal Darlene Fleshman – 2012 | 5063 Franklin Rd SW, Roanoke, Virginia | May be driving a 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier with the West Virginia license plate number 6UR344. | Opal “Darlene”, 42, was last seen at the Apple Valley Motel in Roanoke, VA on September 8th, 2012. She was there to sell her vehicle. She has never been heard from again, although her personal belongings were located. Darlene suffers from diabetes and seizures. She is from Monroe County, WV, and both VA and WV police are investigating her disappearance. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Eric Watson Hunter – 2012 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | May be driving a 1997 Plymouth Voyager. | Eric, 46, was last seen in Virginia Beach, VAon December 26th, 2012. He was no longer living at the trailer park where he previously lived. He had no history of drug or alcohol abuse. Date Added: 8/28/22 |
| Juan Martinez Gonzalez – 2012 | southwest 192nd Street and Krome Avenue, Miami, Florida | Driving a dark blue 1999 Ford F-150 extended cab pickup truck with a light-colored tailgate, tinted windows and the FL license plate number 418TJV. Tires in the bed of the truck. | Juan, 45, was last seen leaving a cafeteria and sports bar in the vicinity of southwest 192nd Street and Krome Avenue in Miami, FL on February 11th, 2012. One of his neighbors reported seeing him in his truck the next day; there were tires in the bed, and Juan told the neighbor he was going to have new tires installed. At the time of his disappearance, he frequented the areas of Hialeah, Homestead, Kendall and Miami Gardens. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Jonathan A. Schrattenholzer – 2012 | Clarkston, Washington | Still missing black 1995 Honda Passport with the WA license plate number 916UDF at the time. | Jonathan, 20, was last seen leaving his Clarkston, WA home on February 21st, 2012. He left behind his cellphone and he hasn’t used his bank account since his disappearance. His family fears he got into an accident or stuck in a remote location, there was bad weather at the time. Jonathan is a U.S. Marine Corps reservist. He enjoys driving and hiking in rural areas of Asotin, Garfield and Wallowa Counties. One of his favorite books was “The Shack,” which is set in eastern Oregon. The family searched the area described in the book, his mother said, but there was no sign of her son. A fisherman reportedly saw a vehicle matching the description of Jonathan’s sport utility vehicle on Snake River Road, south of Asotin, on that day, said Detective Jackie Nichols of the Asotin County Sheriff’s Office. It appeared he was traveling toward the Joseph Creek area at the time. == Search Efforts == West Evans Pond was searched with sonar, as well as a few boat ramps north of his home and around Clarkston around 2022 by an independent sonar search group. |
| Benjamin Gomez Sagun Jr. – 2012 | 700 MD-436, Annapolis, Maryland | Still missing blue 2002 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck, with the MD license plate number 21L939 | Benjamin, 42, was last seen by his mother in Anne Arundel County, MD at 6:30 a.m. on February 26th, 2012. It was Sunday and he was supposed to go to church at 710 Ridgely Ave in Annapolis, MD that morning, but he never arrived. He left a note saying, “I’m going to the father who loves me.” His mother reported him missing at 6 p.m. the same day. Benjamin frequented the Broadneck Library in Annapolis prior to his disappearance. == Search Efforts == When he was reported missing, the police department conducted an aerial search by helicopter of the surrounding area, scanned the Marinas around his home, and covered 20,000 acres from his home which was located on Southview Drive. They do not believe he crossed the Route 50 William Preston Memorial Bridge after checking records. The area they were most concerned with was the 450 Bridge, but they did not find anything there. He did not have a cell phone to track or many close friends to contact for information which complicated search efforts. In 2022, Doug Bishop, who was at the time with sonar search group AWP, did his own scan of several locations closest to Benjamins home including the Deep Creek boat ramp, Fairwinds Marina, Podickery Point, and Sandy Point boat ramps. He also searched the water around the Tucker Street boat ramp, Severn Inn, Naval Base, a private boat ramp north of the church, and some abandoned marinas. Detective Jay Schline worked with him and identified locations to check. An anomaly found with Lidar technology near Mike’s Crabhouse was ruled out. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Nelson Orlando Villegas – 2011 | Mission, Texas | Listed with his case is a Black 2007 or 2008 Chevrolet 210 Series. (Chevrolet 210 Series was only produced from 1953 to 1957, clarification needed) | Nelson, 24, was last seen on October 26th, 2011 in Mission, TX. Date Added: 1/17/25 |
| Randall Parnell – 2011 | 3445 Harmon Williams Rd, Mobile, Alabama | Driving a black 1987 Ford Ranger license plate number 2A40T47. | Randall, 57, was reported missing by his wife after a fire consumed their residence on 3445 Harmon Williams Road in Mobile, AL on April 30th, 2011. An investigation later determined that the house fire was arson, and they believe he set the fire on his property before going missing. Investigators thoroughly and repeatedly checked the charred remains of the residence but did not find any human remains. According to Sheriff’s spokeswoman Lori Myles, deputies were treating Randall as a missing person and were not seeking to charge him in connection with the fires at his home and other structures on his land. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Chaos Divers and Depths of History searched several locations with sonar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChvnsaMjRw (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Joann Angel – 2011 | Wilkins Township, Pennsylvania | Still missing Navy blue 2006 Chrysler Sebring convertible with a black top and the PA license plate number HMW8034 | Joann, 51, was last seen at a relatives home in Wilkins Township, PA on December 17th, 2011. She may have been seen at a gas station in the North Versailles/North Huntingdon area on the 21st. She was reported missing from her Etna apartment by her sister, Margaret Emanuel. Joann suffers from seizures and requires medication which she doesn’t have with her. Police said she did not have a cell phone, but she did have a Pa. Access card. There’s been no activity on the card since she disappeared. She was known to frequent the Etna and Sharpsburg areas. According to her sister she was very friendly and trusting of others. Her family had put up a $1,000 reward in an effort to locate her; and Pittsburgh Crime Stoppers posted an additional reward of up to $1,000. == Search Efforts == The area that Joann went missing is around the same area where Janet Walsh and Bunnie Lee disappeared with their vehicles in 2020 and 2013. The Allegheny River had been the subject of searches by multiple different agencies and organizations in the past few years before they were finally located accidentally this year in the same river. The Three Rivers were also the focus of cleanup efforts by Living Lands and Waters earlier this year. |
| Steve Allen Troxell – 2011 | Goshen, Indiana | Blue 1996 Jeep Cherokee, with a Disabled/handicap tag D623HD, which had a very loud muffler at time of coming up missing. | Steve Troxell, 53, was last seen in Goshen, IN on Sunday, December 25th, 2011. Steve is known to have mental health concerns, and sometimes leaves for extended periods of time, but never this long. Mental and physical health may be a factor. |
| Kenyon Anthony McClain – 2011 | 2100 Bryant Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland | Still missing Silver 2003 Chrysler Concorde 4S with the MD license plate number 5ACO322. | Kenyon, 35, was last seen in the 2100 block of Bryant Avenue in Baltimore, MD at 5:30 p.m. on March 12th, 2011. He spoke to his girlfriend that day and said he was at their apartment in southwest Baltimore. When she went there, though, Kenyon was gone and she found out he hadn’t shown up for work. He left behind three children. |
| Bonfilio Juarez-Rivera – 2011 | Merced, California | May have been driving a Green 1995 Honda Accord with the license plate 5HQL507. It had a small tail on the rear trunk, tinted windows behind the driver, paint fading from the hood and other areas, and aluminum wheels with Y shaped spokes. | Bonfilio, 28, was last seen on Monday, June 20th, 2011, when he went to work in Merced, CA. He failed to return to work the next day. |
| Justin Eric Wright – 2011 | Estelline, Texas | Driving a gray 2002 Ford Ranger; it had damage to the right front bumper and the TX license plate number AU83201. | Justin, 36, was last seen in Estelline, TX on November 25th, 2011. He had a black Labrador Retriever puppy with him. He may carry a handgun and he may have been enroute to Colorado to visit his daughter to give her the puppy, but he does not know where she lives in Colorado. Justin was reportedly depressed and suicidal at the time of his disappearance. |
| Ryan Spencer Mann – 2011 | San Luis Obispo, California | Silver 2002 Honda Civic Del Sol, with CA plates 4XEE736. There was possibly a 3/4 tank of gas in the car. It has a white bumper sticker with green font on the driver side rear bumper. | Ryan, 19, left early from his older brother’s home in San Luis Obispo, CA on March 21st, 2011. He had been visiting and drove away in his brother’s car. He did not take his wallet, money, or any possessions with him besides the clothes he wore & his cell phone with no charger. Ryan himself lived in Shafter, CA. He was reportedly depressed at the time of his disappearance. His parents took him to a mental health facility on 3/5/11. They counseled him, gave him meds for anxiety & released him. He went missing earlier that month when he took his parents car on 3/7/11 looking for jobs. They found out he had been in an accident and was arrested for DUI. He tried to commit suicide in jail & was sent to the county hospital. He was sent home from the hospital 3/15/11. He tried to walk “north” on 3/19/11. He was anxious and would not go home, his parents called police and an officer convinced him to go home. His older brother took him to his home in San Luis Obispo to keep him busy, and Ryan was reportedly excited to go. He told his brother he had taken LSD a couple of weeks before. |
| Ronald Lee Johnson – 2011 | New Town, North Dakota | Still missing gold four-door 1983 Cadillac Fleetwood with ND plate number HZZ466 | Ronald, 74, went missing from New Town, ND on October 16th, 2011. Ronald was last sighted on camera at the 4 Bears Casino and Lodge in New Town, ND just after midnight at 12:40 a.m. on the 16th. His car was seen turning right onto Highway 23 toward New Town. A camera in town possibly captured his vehicle at that time. The day before, Oct 14, he fueled up for an upcoming trip. He was supposed to visit his son in Jamestown, North Dakota the next day. He also had plans to drive to Valley City, ND on Oct 16 to visit his sister, then to go to an appointment for a stress test at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND on Oct 17. Afterwards, he planned to go to Needles, CA to spend the winter. He failed to appear at any of those destinations and hasn’t been seen since. The last time he communicated with anyone was a cell phone call at 2:24 p.m. on Oct 15, which pinged off the Riverdale tower. This would have been before he went to the Casino. He’d called the man who normally rents his house when he leaves to spend winters in Needles, California. When his son checked his Riverdale, ND residence he found groceries lying out, the fridge full and Ronald’s suitcase half-packed. It appeared he had been interrupted and left suddenly. His medication and checkbook were left behind and his vehicle was missing. He had his cellphone on him, but the battery went dead a few days after he was missing. He is diabetic and has previously had double bypass surgery, his necessary medication was left behind. For years he managed to disease with diet and oral medication, but his doctor had advised him to begin insulin injections and he had not yet taken that advice. He enjoyed playing poker and spending time outdoors, known for being independent . He was a fisherman and knew the Brendles Bay, Parshall Bay, and Deepwater Bay area’s well. He would mow grass for the Riverdale park board in the spring and summer. He also loved Thanksgiving dinner. It’s uncharacteristic of him to miss appointments or leave without warning. == Search Efforts == An air and ground search focused on the back highways that he liked to drive between Riverdale and Valley City. The search was expanded toward New Town after the record of two small ATM withdrawals at the casino, one shortly before midnight Oct. 15, and one just after. McLean County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Matties said casino security cameras recorded Ron in the casino, leaving the building about 12:40 a.m. Oct. 16 and driving out of the parking lot. There was a 45-second delay between him leaving the building when he went off camera, and his car pulling away, not long enough for anything suspicious to have happened in the meantime. No one knows if he, in fact, made it home to Riverdale and then took off Sunday morning for Valley City as planned. Matties said Civil Air Patrol planes flew over the highways in Mountrail County and law enforcement drove them, looking for a vehicle or for tracks leaving the road. Ten days of searching by plane and vehicle yielded nothing. Matties said he contacted law enforcement in California, where Johnson spends the winter, and nearby casinos. He also contacted a casino in Minnesota and the Spirit Lake Casino in Devils Lake, where Johnson had made reservations for the days following his medical checkup in Fargo. Ronald’s two daughters drove his preferred route from Riverdale to Jamestown and looked into the Makoti, Roseglen, White Shield, Deep Water Bay, Indian Hills Resort, and Hiddenwood Lakes searching with sonar and handing out flyers. In or around 2022, AWP searched for him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsdYpcv7vGs |
| Kevin Smith – 2011 | Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California | Still missing Red 2011 Nissan 370Z Coupe with CA plate 6ROS417 (VIN JN1AZ4EH7AM505515) Obtained illegally with the help of his estranged mother-in-law. The car has not been sold or registered since he went missing. | Kevin, 26, went missing on November 8th, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. Kevin was contacted in Florida by the LAPD and instructed to bring the car back to the dealership in Los Angeles and to be interviewed by the LAPD. During his drive back to LA, he stopped to see his parents in Georgia, brother’s family in Arizona, and arrived in LA on 11/2/11 where he checked into the Adventurer Motel and called the LAPD to arrange the interview. According to an LAPD detective, she explained the charges he was facing and he ran. The family doesn’t think so. He was at the motel from 11/2-11/8. Kevin was the only witness that could testify/confirm his estranged mother-in-law committed the crimes she was charged with and his family believes foul play was involved. He was also the only reason his estranged wife could remain in the United States because of her immigration status. When he went missing, the LAPD did not ping his phone or list his vehicle as wanted, believing he was voluntarily missing. The car was not listed as wanted with a “stop” order on the registration renewals/transfers until months later. His employer and estranged wife were closely connected. Kevin’s estranged wife canceled his phone service within two weeks. The family would not receive phone records from his wife for 6 months. When they did, they discovered he had asked a friend to stay with her on the 8th but never arrived. He had purchased a new iPhone from AT&T in Sherman Oaks on 11/5/2011 and sent everybody a message on Facebook asking for their contact information since he had a new phone. He sold his old phone on Craigslist. He was supposed to go to a concert at Beyond the Stars Palace on 417 1/2 NW Brand Ave, Glendale, CA 91203 on the 9th – it’s unknown if he made it there or not. |
| Giang Thai Than Phan – 2011 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Still missing Silver (some reports say gold) 2009 Chevrolet Malibu with a few dents and the Texas license plate number CB5G609. | Giang “Gi” Phan, 33, was last seen at La Carreta Mexican Restaurant in Hammond, LA on April 8th, 2011. He had lunch there with an old friend from noon to 1:30 p.m. This friend was the last person to see him. He had his wallet, an iPhone, his laptop computer and a black bag with him. He reportedly planned to go to New Orleans to take care of some business, then head to Golden Meadow, LA. He was supposed to meet his business partner at 3:30 p.m. but never showed up. His business partner texted him at 4 p.m. to ask where he was. Gi texted back to say he was running late and would meet his partner after he finished his business in New Orleans. He is from Dallas, TX and was in LA on a business trip at the time he vanished. He has a business called Herbalife, selling herbal supplements to fitness centers. Gi loves basketball and coached as well as worked to help others achieve good health and weight management. |
| Davie Lee Cummings Jr. – 2011 | Leon County, Florida | May be driving a red 1998 Chevrolet pickup truck with the FL license plate number VO20TX. | Davie, 41, was last seen in Leon County, FL on June 3rd, 2011. He may be in need of medical attention for unspecified reasons. |
| James Michael Todd – 2011 | Thousand Oaks, California | White Toyota Tacoma pickup truck with a white camper shell. License plate unknown | James, 28, was last seen in Thousand Oaks, CA on August 18th, 2011. He worked with the Los Angeles County Fire Department as a paramedic at the time. Prior to his disappearance, he told his mother he was planning to travel to San Diego, California for the weekend. She reported him missing on Aug. 25. |
| Karen Ruth Burger – 2011 | Edgewater, Florida | A white 1994 Ford Ranger with no tag is listed with her case. It was purchased by Allen and Christina Higlefort. It was registered in FL in the original owners name, Elaine Culp, but has not been registered since. Vehicle status unclear. | Karen, 57, was last seen at the All-Suite Motel in Edgewater, FL on July 25th, 2011. She left her small dog at the residence that friends advised she never left. Karen’s father Lee reported her missing in August. Six weeks into the search for her, detectives realized that Burger’s daughter, Christina, her son-in-law, Allen Hilgefort, and the couple’s two-year-old son were also missing. All four family members were last seen at the motel in Edgewater, Fla., in July, according to authorities. There had been no activity on any of their bank accounts. Christina and Allen checked out on the 28th. The manager of the All-Suite Motel, Francis Mills, is baffled by the disappearances. She didn’t notice anything particularly worrying about the family, she said, except for how they paid. “We didn’t think anything about them except that they didn’t have money and Lee would come in every day and pay for their room,” said Mills. The family of three were located in December of that year after being involved in a traffic crash in Ohio. Karen’s father told investigators that his daughter has a drug abuse problem and he believes her disappearance is related to that, this was also why he waited to report her missing because he did not think it was out of the ordinary. She may also be known as Karen Haulman. Date Added: 8/29/24 |
| Jesus Aguayo – 2011 | Roma, Texas | 2004 Dodge Neon, license plate BL5F410 | Jesus, 17, was last seen leaving his home in Roma, TX on May 31st, 2011. He may have traveled to Mexico. |
| Dale A. Lafleur – 2011 | 2600 Par Rd 4-10, Port Barre, Louisiana | Still missing blue 1991 Mazda Miata convertible with the LA handicapped license plate number 320729. The vehicle has gray primer and a soft black top. | Dale, 68, was last seen leaving his home in the 2600 block of Bayou Road in Port Barre, Louisiana at 5:00 p.m. on July 13th, 2011. Dale left his dog behind, which is uncharacteristic of him, and also left his trailer home unlocked. His family stated he doesn’t hunt or fish and rarely stays away from home for more than a day or so. Although he was upset over his recent prostate cancer diagnosis, his loved ones didn’t believe he would have taken his own life. In May of 2017, Dale’s 23-year-old grand-nephew, Philip Foster Lafleur, confessed to his great-uncle’s murder. Philip stated he’d beaten Dale to death because Dale had promised to give him some money and then hadn’t done so. Philip was already in custody awaiting trial for second-degree murder at the time. He had confessed in February 2016 to the murder of Akeem Adiddias Ceasar, who had disappeared from Eunice, LA in December 2015 and was found shot to death in a wooded area of Eunice two months later. Philip stated he buckled his great-uncle’s body into the passenger seat of Dale’s car and drove it into the Atchafalaya River across from Krotz Springs. In August of 2017, Philip was indicted for his uncle’s murder. In November, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Dale’s case and second-degree murder in Ceaser’s death. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his uncle’s case and life without parole for the other murder. == Search Efforts == Police searched the specified location on the Atchafalaya River, and spent some time investigating something that seemed to be a car buried in the silt but could not find any remains, it’s unclear if they got evidence of it being his car. In 2023, Adventures with Purpose searched a boat ramp near a power line crossing and the Whiskey Bay Boat Launch 5 miles south. A vehicle believed to be a truck was seen on sonar but not dove. Several access points near the pipeline crossing north of the Frank & Sal Diesi Bridge were searched. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Cecil O. Baker – 2011 | Barbourville, Kentucky | Still missing Lime-green four-door 1994 Geo Metro with the KY license plate number 474CDH | Cecil, 47, was last seen in Barbourville, Kentucky on May 1st, 2011 around 5 p.m. He said he was going to go visit his daughter in Michigan, but it’s unclear whether he ever made it there or even left the state of KY. It’s uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning and his family believes he came to harm. |
| Guadalupe Juarez-figueroa – 2011 | Brownsville, Texas | Driving his dark blue 2000 Ford Econoline E150 van with silver on the bottom, FL Tag # ADQF55 (VIN 1FMRE11WXYHA35588). | Guadalupe “Lupe” Juarez-Figueroa, 57, was last spoken to on December 11th, 2011 at around 9 p.m. by cellphone. He was staying at the Motel 6 in Brownsville, TX. On Dec 8, he had left his residence in Fort Myers, Florida at around 2 p.m. and was supposed to arrive in Austin, TX on Dec 12th to visit with his son, Samuel Juarez. His fiance contacted the motel on the 13th and confirmed that he had checked out on the 12th at 11:10 a.m. It’s unclear through public information online why he would have ended up in Brownsville, 250 miles south of his destination. |
| Robert Sidney Long – 2011 | Richmond, Virginia | Still missing green Honda Civic Del Sol. | Robert, 55, was last seen by his parents in Richmond, VA at 5:30 p.m. on September 18th, 2011. He lived in the 5500 block of Belmont Avenue in the city’s West End. He was reported missing by his parents on 9/24/2011. He is illiterate, and his family believes he may be homeless and may be making money panhandling, as he had frequently done before. He may be in need of medication for unspecified reasons, he left his medication behind at home. Robert was previously treated for addiction and completed a rehabilitation program. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug searched the James River with sonar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cvt0tCdfkE Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Promila Mehta-Paul – 2011 | 9000 block Twin Creek Boulevard, Munster, Indiana | Still missing gold 2001 Toyota RAV4 with the IN license plate DW2031 or CA license plate 6LHZ319 Entered into NCIC (# M749412281) as a Felony Vehicle to hold for prints | Promila, 70, has been missing from her home in the 9000 block of Twin Creek Boulevard, Munster, IN since March 21st, 2011. Earlier that day, she worked at her doctors office where she was an ophthalmologist, then went to First Financial Bank around 5 p.m. where she was captured on surveillance, and made a deposit as normal. The day she went missing, her son Paul M. Fontaine (aka Paresh Daman Paul) was house sitting for a family across the street from where he and his mother both lived. Witnesses saw Promila show up from across the street “almost naked” and stated she “vomited on the porch”. They took her to a bathroom and one witness said she was not moving. They asked her son if his mother was dead and he responded it was possible. He said he did not want to call 911 “because he did not want to affect her medical license”. When one witness returned the next day, he did not see Promila and Paul claimed she was fine. Paul also told a witness that his mother apparently tried to commit suicide after the death of another family member. However, he later told authorities, while under interrogation, that his mother wasn’t suicidal. She did not show up for appointments and was never heard from again. Paul called her office and instructed them to cancel her appointments for the next two weeks because she had to go to India for a funeral. He never reported her missing. Three days later, police conducted a welfare check, but neither of them were at the home. On March 26, 2011 her son was detained in San Ysidro, California trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico on foot, after a national alert had been issued. In his possession was a CA license plate from his mothers vehicle. He refused to say how he got to the border, or where her car was. He left his car, an Acura, without license plates at Promila’s home and said he didn’t know what happened. In 2012, Paul was sentenced to 5 years for forgery after selling her other vehicle. He relocated to Las Vegas after being released from prison. Investigators interviewed Fontaine’s ex-girlfriend, who he lived with, in 2018, according to the affidavit. The woman said Fontaine had threatened to kill her, and said, “I’m going to make you disappear. I know how.” Another ex-girlfriend of Fontaine’s told investigators about an incident in 2010 where heard Promila screaming and “witnessed Fontaine strangle her,” according to the affidavit. Promila later told the ex-girlfriend that “when Fontaine strangled her, she awoke to him shoving pills down her throat,” according to the affidavit. Promila also said “she left the house because she was afraid of Fontaine and stayed with friends or neighbors,” according to the affidavit. In 2019, he was charged with murder based on new information. He pled not guilty to her murder and the state was unable to prove murder. He did take a plea agreement and in 2021 he was given a four-year sentence on counts of obstruction of justice and failure to report a dead body. He was however given credit for more than two years and three months in jail since his arrest in 2019, so he was ordered released. Before she disappeared, Promila told a friend she planned on kicking her son out after they argued over a utility bill. He had been pulled over for speeding earlier that month and arrested on a DUI charge. He previously was arrested in 2002 for battery. |
| Guadalupe Rojo – 2011 | Laredo, Texas | Driving a Blue Chevy Suburban | Guadalupe, 52, was last seen in Laredo, TX on February 1st, 2011 |
| Nestor Javier Osuna Vega – 2011 | Arroyo Grande, California | Driving a White four-door 1999 Ford F-150 pickup truck. | Nestor, 38, was last seen in Arroyo Grande, CA on January 13th, 2011. He was en route to Mazatlan, Mexico at the time. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Roger Jermaine Chambers – 2010 | 3631 Army Road in Raeford, North Carolina | May be driving a green 1993 Toyota Camry with the NC license plate number YZF4849. The vehicle has chrome rims, lightly tinted windows, paint peeling off the hood and dents on the passenger side. | Roger, 34, left his home at 3631 Army Road in Raeford, NC at 6:15 p.m. on September 4th, 2010. He had juvenile family members with him, and he dropped them off at a family member’s residence on Burke Road, Raeford, NC. He said he had an appointment in the Red Springs, NC area at 7 p.m., but didn’t say exactly where or who he was going to see. It’s possible he was going to see someone who owed him money. His wife spoke to him briefly on the phone after he left home, and he also spoke to a friend he encountered at a gas station along Highway 211 outside of Red Springs and reportedly traveled into Robeson County. His wife tried to call him at 9:48 p.m., but the call went straight to voicemail. Roger is a married, friendly man who often helped the homeless community. There has been no activity on his bank account since he vanished, and his loved ones stated it was uncharacteristic of him to disappear for any amount of time. |
| Robert J. Long – 2010 | 385 NY-25A, Miller Place, New York | Still missing off-white 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser, which has a yellow “Support the Troops” ribbon decal on the back and the NY license plate number EEH4237 | Robert, 62, was last seen in Long Island, NY on the afternoon of December 21st, 2010. He left his home on Hillsdale Avenue to go to the nearby Miller Place Wine & Liquor Store on Route 25A. He did make it to the store and bought a bottle of liquor, but never returned home as he usually did. He was known by employees there. Robert has diabetes and did not have his insulin with him. He was carrying little or no cash at the time of his disappearance. He had his cellular phone, but not the charger. He had talked about suicide in the past, but he never followed through, his wife said. Family members went to some of his favorite places, including Cedar Beach in Miller Place, where he loved to feed the seagulls. There were no clues to his disappearance. A Facebook page dedicated to finding him has been active since his disappearance: https://www.facebook.com/groups/136445059749297/ |
| Lester Raymond Jones Jr. – 2010 | Flowood, Mississippi | Still missing new blue 2002 Ford Expedition with the MS license plate number KTW714. | Lester, 26, was last seen at 10:18 p.m. on January 11th, 2010 on surveillance camera at a Sprint Mart gas station in Flowood, MS. His cell phone was later found in the service station’s bathroom. Earlier that day, he had visited his parents and brother in Tupelo, on his way back from Tunica. It’s unclear why he had been in Tunica. He spoke on the phone with one of his frat brothers earlier in the night confirming their plans. Lester lived with a roommate on Collegeview Street in Starkville, MS but was enroute to the Jackson, MS area to visit with some friends. One source states that he was going there to support a friend whose girlfriend had been killed in a violent robbery. He suffers from asthma and needs an inhaler and other medication to control his condition. He was a graduate student at Mississippi State University, a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and studying biomedical engineering. He was enrolled in one course for the spring semester, and he had four months left before he was to obtain his Masters. There were phone records that showed he had spoken to one of the Frat brothers that night, who later denied speaking to him. In February 2010, a press conference and rally were held by friends and family, and flyers were distributed with a focus on 11 high density areas in Jackson. The FBI also became involved and his apartment in Starkville was searched after he had been missing for three weeks. In June of 2023, he was featured on Nancy Grace. |
| Felix Lopez Herrera – 2010 | Salinas, California | White Dodge Ram 2500, plate 5J28536. | Felix, 63, was last seen on July 13th, 2010 in Salinas, CA. Date Added: 5/26/24 |
| Jacob Cabinaw – 2010 | Sweetwater, Texas | Driving his silver 2002 Chevrolet Malibu with the MI license plate number BKQ4107; it has minor damage on the front passenger side panel. | Jacob, 31, disappeared from Traverse City, MI at 7:30 p.m. on March 31st, 2010. He dropped a friend off near the volleyball courts at the Open Space, a beachside park, after they played frisbee golf. His friend invited him to go to some bars, but Jacob declined, saying he had to go home and study for class. He apparently never returned to his home in Grawn, MI. At 1:00 a.m. on April 1, he called an automated system to confirm he was still taking community college classes. At 2:00 a.m., he used his bank card to buy gas in Mattawan, MI. A deputy with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department in Arkansas ran his plate three hours later, and noted Jacob was asleep in his car, parked at the Brentwood Rest Area off U.S. 71 in West Fork. Later that day, Jacob’s debit card was used to buy gasoline in Sweetwater, Texas and his image was captured on a security camera. |
| Isidro S. Tenorio – 2010 | 9100 145th St, Orland Park, Illinois | Still missing black 1999 Chevrolet Malibu with the IL license plate number H185121 | Isidro, 38, was last seen driving away from a friend’s home in the 9100 block of 145th Street in Orland Park, IL at 10:30 p.m. on March 15th, 2010. His roommates in the 9800 block of El Cameno Court reported him missing a few days later. Isidro may use the alias names Ramon Gonzalez or Isidro T. Sosme. His disappearance has left his family heartbroken and searching for answers. His loved ones include his mother, brother, sister, two sons, their mother, and four grandchildren. He was living in the United States illegally and didn’t have a driver’s license or a bank account. He has dropped out of sight in the past, usually to visit Mexico, but he’s never been gone for this long. Isidro served as a soldier in the Mexican Army in the 1990s. Isidro hasn’t been in touch with his loved ones in Mexico or the United States since 2010. A Facebook page dedicated to finding him was created this year: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566395627878 |
| Kimberly Lynn Stoner – 2010 | Royal Oak, Michigan | She may be driving a green 1995 Ford F-150 pickup truck with the MI license plate number BRY6629. | Kimberly, 35, was last seen in Royal Oak, MI on July 24th, 2010. She apparently left of her own accord, and returned at least once to collect some belongings. |
| Alejandro Bocaniger – 2010 | St. Rose, Louisiana | Listed with his case is a Dark Gray 2003 Chevrolet Truck with LA license plate X315353. | Alejandro, 32, was last seen on January 9th, 2010, in St. Rose, LA. He was last spotted in the 200 block of Riverview Drive and was reportedly en route to Gretna, LA. |
| Luis Manuel Hernandez, Carlos Ortega, Nicolas A. Muñoz, Ricardo Gomez, and Xovane Gomez – 2010 | San Marcos, Texas | The group left driving a green 2003 Chevrolet Suburban with TX plate AD98575. | Luis Manuel Hernandez, 36; Carlos Ortega, 48; Nicolas A. Muñoz, 32; Ricardo Gomez, 44; and Xovane Gomez, 14, were last believed to be in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on November 27th, 2010. The four adults lived in the area, and Xovane (listed as Jiovany on some sources) was Ricardo’s teenage nephew visiting from Chicago, Illinois. He and Luis Hernandez are American citizens while the other three men were Mexican-born and legal U.S. residents. They had all gone to the border town of Laredo, TX that day to pick up some paperwork for a work-related vehicle, and decided to cross the border into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico to go shopping. Luis called his wife at around 12 p.m. and said they’d be home by 7 or 8 p.m. Law enforcement was notified on Nov. 30th after Luis and Nicholas didn’t show up for their jobs at Heldenfels Enterprises Inc., a concrete company. They are described as reliable workers. Texas Rangers and the FBI were alerted to their disappearance, but so far there has been no sign of them. Date Added: 2/25/25 |
| John Jeremy Biesen – 2010 | Eugene, Oregon | Still missing gold 1968 vinyl-roof Ford coupe with OR plates JFL826. | John, 39, had been visiting his father and friends in Gold Beach, OR during the holidays, according to Micheal Biesen, John’s half-brother, of Eureka, California. John had headed home on January 5th, 2010. That same day, he called his Polk County probation officer to tell him he was having car trouble near Eugene and wanted to reschedule a meeting, Monmouth police said. Relatives who had held out hope that he might turn up reported him missing on Jan. 25. According to court records, John pleaded guilty to attempted first degree sex-abuse in Polk County Circuit Court in 2009. The family has taken issue with the way another newspaper presented that information in a story. His half sister, Amanda Biesen said on a Facebook page that John was portrayed inaccurately, and beseeched the public not to let that discourage them from providing tips about John’s whereabouts. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| John Ray Hefty – 2010 | Fort Dodge, Iowa | Black 2001 Ford Escape 2 door with IA plates 259LAC. | John, 54, was reported missing on October 4th, 2010 from Fort Dodge, IA. He may be in the mountainous area of Arizona. |
| Leroy Kelly Sr. – 2010 | Lottie, Louisiana | White 2009 Nissan Maxima License plate unknown | Leroy, 70, was last seen leaving his residence in Lottie, LA on December 4th, 2010. He may have been sighted in New Roads, LA after his disappearance. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Joel A. Moore – 2010 | Galatia, Illinois | Still missing white 1990 or 1991 Cadillac Deville with the IL license plate number A369209. | Moore was last seen leaving his Galatia, IL residence on March 27th, 2010. He and his brother exchanged text messages at approximately 6:30 p.m.; his final text was normal and didn’t indicate anything was amiss. A witness, who had worked with Moore at Mad Pricer in Harrisburg, reported seeing him driving east on route 13 in front of Southeastern Illinois College, and was positive in his identification, and that Moore was alone in the vehicle. He left all his belongings behind except his contact lens solution, and there hasn’t been any activity on his bank accounts or cellular phone since his disappearance. == Search Efforts == According to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, ground, air, and water searches have been conducted up to seven years since Moore disappeared, from the Ohio River to Carbondale, and several miles north and south of Illinois 13 with no results. Team Watters Sonar And Recovery Team began searching for Joel around 2015, locating two vehicles in One Horse Gap Lake. They joined Chaos Divers who also searched bodies of water with sonar beginning ~2020 including Blue Hole, Glen Jones Lake, 4+ miles of the Kaskaskia River, Lake Kinkaid, local strip pits such as Belle Rive, and Tecumseh Lake. Narked Divers searched Mine Lake in 2024. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Tomas Herrera – 2010 | Primera, Texas | blue 1992 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck with the Texas license plate number 69RTH7. | Tomas, 78, was last seen by his health care provider in Primera, TX on September 8th, 2010. He left in his vehicle. He suffers from a number of medical complications including early signs of dementia. In late september of that year, his daughter-in-law, Sonia Herrera, said the family inquired about holding a funeral for him. Date Added: 5/23/24 |
| Bruce Allen Evans – 2010 | 3700 W Ironwood Hill Dr, Tucson, Arizona | Still missing white 2009 three-quarter-ton cargo van. | Bruce, 37, was last seen leaving his home in the 3700 block of west Ironwood Hill Drive in Tucson, AZ at 10 a.m. on December 21st, 2010. He was reportedly going to Phoenix, AZ on business with a coworker. He worked at a southside gun shop and was supposed to be home that night. He is considered missing under suspicious circumstances. Bruce was a native to Tucson, though he had recently returned there from living and working for several years in Arkansas, where he helped design and build handguns. The opportunity to come back to Tucson popped up in the fall of 2009, when his then-wife, Monica, heard an acquaintance was looking for help opening a gun shop. In April 2010, he had been arrested in Michigan when found in possession of a load of marijuana. He was transporting the drugs for a co-worker associated with the gun shop. It was the same co-worker Bruce was supposed to drive to Phoenix with on the day he disappeared. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Bruno Gualazzi – 2010 | El Centro, California | May be driving a maroon 1999 Chevrolet truck with the CA license plate number 4SVJ780. | Bruno, 87, was last seen in El Centro, CA on July 4th, 2010. |
| Sergio Antonio Fernandez – 2009 | Burleson, Texas | May be driving a gray 2005 Ford Freestar minivan with the TX license plate number PRK593 and a large round decal on the rear window with white lettering and a picture of a cowboy and a horse. | Sergio, 42, was last seen in Burleson, TX on November 24th, 2009. He left town on a business trip and was supposed to return in two days, but he never did. His cell phone hasn’t been used since the day of his disappearance. Date Added: 6/5/24 |
| Jordan Charles Peck – 2009 | Newark/Bay area of California | May be driving a white 1991 Toyota 4Runner with a gray accent stripe down the side. | Jordan, 44, was last known to be in the Newark/Bay area of CA on July 1st, 2009. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Billie and Mary Black – 2009 | Atchison, Kansas | Still missing light blue four-door 1990 Honda Civic with the KS license plate number AWX605. It has paint missing from the hood, and its exhaust system is loud and dangles from the undercarriage. | Mary, then 72, and Billie, 74, left their home in the 2400 block of Pacific Street, Atchison, KS around 8:15 a.m. on September 11th, 2009. Mary and Billy were high school sweethearts, they grew up together in Orrick, Missouri and graduated high school there. Billie went to engineering school, joined the Air Force, and eventually became a plant manager at an Atchison aluminum factory; He was described by his younger brother as a headstrong individual, who in his younger years built racecars and raced them throughout the Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri circuits. Mary attended the University of Central Missouri and later taught school. She is described by their son as the nicest, friendliest and outgoing person.They had one son together. They were known to enjoy road trips to flea markets and civil war reenactments. The couples son, who resided in Orrick, MO at the time, had made arrangements to relocate Mary Black during Labor Day weekend to an area nursing home. The move was postponed to Sept. 15. In the meantime, the couple seemingly vanished. After their disappearance, the lights were found turned on in their home, both of their driver’s licenses were there, as well as a checkbook and some cash, and Billie’s insulin was in the refrigerator. He had severe diabetes and was insulin-dependent at the time, and he left his insulin behind. He had impaired eyesight and difficulty walking as a result of his condition. Mary also had severe health problems, she was in the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Billie was stressed from having to care for her, and told their son it would be better for him if his parents weren’t around. == Search Efforts == A silver alert was created for them, aerial, ground and water searches were launched. Atchison Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Lee’s Summit Underwater Dive Team have participated in search efforts. The Missouri River and Atchison Watershed Dam No. 8. were searched. Some vehicles were located but were not determined to be the couples. Sheriff Calhoon urged the public to be mindful of Mr. and Mrs. Black as they travel along roads in the event the couple might have been involved in an accident. He warned they might have driven off a roadside or rolled down a ravine. Authorities and members of their families believe they’re no longer alive. One theory is that they drove, accidentally or intentionally, into the Missouri River. Little evidence is available in their cases, however. The following two years Atchison experienced two significant storms that caused heavy rainfall and flooding in the area. In 2021, Adventures with Purpose searched for them at Atchison boat ramps on the Missouri River. Two vehicles were found and one was pulled. Shortly before AWP’s arrival, a mirror from a honda civic was brought up by fishermen in the river near Kickapoo, Kansas but their search did not uncover a vehicle in that area. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Bruce Harding Bell – 2009 | Tucson, Arizona | Still missing teal-green 1997 Dodge 4×4 pickup truck with a toolbox and rack in the back and the AZ license plate number ADZ0019 | Bruce, 47, was last seen in Tucson, AZ on November 3rd, 2009. On Nov. 13, his mobile home in the 5600 block of north La Cholla Boulevard burned down, authorities determined it was an accident. Bruce was reported missing the next day. He has lived in several parts of Tucson. He did construction work and dealt in used and and salvaged vehicles prior to his disappearance. Authorities stated that he is missing under suspicious circumstances. Date Added 3/13/24 |
| Robert Bishara – 2009 | Brossard, Quebec, Canada | Still missing black 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer 2006 bearing Quebec licence plate 941TBA. | Robert, 36, was last seen during the evening of March 17th, 2009 in Brossard, Quebec, Canada. Robert originates from Egypt. |
| Toni Lee Sharpless – 2009 | 1300 Bobarn Dr, Penn Valley, Pennsylvania | Still missing black four-door 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GT with tinted windows and the PA license plate number DND7772 | Toni, 29, was last seen in Gladwyne, PA at 4:45 a.m. on August 23rd, 2009. She left her home in West Brandywine Township, PA to go out with a friend, Crystal Johns, that night. They originally went to the Ice Nightclub, then to a house party in the 1300 block of Bobarn Drive. At 3:00 a.m., Toni sent a text message to her twelve-year-old daughter. She later caused a disturbance at the party when she got angry with another guest and poured a bottle of champagne on the floor. She and Crystal were asked to leave. Both women had been drinking alcohol that evening, something Toni was not supposed to do because of the medication she was taking, and she had reportedly been awake for approximately 36 hours. She was angry and crying when she left the party with Crystal. They had only driven a few blocks when they got into an argument because Crystal didn’t believe Toni was sober enough to drive. (Toni had a 2008 conviction for driving under the influence.) She stopped the car and demanded her friend get out, so Crystal exited the vehicle and then Toni drove away. Her cell phone also remains missing and has been turned off since approximately 4:00 a.m. the day she disappeared. == Search Efforts == Toni’s friends and family made and distributed flyers, while the Lower Merion Township police put out bulletins for her car. Speculation at first focused on the possibility that her intoxicated, sleep-deprived state led her to drive down a boat ramp by mistake and end up in the nearby Schuylkill River. A Texas firm hired to search the river using side-scan sonar found 12 vehicles, nine of which had been reported stolen and three that were untraceable since the vehicle identification numbers (VINs) had been removed. None were the Grand Prix. In September, two weeks after Sharpless disappeared, an automated license plate reader in Camden, New Jersey, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, recorded a hit on Sharpless’s car’s license plate number. The Camden police did not notify Lower Merion until a few days afterward, and efforts to locate the vehicle in Camden or nearby were unsuccessful. In late October, police records show they worked their last lead, although the case remains open. In 2013, the writer of an anonymous letter sent to Eileen Law, a private investigator handling the case, claimed that he had been hired to take the Pontiac to a shop in the Boston area in exchange for $5,000 in cash and the license plates after Toni was killed during a confrontation with a Camden police officer. The writer did not personally know of any details about what had happened to her but included in his letter the number of her cell phone, missing along with her, and the last five digits of the car’s vehicle identification number, information that had not been made public. Both were correct. Police dismissed the letter as a hoax despite the details, but Law, whose theory is that Toni is alive and being held captive by human traffickers, believes it was genuine and continues to investigate. In 2011, the Investigation Discovery channel’s series Disappeared devoted an episode to the case. |
| Abel Garcia – 2009 | Houston, Texas | Listed with his case is a white 1993 Mazda MX6 with TX plates 188RSV. | Abel, 45, had not been seen or heard from since July 8th, 2009 in Houston, TX. His apartment doors were found to be unlocked and the place was ransacked. Date Added: 12/15/24 |
| Ines Paredes – 2009 | Houston, Texas | She may be driving a yellow 1999 Ford F-150 pickup truck with the TX license plate number 53PXG7. | Ines, 33, was last seen in Houston, TX on March 26th, 2009. She boarded a bus en route to Mexico and was supposed to call home when she arrived, but she never did, and neighbors in Mexico said they never saw her. Date Added: 12/15/24 |
| Joseph Czarnecki – 2009 | Shelton, Connecticut | Listed with his case is a Green 2005 General Motor Corp. Canyon Pickup with CT plate UV7531. | Joseph, 57, was last seen by his wife in Shelton, CT on June 6th, 2009. He was last spoken to by his family on the 10th. Date Added: 12/12/24 |
| Dante Lamont Byrd – 2009 | Stockton, California | Driving a burgundy/maroon 1994 Lexus ES250 with CA license plate 5UDD198. | Dante, 32, was last seen leaving a friends house in Stockton, CA in the early morning hours of February 8th, 2009. The day before, he had left his house in Concord, and he was believed to be returning home but he never arrived. Date Added: 6/8/24 |
| Bengie Lynn Tyson – 2009 | Phoenix, Arizona | Still missing blue 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with the MT license plate number AFM487 Registered in the name of Andrew Brown of Red Lodge, MT. It had a tracker which was disabled on 1/15/2010; the last known address listed was in Portland, Oregon. | Bengie, 32, lived in Phoenix, AZ at the time of her disappearance but she was last seen in Billings, Montana. She was traveling with her boyfriend, James D. Clemons; they stayed at the Chateau Rouge motel in Billings and were selling meat door to door. She briefly spoke to her parents and her son, who were visiting a relative in Florida, on Thanksgiving Day. She disappeared on November 26th, 2009 and has never been heard from again. Her father reported her missing. According to her boyfriend, the last time he saw her they had an argument and she wanted to leave. He took her to a truck stop, Bengie got into a white SUV, and left. Bengie had minor run-ins with the law and battled substance abuse in her past. She was the mother of a young son who lived with his father. Though she often traveled, she always kept in touch with her parents and let them know where she was. In 2009, she was a waitress in Phoenix and reportedly had her own place, but she was in a relationship with a man that her parents disapproved of and they described the relationship as unstable. She has used the alias “Phyletta D. Mueck,” but when police searched if she used the name to travel at bus stations in the surrounding Billings area, they didn’t come up with anything. |
| Jorge Zavala – 2008 | Hawthorne, California | Driving a black 1994 Chevrolet Astro van with the license plate number 7C28697; belonging to a mobile car detailing company. | Jorge “George” Zavala, 35, was last seen leaving for work in Hawthorne, CA on December 11th, 2008. |
| Michael James Delaney – 2008 | Davenport, Iowa | Still missing white 2000-2004 extended-cab Silverado pickup with “Z-71” on the side of the box. Recently purchased but not registered or licensed. Had license plates that did not belong to it, VIN unknown. | Michael, 49, was last seen on July 3rd, 2008 in Davenport, IA. He was ineligible to legally register a vehicle in his name because of his driving history so his vehicle did not have registered tags and Police still need to obtain information on it including the VIN number. Michael lived with his 17-year-old daughter and had always maintained contact with her numerous times a day. On 7/23/2018 Law enforcement named Mark Edward Handlon as a person of interest in Michael’s disappearance. Officials suspected him of taking a white 2000 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck from a Bettendorf car dealership in June 2008 and not returning it. He also allegedly stole money from a Moline restaurant. On 9/4/2018 he was taken into custody and received a 12 year sentence for Burglary. He absconded when released on parole. Date Added: 1/25/24 |
| John A. Brown – 2008 | Nance County, Nebraska | May be driving a maroon two-door 1998 Ford Taurus. | John, 44, was last seen in Nance County, NE on February 8th, 2008. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Raymond Serefino Naranjo and Jose Nery Guillen – 2008 | Norwalk, California | Still missing black 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche with the license plate number 7W80666. | Raymond, 31, was last seen in Norwalk, CA on July 4th, 2008 with his friend Jose, 27. The pair left from Jose’s residence. They were enroute to Sonora, Mexico to visit Jose’s father. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| William Ray Chapman – 2008 | Wichita, Kansas | May be driving a Black 2002 Ford | William, 24, was last seen in Wichita, KS on December 8th, 2008. He worked as a video blogger and musician at the time of his disappearance, and enjoyed going to gay clubs such as the Fantasy club in Wichita, which closed in 2015. His loved ones describe him as a very social person and they don’t believe he left his own accord. Some of his friends knew him by his nickname “Vanity Vuitton” Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Carlos Joaquin Zuniga – 2008 | McKinney, Texas | May be driving a copper-colored 2005 Mazda Miata Merlot Mica convertible with the TX license plate number 991GXD. | Carlos, 35, was last seen in McKinney, TX on January 31st, 2008. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Julianne Garcia – 2008 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Driving a dark gray 1996 Chevrolet Lumina with the LA license plate number KGN534. | Julianne, 35, was last seen in Baton Rouge, LA on March 16th, 2008. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Shawn Darnell Givens – 2008 | 6616 Lakepoint Dr. Prince George, Virginia | May be driving a dark blue 1996 Nissan Infiniti sedan with the VA license plate number KLZ9936. | Shawn “Red” Givens, 33, was last seen on June 9th, 2008 in front of the apartment where he was staying, located at 6616 Lake point Dr. in Prince George, VA. He had just returned home from a trip with friends to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Authorities believe he may have been in the area of Branchester Lake Apartments and the Valero on Oaklawn Boulevard early that day. He was last seen by Derrick Coleman. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Fernando Castillo Benitez Jr. – 2008 | Tucson, Arizona | He may be driving a Chevrolet Suburban. | Fernando, 56, was last seen getting into a gray late-model pickup truck in front of his business in Tucson, AZ on July 29th, 2008. He may have been living in the Tohono O’Odham Reservation area at the time. His family reported him missing on August 3. It’s uncharacteristic of him to be out of touch with his relatives. |
| Ann Marie Kelley – 2008 | Filley, Nebraska | Still missing dark blue-gray wood-paneled 1991 Plymouth Voyager minivan with the NE license plate number 3A8045 | Ann, 36, was last seen on April 15th, 2008 in Filley, NE. Her husband, William T. Kelley Jr., left home for work at 5:45 a.m. He sent her a text message at 7:22 a.m., wishing her a good day, and she replied to it. She and their four children left the house at around 7:30 a.m. and she dropped them off at school and day care. On the way there, at 8:14 a.m., she stopped and made purchases at a SunMart convenience store. One of her three jobs was as a cleaner at Southeast Community College in Beatrice, NE; she used her key fob to go into a campus building at 8:46 a.m. An hour later, Ann called her employer to say there was a problem with one of her children at school and she left work to deal with it. Her cell phone made a call to Beatrice Public Schools at 9:55 a.m., but it’s unclear whether she actually talked to anyone; nobody there remembers having a conversation with her. This was the last sign of her; she has never been heard from again. William sent Ann several phone text messages starting at 12:29 p.m. but got no answer. He reported his wife missing at 7:30 p.m. William says he found Ann’s cell phone and a note, addressed to their children, at their home at 12:30 a.m. on the 16th. It didn’t appear to be a goodbye message or a suicide note, but its specific contents haven’t been released. Ann hasn’t used her credit cards or bank accounts since she went missing. |
| Sharif J. Bozorov – 2008 | 3400 N 93rd St, Omaha, Nebraska | 2001 Toyota coupe | Sharif, 24, was last seen in the area of 3400 north 93rd Street in Omaha, NE on November 18th, 2008. He is also known as Sharif Shavkatovi Bozorov. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Brandon Edward Perdue – 2008 | Lake of the Woods, Oregon | Still missing red two-door 1998 Honda Civic with the OR license plate number XVB615, tinted windows, silver rims and no spoiler. | Brandon, 18, was at his home in the 2700 block of Aldersgate Road in Medford, OR at 6:30 p.m. on June 13th, 2008. He left shortly after in his vehicle. That day, he was texting family and friends that he was considering harming himself. He called his parents twice that evening and told them he was going to harm himself and wanted to say goodbye. He continued to text until his cell phone was deactivated, likely a drained battery. The previous day, he had told his girlfriend he was thinking of overdosing on pills. His cell phone pinged off a tower near Lake of the Woods, OR at 8:00 p.m., but this was the last sign of him. A cell tower located on Robinson Butte was the last tower to receive cellular activity at 7:46 p.m. There were additional messages noted in the data until last contact at 8:54 pm. The Robinson Butte cell site is located just south of Highway 140 between Fish Lake and Lake of the Woods. He enjoys driving long distances to relieve stress, and he’d told his family he wanted to get out of town. He wasn’t known to be involved with drugs or alcohol, and he played sports locally at the time of his disappearance. He may travel to the area of Lost Creek Lake. == Search Efforts == Organized searches were conducted at the time in the Lost Creek Lake area and the roadways in and around the Robinson Butte area over a period of days. Brandon’s family and friends conducted numerous searches of these areas over several weeks. The family also hired aircraft to conduct air searches along the roadways adjacent to Highway 140 east extending into the Klamath Basin. All searches were designed to look for Brandon’s vehicle primarily. In 2022, parts of Upper Klamath Lake, FIsh lake, Lake of the woods, Willow Lake and Lost Creek Lake were searched by an independent sonar team. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Virginia Lynne Wood and Kelly Gaskins – 2007 | Brownsville, Texas | Still missing black 2003 Nissan Sentra with the NC license plate number TTZ6801 | Virginia, 19, told her mother she was going to visit her friend Kelly Gaskins in Brownsville, Texas for spring break in March of 2007. On March 8th, 2007, she packed her bags and started a 1400 mile drive south from Boone, North Carolina to TX. She took her social security card and a copy of her birth certificate along so she could cross the border to Mexico with her friend. Virginia spoke with her mother twice in the following days, telling her she had met with Kelly in Brownsville, but calls to her soon started going straight to voicemail. On the 10th, she called a friend from TX, stating that she was going to cross the border to Cancun, Mexico with Kelly. Kelly was last spoken to on Jan. 18, 2007 when she called her mother saying that she was in Matamoros, Mexico with her boyfriend. The boyfriend was found back in Beaufort County, NC with no sign of Kelly. |
| Daryl Alphonse Wilkes – 2007 | 3889 Mexico Rd, St Charles, Missouri | Driving a dark metallic green 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe with Oklahoma license plates 847ZVE, expiration date 03-08, leased | Daryl, 54, departed Jefferson City, MO en route to his girlfriend’s home in Florissant, MO at 4:00 p.m. on August 24th, 2007. At 10:30 pm, surveillance cameras captured Wilkes at a Quik-Trip convenience store in St. Peters, MO where financial records confirmed he made a purchase. He never arrived to see his girlfriend. Daryl worked for the state’s Department of Mental Health in Jefferson City. His family says he was highly regarded there and was a responsible individual. |
| Augustine Lee Floyd – 2007 | E Remus Rd, Mt Pleasant, Michigan | Still missing black four-door 1995 Cadillac DeVille. The vehicle has a bungee cord holding the damaged trunk shut and a blue MI license plate numbered AAN4697, which expired in 5/2008. | Augustine “Auggie” Floyd, 18, attended a concert for the band T-Pain at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, MI on October 12th, 2007. He was there with a Manistee woman he met on MySpace. Afterwards, they decided to attend a party on the Isabella Indian Reservation. While at the party, he is said to have had a confrontation with a group that he and his cousin Misheka had gotten into a fight with a year before. Auggie and Misheka left in a van at around 2 or 3 a.m. and he planned to spend the night on Francis Drive near Bamber Road, which was either a friend or cousin’s home. According to Misheka, he parked his car at his cousin Erin’s home, and apparently took his car from there and left. He is said to have returned to the party at the Reservation, and was last seen at 4 a.m., standing near his car. He never returned to his Suttons Bay, Michigan home and has never been heard from again. Auggie is described by his grandmother as a comical and nice young boy. He was always helping someone, especially the elders, and he followed the ones he respected. When it came to his friends and family, he would do anything for them. He was enrolled with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians and a student of Northwestern Michigan College at the time. It’s uncharacteristic for him to not get in touch with his family. He is one of seven children, and he is also a father to a son. Auggie’s mother was murdered by her husband in 2002 and he was injured in the attack while trying to defend her. He moved in with his grandmother after his mother’s death and was still living there when he went missing. At the time, he had warrants out for his arrest in Grand Rapids, MI, after he failed to appear in court for sentencing. In December 2008, his disappearance was declared a probable homicide. Authorities have one suspect in his case, but believe multiple people may have been involved in his presumed murder. In November 2017, a petition was filed to have him declared legally deceased. == Search Efforts == After he was reported missing, a task force of tribal, local, county, state and federal law enforcement officers searched the thickly-forested two-tracks, covering an area roughly bordered by Coleman Road to the east, Remus Road to the south, Beal City Road to the north and west to Weidman and beyond. Around 84 interviews were also conducted in the first six weeks of his disappearance. More than 120 volunteers, including 50+ tribal members from the local Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, as well as the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (where he and his grandmother are enrolled members) joined the search. In 2015, a pond on the property at 8658 E. Baseline Road was searched by The Isabella County Dive Team for about three hours based one two tips but they came up empty handed. In 2024, Chaos Divers searched several locations with sonar for his vehicle including the Tittabawassee River. |
| Carmen Magdalena Mares – 2007 | 2413 N Zarzamora St, San Antonio Texas | Still missing white four-door 1996 Mitsubishi Galant with the TX license plate number 686KGV. The vehicle has front-end damage, a noisy engine and no hubcaps on the driver’s side. | Carmen, 35, was last seen in San Antonio, TX on September 2nd, 2007. She went to the E&G Sports Bar in the 2400 block of Zarzamora and Woodlawn with several female friends. She was last seen leaving the bar with a man at 2:30 a.m. She said she was giving the man a ride home. Carmen called her fiance at 2:55 a.m. to say she was on her way home, but she never arrived. At the time of her disappearance, she was a single mother of two children. Her loved ones describe her as a dedicated and loving parent. She was estranged from her family in 2007 because they disapproved of her lifestyle. |
| Gene Taylor McIntyre – 2007 | Padre Island, Texas | Still missing gold 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the AR license plate number 680MFP. | Gene, 49, was last seen in Hot Springs, Arkansas on November 1st, 2007. He later called his sister and ex-wife from Padre Island, TX, hundreds of miles away, and said he was having chest pains. His family received postcards from him, postmarked Padre Island, but there has been no indication of his whereabouts since then. |
| Jose Carbajal – 2007 | Garland, Texas | 1979 Ford F150 with TX plates 30SMC1 | Jose, 38, was last seen in Garland, Texas on May 27th, 2007. He was visiting from Houston, TX and left the residence at 7:00 A.M. Date Added: 11/18/23 |
| Julian Rene Kirchoff – 2007 | Bisbee, Arizona | Still missing gold 1992 Nissan Maxima. The car’s VIN number is JN1HJO1F5NT025326, and it sustained some damage from a parking lot collision. Registered to his mother. | Julian, 22, was last seen in Bisbee, AZ on February 8th, 2007. He was involved in an altercation with several males, possibly as many as seven, at Esperanza Apartments. While trying to get away from them, he rear-ended another person’s car. A gunshot was heard, and one of the assailants pulled Julian out of the driver’s seat of the vehicle and forced him into the backseat. The car was driven by one of the abductors and left the apartments following a dark-colored sedan. They headed south towards the Mexican border, which was five miles away. Witnesses called police at 11:30 p.m. The responding officers found an empty .380 shell casing in the parking lot. Julian has a criminal history; he served a year in prison for attempted aggravated driving under the influence (DUI) and possession of drug paraphernalia, and he also has a conviction for transporting a narcotic drug for sale. His mother stated he’d been staying away from drugs prior to his disappearance, but she fears his abduction was drug-related. Police have four suspects in the kidnapping and questioned them, but no one was charged. The suspects are now apparently in Mexico. It’s possible Julian was taken into Mexico, although investigators can’t find any record of him or his car crossing the border. He left behind a girlfriend and a young son. He was in daily contact with his mother and it’s uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. Foul play is suspected in his case. |
| Timothy James Potter – 2007 | Huffman Trailer Park in the vicinity of Pinetree and Richard in Rolla, Missouri | Still missing dark blue 1985 Cadillac DeVille, not registered owner, not in operable condition. Seen being hauled away shortly after his disappearance by a man driving a blue/purple-ish truck with tanks in the bed. | Timothy, 40, was last seen at around 2 a.m. on January 19th, 2007 at a friend’s residence at the Huffman Trailer Park in Rolla, Missouri. The man seen hauling away the vehicle he drove told a neighbor that Timothy wanted him to fix the car for him. He also admitted to knowing Timothy was missing. This man has never been identified and the car has not been seen again. Its title and keys are also missing. His family realized Timothy was missing when his boss at G&D Steakhouse told them he had not shown up for work. His relatives initially believed he had traveled to Potosi, Missouri to attend his uncle’s funeral, but he had not. His mother filed a missing persons report for him on Jan. 25th. Timothy has had legal difficulties in the past and was having financial problems at the time, as well as being upset about his uncle’s death, but his loved ones do not believe he would have walked away from everything as a result of these issues. He was close to his family and kept in frequent contact. He has not answered his cellular phone since he went missing. Authorities stated Timothy vanished under suspicious circumstances. He was involved with the drug culture and drugs may have been a factor in his disappearance. Investigators stated they have two persons of interest in his case, one of whom is deceased. Date Added: 2/25/24 |
| Marlene Palabichiny – 2007 | Arcadia, California | May be driving a 1999 Toyota Corolla with the CA license plate number 4FUF227. | Marlene, 37, was last seen in Arcadia, CA on August 1st, 2007. |
| Theotis J. Hudson – 2007 | 300 N Gladstone Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri | Dark green 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier with MO license plates numbered 5BG77A. Registered to his girlfriend. | Theotis, 24, was last seen in Kansas City, MO at 11:00 p.m. on October 27th, 2007. He left his home in the 300 block of north Gladstone Boulevard. At the time of his disappearance, he frequented the area of 35th Street and Quincy in Kansas City. His family suspects foul play. == Search Efforts == In 2024, sonar search group AWP scanned the Missouri River and Kansas River in search of several missing persons with vehicles in the area. Starting at Kaw Point and moving up river a mile until just past the 670 bridge, several vehicles were found including four jeeps, two blazers, and two mini vans as well as a barge. The Riverfront Park Boat Ramp to Kaw Point was also searched, with two vehicles found and dove on, one being a jeep, the other a 70s Ford Granada style hubcap was the only identifier. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Myoung Keun Noah – 2007 | San Bruno, California | Still missing new black 2007 Lincoln Town Car, with no license plate but a transportation carrier permit number TCP 18525 printed on the back bumper. It had a transponder that registers when it enters San Francisco International Airport, it did not register a trip to the airport that evening. | Myoung, 60, was last seen in San Bruno, CA at around 7:00 p.m. on May 1st, 2007. He told his fifteen-year-old son he was going to pick up a customer at 7:30 p.m. for his private car service, E-Limousine Services, which he ran out of his home. He normally didn’t give his wife details about his local fares, but would say something if he had a pickup farther away, such as Sacramento or the East Bay. Myoung did not say who he was picking up or where. He was not having any problems at the time of his disappearance and has no history of leaving without warning. A search of airport parking lots and a street-by-search search of San Bruno turned up no sign of his vehicle. He has two adult children by a previous marriage in addition to his teenage son. He has not been in contact with any of his family members since and has not used his credit cards or cell phone. |
| Virginia Canales – 2007 | Laredo, Texas | Gray 2003 Ford F-150 pickup truck with the TX license plate number 7ZFR57. | Virginia, 44, was last seen in Laredo, TX on July 13th, 2007. There is evidence that she may have crossed the border into Mexico at 8:45 p.m. that day. Her nickname is Vicky. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Naziha Ibrahim Duela – 2007 | Studio City, California | May be driving a faded black two-door 1991 Honda Accord with the CA license plate number 2XIC227. | Naziha, 49, was last seen in Studio City, CA on October 20th, 2007. She was supposed to go pick up her daughter at the San Diego Airport, then go to Mexico to buy a condo. She never showed up at the airport. It’s believed that she may have traveled to Mexico to look at the condo herself before going to the airport. Her vehicle may have crossed into Mexico but there are no records of it crossing back. Foul play is suspected. Her daughter is still seeking answers into her mother’s disappearance. Date Added: 6/8/24 |
| Carlton Mccarthy Ireland – 2007 | Zephyrhills, Florida | Still missing red 1997 Toyota Tercel, license plate J36ZVH | Carlton, 54, was last heard from on May 1st, 2007 and reported missing from his residence in Zephyrhills, FL. Through cell phone records, it was later determined he was last known to be leaving a pawn shop in Tampa. His family attempted to visit him on Nov. 3, 2007 after not speaking with him since May. They discovered him and his vehicle missing, his residence appeared to be undisturbed and there were no indicators that he took any personal belongings with him. It’s also unknown what he was wearing. There was no indication that he left the United States. == Search Efforts == In early 2024, Sunshine State Sonar searched several locations in Hillsborough County including a canal at the end of E Jean St in Tampa. Two unrelated vehicles, A mid 1960s Dodge Coronet and 2001 silver Dodge Dakota with OH plates were discovered and investigated. |
| Tommie Eugene Jackson – 2007 | St. Augustine, Florida | Still missing gray four-door 1989 Pontiac 6000 with the license plate numbered X20EXQ His wife stated his vehicle was in poor condition and she didn’t think he could have gotten very far in it. | Jackson, 49, was last seen in St. Augustine, FL on January 11th, 2007. That morning, he dropped his young daughter off at Cathedral Parish School on St. George Street. His routine after that was to go home, do chores and be ready for work by 2 p.m. There was evidence that he arrived home and did that. He was supposed to work a 2-10 p.m. shift at a rest area off Interstate 95, and be home by 10:30 p.m. but never showed up to work. When his wife called him as usual at 4 p.m. the call went straight to voicemail. Jackson’s wife said her husband went through periodic bouts of depression, but investigators don’t believe his mental health issues had anything to do with his disappearance and they don’t think he tried to harm himself. He is described as a dependable, reliable man who had never left without warning before. |
| Lark Loraine Montague – 2007 | 8400 West and 3500 South, Salt Lake County, Utah | Still missing silver/pewter-colored 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer with the UT license plate number 215LTE at the time of her disappearance. Registered to her husband. Likely has a broken tail light and damage on the rear driver’s side and possibly the whole driver’s side. | On September 22nd, 2007 Lark, 55, left her home at around 9 p.m. after her husband had fallen asleep and went to a party at a friend’s home nearby in the area of 8400 West and 3500 South in Salt Lake County, UT. She had been drinking and was seen leaving at 3 a.m. in her husband’s car. A neighbor followed her back to her residence, and he saw her pull into the driveway, but as he drove away he saw her pull back out. As she did this, she hit a chain-link fence and damaged it. Her family found pieces of a busted taillight on the ground there the next day. She was spotted driving up on the curb near Cyprus Credit Union (8400 West, 3500 South), then driving south on U-111. This was the last time she and the vehicle were verifiably seen. The vehicle will probably have a broken tail light and damage on the rear driver’s side and possibly the whole driver’s side. Her husband stated she’d been drinking more than usual before she disappeared and they’d argued about it. She suffered from Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, and depression and is supposed to take prescription medication for her conditions. There has been no activity on her financial accounts since her disappearance, and she hasn’t renewed any of her prescriptions. The only personal possession she had was her white leather purse. Authorities do not suspect foul play was involved in her case, but her family stated it is uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning and they fear for her safety. Lark was not employed and had custody of her three grandchildren and another boy at the time she went missing; her daughter regularly gave her cash for their support. She had been married to her husband for 23 years. Her youngest son died in 2008, a few months after her disappearance. Her husband has since divorced her, citing abandonment. She has a daughter from a previous marriage. == Search Efforts == Their son woke up his father at around 6 a.m. alerting him that she was not home. They started searching nearby bars for the vehicle. Flyers were distributed in Utah, Wyoming, Texas and Nevada; magnets with her photo and information left on cars; search parties and hikes up nearby canyons looking for some sign of her. It was hoped she’d left to see family in Texas without telling anyone, but there have been no signs of that. Several tips have come in over the years but none of them have panned out, she was reportedly seen by a family friend in Wendover, NV a week after she disappeared. A week after that, someone reported they saw her at a Mexican restaurant (3500 South and Bangerter Hwy) in West Valley City driving a different car. A bartender in Tooele said a woman matching Lark’s description was in the bar drinking Bud Light and a sidecar of Jägermeister — her usual order. |
| Casey Scott Berry – 2007 | Blanca, Colorado | Still missing smaller blue or brown Mazda pick-up Belonged to a female roommate | On February 14th, 2007 Casey, 25, was last seen at approximately 9:00 AM leaving his residence with a friend, Duane Kulakofsky in Blanca, CO. He was traveling to Taos, New Mexico to look for work. Date Added: 12/13/24 |
| Jacob Lee Heckart – 2007 | Nipomo, California | Left in his white 1988 Mercedes sedan | Jacob, 35, was last seen in Nipomo, California on July 4th, 2007. He may be in Templeton, CA. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| John Carl Goodman – 2007 | 600 E Whittier Blvd, La Habra, California | Still missing white 1997 Chevrolet Suburban with the CA license plate number 4GWV182 | John, 52, was last seen in the 600 block of east Whittier Boulevard in La Habra, CA on June 26th, 2007. His mother reported him missing on the 29th. She said she had gone to his home to check on him because she hadn’t heard from him in several days, and saw he was missing, the house lights and ceiling fan were on, and the front door was open. When police went to the residence, they discovered a back window of the house was broken and so was a rear window in his truck (believed to be a separate vehicle as the other vehicle is stated to be missing.) Because of the circumstances of his disappearance and the condition of his home, he is believed to be in danger. His neighbors stated he was normally a quiet person who kept to himself, but he had been receiving visitors in his house prior to his disappearance. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Karen Sue Adams – 2007 | Steubenville, Ohio | Still missing red/maroon two-door 2005 Suzuki Forenza with the PA license plate number EDT5587 | Karen, 54, was last seen in the early morning hours of March 11th, 2007. She had left her home in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania the night before and gone to the Mountaineer Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia. She used her credit card there, then security cameras showed her leaving the parking lot at 4:31 a.m. She last accessed her cellular phone voice mail at 4:35 a.m. She never arrived home, and her cellular phone and credit cards haven’t been used since her disappearance. Her last cell phone ping was off the southside cell tower of Steubenville around 4:35 a.m. Karen lived with her brother, John Adams, in the Independence Township of Aliquippa. She worked as a cashier at Big Lots and she was a teacher’s aide for disabled individuals at Allegheny Valley School. She was reportedly not dating anyone. She called John around 8 p.m. the night she left, he wasn’t home but knew she went to the Casino. John stated she had a gambling problem and he repeatedly asked her to stop spending money at the casino. One of John’s acquaintances told him he seen Karen at the casino. He stated he seen her withdrawing money from the ATM at around 11 p.m. A casino official told authorities that Karen used her Player’s Club card about 20 minutes later. The last charge on her credit card at the casino was for $60 around 2 a.m. Security cameras inside show that Karen did not interact with anyone while gambling and she did not leave with anyone. == Search Efforts == The route she would have taken along the Ohio River between Mountaineer and her home was checked. Her family knew she was a creature of habit and would always drive the same 28-mile route. They reportedly found no signs of an accident. Family put up fliers throughout the area. The FBI has been involved in her case since the start based on the multiple states involved. Beginning in 2021, Chaos Divers, an independent sonar search team, scanned several locations along the Ohio River. Depths of History later joined to search. The Kennedy Marina, from Mountaineer Casino down to the Newell Bridge, Steubenville marina, the Ambridge Resevoir, and Tomlinson Run Lake were searched. More than a dozen vehicles were found, including a truck linked to a 23 year old cold case of Charles Hanlon, but none were related to Karen’s case. In 2022, two other sonar searchers, AdamBrownAdventures and ExploringwithNug, also searched the Ohio River along her route from the Casino to her home. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Willie Charles Standberry Sr. – 2006 | E 123rd St & St Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio | Still missing hunter-green 2001 Ford Focus with the temporary OH license number M 123587 or License Plate EAU8688 | Willie “Chuck” Standberry, 72, was last seen leaving a friend’s house near east 89th and Grant in East Cleveland, OH at 7:15 p.m. on December 7th, 2006. He is later believed to have been at the Shell gasoline station on east 123rd and St. Clair at around 7:30 p.m. He was supposed to go to his girlfriend’s house, which was fifteen minutes away and no highway driving was involved, but he never arrived there. It was a route he had driven a hundred times before. Chuck played bass guitar and was a gospel singer. He was close to his grandchildren, whom he spoke to every day. |
| Mario Alfonzo Cardoza – 2006 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Driving a 2002 black or blue Chevy truck. | Mario, 32, was last seen on June 10th, 2006 in the Fort Lauderdale, FL area. |
| Thomas Edward Profitt – 2006 | Winchester, Kentucky | Still missing maroon and red 1997 Buick Century Sedan with KY License Plate 165ADW and a personalized front license plate that said “Tom and Anna”. | Thomas, 45, disappeared from Winchester, KY on May 3rd, 2006. Tom’s daughters say he had called to say he was coming straight to the hospital in Lexington, but he never arrived. His oldest daughter, Amanda, had just given birth to her second child 14 weeks prematurely. “I talked to him and the last thing in the conversation he said, ’This phone is beeping, I’m going to go, but I’ll see you in a little bit,’” “He said, ‘I’m going tomorrow night to see that baby.’ He said, ‘I’ll get to see that little girl,’ he was so excited.” From all accounts of his family and friends, he was excited about getting to see and spend time with his granddaughter. After Tom was reported missing, authorities questioned his wife Anna about his disappearance. They had been married for less than a year at the time. She claimed that the last time she saw him they had gotten into an argument and he was suicidal, telling her that he was “going to the river and she would never see him again.” One week after Tom’s disappearance, Anna called his daughter, telling her that if she wanted her dad’s stuff to come and get it because she was moving. When not spending time with family, Thomas liked to go to Trent’s garage in Rosslyn to play cards. He was described as a Jack-of-all-trades. == Search Efforts == Shortly after Tom vanished, police were able to obtain his cellphone data. His cellphone pinged in an area close to Anna’s sisters home. When LE went to investigate, they located a storage building but were denied access because they didn’t have a warrant. They returned with one soon after, but the storage building was open and empty. In 2014, tips led the Winchester Police Department to search the Kentucky River near Fort Boonesboro. In 2022 the Kentucky River was searched by an independent sonar team again from Fort Boonesboro to Clays Ferry. A car was found at Clays Ferry but it was not his. |
| Juil Matthews – 2006 | Franklin County, Mississippi | Still missing red 1989 Mazda pickup truck | Juil “J.L.” Matthews, 74, was last heard from on Oct 9, 2006. He lived alone on Evans Road in Franklin County, Mississippi but was last seen in Meadville on October 11th, 2006. He suffers from bipolar disorder and Alzheimer’s. He and his wife were living separately at the time of his disappearance but the two still spoke and visited one another. He is thought to have been en route to her home on Timber Lake Road in Natchez that day. Authorities believed that he may have had an accident and driven into Robbins lake but an extensive search was performed and he was not located. == Search Efforts == Law enforcement and search groups performed searches of the area by ground and air with no sign of him. In 2024, Adventures with Purpose searched for him. Robbins Lake was searched again with sonar and other ponds were visually or depth checked near his wife’s home. The 61 bridge over the Homochitto River was determined too shallow. Two boat ramps at Okhissa Lake were searched with sonar. A pond at Hwy 98 and Lewis Ln SE, a pond on Farmer Rd near 576 and several other small ponds were visually checked. Date Added: 12/21/24 |
| Brandon Wise – 2006 | New Orleans, Louisiana | May be driving a black Pontiac Grand Prix with Texas license plates; it was rented from Enterprise. | Brandon, 22, was last seen in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 1st, 2006 at 7 p.m. when he was released from jail on all charges. He may have traveled to the Houston, TX area. Brandon had evacuated to Texas during Katrina. He returned to NOLA that year, and subsequently was incarcerated at Central Lockup on a misdemeanor, according to his brother. The charges were for criminal trespassing and disturbing the peace. The last time his family spoke to him, he was in jail. |
| Keith Grant Lindner – 2006 | South Bend, Indiana | Silver and black 2005 Ford 300 series pickup truck with unknown IN plates. | Keith, 42, was last seen on May 12th, 2006 in South Bend, IN. His case is not listed on the Indiana Missing Person spreadsheet and needs to be confirmed. |
| Timothy James McKye – 2006 | Beaumont, Texas | Still missing Silver/blue 1999 Plymouth Voyager van with the Arizona license plate number 161TTM | Timothy “Tim” McKye, 50, was last seen in Beaumont, TX on October 13th, 2006 at an apartment complex, where a security guard assisted him when his U-Hual got stuck in a ditch. He left the U-Haul behind and never returned for it. Tim resided in Glendale, Arizona and was in the process of moving to his family in Florida at the time of his disappearance. He may have a female German Shepherd dog with him, and he may have an unspecified medical condition requiring medication. |
| Juanita Michelle Nicholson – 2006 | 3000 block, Lawina Road in Baltimore, Maryland | May have been driving a green 2001 Dodge Neon with the MD license plate number LHL762. | Juanita, 47, was last seen in the 3000 block of Lawina Road in Baltimore, MD on November 6th, 2006. |
| Alex James Buonassisi – 2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Still missing white 2000 Chevrolet 210 series Impala with the PA license plate number FVM2819 | Alex, 25, was last seen by a friend in Philadelphia, PA on May 4th, 2006. He was visiting his mother in Lansdowne, Delaware County. His residence was in Villanova. His cellular phone, however, was located a few days after his disappearance at 2nd Street and Clearfield Street. Foul play is possible. |
| James Michael Mills – 2006 | Uniontown, Kentucky | May be driving a 1994 Plymouth Voyager van. The vehicle is spray-painted white with the original blue paint showing through in places, and its driver’s side door has been replaced. | James, 38, was last seen at his residence in Uniontown, KY at 5:30 p.m. on January 16th, 2006. == Search Efforts = In 2013, a funeral service was held for James, but his body has never been found. In 2017, state troopers and Union County sheriff’s deputies searched again in hopes of solving the decade old cold case, but no signs of James were found. It is unclear what led authorities to a remote part of the Ohio River bottoms outside of Uniontown. Authorities said sonar revealed the signature of a submerged vehicle just off the riverbanks near Mt. Vernon Road. When the wrecker managed to get the vehicle out of the water, an initial inspection of the dark colored van led authorities to believe it was not his vehicle. However, it was said further inspection was to be done to the vehicle. No further updates were given. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Uriel Cantu – 2006 | Thornton, California | Blue 1989 GMC Truck with CA plates 7X34672. He borrowed the vehicle for the trip. | Uriel, 23, was last seen on November 26th, 2006 leaving the home he shared with his girlfriend of two months in Thornton, CA. He was enroute to Washington state to pick up a paycheck. He only took enough clothing for 2 days. He is a citizen of Mexico and has no family in the US. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Clarence Robert Gibson Jr. – 2006 | Glen St. Mary, Florida | May be driving a gray 1987 Nissan Pathfinder with the FL license plate number A163QT. | Clarence, 45, was last seen in Glen St. Mary, FL on June 20th, 2006. He was supposed to start a new job with a timber company on the date of disappearance. Family members had not heard from Clarence and went to his house, where they found his insulin medicine at the residence. He was diabetic. His brother, Steve, also says he battled with depression during his life and remembers the odd feeling he had when Clarence was telling him about a picturesque spot near Live Oak. “This was two weeks before he disappeared, and he told me this is just a beautiful place to him,” says Steve with a heavy sigh. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Adam Hutchinson – 2006 | Sandy, Utah | Still missing (according to police theory) truck No description given. | Adam, 29, was last seen in Sandy, UT on June 10th, 2006. No description is given for a vehicle, however authorities believe he may have driven into the Jordan River. |
| John Basil Gelardi – 2006 | Everglades Mobile Home Park 3030 SW 52nd Ave in Davie, FL | Still missing white 1997 Ford Taurus with the FL license plate number V52VUA; | John, 58, was last seen at his residence at Everglades Mobile Home Park 3030 SW 52nd Ave in Davie, FL at 10:00 p.m. on July 9th, 2006. He left home driving erratically and hit several objects while leaving the mobile home park. At the time of his disappearance, he was suffering from a mild form of dementia. As a result, he would become easily distracted and confused. Although foul play is not suspected in his case, he is considered endangered. == Search Efforts == The large pond along the road that exits his neighborhood was searched by Sunshine State Sonar and several unrelated vehicles were found. The pond has substantially been filled in since his disappearance and built over. Many other water locations in the area have been searched, with one a few blocks over being where Karen Moore was located in her vehicle during those searches. |
| Linn Allen Snyder – 2006 | Council Bluffs, Iowa | Still missing Harley Davidson motorcycle | Linn, 44, was last seen on his motorcycle on September 3rd, 2006. He was reported missing to the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office in Council Bluffs, IA, on 9/9/2006. He has not answered any calls to his cell phone since that date. Linn suffers from a heart condition, but both his wallet and medications were found in his home. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Javier Rodriguez Mendieta – 2005 | Belle Glade, Florida | Driving a black 2003 Toyota pickup with FL plates, he had borrowed the vehicle from a friend. | Javier, 30, left for work but did not return home on December 16th, 2005. He was reported missing from Belle Glade, FL. Date Added: 5/29/24 |
| Beatriz Adriana Wheeler – 2005 | Fort Myers, Florida | Last seen in a green 1999 Ford Expedition XLT with the FL license plate number J55CVH. Jesus was also known to drive a black 1999 Mercedes SUV with the FL license plate number G39TRB, unknown if missing. | Beatriz, 33, was reported missing from Fort Myers, FL. At 3 p.m. on January 19th, 2005, she was last seen in a vehicle. She was in the company of Jesus Cruz-Perez, 37, at the time; the vehicle was his. His nickname is Tony. Some agencies refer to him as Jesus Cruz or give his last names without the hyphen, as in “Jesus Cruz Perez.” Beatriz may use the alias first names Betty and/or Monica. Beatriz and Jesus were bound for an auto auction in Fort Myers, FL. At 6 p.m., Beatriz called her sister and said she was on her way home. She never arrived. She was not reported missing until five days later. Her disappearance is considered to be suspicious and foul play may be involved. She has three children and resided with her mother in the 100 block of Hancock Street in Immokalee, FL at the time she went missing. Although Jesus has not been reported as a missing person, his disappearance is also considered suspicious. Both cases remain unsolved. Date Added: 1/6/24 |
| Danielle Imbo & Richard Petrone – 2005 | 429 South St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Still missing black 2001 Dodge Dakota with a NASCAR decal and the license plate YFH2319. Owned by Richard | On the night of Saturday, February 19th, 2005, Danielle, 34, and Richard, 35, met with friends at a South Philadelphia, PA Tex-Mex restaurant called Abilene’s. At about 11:45 pm they left. Richard was going to drive Danielle to her condo in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and then return to his own home. Since the couple’s disappearance, both of their cell phones have remained powered off. Neither of them have accessed their bank accounts or used their credit cards or E-ZPasses. The restaurant Abilene’s has since closed. |
| Charles Walden IV, Robert Julian – 2005 | Melrose, Florida | May be driving a silver four-door 2005 Buick Rendezvous SUV with the license plate number Q992ZU. It was rented from Budget Rental. | Charles, 31, and a friend, Robert, 45, were last seen at Robert’s residence in the 100 block of 3rd Street in Melrose, FL at 5 p.m. on August 21st, 2005. |
| Diane Ries Lima – 2005 | 7100 block of McCracken Rd. in Westley, California | May be driving a burgundy, four door, Toyota Corolla with CA Lic# 2VYS016. | Diane, 30, was last seen on March 21st, 2005 in the vicinity of the 7100 block of McCracken Rd. in Westley, CA. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Brian Aubrey Breeden – 2005 | Culpeper, Virginia | Blue four-door 1991 Cadillac deVille with VA license plates. | Brian, 44, was last seen on June 17th, 2005 paying a bill at the Culpeper, VA Treasurer’s Office. He was involved in a fraud investigation around the same time. He had residences on Picadilly Cir. in Culpeper, 133 River Rd. in Occoquan, and Jennings St. in Woodbridge and had ties to the area. He was reportedly supposed to pick up his son from daycare, but never arrived. In 2001, Brian had been charged with assault and battery against a woman. Foul play may be involved. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Robert Anthony Spellman – 2005 | Sherman Oaks, California | May be driving a blue 1998 Lexus GS400 with a rear spoiler or a green 2004 Porsche 911 convertible | Robert, 27, was last seen at around 8 p.m. on April 12th, 2005 at a family member’s residence in the vicinity of the 13500 block of Valleyheart Drive in Sherman Oaks, CA. When he did not visit his family as expected on 4/13, they became concerned and stopped by his home on Alhama Drive in Woodland Hills, CA. The residence was in disarray, which is uncharacteristic of him. He was renting a house, which was listed for sale, and he planned to buy it. The deal fell through and Robert was served with an eviction notice the day he disappeared, apparently for nonpayment of rent. He was also sued by his landlord, who is a friend of Robert’s business partner. According to his family, it’s uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. They describe him as charismatic and an aspiring actor. He enjoys working out and spending time with his family. He may have traveled to the Las Vegas, Nevada area after his disappearance, but this has not been confirmed. His family believes he may have met with foul play. Some agencies give the place of Robert’s disappearance as Los Angeles, CA. That city’s police are investigating his case. Date Added: 3/12/24 |
| Peter Elsid Limberis – 2005 | Trail, BC V1R, Canada | Driving a white 2003 Saturn Vue with Saskatchewan licence plate 850ENA. | Peter, 23, was last seen on July 20th, 2005 when he packed all of his belongings into his SUV, a white 2003 Saturn Vue with Saskatchewan license plate 850ENA, and prepared to leave Trail, British Columbia, Canada. He was accompanied by his white and brown smooth haired Fox Terrier named Pedro. He stopped at Gyro Park to meet a few friends who he told about his plans to travel to his residence in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan where he intended to spend the winter. A little more than a month later, his mother reported him missing. She was accustomed to weekly check in calls from him, and it was uncharacteristic for him to not be in contact. His nicknames include Peter Styles; Liberis; Pistol Pete; and Pedro Lambert. He is originally from the Lower Mainland, he moved to the area less than a year before he vanished, purchasing a house on Daniel St. in Trail. He did not work a legitimate job, and RCMP discovered he had connections to the drug world. Though police have not come across evidence of foul play, the circumstances of the situation lead them to strongly believe that this was the case. |
| Noriharu Amano – 2005 | Sault Ste. Marie Canada | Still missing Cessna C-172 aircraft which had white wings with red tips, a red fuselage with white stripe and white underside. Top of engine cowling was red. | Noriharu, 31, was last seen on July 24th, 2005 at the airport on Airport Road in Sault Ste. Marie. The Cessna he was flying was last heard from as it was circling over Goulais Bay. |
| Victor Abrams – 2005 | Valley Stream, New York | Still missing dark green 1997 Chrysler (possibly Cirrus) 4-door car with NY tags CEC2157 | Victor, 86, was last seen dropping his son’s fiancee off at a Valley Stream, New York gym at Central Avenue and Merrick Road at around 9:30 a.m. on March 28th, 2005. On the day of his disappearance, there were heavy rains and detectives believe Victor may have lost his bearings and become confused. He was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. A voicemail was left on the phone of Victor’s attorney. The voice sounded similar to Victor’s and only said the name of the attorney and then the person hung up. Detectives are unsure if the message is related to his disappearance. Date Added: 4/2/25 |
| Qutisha W. Willis – 2005 | Rolla, Missouri | Driving a gray four-door 1988 Chevrolet Nova with the MO license plate number 473YEM. | Qutisha, 38, was last seen in Rolla, MO on September 28th, 2005. Her daughter reported her missing after she’d repeatedly tried to get in touch with her for a month with no response. Her roommate eventually claimed Qutisha simply moved without saying where she was going. Most of her belongings were left behind, but she did take her computer and her car with her. Although there’s no evidence of foul play in her case, it’s uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Her family believes she could have gone to meet someone she got to know over the internet. She may use the nickname Tisha, or the last name Eslinger. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Tristan Courtland Turner – 2005 | Montgomery Village, Maryland | Driving a borrowed black 2002 Honda Del Sol with MD license plates. | Tristan, 22, was last seen in Montgomery Village, MD on August 20th, 2005. He left home to travel to Baltimore, MD and never returned. |
| Helen Jean Kelly – 2005 | 3646 Court St, Sioux City, Iowa | Still missing gold 2000 Honda Accord with IA license plate number 953EDK | Helen, 83, went missing on the morning of May 18th, 2005 from Sioux City, IA. According to her husband, Arthur “Lennon” Kelly, 85, he awoke at around 8 a.m. and discovered his wife wasn’t home. He estimated she must have left their 3646 Court Street home in Sioux City sometime between 7 and 8 a.m. Arthur said he didn’t think much of her being gone, but when she didn’t return home for lunch, he grew concerned and reported her missing to police at 3 p.m. She also left her purse at the residence. Helen led an active social life and was in good health for her age, however she had been diagnosed with an undisclosed medical condition that was non life-threatening. She seldom left her purse at home, especially if she was driving. At the time, she had two grown children and four grandchildren. Growing up, Helen was the last of 10 children, her father was a german butcher who came to the United States and built a large and lucrative meat market in Sioux City. She married Arthur in June of 1947. He has since passed away, in July of 2009. == Search Efforts == In mid-July of 2005, authorities were prompted to investigate a Missouri River boat ramp on the Iowa side in Sioux City. Despite a search by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, they found no signs of Kelly or her vehicle. In January of 2021 the Missouri river was searched by Adventures with Purpose, an independent search and recovery team. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Jimmie Lee Green – 2004 | Montgomery, Alabama | Still missing dark blue 4 door 1989 Cadillac Brougham with the right rear window broken out. It may have the expired AL Tag #V05087 on it or the tag number RG034. | Jimmie, 61, was last seen in Montgomery, AL on January 11th, 2004. He is a disabled veteran. |
| Miguel Cortes – 2004 | 40th Drive and Thomas Road in Phoenix, Arizona | Still missing black two-door 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco. It has either the Wisconsin license plate number 737FTH or the temporary WI license plate number 5656PA. | Miguel “Cholo” Cortes, 22, was last seen at around 4:30 p.m. on March 26th, 2004, leaving his residence in the vicinity of 40th Drive and Thomas Road in Phoenix, AZ. |
| Edgard Cruz Jamias – 2004 | Reno, Nevada | Last known vehicle for him was a white 2000 Toyota Corolla with CA plates 5ARG598 Unknown if he still owned this car. | Edgard, 38, was last known to be at a hotel/motel in Reno, NV sometime around June 1st, 2004. His family lost touch with him at that time. Date Added: 12/15/24 |
| Jaime Flowers – 2004 | Chino, California | Listed on his Namus which was created in 2012 is a Blue 1993 Mercury Cougar with the CA license plate 3EYC599. | Jaime, 47, was last seen on October 19th, 2004 in Chino, CA. Other first names: Carlos, Roberto, Jasnes, Ronero. Date Added: 6/7/24 |
| James P. Sobralske – 2004 | Hartford, Wisconsin | Still missing 46 Aeronca Champ 2 seat yellow and red plane, tail number N83933 | James, 46, was last seen on August 30th, 2004 in Hartford, WI. He had stated he was going to crash his plane into Lake Michigan. He left the residence for a walk and then left Hartford in his plane. |
| Stephan Adams – 2004 | Cookson, Oklahoma | Still missing white 1995 or 1998 GMC SCI one-ton truck with a short bed, chrome bedrails, no taillight covers, and the OK license plate SEQ714. | Stephan, 26, was last seen leaving Northern State University in Tahlequah, OK on December 13th, 2004 after completing a final exam. His girlfriend called him to ask how it went, and he said that it went well. He also told her that he was giving a man a ride to Keys, OK and would call her right back. He lived with a cousin in the 400 block of east Downing Street in Tahlequah. It’s believed that he may have returned here after his exam for a change of clothes. His intended destination was his mother’s home in Webbers Falls, OK but he never arrived. He also never showed up to work at the El Chico Restaurant in Tahlequah, with his shift beginning at 2 or 2:30 p.m. His cousin attempted to call his cellphone at 11:30 a.m., but it only rang once before it went to voicemail. Stephan was seen around that time, between 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., purchasing a soda at a convenience store in Cookson, OK. His mood was reportedly agitated and upset. He stood outside the store drinking his soda for about 5 minutes before getting back into his truck and never being seen again. He requires medication for a medical condition. The last few year, Stephan had gotten divorced and had been battling for visitation of his daughter. His ex-wife filed orders of protection against him multiple times, some of which were accepted and others denied. At one point, he had been accused and charged with sexually abusing his daughter, which he denied. Ultimately the charges were dismissed. He had a custody hearing scheduled for the next week. Stephan has two older brothers. According to his family he was a creative, intelligent, funny and loving kid. He made friends quickly and had a huge heart. He loved being outside, exploring, and fishing. He attended Webbers Falls High School and played football, meeting the mother of his daughter there. His parents separated not long before his 15th birthday and struggled with that change. After his daughters birth, he started looking into higher education and a career in engineering. Witnesses described two suspicious men, who may have been the same person, were seen hanging out around Stephan’s apartment the same day he disappeared. The man seen at the dollar general was seen pulling into the parking lot across from there in a charcoal or faded black 2004 Ford Ranger pickup with a chrome toolbox at 7:50 a.m. and was pacing around for hours. He was spoken to by several witnesses, including a store employee who he told that he worked at a construction site in Keys and was waiting for a ride. After 11 a.m. the man was gone. Stephan may have given him a ride in exchange for cash. In a Grand Jury investigation, it was believed that Stephan’s truck was located at one point shortly after he disappeared parked, locked, and abandoned by the Illinois River. It’s contents were believed to have been stolen, including Stephans NSU textbooks, and a person sold them back to NSU. Due to the circumstances of his case, foul play is suspected. == Search Efforts == Friends and family searched Indian Road south of Tahlequah, believing he would have taken that road from Keys. A BOLO was issued and several air searches were done along route 82. A $1000 reward was offered. A private investigator was acquired by the family. In 2023, Chaos Divers searched Dirty Creek with sonar in search of him. |
| Julianna Marie Hampton – 2004 | El Paso, Texas | She was driving a Tan 2004 Cadillac STS with Ohio license plates at the time. | Julianna, 39, was last seen in El Paso, TX on September 2nd, 2004. Her last known address was in Hillsboro, OH. She was last seen after an incident at a book store, as she tried to cash a personal check and was denied. She caused a disturbance and the police got involved and contacted her brother, although she had been estranged from her family. Julianna had been diagnosed and treated in OH to be paranoid schizophrenic in 1999-2000, but she denied her condition and was not taking medication. Mental health may be a factor. Date Added: 2/25/24 |
| Harold Young – 2004 | Gunnison, Colorado | May be driving a white 1982 4×4 pickup truck with an extra tail camper. | Harold “Hank” Young, 52, was last seen in Gunnison, CO at 1 p.m. on August 29th, 2004. A coworker reported him missing the next day. Prior to his disappearance, Hank was depressed over recent events in his life and had made numerous comments stating his desire to end his life. He may be armed. He has a shunt implanted in his heart, wears glasses, and is missing the first three toes on his right foot from an industrial accident. |
| Patricia Joan Mast – 2004 | Linneus/Meadville, Missouri | May be driving a light blue 1988 Ford Tempo with the MO license plate number 060SPM. | Patricia, 64, was last seen in the Linneus/Meadville area of MO on January 7th, 2004. |
| Robert P. Cavanagh – 2004 | Mansfield, Connecticut | Still missing black 1996 Mazda B2300 pickup truck with the CT license plate number 681CZT. | Robert, 51, was last seen on Foster Drive in Willimantic, CT on December 21st, 2004. He left a note inside his home on Stafford Road in Mansfield detailing his wishes and drove away. Robert had been suffering from severe depression for years. He was reported missing on the 24th by his family. He liked to go kayaking at Mansfield Hollow. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Adventures with Purpose scanned Coventry/Wangumbaug Lake boat ramp, the south side of Eagleville Pond and several portions of the Mansfield Hollow Lake. They also scanned portions of the Connecticut River. Three unrelated vehicles were located there. Lower Bolton Lake, Willimantic Reservoir, Bigelow Pond, and the Willimantic River near the Heritage River Park as well as other sections were also searched. In 2023, Chaos Divers scanned the Connecticut River and found three unrelated vehicles. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Albert Gary Mitchell – 2004 | North Middletown, Kentucky | Still missing tan 1992 GMC minivan with the KY license plate number 270KDN | Albert, 65, was last seen when he went to the bank with his girlfriend in North Middletown, KY on August 26th, 2004. Three weeks before he went missing, he was the victim of an assault at his home on College Road in North Middletown. He was struck in the head and required stitches. Alan Pierce was charged with the Assault in Bourbon Circuit Court. He entered a plea agreement with the Commonwealth to the charge of Assault 4th degree. This amendment was due in part to Albert not being available to testify. It is unclear whether the incident had anything to do with his disappearance. He also has a heart condition and high blood pressure, and his medication was left behind. Albert was well known as a “Horse Trader” in the Central Kentucky Horse community. He was a regular at horse sales, swap meets, Court Days in Mt. Sterling, and at the stockyards in Richmond, Paris, and Lexington. His talent for buying at a discount and selling for a premium did not allow him to have many close friends but he did have a very close relationship with his daughters, Billie Curtis and Bobbi Lacy. They lived with him on many occasions. He was a Vietnam Veteran and proud of his service to the country. He regularly was treated at the VA Hospital in Lexington. A search was conducted at his farm and his disappearance was broadcast on local television. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| George Franklin Davis – 2004 | 1300 Channel Road, BC Canada | Still missing brown 1981 Chrysler Lebaron bearing BC plate 191BHR | George, 40, apparently went to get some cigarettes at around 1:30 p.m. on July 29th. He was at his sons house on the 1300 block of Channel Road and borrowed this vehicle. He never returned and has not been seen since. George suffered from a medical condition similar to epilepsy and required medication that he did not take with him that day. Without his prescription, he could experience seizures and blackouts. His medical condition may be a factor. |
| Brian Keith Graves – 2004 | Sheridan, Arkansas | Driving a 2002 Mercury Sable with the AR license plate number 059HMJ. | Brian, 30, was last seen in Sheridan, AR on November 18th, 2004. He was en route to Little Rock, AR, 35 miles away, to have dinner with his ex-wife and their children. |
| Elliot Calhoun Rountree – 2004 | 3700 Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta, Georgia | Still missing dark blue four door 1998 Pontiac Bonneville with a GA license plate reading APB7793 | Elliott, 56, was last seen on September 16th, 2004 departing one of his pawn store locations, at Perimeter Mall in the 3700 block of Ashford-Dunwoody Road in Atlanta, GA. He was on his way to another one of his stores in Newnan, GA but he never arrived. Elliot owned and operated five different pawn title stores. He was possibly carrying a burgundy briefcase at the time. His loved ones say it is uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. His shops were very important to him and they don’t believe he would walk away from them without making arrangements for their upkeep. His credit cards have not been used since his disappearance, and his passport was left behind. His last cell phone call was made near a phone tower in Gwinnett County, GA. This is a short drive east and north of the Perimeter Mall. Newnan, GA is in the opposite direction. His family hired a private investigator to try to find him after his disappearance; they complained that the police seemed uninterested in his case. They theorize that he met with foul play as the result of his title pawn businesses; he had been threatened occasionally because of his work. However, there is no hard evidence of foul play in his case. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Depths of History searched for him in some bodies of water nearby including Murphey Candler Lake. |
| Roosevelt Copes – 2004 | Dumfries, Virginia | Driving a white 1994 Lincoln sedan. | Roosevelt, 69, was last seen on June 18th, 2004. He left his Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home that day and was supposed to go visit his mother, but never arrived. It has been established that he was later in a vehicular accident in Dumfries, Virginia, but this is the last known indication of his whereabouts. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Roberto Tinoco – 2004 | Soledad, California | May be driving a red 2000 GMC Yukon with CA License Plate 5EBK110. | Roberto, 26, was last seen on April 16th, 2004 in Soledad, CA. Date Added: 4/23/24 |
| Herman Matthew Gamble – 2004 | McCalla, Alabama | Still missing silver and red 1998 Chevrolet Scottsdale truck | Herman, 25, was last seen leaving the Green Lantern bar on Old Tuscaloosa Highway in McCalla, AL on June 16th, 2004. He worked at the establishment as a security guard. Herman left behind all his belongings and his insulin, he was a diabetic and needed to inject twice a day. Investigators searched unsuccessfully for his car, both by driving the 10-15 mile route he likely would have taken from the Green Lantern to his residence and conducting two searches from the air. His mother says it’s unlike him to not check in on her or his daughter who was 5 years old at the time. Date Added: 1/24/24 |
| Wesley David Bennett – 2004 | Redford Charter Twp, Michigan | Driving a black 1997 Ford Explorer plate # TTG289. | Wesley, 48, was last seen at his residence in Redford Township, MI by his wife on March 29th, 2004. He did not indicate anything was wrong when he left. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| August Richard Schwabenland – 2004 | Gold Beach, Oregon | Still missing maroon 1996 Buick LeSabre with the OR license plate number YWZ945, expiration year 2006. | August, 75, was last seen at approximately 7:00 p.m. on November 13th, 2004 in Gold Beach, OR. He was leaving a local restaurant/bar located on North Bank Rogue River Road, driving downriver toward Gold Beach. He had been shopping and was returning home; three miles away from where he was last seen. He apparently never arrived there. August was reported missing on the evening of the 16th by his caregiver who last saw him on the 13th at about 1:30 pm. He frequented casinos and the Nesika Beach rest area in 2004. He withdrew $200 from his bank account on the day of his disappearance. He may go by his middle name, Richard, or the nickname Dick. He suffers from diabetes and heart disease and requires medication. |
| Ernest Lee Franklin – 2003 | 1600 Audrey Ln, Shreveport, Louisiana | Still missing white diamond paint four-door 1995 Cadillac DeVille with the LA license plate number IJG528 | Ernest, 57, was last seen at around 11:45 p.m. on December 27th, 2003 at his residence in the vicinity of the 1600 block of Audrey Lane in Shreveport, LA. He stated to a family member that he was going to meet a friend, never returned and has never been heard from again. Ernest was a retired forklift operator and had worked at a chemical plant at 8725 Old Mooringsport Rd. Shreveport police Detective Michael Carter said phone records failed to show any suspects. While there’s no physical evidence, Carter suspects foul play based on his high-profile car. His mother doesn’t believe he would leave her without letting her know or checking on her |
| Mark Duane Folz – 2003 | 1500 E Lake St, Minneapolis, Minnesota | Still missing burgundy/maroon four-door 1991 Ford Taurus with MN license plates numbered DTC675 | Mark, 49, was last seen at around 2 p.m. on January 16th, 2003, at an ATM in the vicinity of the 1500 block of east Lake Street in Minneapolis, MN. He said he was traveling to Hastings, MN to visit a friend, but he never arrived. Mark has prosthetic lower legs. |
| Mary Lou Combs – 2003 | Palm Coast, Florida | Still missing red 1996 Plymouth Neon sedan with the FL license plate number G53RUB | Mary, 41, was last seen in the Hammock area of Palm Coast, FL on August 19th, 2003. After a verbal argument with her mother that day, Mary left home. Four days later, she didn’t show up at her daughters birthday party, and Mary would never miss such an important event. Her sister-in-law Lori Combs says she checked with the Food Lion in Flagler County to see if Mary had picked up her paycheck. She did not, which was also unlike her. Her daughters Natasha Harper and Lori Combs say the family then began hearing rumors about what may have happened to Mary. She had a history of drug abuse and it was said that Mary and others got into drugs that night and she overdosed, and they disposed of her body because they were scared. This has not been confirmed, however her daughter believes a man named Chris Virgin dumped Mary’s body and an accomplice who was a wrecker driver crushed her vehicle. Deputies followed up tips about where her body may have been dumped, flying a helicopter over different areas and traveling as far as the Suwanee River due to one rumor. At the time of her disappearance she had two sons and a daughter. The last time her daughter seen her, Mary had given her a sneak peek of her birthday present, a porcelain doll of which her daughter collected. |
| James J. Mcginn- 2003 | Riverwoods, Illinois | Still missing Green 1996 Ford Taurus bearing IL license plates, KARMC1. | On May 17th, 2003, family members reported James McGinn as missing to the Schaumburg, Cook County, IL Police Department. He was last seen in Riverwoods, Lake County, IL. Schaumburg Police Lt. Dennis Carroll said a medical condition of McGinn’s has kept the search for him a priority throughout the past year. “He’s bipolar and was suffering from depression at the time” Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Norman Hugh Ramsay – 2003 | Newark, Delaware | May have been driving a blue four-door 1999 Honda Civic Del Sol with Florida license plates. | Norman, 48, was last seen in Newark, DE sometime around October 1st 2003. His nickname is Sunny. |
| Travis Lamont Lynch – 2003 | Claude Lewis Rd, Middlesex, North Carolina | Still missing white 1992 Pontiac Grand Am with the NC license plate number RZS4814. He had purchased it the day before he went missing, after his previous car was damaged in a crash, and was very happy with it. | Travis, 22, was last seen on December 24th, 2003. He had been drinking heavily at a now-shuttered notorious nightclub at 8076 Stoney Hill Church Road. That was the last place anyone outside of his girlfriends family saw him. He and his girlfriend, Carlisha Whitley, went to her house on Claude Lewis Road in Middlesex, North Carolina so he could sober up. He was last seen leaving her home at 1 a.m., trying to get to his own home on Glendale Drive in Wilson, NC. It’s uncharacteristic of Travis to leave without warning. He has a violent temper and investigators theorize he got into a physical altercation with someone that resulted in his death. He may have been involved with drugs at the time of his disappearance and drugs may be a factor in the case. Carlisha called his mother after she didn’t hear from him to see if he got home. When Travis’s family members went to Middlesex to ask about him, they weren’t allowed inside. His mother reported him missing on the 26th. Four months after he went missing, a mobile home owned by Carlisha’s family burned down in two fires. The residence, on Stoney Hill Church Road near Bailey did not have electricity. It initially caught fire on the 23rd but did not completely burn down. |
| Robert Louis Vance – 2003 | 3200 Burlingame, Detroit, Michigan | Still missing white four-door 1996 Cadillac DeVille with the MI license plate number XCU341 | Robert, 39, was last seen at 6:30 a.m. on June 12th, 2003 at his girlfriends residence in the vicinity of the 3200 block of Burlingame, Detroit, MI. He left that location to travel to his home at 2500 W Grand Blvd #802 to change clothes for work. He may use the name Roscoe. |
| Michael Roy Richards – 2003 | 600 Englert Rd, Woodland, Washington | Still missing blue/gray mid-1980s model Nissan 200SX | Michael, 29, was last seen at around 7:00 a.m. on February 6th, 2003 leaving a party at 646 Englert Road in Woodland, WA. He left the area on foot, but his vehicle is also missing. His sister was in poor health at the time of his disappearance and it is not believed he would have voluntarily abandoned his family during her illness, he and his sister were very close. His loved ones believe he met with foul play, possibly at the hands of drug dealers, but his case remains unsolved. He was a methamphetamine user. Cowlitz Search & Rescue team, along with cadaver dogs, searched the area shortly after. On 9/28/2003 his brother led a 12 person search in the same general area. |
| William Christopher Hensley Sr. – 2003 | Farnham, Virginia | Still missing dark green 1994 Chevrolet S-10 truck with a dent extending from the passenger side door to the plywood tailgate, light green doors, and VA license plates number YLA5028. | William, 43, had a dispute with his family in the early morning hours of July 6th, 2003, and left his Farnham, VA residence at around 2:30 a.m. == Search Efforts == An independent sonar search was conducted in 2022 by AWP of the waters surrounding Pearson Island, the boat ramp on Morattico Road, two ponds closest to his home and Farnham creek boat landing. |
| Patrick-Jean De Loppinot – 2003 | Laval, QC, Canada | Black 1990 Volkswagen Jetta registered in Québec. License plate unknown. | Patrick-Jean, 32, was last seen on September 11th, 2003, at a friend’s residence in Laval, Québec, Canada. He was supposed to go home but never arrived. At the time of his disappearance, he lived with family in Longueuil. He was reported missing by them. |
| Garry Guenther – 2003 | Hoey, Saskatchewan, Canada | Still missing white 1993 Ford F-150 truck with SK license GGG | Garry, 58, left his residence in the Hepburn district, Saskatchewan, Canada on April 20th, 2003. Garry was reported to have been seen in Hoey, SK on the 23rd or 24th of April, 2003. |
| Timothy Darrell Case – 2003 | Boulder, Colorado | Listed with his case is a Suburu Outback Wagon | Timothy, 52, was last contacted by his family sometime around May 1st, 2003. He was living in Boulder, CO at the time. His brother reported him missing after over two years passed without contact. He may utilize a wheelchair or cane and may go by the names of Timothy Mell or Timothy Miller. Date Added: 12/12/24 |
| Hiep T. Luu – 2003 | Berwyn, Illinois | Still missing dark gray 1992 Nissan Maxima with the IL license plate number 3356037 | Hiep, 21, was last seen in Berwyn, Illinois around 6:30 a.m. on December 15th, 2003 at his home on the 1600 block of Ridgeland Avenue where he lived with his parents, two sisters and brother-in-law. Usually he would leave between 5:45 and 6 a.m. but this morning he was running late for his 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift at Storm Products, an electronics manufacturer, in Woodridge. He had only been working there for about two weeks. His usual route was west on 16th Street to Harlem Avenue, south onto the Stevenson Expressway to Lemont Road, then on to 101st Street. This ~20 mile drive crosses the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal twice and the Des Plaines river once. His employer, Storm Products, reported that Hiep never showed up for work, according to relatives and Berwyn Public Safety Director Frank Marzullo. Hiep moved from his native Vietnam to the United States about seven years before his disappearance. He and his family had lived in Berwyn for about fifteen months by the time he went missing. He attended Senn High School and Truman College, and worked at a pizza restaurant for a time before he took the job at Storm Products. He didn’t spend time with many people outside his family, didn’t own a cell phone or any credit cards and he didn’t have a bank account. |
| Carlos Loera Carrillo – 2003 | South Gate, California | Still missing burgundy 1974 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck (CA plate 4t70738, exp 2004), | Carlos, 33, was last heard from by a family member on December 23rd, 2003 in South Gate, CA. His relatives in Mexico were notified of his disappearance but had also not seen or heard from him. A family member checked his residence and discovered all his clothing was still there but his vehicle was missing. Prior to his disappearance, Carlos was known to be employed at “Sergio’s Transmission” in the city of Compton, CA but was no longer working there at the time he was reported missing. |
| Rodger Lewis Osborn and Ricky Joseph Kutej – 2003 | N4120 Rd & E US Hwy 270, Alderson, Oklahoma | Still missing black 1999 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup truck with OK license plates and custom aluminum parts. | Rodger, 62, and his friend and coworker, Rickey, 43, were last seen together on the morning of March 26th, 2003 in McAlester, OK. They worked together at a garage owned by Rodger near 5th Street and U.S. Hwy 270 in Alderson, OK. They planned to go to the garage to spend a few days completing some odd jobs. Later that day, the police were summoned to the garage because it was empty, it’s unclear who made the phone call. They found the garage open, but deserted. Someone had been working with a bulldozer, and there was an overturned ladder and a small amount of blood on the ground. Both of the men’s vehicles were there, except the black truck, which was owned by one of them. Authorities theorized one of the men fell off the ladder and hurt himself, but there is no record of either of them seeking medical attention. Rodger lived in Norman, OK and Ricky lived in Moore, OK. Ricky’s father said his son told him he was leaving with Rodger to consider building a carport at his shop, and that he’d only be gone a few days. He did not get worried until he had not heard from his son for three days, Ricky usually checked in on him because of his poor health. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adventures with Purpose and Chaos Divers searched several locations including a pond at the Oak Hill Cemetery in McAlester, and three locations at Talawanda Lake one and two. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Howard Delane Burlison Jr. – 2002 | Big Horn County, Montana | May be driving a maroon and red 1991 Chevrolet Beretta with the MT license plate number 22A7734. | Howard, 26, was last seen in Hardin, MT on December 4th, 2002. He is of the Crow Tribe and sometimes known as “Junior Boy”. Date Added: 1/26/24 |
| Sharon Priscilla King – 2002 | Ben Wheeler, Texas | Driving a metallic blue Chevrolet Suburban | Sharon, 43, was last seen leaving her residence in Ben Wheeler, TX on July 17th, 2002. Her husband stated she had “run off” and he didn’t know where she went. She is believed to be in danger and foul play is possible in her disappearance. She grew up in New England and most of her family lived there in 2002, except for a nephew who lived in Florida. Date Added: 1/10/24 |
| Pierre-Paul Proulx – 2002 | Plateau du Mont-Royal district, Montreal, Canada | Vehicle Unknown | Pierre-Paul, 35, was last seen on August 8th, 2002 when he left his apartment located in the Plateau du Mont-Royal district with his vehicle after receiving a phone call. He was reported missing on August 21. Date Added: 8/30/24 |
| Audrey May Herron – 2002 | State Route 23, Catskill, New York | Still missing black 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee with NY license plates reading X233UV. It had no fog lights and minor damage to the passenger front side bumper. | Audrey, 31, was last seen driving westbound on State Route 23 in the town of Catskill, NY, at approximately 11 p.m., on August 29th, 2002. She was leaving her job at Columbia-Greene Long Term Care Facility , where she worked the 3-11 p.m. shift as a nurse. She was thought to be heading home, only 12 miles away in Freehold, where she lived on a golf course now known as Thunderhart. It was a rainy, windy and foggy night. Her usual route would have taken her on 23-B, and according to a friend, she would take a side road, Canniff Rd., to get to her home. The day she went missing, she got word that she would be getting a substantial raise and called her husband, Jeff, at around 9:30 p.m. to tell him. She was looking forward to her 10-year-old daughter getting home from a 4 week road trip to Florida with her grandparents. She was going to pick her up from her mothers house the next morning after a doctors appointment, but never showed up to either. At 6 a.m. the next day, Jeff realized she wasn’t home and called her mother, Shirley. It wasn’t uncommon for Audrey to stay with her mom, but usually she would tell him. An hour later, he called Shirley again, concerned. A family member who used to work in law enforcement got in touch with authorities and reported her as missing. Audrey had three children, one daughter from a previous marriage, and another young daughter and son after she married Jeff in August of 1995. They had met at a golf course where they both worked at the time. She’s remembered as a kind, funny, beautiful person who loved and cared for other people. She was very close to her mother, involved with her children, a great nurse, and a great friend to many. Two of her children were inspired to pursue careers in the medical field. She and Jeff had separated in 1999 for about a year, but reconciled and started building their dream home on Jeff’s fathers golf course. A Facebook group was created for her disappearance and is active at this time: https://www.facebook.com/groups/192440030551/ == Search Efforts == At the time, authorities searched 120 miles of road and trails by foot and helicopter. A nine-mile-radius foot search was done of every building, road, and body of water her car could have ended up in. There has been no activity on her credit or debit cards, and her cell phone had no connection when it was pinged, so it was either off, damaged, or the battery had died. Investigators say there was only one security camera that captured her route home, at Cumberland Farms, which appeared to show her vehicle leaving her workplace and turning left, west on route 23-B. Her husband Jeff cooperated for the most part with authorities, but also stayed away from the media and did not search for her himself. Some of Audrey’s friends found this strange, and state that he was strict with her and always had to know where she was. However, he did contribute $1000 to a fundraiser her friends made for a private investigator. In 2016, investigators followed a lead that brought them to Cauterskill road. A man connected to her workplace, with a criminal background, was investigated. They excavated some ground and drained a pond. In May 2022, State Police sent divers to search the Catskill Creek, Maurer’s Lake and Potuck Reservoir. That same year, the Alcove reservoir at 143, Green lake, Roosevelt lake, a pond on Lake Mills road, and the ponds by Smileys on 67 were searched with sonar by Adventures with Purpose. They also searched several sections of the Catskill Creek, a small pond on Canniff Rd, and several other areas were depth checked. In 2024, Chaos Divers spent two days searching both banks of the Hudson River from Alpha Blvd in Catskill up to Henry Hudson Town Park in Selkirk. |
| Jose Concepcion – 2002 | John F. Kennedy Blvd & 57th St, West NY, New Jersey | Still missing black 2000 Chevrolet with red decals and the NJ license plate number X8823G | Jose, 33, was last seen in the vicinity of 57th Street and Kennedy Boulevard in West New York, New Jersey on June 24th, 2002. He went to work that morning, and called his wife to check in at 11:45 a.m. He was self-employed at the time of his disappearance, driving a tow truck. He left behind a wife and two children. He may use the last name Diaz. == Search Efforts == A May, 2024 post by United Search Corps claims that new evidence aids the possibility of Jose still being alive in Cuba or the U.S. somewhere. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ZW6jytC3JZhfuKBw/ |
| Carlos Keith Parker- 2002 | Atlanta, Georgia | Blue 2000 GMC sierra pickup with GA plates 24VFI | Carlos, 31, was last heard from on December 6th, 2002 in Atlanta, GA. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Jose Luis Gonzalez – 2002 | El Paso, Texas | May be driving a black and gray Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck with the TX license plate number 6GVT69 | Jose, 38, was last seen on Yarbrough Drive and Interstate 10 in El Paso, TX at 5 p.m. on September 17th, 2002. He is a diabetic and in need of medication. Date Added: 1/24/24 |
| Mildred Gayle Barrett – 2002 | Orange Park Acres, California | Still missing forest green 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the CA license plate number 3STH532 | Mildred “Gayle” Barrett, 60, resided on Meads Avenue in Orange Park Acres, CA. She was last seen on April 11th, 2002. Gayle missed several appointments with real estate salespeople and failed to report to her classes. Her relatives became aware of this and reported her missing to authorities on April 17. She lived with her husband Richard. Her family members said it is uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. She was an A student at Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana, CA. Investigators believe foul play may have been involved in her case. Some agencies may list the 12th as the date of her disappearance. |
| Victorio Abueg Santiago, Noel & Daniel Santiago – 2002 | Radford Dr, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii | Still missing light green four-door 2000 Daewoo Leganza with the license plate number JGS405 and the temporary base number 4705. It had been rented from Thrifty Rental Car. | Victorio, 37, is missing with his sons, Noel, 11, and Daniel, 7. They were last seen leaving their home in the Pearl Harbor area of HI sometime before 1 a.m. on July 12th, 2002. On that day, Victorio traveled to his wife’s home at Radford Dr in Pearl Harbor to convince her to drop a protection order against him and reconcile, but instead they argued. He allegedly assaulted her, hitting her so hard she later had to seek medical attention. She ran away and locked herself in a bathroom, and he took their sons and left. Victorio was a Navy Chief, he was married to Anna Roberta Borje who some sources identify as Ruby, in all public records she is Anna Roberta. In June of 2002, she filed a restraining order against him, and a hearing was set for later in the first week of July. The hearing summary referenced a divorce, but no other details were given. The court awarded Anna custody of Noel and Daniel. According to the record, Victorio accepted the terms of the restraining order without much controversy. The court did not file abuse charges against Victorio. The court ordered the couple to split their vehicles. Anna took the van presumably because she had the boys. Victorio took a “Plymouth.” The court set the vehicle exchange date for July 9, 2002 at Anna’s workplace, the Navy branch clinic at Makalapa. The day before their disappearance, Anna filed for divorce from Victorio. It’s unknown what happened to the Plymouth vehicle, either. |
| Cheryl Denise Cottrell – 2002 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Driving a beige/tan 2-door 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. | Cheryl, 37, went missing from Little Rock, AR on October 10th, 2002. Her husband stated that after she left for work, he found a note from his wife stating “To tell everyone she loved them and to look for her in the river.” == Search Efforts == In 2021, AWP searched for her and other missing person cases in the area including at the Murray, Two Rivers, and David D Terry Park. Eight vehicles were located but determined unrelated to any cases searched for at the time. |
| William Andre Davcev – 2002 | W Garden Dr & N 43rd Dr, Phoenix, Arizona | Still missing red 4×4 1995 Chevy Silverado, extended cab pickup, with a metal tool box in the back. The vehicle, which also has dual exhaust, was just purchased prior to his disappearance and it is possible the vehicle either had paper plates or improper plates. | William “Bill” Davcev, 52, was last seen at his girlfriend’s home in the vicinity of 43rd Ave., and Garden Dr., in Phoenix, AZ on October 23rd, 2002. Bill indicated that he was going camping for a few days and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. He is diabetic and requires medication. Three days after his disappearance, an acquaintance of his, Agasi Madoyan, was captured on surveillance tape at a gas station in Avondale, AZ using Bill’s ATM card to withdraw money from the bank. After completing the transaction, he drove away from that location in a truck matching the description of Bill’s. After that, the ATM card was used at over thirty locations, including Las Vegas, NV. It is not known under what circumstances Agasi got the card and there wasn’t enough information to charge him. Foul play is suspected. Bill moved to the United States from Yugoslavia shortly before his disappearance. |
| Chassity Reed – 2002 | Greenwood, Mississippi | Still missing turquoise/blue four-door 1998 Ford Contour with AR license plates 588GSS | Chassity, 24, last contacted her family on October 26th, 2002. She said she was in Greenwood, Mississippi and heading to Scooba, MS before going back home to Little Rock, Arkansas. She mentioned stopping in Meridian, MS to visit her cousins. She may be in the Little Rock area, and may use the last name Puttin. Chassity has an unspecified medical condition. |
| James Lee Meyers – 2002 | Seattle, Washington | Still missing red 2001 Chrysler 300, which had at least one broken side mirror. | James, 87, was last seen at a local restaurant he frequented in Seattle, WA on April 9th, 2002 at 9:58 (unclear if AM/PM). James was reportedly a poor driver, he was in poor health and had memory problems, possibly dementia, at the time of his disappearance. Extensive searches were done, even by air, but no trace of him was found. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Yolanda Ann Conley – 2002 | Shasta Lake, California | She may have been driving a White Ford Escort with the CA license plate number 4KGS738. | Yolanda, 34, was last seen mid-morning or early afternoon in Shasta Lake, CA on May 11th, 2002. She is known to frequent bars and casinos. On some sources, she is listed as voluntary missing. She may use the last names Bongiorni, Crandall and/or Franklin-Crandall. Date Added: 4/3/25 |
| Sonjah Nicole Kingston – 2002 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Driving her dark green 1995 Mazda Protege with the NC license plate number PTL7712. | Sonjah, 26, was last seen on July 2nd, 2002 when she left her residence in Greensboro, NC. She was employed as a dancer at the Sugar Bares and Twiggy’s clubs prior to vanishing, and was romantically involved with a major drug and gun smuggler, Elton Turnbull. She allegedly worked as a drug courier for him, and recruited other women to be couriers. She was arrested for drug possession in November 2001 and Elton bailed her out of jail. He stopped using her as a courier after that, but they continued their romantic relationship. They traveled together and he often gave her money. Sonjah was allegedly dating another, unidentified drug dealer at the same time that she was seeing Elton. Elton is also implicated in the disappearance of Sterling Porter, a man who vanished from Greensboro in 1997. Elton was arrested on drug charges in 2002 and cooperated with authorities, providing evidence against other drug dealers in exchange for a lighter sentence. Investigators suspect foul play in her disappearance due to her lifestyle and criminal activities. According to friends, she normally wore dressy clothing and it was uncharacteristic of her to leave her home in sweatpants as she was reported to have done that day. |
| John Kendrick – 2002 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Said to have owned a beige 1992 Mercury Bobcat with FL license plate U32IPF. (Mercury Bobcats were produced from 1975-1980. Either the car year is wrong, or the model is) | John, 70, was last seen in the Fort Lauderdale, FL area on August 8th, 2002. |
| Adrian Charles Reuwsaat – 2002 | Sioux City, Iowa | Possibly in his red 1991 Nissan pickup truck. | Adrian, 69, was last seen in Sioux City, IA on November 1st, 2002. He was reported missing two days later. He is considered deceased as the result of foul play, though no evidence has been publicized to support this. |
| Mark Lane Smith – 2001 | Riverside, California | Still missing green 1995 GMC Yukon with the license plate number 3NVW067 | Mark, 42, was last seen at a construction site in Riverside, CA on August 25th, 2001. |
| Juliet Theresa Turner – 2001 | Detroit, Michigan | Still missing gray 1992 Chevrolet Lumina with the MI license plate number 4DGB11 | Juliet, 38, was last seen in Detroit, MI on March 5th, 2001. She lived with her husband on their sailboat, the “Ricochet”, at the Edison Yacht Club. According to him, they had an argument and he left for a few hours, and when he came back, Juliet and her vehicle were missing. He reported her missing on the 9th. |
| Michele Hundley Smith – 2001 | Eden, North Carolina | Still missing green 1995 Pontiac Trans Sport van with the NC license plate number ROK-N-ON | Michele, 38, was last seen leaving her residence in Eden, NC at 8:30 p.m. on December 9th, 2001. She planned to go Christmas shopping in Martinsville, Virginia. It wasn’t unusual for Michele to go shopping in the evening, or in Martinsville. She stayed home with the kids while her husband worked as a truck driver. According to her then-teenage daughter, her parents’ marriage was troubled: both her mother and father struggled with alcohol, they argued often, and there was infidelity on both sides. She stated her father, after Michele disappeared, assumed she’d left. He claimed she had removed an unspecified amount of money from their bank account before leaving the house that night. However, her other relatives never believed she would have left on her own, as she was close to her mother and they don’t think she would have abandoned her or her three children. Michele routinely carried a purse containing her wallet, her own Social Security card and the cards of her children. About five years after she went missing, someone in Cumberland, Maryland used her daughter’s Social Security number. This person has never been identified and it’s not clear whether this has any relationship with Michele’s case. Her husband has since remarried and still lives in their family home in the Stonesville-Eden area. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adventures with Purpose scanned a section of the Smith River off Greensboro Road on the way to Martinsville with sonar, and the Dan River at the Dan River Access Boat Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZNLeR7C4Zs |
| Annette R Mammone – 2001 | 8303 Riverbirch Dr, Charlotte, North Carolina | May have been driving a 1996 Toyota Tercel. | Annette, 44, was last seen at her residence located at 8303 Riverbirch Dr in Charlotte, NC on September 19th, 2001. |
| Jonni Clemett Perkins – 2001 | 600 Frankfort Ave, Cleveland, Ohio | Still missing black four-door 2000 Dodge Neon with the OH license plate number CQY5786. | Jonni, 40, was last seen on May 27th, 2001 after attending a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers in Cleveland, OH. She parked her vehicle in the lot of The Little Bar in the 600 block of Frankfort Avenue during the day, and returned there after the game ended. She was last seen leaning against the vehicle. A witness told authorities that it appeared as if Jonni was having difficulty breathing at the time. She suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, a life-threatening and incurable lung condition, and is required to take prescription medication to control her symptoms. She did not take any of her personal belongings or additional clothing with her. Her neighbors reported that she never returned to her residence on Starkweather Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood after the game, and her apartment was found locked and undisturbed. There has not been any activity on her bank account or credit cards since her disappearance. Jonni had pleaded no contest to a DUI and was scheduled to be sentenced on the 16th of June, but she did not anticipate a severe sentence and her loved ones don’t believe she would have run away to avoid her legal problems. Her family members stated it’s uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning, and they believe that foul play was involved in her case. She was employed at Harpo’s Sports Bar in Strongsville, OH in 2001. She previously managed Jake’s in the Marriott Hotel in downtown Cleveland, as well as Shooters In The Flats. She had been amicably separated from her husband for several years prior to her disappearance. She does not have any children and, although she dated, she did not have a steady boyfriend at the time of her disappearance. |
| Willis B. Stark – 2001 | Pell City, Alabama | Still missing navy blue 1991 Buick Century with the AL license plate number 63FZ290. Some accounts report it as being maroon and having a Boy’s Ranch bumper sticker. | On November 14th, 2001 the last verifiable sign of Willis B. “Bill” Stark, 85, appeared to be a charge on his credit card in Brent, Alabama for gas. He had left his residence on E Glen Iris Lane in Tuscaloosa, AL. According to Thomas Walker, a neighbor who reported him missing, Bill had asked him for directions to the Tuscaloosa Police Department where he was going to pick up an accident report, but he never made it to the department. A week later, an employee at a body shop eight miles from Pell City, AL said a man matching Bill’s description stopped and asked for directions to Tuscaloosa. The employee later saw a photo of him on television and contacted Tuscaloosa police. There was another unconfirmed sighting of him asking for directions in Duncanville, AL. According to Rev. Milton Booth who knew Bill from his church, the St. Luke United Methodist Church, Bill had disappeared twice in recent years and had to stop and ask directions back home, both times he was only gone for a couple of days. Bill had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and is believed to have gotten lost. His normal routine included going to church, the grocery store, and to visit his wife in a local nursing home. He also said Bill usually fills his tank at Shell gas stations. == Search Efforts == After Bill was spotted, Booth traveled from Brent to Pell City and stopped at every interstate exit. He’s also traveled to small West Alabama towns and to Mississippi posting fliers in hotels, gas stations and restaurants. In 2024, Adam Brown and Jeremy Sides searched for him with sonar in Tuscaloosa. |
| Mary Niemi – 2001 | Arvada, Colorado | Possibly associated with a blue 1988 Jeep. | Mary, 40, was last seen in Arvada, CO on April 12th, 2001 as she was leaving the Women in Crisis Shelter. Date Added: 12/11/24 |
| Tot Tran Harriman – 2001 | League City, Texas | Still missing rose quartz 1995 Lincoln Continental with a white leather interior and chrome tailpipes. A small sticker reading “PJC” is placed on the right side of the rear bumper. The vehicle has a personalized FL license plate with her nickname, “TOTSY.” The vehicle identification number (VIN) is 1LNLM97V35Y755926. | Tot departed from her son’s residence in League City, Texas on July 12th, 2001 and disappeared with her rose quartz 1995 Lincoln Continental. The car has a white leather interior and chrome tailpipes. A small sticker reading “PJC” is placed on the right side of the rear bumper. The vehicle has a personalized FL license plate with her nickname, “TOTSY.” The vehicle identification number (VIN) is 1LNLM97V35Y755926. There is a Navy Seal emblem where the front plate would be. Tot was visiting her family in Texas over the summer and was looking to purchase property in the state to be closer to them. She lived in Florida. She planned to drive along Highway 35 searching for possible homes, from her sons residence in League City to Corpus Christi. She departed at approximately 5:00 a.m. on July 12th, 2001. She had an appointment with a realtor in Corpus Christi for the next day. Her children helped her prepare for her trip, her daughter mapped out her route down the coast. Instead of the busy interstate, she’d head south on highway 35. It would take Tot all the way to Corpus if she stayed on track. She planned to leave early in the morning to avoid traffic. The evening before she departed, her car was checked to make sure it was in good shape. The gas tank was 3/4th’s full—enough to get her there without stopping. At 8:30 a.m., a friend called Tot and the phone rang 4 times before going to voicemail. Based on the time she left her son’s house, she should have gotten to Corpus between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m., but at 10:30 a.m. the friend called again—and this time it went straight to voicemail, indicating that her phone was off. Tot’s car has never been located. Her life is documented in detail on the Murder She Told site and podcast: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/tot-harriman == Search Efforts == The weekend of the 21st and 22nd, volunteers retraced her route down the 75 miles of highway between League City and Bay City, as well as Port Lavaca and Palacios—areas closer to Tot’s planned destination in Corpus Christi. The search was organized by Texas Equusearch. On the 24th, League City police Detective Richard Rennison told reporters that they had gotten several tips of sightings of the vehicle, including claims that it had been driven “erratically” on I-45—the large highway Tot had planned to avoid. One woman claimed to have seen a man driving Tot’s maroon sedan three days after she disappeared. In her account, he was alone. A composite sketch depicting a slim black man in his early 20s was released following her report. The amount of detail she was able to recall is surprising considering the fact she caught only a brief glimpse while driving on a major highway, and a week had elapsed before she reported the sighting. On 8/11, a local newspaper confirmed that police had gone through Tot’s phone records and credit card statements, which showed she had not made any calls or purchases since her disappearance. The only thing they were able to confirm was that her phone must have lost power or been turned off between 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on the day of her disappearance, as the first call that went through rang four times, and the second didn’t ring at all. In 2011, Texas Equusearch released sonar pictures from three of the city’s bayous which revealed 127 vehicles sunken beneath the surface. In one interview, Houston police insisted that even if they attempted to extract the vehicles, they would fall apart. Equusearch disagreed, insisting that it would be possible to remove them intact. At the very least, they could recover license plates to connect the cars to missing persons cases. A 10-day, $49,500 pilot program “Operation Submerge” removed 20 vehicles from the 27th of January to the 5th of February, 2016. Most of the cars were at least 20 years old. No remains were found in any of them. |
| Randall Harold Whitfield – 2001 | Haleyville, Alabama | May be driving a black Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck. | Randall, known as Randy or Red, was last seen by an acquaintance at around 6:30 p.m. on December 8th, 2001 at his residence in the vicinity of the 300 block of County Road in Haleyville, AL. Randy, 39, lived alone and worked as an escort driver for a transport company. He often traveled and would be on the road for days, so his family didn’t immediately realize he was missing until 3 weeks later, when they finally reported it. It was discovered that his dog was left alone without food or water. Randy had cooked dinner and it was sitting on the stove, his home and shop were unlocked. His family found that Randy had bought and wrapped Christmas presents for his family and those presents as well as other belongings inside his home were left untouched. Police did arrest and charge a man for stealing a vehicle and car hauler from Randy’s property. Two days after Randy’s disappearance, just 6 miles away, an elderly couple was slain in their home. In the rural, tight-knit community, many believe the 2 cases to be related. While Randy and the murdered couple did know each other, it is unknown how well. The murders of Elmer and Joette Thrasher also remain unsolved. |
| Gary Alan Larsen – 2001 | Redmond, Oregon | Still missing white 1995 Dodge pickup truck with the OR license plate number XTN945 | Gary, 28, who lived in the 15000 block of Woodgreen Court in La Pine, OR, was last seen with friends in Redmond, OR on September 16th, 2001. He and his friends had been out all night and spent part of the evening at the Fireside Grille and Lounge. He had breakfast with the group at Shari’s Restaurant, then left. The next morning he reportedly checked out of a hotel, and was never heard from again. His family reported him missing eleven days later. He was unemployed at the time of his disappearance, but he had previously worked at Hap Taylor & Sons Inc. (now called the Knife River Corporation). Gary has many friends and acquaintances in the Redmond area, he had recently moved from there to his mothers house 46 miles away in La Pine but continued to visit frequently. He associated with known drug users, but investigators haven’t linked any of his friends to his disappearance. Foul play is suspected in his case. |
| Ronald Donelle – 2001 | 11550 Boul. de Pierrefonds, Pierrefonds, QC H8Y 2Y9, Canada | Still missing silver 2001 4-door Chrysler Sebring. | Ronald, 56, was last seen on November 16th, 2001 dropping off his ex-wife in front of her home located in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro district in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He worked for a transport company located in Coteau du Lac. |
| Kirsten Joy Kryszak – 2001 | Clark Pl, Memphis, Tennessee | Still missing blue 1988 Ford Aerostar van with Kentucky license plate number CYV100. It belonged to another guest at the party, Bradford S. “Tolly” Toland. Database searches using the van’s VIN show no activity since 2000. The MPD’s Central Records returns no document showing Bradford reported the van as stolen. However, he says he did report it stolen. | Kirsten, 18, was last seen in Memphis, TN on January 1st, 2001. She was with her boyfriend, Brent Wolverton, and another man, Josh Anders. Both men played in Interstate, a local band, which was performing at one of the parties she went to that night. She celebrated the new year at two separate house parties on Avalon near Poplar in Midtown. Kristen stayed overnight at one party. Around 10 a.m. the next morning she asked Josh for a ride to her boyfriends home, and he borrowed a van from another guest. They drove around for four or five hours, but could not find the house Kirsten was looking for, so they went to Brent’s apartment on Clark Place. When Kirsten realized her boyfriend wasn’t home, witnesses say she left Josh on the porch talking to a neighbor, got in the driver’s seat, and drove away. Just days before she disappeared after the New Year’s party, Kirsten had gone back to Indiana to visit family. Part of that time, her friend says, she was “frantic looking for coke.” But for the rest of the time, she was a little girl again. Her mother, Karen St. Mary, and sister, Ashley Kryszak, recall the three of them spending Christmas morning snuggling and giggling, finding a precious moment when all was still right with the world. The previous year, even amid the drama in her own life, Kirsten called her sister on her 15th birthday and sang on the answering machine. Seven years later, Josh and Brent tell conflicting stories in vivid detail, leaving an unexplained gap from 3:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. |
| Jane M. Bousley – 2001 | 712 Boone Ave, Winchester, Kentucky | Still missing silver 1997 Mercury Tracer (License Plate 157BXR). | Jane, 70, disappeared on October 19th, 2001 from Winchester, KY. That day, she got her hair done there at Angie’s Hair Design. Her hairdresser recalled that Jane seemed to be distracted, and had forgotten to take off her gloves once she’d arrived inside. When she left, she was seen heading towards either Walmart or Lowes. Jane had previously had a mitral valve replacement, and she had also suffered two strokes in the past and was susceptible to blood clots. According to family members familiar with her routine, Jane had a Friday routine of getting her hair done at Angie’s on Lexington Avenue and her blood checked at Clark Regional Hospital (At the time located where Legacy Grove Park is now). She lived on Ironworks Road (possibly the address of 10769) == Search Efforts == Law enforcement did an aerial search along a nearby river (presumably the Kentucky River) with no results. A search of her computer and credit cards also yielded no useful information as to what could have happened to her. Her son, Pat, joined in searching parking lots for her vehicle. In 2022, Exploring with Nug, a diver and sonar searcher, scanned the Kentucky River near Winchester in search of a different missing person in the area, Thomas Profitt. A vehicle was located but did not appear related to either case. In early 2024, an organization called Diving with Hope out of Corbin, Kentucky began investigating her case in the waters close to where she went missing. A vehicle with white wall tires was located and removed, determined to be a 70’s model Ford. |
| Leigh Ann Bosch – 2001 | Boise, Idaho | Black 1991 four-door Nissan Infiniti Q45 sedan with temporary Virginia license plates X247375 taped on the rear plate bracket. | Leigh Ann, 31, was last known to be driving from St. Charles, Missouri to Vancouver, Washington with her boyfriend Gary Salinger, and was last heard from by her family on December 27th, 2001. According to Gary, a man in his 30’s driving a blue Chevy truck pulled their vehicle out of the snow and mud with a tow rope near a National Forest sign in Declo, ID just after Christmas day. He said she got out of the car in Boise and fled on Dec. 27th. She last spoke to her parents on the phone early that day, she told them everything was fine. She is reported to have separated from her boyfriend east of The Dalles, Oregon, but was reported missing to the Ada County, Idaho Sheriff’s Department. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Marcus Sesrell Barrell – 2001 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | May be missing with his champagne Nissan Sentra | Marcus, 22, was last seen in Virginia Beach, Virginia sometime around December 1st, 2001. He lived with a roommate, Carl Ellison, in an apartment 2 1/2 blocks from the ocean on 22nd Street. He was a construction worker, never having a steady job and often had financial problems. He dreamed to earn his living as an artist, as he liked to draw, paint and write music. He sometimes smoked marijuana and used LSD, and he had been discharged from the Navy for drug use. Marcus spoke on the phone regularly with his dad in Louisiana. The last call was in the first week of December. He told his dad he had given his SSN to a man he’d worked for, and he was worried. According to his dad, Marcus was shy and sometimes too trusting. The police took a missing persons report on the 10th, but were initially unconcerned, believing he might have gone to visit friends in Florida or northern Virginia. Around that time, a neighbor and friend noticed his car was missing. Carl had dropped out of sight by the end of the December, investigators believe he left the country. His neighbor witnessed people she didn’t know cleaning out their apartment. When she asked them what was going on, they refused to tell her. Marcus’s drawings, keyboard, furniture and pet iguana all disappeared. In January 2002, his father contacted the police again and urged them to investigate. Around the same time, new home-owners in Norfolk, Virginia noticed an odor in their basement, which seemed strongest in a room with a hole in the wall that led to a dirt area. A warrant states flies swarmed to the spot. A few months later, they cleaned the basement floors and walls, and added a new sealant to the concrete floor. The owner and a friend started to dig in the dirt floor to try and find the source but stopped before they got too deep. Virginia Beach Police came to the home and the couple asked them to search the property, but they were halted by complications of authority between two police agencies. Months later, Norfolk police and a former federal agent were allowed to probe the basement with a ground radar, and discovered an “anomaly” in the unfinished room, but homeowners denied permission for additional searches. In another account of these events, Police and rescue workers from Norfolk and Virginia Beach did conduct a search aided by trained dogs and specialized equipment, but no evidence was found. Between 12/2001 and 1/2002, a man named Troy P. Baudoin used Marcus’s identity to avoid prosecution. He had been fired from his job with an insurance company in 11/2001 after it was discovered that he stole more than $200,000 from their accounts. Troy had once hired Marcus to do some work on his home in the 1400 block of Lafayette Blvd. in Norfolk, Virginia. In this time, he got a job with another insurance company and began embezzling from them as well. The FBI knew he was using the alias name but didn’t realize he had stolen a missing person’s identity until around 4/2002 when he purchased a home in Granite Falls, NC. In 5/2002, after the FBI tracked Troy to North Carolina, he returned to Virginia Beach to work out a plea deal with them, confessing to the embezzlement. When a girlfriend told him the police had questioned her about Marcus’s case, Troy took his own life at his room at the Days Inn on Bonney Road. He didn’t leave a note. Authorities believe he killed Marcus and concealed his body. They think Carl may have information about the case, but they have been unable to locate him. Marcus was declared legally dead in 2009. His case remains unsolved. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Chaos Divers searched the Linkhorn Bay, Broad Bay, Rudy Inlet, Lake Susan, Lake Constant, Mt. Trashmore Park, Crystal Lake, Stumpy Lake, and the Lafayette River in Norfolk as well as a couple unnamed ponds. Date Added: 5/26/24 |
| Pearl L Scarkino – 2001 | 100 Evangeline Rd, Montz, Louisiana | Driving a green 1993 Ford Crown Vic. | Pearl, 34, was last seen on February 3rd, 2001 in the 100 block of Evangeline Road in Montz, LA. == Search Efforts == In 2023, the Mississippi River was searched with sonar at Powerland St. as well as the Upper Barrow Canal at Airline Hwy by an independent sonar search team, AWP. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Hector Noel Rivera – 2000 | Aliso Viejo, California | Still missing black 1999 Chevrolet S-10 2-door pickup truck with a standard cab and the CA license plate number 6B31169. The truck is not equipped with a camper shell. | Hector, 21, was last seen on January 27th, 2000 in Santa Ana, CA where he lived at 1906 S Flower St. He left to go to the gym near Jamboree and Irvine at around 6 p.m. He then left the area to meet an unknown person. He may have been headed to San Francisco or West Hollywood. There has been no activity on his bank account or on his cellular phone since Jan 2000. Some sources list him as last seen in Aliso Viejo, CA but this does not appear to be the location of the gym. |
| Diana Raquel Rojas – 2000 | 5500 Ackerfield Ave, Long Beach, California | Still missing black 1992 Nissan extra cab pickup truck with white pinstripes, the driver’s side door lock is missing, and the radio is missing. It has the Texas license plate number BY3242. The truck was registered to her estranged husband. | Diana, 27, was last seen by her boyfriend between 12:15 and 12:30 on October 19th, 2000 at their apartment in the 5500 block of Ackerfield Avenue in Long Beach, CA. Earlier that day, she dropped off her two-year-old daughter at her husband Americo’s residence for a court-ordered visitation, she was in the midst of divorcing him, and he lived in the same apartment complex across the courtyard. She returned to her own apartment with her boyfriend afterwards. When he left, he locked the door behind him. He told authorities Diana was asleep on her sofa at the time he left her home. At the time of her disappearance, Diana had a job at a church; her boyfriend was the pastor’s son. She failed to report to work on the morning of the 20th. Her boyfriend attempted to call her at around 9:00 a.m., but she wasn’t at home. Her truck disappeared from the complex’s parking lot. There has been no updated vehicle information nor sightings of it or contact with law enforcement since Diana has disappeared. According to her family and friends, Diana was extremely afraid of Americo and told people he had broken her arm once. Her coworkers stated that he called her at work from time to time and they had screaming arguments. She had gotten a restraining order against him a few months prior to her disappearance, stating in the application that he had stalked her and assaulted her, and that she was afraid for her and their daughter’s life. Diana’s family members suspect foul play. She had been fighting for full custody of her daughter, and her loved ones said it would be uncharacteristic of her to abandon the child. Her family hasn’t seen her daughter since she disappeared; Americo raised her and cut off all contact with the child’s mother’s relatives. == Search Efforts == After her boyfriend reported her missing, police searched Diana’s apartment and found a small amount of blood on the couch and a bandana soaked in what they believe was urine. There were no indications of forced entry. According to police, they questioned numerous persons of interest in Diana’s case, including her boyfriend as well as Americo, and all of them turned out to have alibis. Americo’s alibi witness was his sister, whom he shared his apartment with. Investigators later stated they could no longer confirm that alibi, and a friend of his told police that Americo had said Diana would never be found. According to Diana’s family, Americo tried to take out a $300,000 insurance policy on her life after her disappearance. An anonymous tipster told police her body was buried outside of Ridgecrest, CA, but a search of the surrounding Mojave Desert turned up no indication of Diana’s body or her truck. Four areas of interest near West Boston Avenue and South Guam Street were explored and ruled out. There have not been any arrests in connection with her case. |
| William Nolan Bass – 2000 | Bellmead, Texas | Still missing tan and brown 1977 two-door Chevrolet Caprice with the TX license plate number C82MRB | William, 87, was last seen driving in Bellmead, TX on October 21st, 2000. He was on Highway 84 near Loop 340 at the time of his disappearance. He had left his residence in Mart, Texas at 9:00 a.m. that day and was headed to Waco, TX to have his vehicle inspected and purchase new tags. He never arrived at his destination. There were unconfirmed sightings of William for four days after his initial disappearance. He was carrying a blank check to purchase his new tags. He did not have any additional cash or credit cards with him. Investigators believe he may have had a stroke on the day of his disappearance and developed amnesia, or possibly he was carjacked. He had been diagnosed with high blood pressure. == Search Efforts == In June of 2008, TES water teams searched for him. In early 2022, AWP took interest in William’s case and began their dives in the Brazos River to locate his vehicle. They were able to locate the vehicle of Stephanie Torres who went missing from Waco in 2017, and two other vehicles in the Brazos River. They also helped pull vehicles from Lake Whitney. None of the vehicles located belonged to William. |
| Bradlee W. Webb – 2000 | Jonesborough, Tennessee | Still missing gray/silver two-door 1987 Dodge Daytona with the TN license plate number DQV787 | Bradlee, 23, was on probation at the time of his disappearance; it was due to expire on 9/20. On August 4th, 2000, he drove away from his Jonesborough, TN residence and never returned. He took no personal belongings with him. |
| Richard James Estrada – 2000 | Naples, Florida | Still missing blue two-door 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado with the FL license plates number D70AZ | Richard, 38, was last seen at 11:30 a.m. on May 5th, 2000, leaving the Hibiscus Golf Club in Naples, FL. He worked there as a pin hooker. He did not show up for work the next day; he also did not collect his paycheck. His loved ones say he would not be likely to loan his car to anyone. He was close to his relatives and visited them every weekend. He was considered a reliable employee in 2000 and had no problems with drugs, alcohol, or gambling. He lived in the 5500 block of Laurel Ridge Street at the time of his disappearance. Three days after he went missing, his house burned down. It is unclear whether the fire was related to his case. Richard was not reported missing until 6/29, almost two months after his disappearance, because of a miscommunication among his relatives. He is unmarried and has a grown son who lives in Texas. Authorities call his disappearance suspicious; they do not believe he left voluntarily. His case remains unsolved. == Search Efforts == At one time the Collier County SO and Dan Griffith of the Florida Sonar Search Team scanned canals, rivers and lakes including the Old Alligator alley up to Everglades City, and any place that had access to water. There are quite a few quarries on private property that could not be scanned. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) Date Added: 3/5/2024 |
| Nicholas R. Blasetzky – 2000 | 4100 Eastway St, Toledo, Ohio | Still missing white 1983 Buick Century with the OH license plate number bearing his initials, NRB8 | Nicholas, 78, was last seen at around 7:00 p.m. on June 5th, 2000 at his residence in the vicinity of the 4100 block of Eastway Street in Toledo, Ohio. He left in his white 1983 Buick Century with the Ohio license plate number bearing his initials, NRB-8, and drove northbound on Eastway towards Eleanor Avenue. He never returned. His vehicle is also still missing. It had half a tank of gasoline in it when he disappeared. One of Nicholas’s neighbors, who looked after him, says he got into the car, turned it on, then got out again several times before finally leaving his home. She could not find his medication at his home after he vanished. It was she who reported his disappearance to police. Nicholas left his garage door open when he drove away from his home, and his credit cards and bank accounts have not been used since his disappearance. At the time of his disappearance, he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and may have been confused and disoriented. By the close of the day, police had placed Mr. Blasetzky’s personal information and car data on national, state, and regional crime databases. Theoretically, if he or his car were to be found elsewhere in the United States, the database would alert Toledo authorities. Nicholas was a Ukrainian national and devoted member of the Harvest Tabernacle Church of God in east Toledo, having joined in 1945; the church’s fellowship hall is named for him. He served on a committee that helped the church move from a Woodville Road location to its present home on Florence Avenue. On the day he went missing, he showed up for Sunday services half an hour late and seemed irritated with himself. This is very uncharacteristic; he usually came early and was one of the first church members to arrive. His leaving the house at 7:00 p.m. is also not typical of his behavior because he had stopped driving at night years before his disappearance. == Search Efforts == In 2024, the sonar search group Chaos Divers and Doug Bishop of United Search Corps scanned from the John Fisher’s Marina down the Maumee River to Highway 75, where 21 cars were found and checked. Then down the Ottawa River to where Willys Pkwy crosses the river, where 2 cars additional cars were found and dove on. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Joseph Frank Thomas Jr. – 2000 | Battle Ground, Washington | Still missing brown and white 1987 Isuzu Trooper, temporary WA license plate 4A02962. | Joseph “Joe” Thomas, 38, was reported missing from Battle Ground, WA on December 10th, 2000 after not being heard from in four days. He supposedly left home to run an errand. Joe had a history of methamphetamine use and theft, and he has outstanding warrants for his arrest, but police believe he was a homicide victim. |
| Carson Ray Williams – 2000 | Salyersville, Kentucky | Still missing black 1986 4-door Mercury Topaz – KY license plate 710FDL | Carson, 43, disappeared from Salyersville, KY on January 1st, 2000. He may have been in the Mount Sterling area, but no leads were ever found. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Libby Ann Dibenedetto – 2000 | 2190 NW 87th Ln, Sunrise, Florida | Still missing beige 1996 Toyota Camry with the FL license plate number XJF84P and FL Marlins and Miami Dolphins bumper stickers. | Libby, 35, was last seen in the early morning hours (around 1:30 a.m.) of April 12th, 2000 at Dukes Bar and Grill in Davie, FL. She had been out with friends the night before. There are accounts that on that morning, she made two calls to her therapist, who told her to go home, and she was less than half a mile away from her house but never made it there. Libby suffers from depression and was taking medication at the time of her disappearance which she doesn’t have with her. She was born Libby Ann Layman to Robert Layman and Mrs. Robert Dean, both of Hollywood. She married Thomas Joseph Dibenedetto on April 11, 1987 at the Kapok Tree, which is now part of the Long Key Natural Area and Nature Center. She had three children by the time they divorced in March of 2000 and was staying with her mother in Sunrise, working at a doctor’s office. == Search Efforts == Sunshine State Sonar has searched over 100 bodies of water in the Sunrise for Libby and others missing with vehicles in the area. Numerous unrelated vehicles have been located, with some being connected to other cases such as Kareem Tisdale, who was not reported as missing with a vehicle online. |
| Enoe Garcia Jr. – 2000 | Lubbock, Texas | Last known to be driving a Blue 1992 Chevrolet truck with the TX license plate BB8379. | Enoe, 36, was last seen on July 1st, 2000 in Lubbock, TX. He has a scar on his back and walks with a limp. He was last seen wearing a green shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes. Authorities believe foul play may be possible, but few details are known in this case. Date Added: 7/12/24 |
| Robert Carl Befort – 2000 | Silver Springs, Nevada | Still missing green 1969 Chevrolet Corvette with the license plate number 655KHU, which has since been reported stolen out of Carson City, NV | Robert, also known as “Bob” and “Biker Bob”, was a 42 year old mechanic and musician. He was last seen in Silver Springs, NV on July 21st, 2000. There was a note left behind, stating he had health problems and suggesting funeral arrangements. He may have been sighted at a pawn shop in Fallon, NV sometime in March 2001, but this hasn’t been confirmed. Authorities believe he may have been the victim of a homicide. They have a person of interest in his case, someone who lives out of state and has not been publicly identified. |
| Robert Maynard Bode – 2000 | Tucson, Arizona | Still missing 1995 Ford F250 with a license plate of 5AA711. It had a deep dent in the passenger side door near the hinges. Also, the right rear bumper was loose and hanging. | Robert “Bob” Bode, 51, was last seen on March 3rd, 2000 leaving his daughter’s house in Tucson, AZ saying he was going to visit his parents in Clarkdale, AZ but he never arrived. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Brian Benjamin Hirsch – 2000 | 823 Mission St, Santa Cruz, California | Black 1991 Ford Aerostar with the CA license plate number 3TLR809. | Brian, 35, was last seen getting his car serviced at a smog shop in Santa Cruz, CA on August 4th, 2000. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Victor Leonard Richardson III – 2000 | North Bergen, New Jersey | Still missing blue/black 1991 Honda Acura with NJ license plates. | Victor “Vic” Richardson III, 24, was last seen on Wednesday, May 10th, 2000 at around 1:30 p.m. leaving his business, a beeper store on Smith Street in Perth Amboy, North Bergen, NJ. He was traveling to Central Communications at 2595 Woodbridge Avenue in Edison, NJ to drop off two pagers, but he never arrived. Vic’s home was found unlocked and in a state of disarray. |
| Jeremiah Dominic Meara – 2000 | Northlake, Illinois | Still missing dark green 1999 Hyundai Sonata with the IL license plate number YDA177 | Jeremiah, 60, was last seen on March 13th, 2000 in Northlake, IL. He indicated that he was going to work in Schaumburg, IL, as usual but never arrived there. |
| Hubert Helligar – 2000 | Winter Haven, Florida | Still missing Cessna 150, registration # N11214 | On October 27th, 2000 at around 1:30 p.m., Helligar rented an airplane from the Winter Haven Municipal Airport (Gilbert Field) and took off without providing a pilot’s flight plan. At around 2 pm, the plane was last detected by RADAR in the area west of Lake Jessie traveling at 25 Knots at an altitude of 1200 feet. An abrupt change of course for the aircraft was noted just prior to the loss of RADAR signal for the plane. Date Added: 9/28/22 |
| Shannon Clair LaBau – 1999 | Helena, Montana | Still missing red 1976 Chevrolet truck with the MT license plate number 5T31420 | Shannon, 23, was last seen on February 23rd, 1999 in Helena, MT where he lived. He told his mother he was going to Townsend, MT with a friend to look at a muscle car he was thinking of buying. The last confirmed sighting of Shannon was at the bank in Helena, when he withdrew the money for his intended purchase. He was carrying several thousand dollars in cash at the time. The friend he was with on the day of his disappearance has changed his story several times. Once, he said he dropped him off near his apartment in downtown Helena; another time, the friend said Shannon got a ride to Butte, MT. Authorities have been unable to determine who owned the car Shannon wanted to buy; supposedly, the owner was a rancher. He had an appointment with an optometrist to renew his contact lens prescription, set for after his disappearance; he did not arrive as scheduled. He also left money behind in his bank account and uncollected paychecks at his place of employment. |
| Joanne Gaye Illerich – 1999 | Knights Landing, California | Still missing dark blue 1991 Mazda pickup truck with a white camper shell and the CA license plate number 4H09021. | Joanne, 38, was last seen leaving her family’s residence in Knights Landing, CA on May 7th, 1999. It is believed that she departed between 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. that day. Authorities believe she took a 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol with her when she left her residence. Joanne was suffering from emotional difficulties at the time of her 1999 disappearance. She may suffer from bouts of anger, delusion, despondency and/or amnesia as the result of her condition. She may also suffer from neck and/or right arm pain and may wear a brace for support. Joanne frequented the following areas in 1999: Bucks Lake near Quincy, CA; Feather River Canyon; Point Reyes; and Sacramento, CA. |
| Alfredo Gallardo Delapena – 1999 | Hermiston, Oregon | Yellow late-model Ford pickup | Alfredo, 41, was last seen on May 30th, 1999. He was reported missing from Hermiston, OR by his employer after he did not pick up his paycheck from work. Date Added: 1/20/25 |
| Saul Franco Mercado – 1999 | Kennewick, Washington | Listed with his case is a Black 1996 Honda Accord with WA license plate 843JZK. | Saul, 26, spent Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family in Sunnyside, then returned home to Kennewick, WA. He was reported missing on November 26th, 1999. Date Added: 1/17/25 |
| Tracy N. Jensen – 1999 | Fort Bridger, Wyoming | May be driving a blue 1981 Pontiac Subaru DL with the WY license plate number 19199AK. | Tracy, 23, was last seen in the Fort Bridger/Mountain View area of Sublette County, WY on February 11th, 1999. |
| Corin Paul Brackelsberg – 1999 | Claremont Colleges, Pomona, California | Drove a light green 1984 Jeep Wagoneer with the CO license plate number UJK821. | Corin, 23, was last seen at the five adjoining campuses of the Claremont Colleges in Pomona, CA on June 1st, 1999. He used to live in Grand Junction, Colorado. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Leonard Kowalski – 1999 | Iron County Airport, Crystal Falls, Michigan | Still missing Cessna 175 Aircraft, N6533E, serial number 56033. Production built, single strutted high-wing, all-metal constructed airplane, with a fixed tricycle landing gear, it can accommodate a pilot and three passengers. | On November 12th, 1999, at 3:15 p.m., a plane piloted by Leonard Kowalski departed from Iron County Airport, Crystal Falls, Michigan. The personal flight was not on a flight plan. The intended destination was the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan. At 8:15 p.m. Leonard and the plane were reported missing by a representative of the family, and they both remain missing to this day. According to the Leonard’s relatives, his typical route of flight was to fly to Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City, Michigan, refuel the airplane, and continue to his final destination of Oakland/Troy Airport, Troy, Michigan. There were no reports of the aircraft arriving and/or departing from Cherry Capital Airport and Oakland/Troy Airport. According to FAA records, the FAA issued a Standard Airworthiness Certificate for the airplane on April 23, 1959. The airplane was registered to the pilot on July 15, 1996. Date Added: 9/30/24 |
| Sherryl Lynn Jacquot – 1999 | Stilwell, Oklahoma | Still missing small off-white Datsun pickup truck | Sherryl, 42, was last heard from on July 3rd, 1999. She was reported missing out of Stilwell, OK. She was last seen by her family three weeks prior on June 23, when she went to her mothers home in Oklahoma City to borrow some money. Her mother and sister were there, and noticed Sherryl had injuries, including a large cut on her lower back and a deep cut on the instep of her right foot. She said she and her boyfriend had gotten into a fight and she fell into a glass-topped coffee table. They told her to go to the hospital to get stitches, but she refused. She lived in Stilwell, OK, and her teenage daughter lived with a relative in Pennsylvania. She did not have a phone, so she made and received calls at a nearby grocery store. Her daughter called the store the day she was last seen, trying to reach her, but was unable to. Later that day same day, Sherryl called her mother from an unknown number in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She said she would go to Oklahoma City to repay the money she’d borrowed from her mother. She never arrived there, however. It wasn’t abnormal for her to be out of touch with her family for extended time periods, so they weren’t initially concerned. In January of 2000, however, her mother got a call from a family friend who heard a rumor that she was dead. Her family tried to get in touch with her, but were unable to find her, so they reported her missing. When her family went to the last address they had for her, a trailer on Highway 100 in Stilwell, they discovered it was dilapidated and didn’t appear to have been lived in for quite awhile. Her dogs were still there, but they acted like they had not been fed in a long time. At the time of her disappearance, she was involved in a rough crowd known for drug activity, and was in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend. She is considered missing under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected in her case. A receipt of a bond payment dated 7/5 was found by her family, this was the last known footprint of her. Date Added: 3/12/24 |
| Laresha Deana Walker – 1999 | 3800 Edwards Ave, Nashville, Tennessee | Still missing maroon 1995 Oldsmobile Achieva with the TN license plate number 419ABG. It had a long scratch on the driver’s side. | Laresha “Deana” Walker, 23, was last seen in her hometown of Nashville, TN on November 19th, 1999. That night, she dropped her two-year-old son Rayvon off at her sister Lakesha’s residence in the 900 block of Gayle Street. She said that she planned to drive her car to Murfreesboro, TN the following morning for a mechanical repair estimate. She called her father between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m. The next day, one of her sisters checked her residence in the 3800 block of Edwards Avenue when Deana failed to contact her loved ones. Her sister found it locked with the lights on and the stereo playing loudly. Inside she found the clothes Deana was wearing the day before and turned down the stereo before leaving. Deana’s family checked her home again on the 21st. She was nowhere to be found and they summoned the authorities. Metro Police said a neighbor told detectives he saw Deana the night of Nov. 19 at her house with an unidentified man, and they were arguing. They went in the home, came out, and then left together. She had been diagnosed with a heart condition and is required to take medication, which she did not have with her at the time of her disappearance. She was very close with her sisters. Her family is still seeking answers, not only for Deana but for her mother Wanda who also disappeared in 2016 after not reporting for work at the Dollar Tree on Franklin Pike. The last place Wanda was seen was the home she shared with her cousin on 11th Avenue South. Her Nissan Maxima was later found by police in the area of Wade Avenue. Officials said it was locked, her purse was inside and there was blood in the backseat. |
| Craig Selvin Moilanen – 1999 | Olympia, Washington | Dark blue 1991 Ford Mustang with WA license plate 803DZE, Registered to Gladyce E. Moilanen. | Craig, 46, was reported missing by his mother on January 6th, 1999 from Olympia, WA. Craig graduated from Tyee HS in 1970 and attended Highline Community College. In his mother’s 2004 obituary, his whereabouts are listed as unknown. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Stephen Lawrence Spalding – 1999 | Clarksville, Indiana | Still missing white 1988 Chevrolet Beretta with KY license plate 449BNX. | Stephen, 39, was last seen at the River Chase Apartments located in Clarksville, IN on April 21st, 1999. He was reported missing by family members on 5/10/1999. He lived in Louisville, KY. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Guy Monroe Pyke – 1999 | 2000 block of Route 11 of the Evans Mills, New York | Still missing dark blue 1989 Chevrolet Blazer with a black top, chrome diamond running boards, and NY License FMS867. | Guy, 70, was last seen on April 2nd, 1999 at around 3 p.m. in the 2000 block of Route 11 of the Evans Mills, NY area. That Friday, he drove away from his home on Aitchison Road in Onondaga, telling his wife he was going to visit a relative in Watertown, NY. He reportedly also mentioned visiting relatives in Brockville, Ontario over the phone on Thursday, which is in the direction he was last traveling. He was last seen by his cousin, where he pulled into the driveway but never got out. A barking dog kept him from going in. He backed out of the driveway and drove North. He had a full tank of gas and his drivers license, but no cash, cards or cigarettes even though he was a heavy smoker. He was known to drive route 11, and would not take highways like 81. He was also known to be a fast driver. It was later estimated he would have been able to drive around 274 miles from his home. There was no snow or rain that day. His family reported him missing two days later, as he often went on short trips and would come back on his own. A year or so before, he spoke of wanting to travel to Florida, but there is no evidence that he went there. He had started traveling in his car more since he retired. Officials stated he had alzheimers and dementia, however he was not diagnosed with either. He did have an upcoming test that month for dementia, as he would sometimes get confused or forgetful. He was taking blood thinners for a heart condition. Guy had spent summers in Watertown as a boy and had kin north of the Thruway. He was also familiar with La Fargeville. He had been married for 49 years prior to his disappearance, his wife Arline has since passed away as well as one of their sons, Barry. == Search Efforts == The sheriff’s department distributed a bulletin throughout US and Canada. Police searches by air and on foot turned up nothing. Police and family checked the Canadian border and surrounding areas, to no avail. His family pleaded with law enforcement to conduct water searches for years. In September 2022, Adventures with Purpose searched several locations including the pond on Jewett Pl and Route 11, a portion of the Oswegatchie River in Gouverneur, the Pope Mills ramp on 58, Black lake boat ramp and where 58 crosses, the Black River in Dexter, a pond along Snake Creek and Route 11, the Oneida River in Brewerton, and portions of Onondaga Lake. They visibly checked several other locations and were unable to check one by the dam at the Clearwater Paper Corporation. In 2023, Chaos Divers also searched locations including Onondaga Lake, the south fork of the Seneca River, Oneida Lake at Sylvan Beach and Brewerton, the creek along Route 11 from Philadelphia to Coolidge Road and portions of the other side with remote control sonar, the south side of the Black River Bay to Black River, the Little Salmon River at Mexico Point, the Salmon River at Port Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Collins Landing. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Yakelin Llanes, Jonathan and Mario Mordoche – 1999 | Miami, Florida | Still missing brown 1999 Chevrolet Malibu with the FL license plate GH830M. Rented from Alamo Car Rental. | Yakelin, 29, was last seen in Miami, FL on August 28th, 1999. She disappeared with her two sons, Jonathan Mordoche, 8, and Mario Mordoche, 11. She planned to drive to Tampa, FL to visit her ex-boyfriend, the father of her sons. When she left her Miami home, the weather was extremely bad. Yakelin told her family that her ex-boyfriend was going to give her a new car and she would return driving that. They never arrived at his home. Her boyfriend has not been named a suspect. It’s unclear whether the family actually embarked on their planned trip to Tampa; there was no evidence in their apartment of any preparations for the trip, and Yakelin’s toothbrush was left behind. When relatives had not heard from the family for two weeks, they reported them as missing. The drive from Miami to Tampa is 100+ miles across Alligator Alley. A canal runs parallel to the roadway for almost the entire route. In 2017, the Florida Department Of Transportation installed a fence along the canal to keep alligators from wandering onto the highway and prevent motor vehicle accidents. At the time of their disappearance, there was no fence and most sections did not have guardrails. |
| Georgia Ann Clock Smith – 1999 | Champlin, Minnesota | Still missing dark metallic blue two-door 1984 Mercedes Benz 190D sedan with the WI license plate number TXP401. | Georgia, 76, departed from her son’s home in Champlin, MN at around 6:30 p.m. on June 30th, 1999. She planned to travel 125 miles NE to her summer lake residence in Minong, Wisconsin. Georgia avoided driving along interstates and normally took smaller highways or country roads to reach her destination. Her family members are uncertain as to what route she may have taken to WI. She may have traveled through Cambridge, MN and Siren and Spooner, WI. A detour also blocked a portion of her typical route that month. She was not reported for three days as a result of a communication problem. Her son stated that his mother’s behavior was normal at the time she departed his home, though several of her children speculated she may have become disoriented while driving and a fatal accident may have occurred. Forests, lakes and swamps surround the majority of the roads she frequently utilized. Georgia was described as an independent woman, she had a shy nature and was devoted to her family. She did not have a valid driver’s license at the time, but she refused to stop operating her vehicle. She normally turned the telephone ringer off at her home, causing her loved ones to have difficulty reaching her on a consistent basis. She had some short-term memory problems, was dependent on medication, had a heart condition, and was possibly in the early stages of Alzheimer’s at the time of her disappearance. A salesperson at a Radio Shack in Spooner, WI said that a woman resembling Georgia’s description visited the store three days after she departed from her son’s home. The sighting was not confirmed by authorities. In the summer of 1999, an unidentified woman dropped a note off at a Wal-Mart store in Coon Rapids, MN. The message was addressed to one of Smith’s grandchildren and claimed that she was being cared for by an unnamed individual who was unaware that Smith had been reported as missing. Authorities were unable to locate the woman who left the note and the possible lead was discarded. == Search Efforts == In the years after she went missing, the river near where she was staying with her son was sonared. In 2023, the Mississippi River was sonared again with modern technology by AWP, as well as part of Diamond Lake. St. Croix Falls/Taylor’s Falls, Interstate Park, Wild River Marina, Lions Park and Gilmore Lake where her cabin was located. The ponds at Heights Park and Josephine Nunn park and a pond closer to her cabin were checked with a depth finder or by sight. |
| Carlo Blaine Pfaff – 1999 | Columbia, South Carolina | He was riding in a dark blue 1987 Chevrolet Astro minivan with the SC license plate number CAR 564. | Carlo, 54, was last seen on March 6th, 1999 at the Alpine Forest Mobile Home Park in Columbia, SC where he lived. He was reported missing two days later by his sister. His television, radio, and VCR were found to be missing from his trailer when police searched it after his disappearance. He is legally blind and needs daily doses of medication for severe heart problems, which was left behind. CharleyProject lists his date of disappearance as in 1998. His age is listed as 57, 54 and 38 in different sources, but one has his date of birth as October 1st, 1944. His date of disappearance is also listed as 1998 or 1999 depending on the source. Date Added: 12/11/24 |
| Teresa Dianne Shannon – 1999 | 812 US-1, Lugoff, South Carolina | Still missing burgundy two-door 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass with the SC license plate number 605CJY. | Teresa, 48, was last seen by a friend at the Western Sizzlin Steakhouse in Lugoff, South Carolina at about 2:30 p.m. on February 4th, 1999. They had attended a meeting of Sistercare, a domestic violence support group, and Shannon had dropped off her friend before leaving. That was the last time she was seen. She left all personal belongings including medication behind at her home in the 2600 block of Thomas Sumter Highway. Her home in Kershaw County, SC was destroyed by fire in the summer of 1998, months before she vanished. It was worth $90,000, but she never collected any insurance on it. Police were investigating the fire and are unsure what, if anything, it has to do with her later disappearance. Her mother stated that Teresa’s husband had been abusive, and police said he refused to cooperate with the investigation. He was required to make $400 monthly alimony payments to her until 2003, four years after she vanished. He claimed that before her disappearance, Teresa had been hospitalized for mental illness. They had two sons together, who were in their teens and living with their father when their mother disappeared. Their daughter died before Teresa vanished, and one of their sons have since died. She disappeared 6 days before she was supposed to appear in court to receive her divorce settlement, and 9 days before her mother’s wedding. Her husband died in 2011 and was never named a suspect, but foul play is suspected. |
| Vyacheslav Arjkadyevich Akopov – 1998 | Elizabethtown, North Carolina | Still missing light-colored four-door 1987 Plymouth Caravelle | Vyacheslav, 52, was last seen on September 12th, 1998, in Elizabethtown, NC. He lived in a trailer in Bladensburg, NC that he rented from Wanda Phipps, who described him as a model tenant. Vyacheslav worked at Harriet and Henderson in Clarkton, NC and was known to send money home to his wife and two children in Uzbekistan. He also let other Uzbek immigrants stay in his home until they were able to get on their feet and find jobs. At the time of his disappearance, 2 young men were staying with him. On the day he disappeared, his landlord saw him in Elizabethtown, NC with his two roommates trying to find his insurance agent. She helped him get his car and insurance, then saw him get into his vehicle with his two friends. Skeletal remains of a man approximately his age and wearing boots similar to his own were found near Wilmington, NC after his disappearance, but the remains have not been identified. There has been no sign of Vyacheslav, his vehicle or his two roommates since 1998. |
| John Smith South Jr. – 1998 | Mountain City, Tennessee | Likely still missing white 1985 or 1989 Subaru Justy hatchback with a cracked left taillight and the TN license plate number 292EJW | John “Junior” South, 54, was last seen in Mountain City, TN on December 17th, 1998. His daughters and granddaughter had plans to visit him the next day at his home off Ackerson Creek Rd and help him decorate his Christmas tree that he had made of tobacco sticks and grapevine. When they arrived, his car wasn’t in the driveway and the house was deserted. The doors were unlocked, as they usually were, and the wood stove, the only source of heat in the house, was cold. His daughters learned that their father had gone to work on the 17th, and then went home, where he left his tool belt. He drove to the bar (possibly the Town and Country Bar) and was seen by several friends there. No one is sure when he left the bar that night and he apparently never arrived home. Junior is a Vietnam war veteran, and his health was affected by exposure to agent orange. He is described as a hardworking man, he and his wife raised their children in Mountain City until their divorce in 1990. She and their daughters moved about 15 minutes away to Damascus, Virginia. He still talked to his daughters and they visited often, when his first granddaughter was born he became very involved in her life. == Search Efforts == In 2021, a diver with Need-a-Diver searched several ponds close to his home and a bridge crossing. From 2022 to 2024, multiple other search groups looked for him and his vehicle with sonar, one of the locations being the South Holson Lake. A FB page dedicated to finding him was created in 2012 and is still active: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19fV2pKLDx/ |
| Robert Eugene Linneman – 1998 | Lawrence, Kansas | Tan and brown 1984 Ford F150, 4×4 regular cab 2 door, with KS license plate MJL118. | Robert, 42, disappeared without explanation on March 21st, 1998 from Lawrence, KS He may have lived at 3323 Iowa Street #505 in Lawrence, KS. == Search Efforts == In 2024, sonar search group AWP scanned the Missouri River in search of several missing persons with vehicles in the area. Starting at Kaw Point and moving up river a mile until just past the 670 bridge, several vehicles were found including four jeeps, two blazers, and two mini vans as well as a barge. The Riverfront Park Boat Ramp to Kaw Point was also searched, with two vehicles found and dove on, one being a jeep, the other a 70s Ford Granada style hubcap was the only identifier. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Oscar Gildardo Canales – 1998 | Chula Vista, California | Driving a white 1989 Nissan Sentra | Oscar, 32, was last seen in Chula Vista, CA on November 17th, 1998. He stopped contact with work, friends, and family which was unlike him. |
| Heinz Paul – 1998 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Vehicle Unknown | Heinz, 76, was last seen on August 11th, 1998 filling his vehicle with gas in Calgary, Alberta then driving west. Date Added: 10/24/24 |
| Don Schaller & Don Rodriguez – 1998 | Traverse City, Michigan | Still missing two-seat Aero L-39 Albatross aircraft | On July 3rd, 1998, Don Schaller was piloting a plane on a practice flight in preparation for the National Cherry Festival Air Show in Traverse City, MI. A veteran pilot, the 48-year-old Schaller was familiarizing himself with the event’s flight paths and admiring the beauty of northern MI. Don Rodriguez, a flight instructor at Northwestern Michigan College, was riding along in the jet. After taking off from Cherry Capital Airport, Schaller guided the plane north, according to radar. Soon, he had the craft about 27 miles out and was heading back toward Cherry Capital Airport. The last radio transmission came at about 6 p.m. Flight controllers expected to hear from Schaller again when he was about five miles out, but the call never came. About 9 p.m. Coast Guard helicopters were dispatched from Traverse City to begin a search. For the next few days, the copter crews, equipped with night vision goggles, scanned the waters of Lake Michigan. They were accompanied by a Canadian C-130 cargo plane and the Blue Angels’ C-130, dubbed “Fat Albert” A Coast Guard utility boat, along with the planes, repeatedly searched the area between North Manitou and South Fox Islands, but no sign of the Albatross was found. No oil slick, no debris, nothing. The search area covered some 1,900 square miles. The MI State Police even searched into the Upper Peninsula, near Brevort Lake, southwest of St. Ignace. It was believed that the Albatross was equipped with parachutes and ejection seats, but Coast Guard officials said that the seats may not have been functioning. It’s not known if the plane was equipped with a homing device of any type. Later in 1998, an underwater search using side-scan sonar was conducted and a 30-foot long object was found. Searchers thought it might be the plane, but it was later confirmed to be a rock formation. In 2008, another sonar search was conducted and found what could be a plane at a depth of more than 450 feet. It was near a boat that sank in the 1950s. Divers were sent down to confirm the identity of the boat and the possible plane. But the dive could not be completed due to the extreme depth. Date Added: 8/30/24 |
| Eulaila Renee LaPorte – 1998 | West Cardinal Loop F-105, Del Valle, Texas | Driving a blue/gray 1989 two-door Dodge Ram pickup truck with TX license plates numbered 5MDFT and handicap tags. The vehicle identification number (VIN) is 3B4GE07Y7KM939283 | Eulaila, 42, was last seen on west Cardinal Loop F-105 in Del Valle, TX on May 11th, 1998. She was a resident of Austin, TX. Eulaila planned to travel to Matamoros, Mexico for the day visiting her boyfriend. She left a 12-year-old daughter in the United States. She was reported missing May 15, 1998 |
| William Alvin Hamilton – 1998 | Augusta, Georgia | Still missing 1987 Ford Tempo | William “Al” Hamilton, 46, was last seen around August 15th, 1998 leaving his workplace in Augusta, GA. Al was the manager of a downtown dance club called the Discotheque. Later that morning of the day he disappeared, firefighters put out a fire at his home. Evidence later showed Al had been killed there; investigators found bloodstains on a bedroom’s ceiling and walls that were evidence of severe blunt force trauma on a human being. Several bags of coins were also missing from the residence. In 1999, appellant Rodney Richardson, the ex-husband of the Al’s girlfriend, was convicted of his murder, burglary, armed robbery, arson, and theft by taking. He appealed the judgment of conviction. == Search Efforts == In 2024, AdamBrownAdventures and Exploring with Nug searched for him in several fishing ponds. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Gustavo Fortich – 1998 | 133 avenue SW 55 street, Miami Florida | May be driving a burgundy/maroon 1993 Pontiac Grand Am with the FL license plate number WBP66C. | Gustavo, 49, was last seen on August 31st, 1998 at around 9:00 p.m. in the area of 133 avenue SW 55 street, Miami, Florida. Foul play is suspected, no reason given. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Richard Leroi Harosin – 1998 | Augusta, Maine | A Red 1990 Nissan Sentra is listed with his case, it may have had temporary tags. | Richard Leroi Harosin, 40, was reported missing on November 24th, 1998 by the TOGUS VA Medical Facility in Augusta, Maine. An investigation conducted over the next 11 months was unable to locate him. He may go by the names Donald Leroy Bickford/ Donald Leroy Robbins. |
| Larry Glenn Ward – 1998 | Eudora, Arkansas | Driving an older dark red pickup truck possibly with Mississippi license plates | Larry, 39, was last seen driving a vehicle on July 30th, 1998 in Eudora, AR. He is originally from Mississippi He may use the alias name Douglas Ellis Pegram or Larry G. Sr. The day he disappeared was his 39th birthday. According to Charley Project, he is missing from Lake Village, AR. |
| Anna Marie Scivetti – 1998 | South Plainfield, New Jersey | Still missing blue-gray 1988 Mazda four-door sedan, NY license plate U205G2, with a red ball at the end of the antenna | Anna, 34, was last seen on August 19th, 1998 in Staten Island, NY. After her workday as a receptionist at Ferrar Foods in South Plainfield, N.J., she traversed the Outerbridge Crossing en route to dinner with a friend on Staten Island. She was also scheduled to place a deposit on an apartment in Tottenville. She never showed up for either appointment. Foul play is suspected in her case. |
| James Curtis Kitchens – 1998 | Eagle Point, Oregon | Listed with his case is a white 1991 Chevrolet Truck with the OR license plate VHD680. | James, 48, was last seen by his wife sometime around September 1st, 1998 in Eagle Point, OR leaving home to buy cigarettes and he never returned. Another source states that he left home for an extended business trip and did not return, remaining in the local area and out of contact into 1999. His wife told his sister that they were divorced, but his sister could not find evidence to support this. His sister, who lives in Texas, reported him missing four years later in 2002. Date Added: 12/11/24 |
| Henry Arthur Moreno – 1998 | 3830 Northgate Blvd, Sacramento, California | Still missing white 1997 Nissan Pathfinder with the CA license plate number 3VlP084 | Henry, 46, was last seen having lunch at the 524 Restaurant on Northgate Boulevard in Sacramento, CA at approximately 11:45 a.m. on August 6th, 1998. Henry was scheduled to open his new restaurant, El Mansion Rio, in the 2100 block of Garden Highway in Sacramento on the 8th of August, two days after his disappearance. He had borrowed heavily to finance the restaurant and had been working towards its opening for four years. It was sold to another owner after his disappearance and is now called Bridges on the River. He may have been seen at the Home Depot on Truxel Road in Sacramento at approximately 12:15 p.m. that day, but this sighting is unconfirmed. An employee at the store stated that he believed Henry was spotted in the plywood lumber section with an unidentified African-American male. The employee said that the possible companion was well-dressed. Henry’s car may have been seen traveling south on Interstate 99 between Stockton and Modesto, CA one day after he was last seen. It is not known if it was actually his vehicle or if he was driving it at the time. |
| Otava Radek – 1998 | Middletown, Connecticut | Driving a gray 1985 Plymouth Reliant. | Otava, 25, was last seen in Middletown, CT on March 23rd, 1998. |
| Maryellen C. McMillin – 1998 | Steele Creek Rd, Alaska | Still missing dark green 1994 Subaru Loyale with the AK license plate number CSY207. | Maryellen, 37, was last seen by her husband at approximately 7 p.m. on November 21st, 1998 at her residence on Steel Creek Road in Fairbanks, AK. That day, she worked her shift at the Carlson Center as a physician’s assistant, and she was supposed to meet up with friends that evening. Her sister told authorities that Mary appeared to be disoriented and dazed at the time, but she did not believe she was impaired. She failed to report to work again. She is hardworking and conscientious, so this was uncharacteristic. Her family feared she may have driven into a ditch, but searches turned up nothing. In April of 1999, someone called her former employer and asked if Mary was still listed as missing. She was also possibly sighted in Anchorage, AK around that time. At one time, authorities believed she was possibly working in Wasilla, Alaska. Her whereabouts are unknown, however, and her case is unsolved. She was declared deceased by a state court judge in 2004. |
| Tina Marie Moody – 1998 | Fort Worth, Texas | Driving a black four-door 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Ciera with the TX license plate number WGC83R | Tina, 32, was last seen in Fort Worth, TX on March 5th, 1998. Foul play is possible. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| John Cash – 1998 | Shafter, California | Still missing brown 1982 Honda Civic Del Sol with the OR license plate number UWS497; it has never been re-registered. | John, 34, was last seen on November 1st, 1998 in Shafter, CA. He was a resident of Roseburg, Oregon at the time of his disappearance. Border crossings were checked with no results. |
| Daryle Keith Hams – 1998 | Spokane, Washington | Still missing green, white and gold 1978 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck with the WA license plate number TC1547, registered in the name of a female relative. Has a yellow hood which is not the original hood. | Daryle, 44, was last seen in Spokane, WA on August 18th, 1998. A relative reported him missing on 10/25. He left his expensive tools behind, which is uncharacteristic of him; he also left his dentures. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| John Steven Conaway – 1998 | 4014 S 13th St, Omaha, Nebraska | Still missing gold four-door 1989 Ford Taurus, IA license plate number 977CLN. | John “Steve” Conaway, 36, was last seen between 10 and 10:30 p.m. on Monday, February 9th, 1998, leaving Buffalo Joe’s Food & Spirits, located near Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE, where he’d gone with a friend to have a few beers. When he left, he told the bartender he was going home. He lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On the 12th, Steve’s employer called his parent’s to tell them he had not been to work in several days, which was out of character for him. When his parents visited his home, nothing was missing to suggest he went on a trip. His twice-daily insulin injection medicine was found there, but the clothes he was wearing the night he disappeared, work computer, and car were missing suggesting he never made it home that night. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Lake Manawa was searched with sonar as well as several boat ramps of the Missouri River by Adam and Jeremy of Rapid Compassion Collective. |
| Juan Manuel González Cano – 1998 | Ecatepec, Mexico | In a green Volkswagen sedan, with plates LGL6103. | Juan, 29, was last seen on November 21st, 1998 at Colonia Jardines de Santa Clara, Tercera Sección in Ecatepec, Mexico. |
| Hilario de Lira Morales – 1997 | San Francisco de los Romo, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Drove a light gray blue 1979 Ford Pick Up truck, with the plate AALL96 AGS. | Hilario, 35, was last seen traveling between San Francisco de Los Romo and Aguascalientes, Mexico on October 28th, 1997. |
| Bonnie Lee Schultz – 1997 | 6243 Allisonville Rd, Indianapolis, Indiana | Still missing blue four-door 1990 Mercury Sable station wagon with the IN license plate number 99G9645 | Bonnie, 45, was last seen leaving the Time Out Lounge in the area of 62nd Street and Allisonville Road in Indianapolis, IN at 4:00 a.m. on July 3rd, 1997. She was with two companions, one her best friend and the other a male coworker, at the time. Bonnie left alone at around 4 am, driving her car. The family’s residence was in the 4400 block of Clayburn Drive on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The night she disappeared, Bonnie had a conversation with her husband, Richard, about marriage problems. After 26 years, Bonnie wanted a divorce and Richard wanted marriage counseling. After their conversation at home, Bonnie left for a nighttime birthday party with coworkers from her part-time inventory job. When Richard woke up the next morning and found her gone, he called the police. Upon further inquiry, he told investigators that his relationship with his wife was rocky. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that Bonnie had been having an affair with a male co-worker who was also with her the evening she disappeared. A friend of Bonnie’s at the gathering said Bonnie showed up crying and said she and Richard had had a huge fight, that he refused to give her a divorce, and she didn’t know what he might do. Bonnie’s boyfriend cooperated with police and passed a polygraph. Richard denied having a fight with Bonnie on the night she disappeared, and his polygraph indicated deception. A week after Bonnie went missing, authorities went to her residence. After a short discussion with the children, it was learned that an object that Bonnie was always known to have in her possession was still inside the residence. She had had it with her the night she disappeared. Richard had stated that Bonnie never returned home that night. In 2000, Richard and his children moved to Michigan. |
| Vincent Lee Douglas – 1997 | 730 W Highland Ave, Albany, Georgia | Still missing gray 1994 Mazda Protege with GA license TLW374 and exp. 1996. Stolen out of Tift County, GA (Case Number 97-04-14-82I) | Vincent was last seen on January 24th, 1997, leaving in a vehicle from the parking lot of a night club (The House of Jazz) in Albany, GA. He also has strong ties to Florida. He is wanted in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Michelle Thomas, whose body was found in a ditch on hwy 319 in Grady County. Investigators say they got into an argument in Albany. |
| Scott Allen Brown – 1996 | 1300 Greens Parkway, Houston, Texas | Still missing red 1986 Mazda RX7 with the TX license plate number MSJ05X. | Scott, 25, was last seen sometime during the month of June 1st 1996, in his apartment in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway in Houston, TX. Scott was not reported missing until 9/9/1996, three months after he was last seen. |
| Clarissa Ann Culberson – 1996 | Blanchester, Ohio | Still missing red 1989 Honda CRX with OH license plate ROL402 | Clarissa “Carrie” Culberson, 22, was last seen at approximately 11:30 p.m. on August 28th, 1996 in Blanchester, OH. She was dropped off at her residence after attending a volleyball game with two friends. One of her neighbors says she left the house in her car a few minutes after arriving. She was missed at 6:00 a.m. the next morning when her mother noticed that her car was not in the driveway. Carrie dated Vincent “Vince” Doan from 1994 to 1996 in their hometown of Blanchester, OH. Their relationship was extremely volatile and abusive. Carrie informed authorities that Vince smashed her car’s windows while she sat inside the vehicle and also hit her in the lower abdomen, bruising her kidneys, in 1995 and again in 1996. |
| Paul Evers St. Claire – 1996 | West Linn, Oregon | Still missing red 1988 Pontiac Lemans with OR plates NQZ961 | Paul, 52, went missing on April 23rd, 1996 in West Linn, OR. St. Claire was born Lloyd Adam “Buzz” Buzzard, and lived under the named Paul Evers St. Claire since the 1970s. After taking the assumed name, he moved to Portland and became involved with a number of businesses. Through his business connections, St. Claire met a man named Frank Tidwell, an alias used by Robert Stroh, a violent criminal with an extensive rap sheet, who was thought to be a silent partner in a number of Portland businesses. St. Claire became close friends with a female relative of Stroh’s, and investigators believe this may have contributed to his disappearance. Stroh was reportedly the last person to see St. Claire alive. One week after St. Claire’s disappearance, WCSO began investigating the sexual assault of a teenage girl. The suspect in the case was Robert Stroh’s younger brother, David, who was using the alias Marshall Bond. Investigators learned that St. Claire may have also had a close friendship with Stroh’s estranged wife. David Stroh soon disappeared. He was indicted on the sexual assault charge, but authorities were unable to locate him. Robert Stroh told detectives investigating the case that he believed his brother had moved to Wyoming, but a person said to have driven David to a business in Clackamas said that Robert was waiting there when they arrived, and David was never seen again. Skeletal remains were found in November 1997 and May 1998 near John Day, and the Grant County Sheriff’s Office determined that they belonged to a male who died by homicide. They estimated that the remains had been there since roughly May or June 1996. In 2019, the remains were identified as David Stroh. Robert Stroh died in 2013. Paul may have been part of a freemasonry organization based on the 32nd degree scottish rite cap in his photograph provided on Namus. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| James Allen Harris – 1996 | 300 block of Font Hill Road in Baltimore, Maryland | Still missing silver and cream-colored 1992 Nissan Infiniti with the MD license plate number CRH468. | James, 31, left his residence in the 300 block of Font Hill Road in Baltimore, MD on the morning of March 8th, 1996. James was en route to work at the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center, which is located near Baltimore Street and Pine Street in Baltimore. |
| Charles S Thomas – 1996 | Greenwich, Connecticut | Listed with his case is a red 1993 Cadillac Deville sedan. | Charles, 48, was last seen on July 19th, 1996 in Greenwich, CT. Date Added: 1/17/25 |
| Thomas Lee Walters – 1996 | 1300 block of Heritage street, Kinston, North Carolina | Believed still missing black and brown 1979 Chrysler station wagon with NC plates FRA1921. | Thomas “Tommy” Walters, 50, was last seen leaving his home in the 1300 block of Heritage Street in Kinston, NC on February 28th, 1996. His destination is unknown. It is believed that Tommy suffered from depression for several days before his disappearance. == Search Efforts == In 2022, Adam and Jeremy of Rapid Compassion Collective sonar searched upriver of Wetherington Landing. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Reuben Bennett Blackwell II – 1996 | Clinton, Maryland | Driving a blue 1993 Volvo 940 sedan. | Reuben, 3, disappeared from Clinton, MD on May 6th, 1996. He was abducted by his non-custodial father, Reuben Bennett Blackwell Sr. Reuben Sr. Reuben Sr. had threatened to harm his son and himself. After he and the child disappeared, he sent a letter to his mother describing funeral arrangements for himself and his son. Reuben Sr. and his son’s mother, Deborah Tinsley Blackwell, were still married at the time of the abduction, but they had been having problems and Deborah stated Reuben Sr. was verbally abusive. In the week prior to the abduction, he became violent and threw items around the house and at Deborah. On that morning, Deborah sent her son to day care and then called the police to ask for assistance. They suggested they get an ex-parte order, which would require Reuben Sr. to leave the home for ten days. After this period was up, he and Deborah would go before a judge to try to work out their dispute. Deborah obtained the order, but asked the sheriff not to serve it until the following day, because it was Reuben Sr.’s turn to pick up Reuben from day care. Reuben Sr. did pick up his son and they went to Deborah’s mother’s home, and then the sheriff arrived. When the police served Reuben Sr. with the ex-parte order, there was a confrontation and he fled with the boy. This all happened before Deborah had finished work. When she went home that day, her husband and son were gone. There is a felony warrant out for his arrest on charges of kidnapping, and a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued for him on 9/22/2000. They may be in Ohio. Date Added: 8/5/22 |
| Ronald A Fields – 1996 | Joliet, Illinois | May be missing with a maroon 2 door 1987 Ford. | Ronald, 39, hasn’t been seen or heard from since November 13th, 1996, he is reported missing out of Joliet, IL. Date Added: 8/5/22 |
| Diana M Lucas – 1996 | 2503 Arlington Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Blue 1988 two-door Chevrolet (unknown model) was missing from residence | Diana, 48, was last seen in Pittsburgh, PA on March 25th, 1996. She was suicidal at the time of her disappearance. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Phylis Ellen Lewellen – 1996 | John Street, Kelso, Washington | Still missing light blue four-door 1981 Peugeot 505 sedan with the WA license plate number Q680494. | Phylis, 36, was last seen at Baker’s Corner Store after leaving her residence on John Street near Kelso, WA in Cowlitz County on December 27th, 1996. Her husband, Bill Lewellen, told authorities she decided to go for a drive during the evening hours. He said that she was in good spirits at the time and wanted to “think.” Phylis was driving a light blue four-door 1981 Peugeot 505 sedan with the WA license plate number Q680494. It belonged to Bill; she usually drove her own vehicle, a Chevrolet pickup truck. She was accompanied by her pet female Rottweiler. Phyllis, her vehicle and her dog have never been seen again. She wrote a check after she left the house, on Ocean Beach Highway, but that is the last trace of her. She was a mother, and she also had another dog, a jack russell terrier, which was said to have been her favorite. It’s unknown why she took the rottweiler and a different vehicle than her own. In 2024, a woman spoke to AWP with potential knowledge of Phylis’s plans that day. According to her, the ex-boyfriend of her sister was dating Phylis and she was headed to Long Beach to meet him but never showed up. Foul play is suspected in her case. == Search Efforts == In 2024, AWP sonar searched the Columbia River on Hwy 4 from Longview to Long Beach including on the Lewis and Clark Trail by Knappton, the boat ramp at the Port of Chinook, and from County Line Park into the Coal Creek Slough, along with a boat ramp at Skamokawa. They also searched Black Lake in Long Beach. No vehicles were located. |
| Ernie Joe Tate – 1996 | Clarksville, Arkansas | Still missing silver and black 1988 Eagle Premier | Ernie, 33, was last seen in Clarksville, AR. On August 12th, 1996, he and his wife got into an argument about their children and both left their home. The last contact from him was with his mother on the 14th. He was reportedly upset over marital difficulties and an upcoming court date in Johnson, Arkansas on November 14th regarding his alleged participation in a home burglary, to which he pled not guilty. Authorities believe that Ernie left his home in his vehicle. == Search Efforts == Around January 2024 Adam Brown and Jeremy searched the Arkansas River for him and Kalieb Keith Pitts, starting from Spadra Park Boat ramp, then the west boat ramp, the marina, the S Crawford St Bridge, Cane Creek public boat ramp, the Horsehead creek boat ramp and a small ramp at the end of Red Oak Rd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_hWH6M7X3Q |
| Audrey Desjardins – 1996 | Welland, Ontario, Canada | Still missing burgundy 1985 Ford Crown Victoria, four-door, excellent condition and had a Canadian flag bumper sticker on the left rear bumper, and the license plate CJM741. Vehicle was a Mother’s Day gift from her husband. | On October 3rd, 1996, Audrey was a few weeks shy of turning 43. She lived in Welland, Ontario with her family – about 20 minutes from the former Nabisco fruit packing plant in St. Davids, where she frequently worked night shifts. That evening, when she finished her night shift, Audrey dropped off her friend/co-worker in Welland as she sometimes did. Before Audrey drove away, she talked with her friend about seeing each other again the next night. == Search Efforts == Over the span of five years, investigators conducted 35 dives in the Welland Canal and other water bodies in the region. In 2016, a red vehicle with a body inside was found submerged in the Welland Canal. The woman was later identified as 56-year-old Cathy Pietz, the daughter of a former Niagara mayor. Date Added: 9/28/22 |
| Mary Bernadette Brubaker – 1996 | Boulder, Colorado | An orange and black 1969 Chevrolet El Camino pickup with the license plate KPX761 is listed with her case. | Mary, 32, was last known to be on the way home to Yuma, Arizona from Boulder, CO around December 1st, 1996 with her boyfriend. In late 1996, Mary traveled with her boyfriend from Yuma, AZ where they had been living to Boulder, CO to visit her family. They noticed some tension between the couple, who lived in an isolated area. They had a tumultuous breakup which Mary struggled with, she had told her sister Colleen Dowdy that she was beginning to hear voices. On their way back home to Yuma, communication stopped between Mary and her family. Mary typically kept in contact with her family through phone calls, cards and letters. When she didn’t check in with them to confirm a Western Union transfer in the summer of 1997, they began to worry that something had happened to her. There has been no activity on her credit card or driver’s license since her disappearance. She may use the name Mary Gontarz or Nichole Gontarz. Date Added: 7/12/24 |
| Benoit Lachance – 1996 | Pointes-Aux-Trembles District, Montreal, Quebec Canada | Drove a blue Chevrolet Camaro. | Benoit Lachance, 25, was last seen in the Pointes-Aux-Trembles District in Montreal, Quebec on August 25th, 1996. He was a member of a motorcycle club called the “Rowdy Crew”. |
| Lucie Bouchard – 1996 | Bd Saint-Michel & Boul Crémazie E, Montréal, QC H1Z, Canada | Still missing purple-colored 1994 Honda Civic, registration GZB707. | Lucie, 30, was last seen around 9:45 p.m. on October 23rd, 1996, dropping off her sister Hélène at the corner of boulevards Saint-Michel and Crémazie Est in Montreal, QC Canada. She and her sister had been visiting their brother Yves near Pie IX and Jarry boulevards. She was then to go to her home in Brossard, on the south shore of Montreal, but she never arrived. Lucie was reportedly acting a bit strange that evening and seemed confused and impatient. She insisted on dropping off her sister at the corner of boulevards Saint-Michel and Crémazie Est, despite the fact that her sister lived at the corner of rue Drolet and boulevard Crémazie Est, several blocks from where Lucie left her. Then, she would have taken Highway 40 in the wrong direction if she wanted to go home afterwards. Lucie suffers from epilepsy and has to take medication. She could have, on average, two to three seizures a month and had an acute epileptic attack the day before her disappearance. Her family is concerned that her epilepsy could have caused memory loss. Her medical condition may be a factor. |
| Jordan Marie Loucks – 1996 | Odessa, Texas | Still missing black four-door 1984 Lincoln Continental, the vehicle identification number (VIN) 1LNBP96F4EY643556. | Jordan, 29, was last seen in Odessa, Texas on January 6th, 1996, on her way to meet her ex-boyfriend, a truck driver named Butch Edwards, in Laredo, TX. Butch says she never met him as planned. Her suitcase was discovered in a remote area of Big Bend National Park shortly after her disappearance. Other personal items were found near the town of Lajitas in Presidio County, TX, close to the Mexican border. There was no sign of Jordan at either place. Foul play may be a factor. |
| Michael Avicolli – 1996 | S 31st St, Philadelphia, PA | Still missing Buick | Michael, 52, left his residence on South 31st Street in Philadelphia, PA on April 3rd, 1996 at around 10:30 a.m. He was known to frequent Philadelphia’s south side in 1996. Michael was an associate of the Philadelphia/South New Jersey Mafia at the time. Former crime boss Ralph Natale cooperated with authorities after pleading guilty to various criminal charges in 2000. Natale stated that Michael was murdered after he had an affair with another family member’s wife in 1996. Natale claimed that he was killed by a gunshot wound and his remains were buried in northern New Jersey. Authorities are not certain if Natale’s statements are true. Several sources claimed that Natale was exaggerating stories for investigators. Michael’s disappearance remains unsolved. Foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved in his case. Date Added: 3/4/2024 |
| Anthony J. Cavet – 1996 | Denham Springs, Louisiana | Still missing beige 1985 Ford pickup truck with dual rear wheels and a louvered steel protector over the back window. The protector has three holes in it for vision. The truck’s license plate number is B340220. Bought three months before his disappearance, records do not indicate that he sold it. | Anthony, 71, was reported missing by his mail carrier around June 1st 1996 from Zachary, LA. His mail carrier had not seen him since early that month and apparently neither had anyone else. He led a reclusive lifestyle in 1996 and she was the only person he spoke to regularly. Anthony’s family says it is uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. He was very close to his pets, which included dogs, goats, and cats. He normally took good care of them, but they were left unattended and without food and water when he vanished and were given over to the county animal control center. Investigators searched his 40-acre property and found no indications of foul play or signs that he died there. Anthony worked as a railroad bridge tender on the Intracoastal Waterway for more than thirty years; he retired in the early 1980s. He never married. |
| Talmadge Neal Patton – 1995 | Alexander, North Dakota | Still missing brown half-ton two-wheel-drive 1982 Dodge pickup truck with a white topper and the ND license plate number 8755A. Formerly owned by the state highway department and has their emblems faintly visible on each door. There is a CB radio antenna on the roof and a full white tool box in the left side of the truck bed. | Talmadge, 75, was last heard from on August 15th, 1995 when his fiancee got a phone call from him. He was last seen on the 10th in Alexander, ND. He was supposed to visit family in Tennessee and then travel to Oglethorpe, Georgia to get married, but he never arrived to either location. His daughter in Tennessee reported him missing on the 26th of August. Around the same time that he last called his fiancee, his daily visits to the post office to collect his mail stopped and he stopped leaving his trash out for collection. Neighbors also noticed his gate was hanging open, which was unusual. While friends knew he intended on going out of town, he hadn’t said the trip was imminent and he would have had his mail held. He also was known to notify the sheriff’s office when he was going to be gone, and he hadn’t done that either. Daily phone calls with his fiance also stopped. At first, it was assumed Talmadge had gone missing while driving to visit his family. In mid-September, a harvesting crew reported seeing a truck resembling his in a field about ten miles north and six miles west of Alexander. The crew reported this, but by the time the police arrived at the scene, the truck was gone. It’s unclear whether this sighting was of his truck. When his daughter and granddaughter arrived in Alexander in October to settle his affairs, they broke into his mobile home with the assistance of a deputy sheriff. Inside they found his coffee pot still burning and empty thermos bottles lined up nearby, as if he was interrupted while waiting for his coffee to boil. They also discovered his packed suitcase, epilepsy medication, trip itinerary, and a crisp traveling outfit and hat. His truck was missing from the driveway. Talmadge suffered from epilepsy and took the medications Dilantin and phenobarbital to control his condition. Without his medication he could go about two weeks before having a seizure. He is a retired truck driver. Authorities have a potential suspect in mind, and they believe foul play is involved. |
| Brenda Starr Snouffer – 1995 | Highland Lakes Elementary School in Palm Harbor, Florida | Still missing turquoise 1993 Mazda Protege with FL license plate number LEA14U. | Brenda, 32, was last seen on April 21st, 1995 at around 9:15 a.m. dropping off her daughter Mariel at the Highland Lakes Elementary School in Palm Harbor, FL. She never returned to pick her up later that day. Her turquoise 1993 Mazda Protege with FL license plate number LEA14U is also still missing. Brenda was living separately and involved in a divorce from her husband, Scott Irvine Snouffer. She was preparing to testify as a witness against him and his brother, Stuart B. Snouffer, in an auto theft trial scheduled for later that year. Brenda informed authorities that they were running a “chop shop,” which dismantles stolen cars so their parts can be sold. The couple were also in a custody battle over their 6 year old daughter, Mariel. Brenda said she was afraid of Scott and that he had threatened her. The day she disappeared, someone mailed threatening letters to her home and to the home of her friend in Ohio. Mariel’s teachers waited three hours after class ended before reporting Brenda’s absence to authorities. At her LifeStyles apartment, investigators found the sliding glass door open, the front door locked, and the TV on. Her car was gone but car keys were in the apartment. She did have a set of spare keys. Police do not believe she ever returned to the apartment. Officials immediately questioned Scott, who maintained his innocence. Sheriff’s deputies took a statement, where he told them he had been at work at his brother’s boat shop in Largo that day and had lunch with his daughter at Highland Lakes Elementary. He said he had no idea where Brenda was. When authorities approached him days later, he had retained an attorney and has refused to cooperate with the continuing investigation. He has not been eliminated as a possible suspect. Officials treated the investigation as a homicide. There have not been any arrests in connection with her case. Some investigators believe she left of her own accord due to stress about the divorce and the upcoming trial, but others think she met with foul play. Brenda was employed as a registered nurse in Palm Harbor in 1995. She planned to visit the Walt Disney World and Sea World theme parks the day after her disappearance. Her mother says her daughter was crazy about Disney and she and Mariel had passes so they could go there for an escape. While Brenda’s loved ones believe she wanted to flee, they do not believe she would leave behind her daughter who she was fighting for custody of. This article details more about Brenda and her life. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/05/10/what-happened-to-brenda-starr/ == Search Efforts == At the time of her disappearance, posters were put up in the Palm Harbor area. In the years since, her disappearance was highlighted in various forms of media. In 2023, Sunshine State Sonar in an effort to locate her vehicle searched 12 bodies of water including ponds off Tampa Rd. east of US 19, between her daughter’s school and home by McMullen Booth Rd and the canal behind her home, as well as other bodies of water near their separate residences. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Ronald Couture – 1995 | Rue Piché, Terrebonne, Quebec Canada | Still missing white 1993 Pontiac Grand-Am bearing Quebec license plate WGT621 | Ronald, 40, was last seen at around 7:30 a.m. on October 5th, 1995, when he left his home on Rue Piché in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada. Ronald told his wife he was heading to the south shore area of the city to look for a job. |
| James Frances Donaghy – 1995 | La Grande, Oregon | May be driving a white 1985 Volkswagen sedan with license plate number 1RAL109. It is missing the rear seat. | James, 57, was a resident of Mission, California at the time of his 1995 disappearance. He was last seen in La Grande, OR on September 1st, 1995. James intended to drive from La Grande to New York for a computer class scheduled to begin on the 8th. He was planning to take the Trans-Canada Highway from British Columbia, Canada to Niagara Falls, New York during his trip. He said that he intended to sleep in his car along the route to save money. He may have stopped in the Campbell River area of British Columbia sometime after he was last seen, but that has not been confirmed. James never arrived in New York for his class and has not been heard from again. Since he was a resident of California at the time of his disappearance, his case is filed with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Rory Neal Shoemaker – 1995 | Everett, Washington | Still missing white two-door 1979 Datsun 210 with the WA license plate number 205AKX. The vehicle has a black louver, a damaged left front quarter panel and a “spider-web” cracked windshield. One of the seats has black and white checkered pattern. | Rory, 34, was last seen leaving his parents’ south Everett, WA home for a camping trip on September 1st, 1995. He planned to arrive at Red Bridge Campground later during the day, located east of Granite Falls, WA. He never arrived at his destination. Rory was supposed to move to Montana with his mother a few days after his disappearance, and had already packed his belongings. Investigators have received tips that he was murdered and buried in his car, but this information hasn’t been confirmed. |
| Edgar Orlando Forbes – 1995 | Belle Glade, Florida | Still missing red 1995 Honda Civic Del Sol with the FL license plate number QBW95E | Edgar, 21, was last seen in Belle Glade, FL on October 28th, 1995. He left his mother’s residence at 2:15 a.m. after an argument and drove down U.S. 27. He may have been en route to Miami, Tallahassee or Pensacola. At the time of his disappearance, Edgar was a 21 year old student at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, and he worked at Publix. He lived with an uncle in south Miami. He was reported missing from 1132 SW Avenue E, Apt 26, in Belle Glade, FL. He was born in Nassau, Bahamas on 06/03/1974. In September of 2006, his mother Inez and uncle Felton were spoken to and reported that he and his vehicle had still not been seen. Felton had helped Edgar buy the vehicle. He advised that he did file a claim with State Farm and upon being sued by Honda Corporation, the claim was settled in 2000. He helped locate the VIN number for Edgar’s case file. In 2014, investigation revealed that he had a possible address of 21951 SW 97TH CT, Cutler Bay, FL that dated to the time he went missing. Background checks made as recent as October 2023 revealed no new information. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Stacy A. Pennant – 1995 | East 85th Street between Avenue M and Avenue N in Canarsie, Brooklyn New York | Still missing blue 1990 Honda Civic with the NY license plate number E478RT at the time; she had only recently purchased it. | On February 9th, 1995, Stacy was 21 years old when she went out on a rare date that Thursday night with a coworker/friend. She picked him up at his home to see the movie “Higher Learning” at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. At 11-11:30 p.m., she dropped him off at his home on E. 85th St. between Avenue M and N in Canarsie, a borough of Brooklyn. Stacy and her car which she had just purchased have never been seen again. The friend was a 19-year-old native of Jamaica and a coworker of hers where she worked full-time for Delta Airlines at Kennedy International Airport. He remembered her being in great spirits despite a recent breakup with a boyfriend. He stated that she was laughing and she didn’t have a worry in the world, she was happy about her new car that she had purchased on Long Island and decorated with stuffed animals in the back window. He also mentioned that she got lost on her way to pick him up, and he gave her instructions on how to get to the Belt Parkway which would take her back home to Queens in around a 30-40 minute drive. She said she would call him when she got home and she planned on finishing some homework. Stacy lived with her mother at 231-19 126th Avenue in Laurelton, Queens. She was born and raised in Jamaica and graduated from Arden High School. She and her mother had moved to New York City in 1992. Her typical routine consisted of classes during the day at Queensboro Community College as a business student and work at night from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. as a cargo agent for Delta. Her mother stated that she rarely went out socially, was a straight-A student, and was very responsible. That night she was wearing a green ski jacket, gray sweatpants, and white shoes. The weather that night was in the 20’s and windy. |
| Jonathan Williams – 1994 | 3900 block of Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri | Still missing black 1994 Ford Tempo | Jonathan “Joe” Williams, 28, was last heard from at around 5:45 a.m. on June 6th, 1994, when he called his wife on the telephone. He had just gotten married on the 4th and had hosted a small celebratory party at his residence at 3948 Paseo in Kansas City, MO the next day. Some sources say he was last seen at 6:30 p.m. when he left to take a guest home, others say he returned and left again at 1 a.m. His wife reported him missing on the evening of the 6th. He left home without his wallet, driving his black 1994 Ford Tempo, which is also still missing. His sister mentioned in an interview that there were blood smears found in various locations in the home, from the top of the stairs down to the front porch, the sidewalk, and the grass. In 2002, authorities searching for Jonathan’s body dug up a gravesite at Mount Moriah Cemetery. No evidence relating to his case was located, however. His wife was employed at a funeral home at the time of his disappearance. In 2004, his loved ones had him legally declared dead. In May of 2023, his family spoke about his disappearance as the case was reactivated. There were 17 documented leads in his case, with the last one pursued on the 29th of June, 1994. Joe was a correctional officer at the Leeds County Jail and a member of the Army Reserves. He had custody of a three-year old daughter at the time from a previous relationship. == Search Efforts == In 2024, sonar search group AWP scanned the Missouri River and Kansas River in search of several missing persons with vehicles in the area. Starting at Kaw Point and moving up river a mile until just past the 670 bridge, several vehicles were found including four jeeps, two blazers, and two mini vans as well as a barge. The Riverfront Park Boat Ramp to Kaw Point was also searched, with two vehicles found and dove on, one being a jeep, the other a 70s Ford Granada style hubcap was the only identifier. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) |
| Linda L. Roberts – 1994 | Marshall, Missouri | Still missing red 2 door Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with a gray interior, no vinyl and MO tags PKS470 | Linda, 42, was last seen in Marshall, MO around 7 p.m. on December 23rd, 1994. Her 2 door red Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with a gray interior, no vinyl and Missouri tags PKS-470 is also missing. She was reported missing by her brother who stated it was unusual for his sister to be gone without telling anyone. He said Linda seemed depressed. In prior visits, she had spoken of taking her own life. She was under criminal investigation at the time of her disappearance, but it’s not clear why. She may have been spotted driving south from her home. Linda was divorced from her husband in 1986. In the next few years, her grandfather and her father passed away. == Search Efforts == In 2005, authorities searched the Missouri River at the Miami River access point and found an unrelated vehicle. In 2022, several boat ramps on the Missouri River were searched with sonar by Adam Brown and Jeremy Sides. Several unrelated cars were found, unconfirmed if removed. Amary Lake (State School Lake) was also searched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvRkfsHUxl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmU38422eg In 2024, another sonar search group, Echo Divers, began searching for her. A 1970s Chrysler Imperial, stolen in 1982, was found in the pond at Indian Foothills Park and later removed. Wally’s Lake, a pond on Kenny Dr, a small pond a few houses east of hers, and a pond just north of her home were searched with sonar. That same year, a man went missing with his vehicle in Waverly, Missouri. The Beneath The Surface Search And Recovery Dive Team, who were made aware of Linda’s case, scanned a boat ramp in that area and located several other vehicles, a plan has to be made to remove them but some may be too deteriorated. In 2025, Slater Lake was searched. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi9IgyW-joUjcm17bdBJU44FHScFDM3zj&si=tm1XS6rT0c4EZIbV Date Added: 8/3/22 |
| Michael William Wake – 1994 | Bonita, California | 1983 Ford 300 series pickup truck | Michael, 27, was last seen leaving his mother’s Bonita, CA residence to go home on July 28th, 1994. He is said to be missing under suspicious circumstances. |
| José Fenandez – 1994 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Red Mercury Capri, 4 doors, registered TER067 | José, 46, was last seen on April 20th, 1994 at his residence in the Villeray district in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Following an argument, he left his home in his vehicle without saying where he was going, and never returned. José is of Spanish origin. |
| Ernest Newell Ellison – 1994 | East Wood Knoll Lane, Hernando, Florida | May be driving a white 1982 Lincoln Town Car with the license plate number GUU70X. | Ernest, 72, was last seen by his ex-wife at his home at the Ventura Village apartment complex on east Wood Knoll Lane in Hernando, Florida on Wednesday, January 5th, 1994. His ex-wife said he appeared to be ill and may have been suffering from the flu. He asked her to stay the night and she declined but offered to take him to the doctors the next day. The day after he is believed to have disappeared, she drove to his house to meet him for a dinner they planned. When she didn’t see his car she left. After the weekend some of his friends told her they thought something was wrong. The men thought he had been with her. His ex-wife reported him missing on the 10th. Investigators found no sign of a struggle at his home and no other clues. His ex-wife couldn’t afford to pay a private investigator. Ernest was active in the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 4252 in Hernando at the time of his disappearance. He suffers from hypertension which requires medication, which he left behind. |
| Roszan Jean Payne – 1994 | Royse City, Texas | Still missing pea-green 1989 Volvo 4 door | Roszan, 37, was last seen leaving her house in Royse City, TX on May 15th, 1994. At first her family thought she just left for a few days, but when Roszan never returned or called, the family filed a missing persons report. The family searched for her and were told by a few people she was seen at the Nook, a local bar in West Tawakoni, TX and also at a friends house in Hawk Cove, TX. A few years after Roszan went missing, the detective assigned to her case in 1994, saw her family and asked if they ever found her. The family called and discovered there was not an active missing persons report on Roszan. The family has since filed a second missing persons report. |
| Lester Eugene Barr – 1994 | Turner, Michigan | 1979 Chevrolet pickup 1984 Honda four-wheeler | Lester, 53, was last seen in Turner, MI on December 5th, 1994. One of his neighbors stated that he packed up his truck and four-wheeler, drove away, and never returned. One of his friends reported him missing after several weeks passed without contact. He had been receiving Social Security checks at the time of his disappearance; they were his only source of income. The Social Security office stopped issuing them after Lester stopped claiming them. |
| David John Brown – 1994 | Dana Point, California | White 1992 Nissan Infiniti Q45 with no license plates. | David, 51, was last seen in Dana Point, California on September 1st, 1994. He left his residence after telling his family to sell everything because he wasn’t coming back. He may go by his middle name, John. He may be driving a white 1992 Nissan Infiniti Q45 with no license plates. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Michelle Jean Barnett – 1994 | Palm Springs, California | May have been driving either a 1994 blue Ford Thunderbird or a 1997 black Chevrolet Camaro with a customized plate “LILWREN”. | Michelle, 18, moved from her family’s residence in Ontario, CA to Palm Springs in late April or early May 1994, with her 3 year old son and a 29 year old friend of his father. She contacted her family after about a month, on May 30th, 1994 and said that she was planning to return to Ontario shortly. Two weeks after she was last heard from, her mother received a phone call from an unidentified individual who said Michelle was in danger and her family should help her get out of Palm Springs. Her mother contacted police at this time and from then on believed she was the victim of foul play. Because of her age, police did not take her disappearance seriously at the time. In May of 1995, Michelle’s mother received another call from a woman who reportedly told her that one night in August or September of 1994, her younger brother Angelo had confessed to an older brother that he killed Michelle. The older brother threatened the younger brother with going to the police. On April 1st of 1995, Angelo killed his older brother. The information has never been confirmed by authorities and no arrests have been made in Michelle’s case, however Angelo was convicted of his brother’s murder and was to serve a 24 years to life sentence. Angelo served 23 years and as a result of being a model inmate in that time, he was granted parole and released from prison in January of 2019. Before her disappearance, Michelle had always lived at home. She had two sisters and a brother, and she was the oldest and first child to her mother. Michelle was full of life, trusting, and confident in herself. She liked angels, roses, going to the beach and getting her nails and hair done. Her favorite color was purple. She wanted to be a model, having attended Barbazon and a few beauty pageants which she did well in, as well as doing well in school. When she was 8-10 years old, Michelle took Tap, Ballet and Jazz. She danced a lot with her dance class. In her teens, she was a cheerleader for her brother’s football team. As she got older, she enjoyed jet skiing, snow skiing, and going to the mall. Christmas was her favorite time of year. She collected happy meal toys for her son, Anthony, who she loved very much. Date Added: 5/12/24 |
| Cesar A. Ortiz – 1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Still missing white 1994 Toyota Celica with the NV license plate number 113E8W. | Cesar, 31, and his girlfriend, Isis Copado, were both reported missing from Las Vegas, NV on October 1st, 1994. Eight days later, Copado’s body was found along Interstate 15 near Baker, California. Her remains were not identified until the 10/26. There was no sign of Cesar at the scene. As her body was severely decomposed, the cause of her death is unknown, but there were no obvious signs of trauma to her remains. It is unknown whether he had anything to do with her death or whether he is himself in danger. He and his vehicle have never been located and his last known address in Las Vegas, NV had been vacated. Cesar has family in Las Vegas, Nevada and Toreon Coahuile, Mexico San Bernardino County, California police are investigating. They have lost all contact with his relatives and would like to get back in touch with them. Date Added: 8/6/22 |
| Willie Manuel Tobias – 1993 | McComb, Mississippi | Dark blue 1987 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with temporary license plates. License plate unknown | Willie, 61, was last seen in McComb, MS on July 24th, 1993. He was planning to travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to attend a family member’s funeral. He was driving a dark blue 1987 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with temporary license plates. He never arrived at his destination. Willie has not collected any of his Social Security benefit checks since July 1993. He may have been involved in drug activity at the time of his disappearance. |
| Juan Carlos Herrera Arias – 1993 | Miami, Florida | Known to drive a dark blue 1990s Suzuki Samurai. Last seen with a beige Van (unknown if he was the driver or passenger) Not stated which car, if either, is missing. | Juan, 24, also known as Ivan Carlos Herrera Artas, was last seen on November 18th, 1993 in Miami, FL. He worked part-time in the construction field and frequented the Miami-Lakes and Miami Gardens area. He moved from Colombia to Miami the same year he went missing. Possible foul play is suspected. |
| Andrew and Sharon Redmon – 1993 | Unionville, Virginia | Still missing blue 1986 Oldsmobile Calais with the VA license plate number HIQ285 | Andrew, 40, and his wife, Sharon, 28, were last seen in their hometown of Unionville, VA on February 22nd, 1993. Their young son was staying with Andrew’s parents on the day the couple disappeared. Andrew’s mother told authorities that he arrived at their home with some of their child’s belongings and mentioned that he and Sharon were considering traveling to Florida in the near future. Investigators also determined that Andrew asked an acquaintance for money on the day he and Sharon disappeared. Investigators went to the residence of Sharon and Andrew to find spent shell casings from a small caliber handgun, a broken table, and other evidence of a struggle. Blood was found at the scene on the carpet and determined through DNA to belong to Andrew. Police believe someone else was in that home with the couple before their disappearance. They also said witness statements were inconsistent from those questioned, and there is a possible suspect. With no name or follow up after that. There’s been no bank activity on the Redmon’s account since that day in February. |
| Lola Katherine Fry – 1993 | Indiana 135 and Fairview Road, Greenwood, Indiana | Still missing red and black 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse with personalized license plates reading “LOLA”. | Lola, 28, was last seen leaving Greenwood, IN on November 14th, 1993 in her car. She was supposed to be heading back to Fort Wayne, IN, but never arrived. That month, she was in the process of moving in with her older sister 2 hours northeast in Fort Wayne, IN. That Saturday night she was hanging out with her ex-boyfriend, John Ryker. Police were told they had been broken up for a few months but were on good terms again. According to his account, they were together up until the early morning hours of the 14th. They got drinks at a local Eastside restaurant and left around 10 p.m. for a party of around six people, including them, at her hair stylist Jo’s apartment in northeast Indianapolis. She left her car in the parking lot and rode with John. He admitted they had used some drugs, including cocaine, pot and prescription medication. After a while they went to some clubs downtown and partied some more, but around 4 a.m. they went back to the apartment. Around 5 a.m. he drove Lola back to pick up her car and she followed him back to his place near Indiana 135 and Fairview Road in Greenwood, ~20 minutes from the restaurant where she parked. Around 7 a.m. they were woken up by one of John’s employees calling him, he left to assist the employee and Lola decided to get ready to head back to Fort Wayne. When he returned an hour later, she and her car were gone. His story was backed up by two of the other party goers, which would make him the last person to have ever seen her. Some of the party goers recounted details in later interviews that pointed to Lola possibly having overdosed. One of them confirmed having found her unconscious in the bathroom, and they did not know if she was alive or passed out. Then she was placed in John’s vehicle. Her family recalls discrepancies in his story, and his lack of help in the search for her. In the past, he had fought with Lola, one time bringing a gun to the club where she worked. John allowed police to search his home and business; no signs of foul play were located. He failed two polygraph tests, but has not been charged with anything in connection to her disappearance. Authorities got another warrant to search his apartment in September 2000, almost seven years after her disappearance. Lola disappeared on the day she was supposed to give her final deposition in a class action lawsuit against an Indianapolis-based plastic surgeon. She was employed as an exotic dancer at Brad’s Gold Club, and PT’s in 1993, though she quit prior to her disappearance. She and some other dancers had sued the surgeon, the owner of Brad’s Gold Club, and Dow Corning, a maker of the silicone gel implants. The plaintiffs alleged malpractice and fraud. After she disappeared, the doctor countersued her while she was missing. It’s reported that her colleagues dropped the lawsuit but her family believes they got paid out. Based on a tip, Lola’s sister arranged to have divers from northern Indiana search for Lola and her car in June. They didn’t find anything in the gravel pits along Wicker Road in Marion County, west of Ind. 37. Lola was also known as Kathy, Kat and Lolabee by her family. She was excited about her future, thinking about going back to school, maybe start a family. She and her sisters had nursed their mother back to health after a stroke she suffered many years prior, to which she still suffered some complications from and Lola would keep in touch with her frequently. She talked to her mom every day, sometimes up to four times a day, and would also often stop by in person, which made her sudden loss of contact very concerning. |
| Richard Walker – 1993 | Naples, Florida | Still missing light gray/blue 1977 or 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass with Dixie County, FL license plates numbered LTK28Q. The vehicle has a spare tire in the trunk and the names “Rickey” and “Kelly” are scratched into the passenger door or the dashboard. Part of its vehicle identification number (VIN) is 3R47H9M546570; the last three characters of the VIN are not known. | Richard “Ricky” Walker, 33, went missing on June 19th, 1993 from Naples, FL. Richard lived at the Golden Gates Estates, but he and his father were constructing a house off of Randall Boulevard at the time. His family members invited him to a barbecue during the evening hours that day, but he said that he had plans with his friends, John and Don Stacy. He planned to meet them near their mobile home in the West Winds Trailer Park along eastbound US Highway 41 in Naples. Don told authorities that Richard became intoxicated during his visit. Don drove his car back to the trailer. Richard allegedly passed out inside the vehicle by the time they arrived at the Stacys’ mobile home. Don placed Richard’s car keys underneath the front seat and exited the vehicle. Richard apparently entered the Stacys’ trailer at approximately 11:30 p.m. and fell asleep on the couch. Don and John told investigators that Richard and his car had disappeared by the time they awoke the following morning. A rifle was lying on the back seat of his vehicle at the time of his disappearance. It is described as a 1989 Marlin 330 (30/30), 336CS, with the serial number 12087456, a cross groove barrel, a mounted scope, and a camouflage carrying case. It was purchased at Wal-Mart. He may have been carrying a limited edition Remington pocketknife, a blue and red fold-over vinyl wallet containing pictures of his family and children, his drivers license and social security card, a disposable cigarette lighter and some Winston cigarettes, a roach clip with leather and pink feathers, and possibly scraps of paper with phone numbers written on them. He is believed to have been carrying less than $50 in cash, if any. Richard’s brother reported him missing on the 21st. Authorities interviewed the Stacys and learned that he had no disagreements with anyone, and they were not considered suspects. Ricky dropped out of Lely High School in the 9th grade. His father taught him to read. He was employed as a painter and carpenter in 1993. He was awarded custody of his two children and had a close relationship with them. He did not have a reputation as a troublemaker, but his loved ones say he would never shy away from a fight if he was provoked. He was considered a social drinker, and had two prior marijuana-related arrests. He enjoys hunting and fishing. His family members say it is uncharacteristic for him to leave without warning. == Search Efforts == An extensive search of the Golden Gates Estates area around Naples provided no clues. Rumors surfaced that he was killed during a drug deal or after attempting to sell his rifle for $200. His brother works in law enforcement and received a tip that his body was buried behind the Super D convenience store near the West Winds Trailer Park. A nearby canal was drained shortly afterwards but only a dog’s carcass was discovered. According to Dan Griffith, the search for him was renewed in 2017 and 2018 by the Florida Sonar Search Team, the Sheriff’s Office, and his brother. A number of ponds, lakes, canals, the old alligator alley, up to Everglades city and other areas were searched. Five vehicles were found at the Collier Blvd boat ramp and CCSO divers searched the rusted out husks but no vins or identifying information could be recovered. There are quite a few quarries on private property that could not be scanned. In 2023, Sunshine State Sonar searched a couple bodies of water. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Debra Jean Vaughan – 1993 | Greers Ferry, Arkansas | Still missing blue two-door 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with AR license plate number WWC696 and the vehicle identification number (VIN) 1Z37KAR452303 | Debra, 36, was last seen at her residence in Greer’s Ferry, AR on July 24th, 1993. Debbie’s husband, Gerald W. Vaughan, was abusive and they had gotten into a physical argument the day before. She went to spend the night with her mother, Dixie Bowling, and said she planned to leave Gerald, and wanted to go back to their trailer home in the morning to get her belongings. Dixie left for work at 6:00 a.m., and Debbie promised to wait until she got back to go with her, but she was gone when her mother returned. Some of Debbie’s belongings, including clothing, jewelry, makeup, a sewing machine and items her grandfather had owned turned up in a junk pile in Pine Snag in the southern part of Cleburne County, Arkansas a couple of months after the police began investigating her disappearance in January of 1994. When her mother talked to Gerald, he gave several different stories, including that they agreed to a divorce and he believed she planned to embark on a transient life, and that he was still hearing from her so they wouldn’t take it as a missing person case. She did have a history of leaving home for several days at a time, and Gerald claimed she had traveled as far as Montana, Wyoming and Canada during her previous absences. However, Dixie says her daughter would always keep in touch whenever she left home, and Gerald would typically come looking for Debra. Dixie believes her daughter and her car may be in Greers Ferry Lake. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Chaos Divers searched Greer’s Ferry Lake for her vehicle. |
| Jack Junior Blazer – 1993 | Lake Placid, Florida | Driving a rented white Ford Tempo (VIN # 2FAPP36XXPB124677) and license plate ZBH67R | Jack, 59, left his home in North Palm Beach, FL for a business trip in Sarasota on April 10th, 1993. Jack called his family around 10:00 P.M stating that he was at a truck stop in Lake Placid and that he was going to continue driving to Sarasota. That was the last time that anybody has heard from him. A former employee of his has stated over the years that Jack’s disappearance was the result of foul play, but it’s unclear why they think that. Date Added: 8/5/22 |
| Barry Maurice Aiken – 1993 | 2030 Wrightsville Avenue in Wilmington, North Carolina | The vehicle listed in his case is a black 4 door 1993 Nissan Sentra with NC plate EZM2842. | Barry, 21, was last seen at 2030 Wrightsville Avenue in Wilmington, North Carolina on February 24th, 1993. He left his wallet, identification and money behind at the home he shared with his father. Prior to his disappearance, he had tried to leave town and travel to Atlanta, Georgia, but he was talked out of going. His father reported him missing. According to his father, Barry was depressed at the time of his disappearance. He also suffers from seizures. Date Added: 5/9/24 |
| Todd Jay Hansen – 1993 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Still missing gold Toyota Tercel | Todd, 25, and his friend Chad Birkeland, 22, disappeared from south St. Paul, Minnesota on May 2nd, 1993. On the 13th, Chad’s body was found in the Mississippi River near Hastings, MN. His manner of death is not clearly stated, but some sources list him as an unsolved homicide. In 1995, eight men were arrested on methamphetamine charges at a home in Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin. Diamond Bluff borders the Mississippi River and is near the Minnesota state border. Investigators excavated the yard of the property. They were reportedly looking for Todd’s body and other evidence, but all they found was two vehicles. Authorities stated the focus of the search was not for his body, but for evidence in the drug investigation. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Edas Joseph Lauzon – 1992 | Center Line, Michigan | Still missing tan 1992 Ford Crown Victoria with the MI license plate number 348CFG. | Edas “Ed” Lauzon, 83, was last seen at his home on Lillian Street in Center Line, MI on July 25th, 1992. He got into an argument with his wife over whether they should leave their front door open and left their residence. Ed is retired from the Ford Motor Company, where he worked as a tool grinder. His family lives in Canada, but searches there have been unsuccessful. He was declared legally dead in 1999. |
| Jose Guadalupe Cortez Verduzco – 1992 | Stockton, California | Still missing red 2-door 1975 Toyota Celica with the CA license plate number 1AGZ052 has never been located. (Sources list his vehicle as a red 1975 Toyota 4Runner but this is believed to be incorrect.) | Jose, 40, was last seen in Stockton, California on April 3rd, 1992. He went with three friends to the Cavour Club and stayed there until 2 a.m. He normally stayed at a farm labor camp outside of Stockton but he got drunk and decided to stay in Stockton while his friends got a ride back to their camp on Bacon Island. Jose has never been heard from again and his vehicle is also still missing. |
| Maxine Gray – 1992 | Mount Pleasant, Texas | Black 1965 Chevrolet Malibu with TX license plates. | Maxine, 30, was last seen in Mount Pleasant, TX on April 5th, 1992. She was reportedly last seen at the Circle C Trailer Park. Date Added: 8/5/22 |
| Johnson Fredrick White – 1992 | Winnemucca, Nevada | Still missing gray Pontiac sedan with NV license plate 643EBX | Johnson, 82, went missing from Winnemucca, Nevada on June 26th, 1992. He was last seen around 7:30 PM when he told his neighbor he was going on a “short drive” with another neighbor. He always comes home before dark but failed to return and has never been heard from again. It is considered highly uncharacteristic for him to go missing due to his age and his relationship with nearby family members. Some belongings of his neighbor were found in an abandoned vehicle, but both Johnson and his car have never been located. ***There is a discrepancy as to whether he was last seen on 6/26 or 7/26, 1992. Date Added: 8/12/24 |
| Tony J. Bledsoe – 1992 | Arcadia, Indiana | Still missing black and gray 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass with a vanity license plate reading TJSTOY. | Tony, 24, was last seen at 10:00 a.m. on March 16th, 1992, as he was traveling on Indiana 19 from Arcadia to Noblesville, Indiana. Tony left his money and personal belongings behind at his home in Arcadia; at the time of his disappearance he had only $8 in cash and his car had just an eighth of a tank of gas. He had previously worked at the Dana Corp. in Indianapolis, Indiana, but had been laid off at the beginning of March. Between 1992 and 1994, notices were put out in the newspapers, naming him the father of children by his wife and another woman and notifying him of petitions for their adoption, as well as a dissolution of marriage from his wife. Between 1986 and 1988, Tony had a few run-ins with the law for theft of property, speeding, and reckless driving. |
| Polly Kay Miclean – 1992 | Western Way, Lake Worth, Florida | Still missing dark green 1973 Dodge Dart with the FL license plate number JUB54C. | Polly, 31, was last seen by her sister leaving their address on Western Way in Lake Worth, FL at 5:00 p.m. on August 30th, 1992. She has previously stayed away from home for months at a time, but never for this long. She did have a severe drug and alcohol problem at the time. |
| Cynthia Louise Robinson – 1992 | Lakeland, Florida | Still missing green 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass with the FL license plate number FQR37X | Cynthia, 30, was last seen in Lakeland, FL sometime in the late spring of 1992. At the time of her disappearance, she was living on Creekwood Run in the Rockridge area. She was reported missing by her sisters on June 22nd, 1992 after the family didn’t hear from her in several weeks. Her car has never been recovered. At the time of her disappearance, Cynthia was associating with a rough crowd and foul play is possible in her case. == Search Efforts == In late 2023, Sunshine State Sonar searched 18 bodies of water in and around the Lakeland-Rockridge area. Two unrelated vehicles were located, a 1971 Pontiac Firebird, and a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am with T-Tops. https://www.facebook.com/Sunshinestatesonar/posts/pfbid02QbTCYtMitFU9XkPB4FGMrJDFDSTZUcND3pWWyFHVpFEYoH6DhoUJz3HcFtdLgnRJl (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Fairy Elaine Olmstead Jr, Wesley & Angela – 1992 | Bella Vista, California | May have been driving a blue 1981 Chevrolet Citation with CA license plate number 669ZVX. | Fairy, 24, and her children Wesley Oldbury (DOB: 10/15/1989), and Angela Olmstead (DOB: 08/12/1985) were last seen on September 15th, 1992 in Bella Vista, CA (Redding area). |
| Tony Lee Earhart – 1992 | Moorefield, Nebraska | Still missing tan 1980 Chevrolet with license plate 60A89. Belonged to his parents. | On August 22nd, 1992, Tony, 36, left his parents’ house in Moorefield, NE. He was traveling to Stockville to renew his driver’s license, but according to DMV employees, he did not arrive. He took his boxer dog Butch with him, as well as fishing poles and tackle. Tony and Butch, the vehicle, and his belongings have not been seen since. |
| John Allan Bowes – 1992 | Nipigon, Ontario, Canada | Vehicle unknown, circumstances suggest he went missing with one but no information is given. | John Bowes was last seen in Nipigon, Ontario Canada getting gasoline on August 15th, 1992. He was traveling eastbound toward his home in Kingston, Ontario. |
| Michael Kenneth Stricklin – 1992 | Yazoo City, Mississippi | Still missing brown 1979 Chevrolet long wheel base pickup truck with the Louisiana license plate number T809798, expiration 7/1994. The vehicle had a missing rear window. | Michael “Kenny” Stricklin, 30, was last seen at about midnight on January 29th, 1992. He, his sister and a female friend drank at a Yazoo City, Mississippi bar called Charlie’s Lounge on Old Benton Road, and then the women dropped Kenny off at Manasco’s Auto & Heavy Equipment Body Works, where he was working on a truck. Kenny was employed as a car salesman and electrician at the time of his disappearance. He lived on Route 3. His family believes he met with foul play. == Search Efforts == Authorities searched the Yazoo River several times after his disappearance and recovered his tool box on the levee upstream from Old Creek, where the chemical runoff comes into the Yazoo from the Yazoo Chemical Company (Helena Chemical) on 49E. The tool box contained a screwdriver and electrical tools. In 2022, AWP searched the Yazoo River at the Yazoo County Boat Ramp on Levee Rd, and around the location where the tool box was said to have been found. A stolen vehicle was located downstream from the chemical runoff, it’s unclear at this time if it has been removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHH3G5yDxMg |
| Joseph Albert Criner – 1992 | 3744 Robinson Road Marietta, Georgia | Still missing Vehicle, no description | Joe Criner, Sr. disappeared June 1st, 1992 while en route from Marietta to visit his youngest child, Ursula. Joe had spoken to Ursula by telephone and promised to meet her on Father’s Day for dinner together. He left his Marietta home at 3744 Robinson Road and never arrived in Augusta, GA. No trace of him or his car has ever been found. Joseph Albert Criner was born in Kissimmee, Florida to Joseph A. Overstreet and Eileen Criner-Milar, and subsequently adopted by his maternal grandparents, Albert B.L. and Iva Mae Criner. In his youth, he was an accomplished athlete, and he served in the U.S. Air Force. He has been married four times and has children and grandchildren who are still looking for answers to his mysterious disappearance. Joe was friends with a number of celebrities. Among those friends were Raymond Burr, Julie Christie and Frank Sinatra. He dressed in the latest men’s fashions, wore expensive jewelry and his cars were never more than 11 months old. “QB Joe Criner Kissimmee Osceola 1952” was given the opportunity to play for the Miami Dolphins after graduation. Orlando Sentinel – August 24, 2001 “1952 — Joe Criner, Osceola: Star in football, basketball and baseball still is regarded as maybe the best all-around athlete Kissimmee ever has seen.” |
| John Thistlewood – 1992 | South American Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Still missing white two-door 1992 Ford Expo with the PA license plate number XTX633 | John, 37, dropped his two children off at a relative’s residence on South American Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at approximately 8:30 p.m. on September 11th, 1992. He told his family members that he would return shortly to pick up the children. He was known to frequent the Wildwood, New Jersey area in 1992. |
| John Lee Krafft III – 1992 | Hutchinson, Kansas | Still missing red 1986 Kawasaki motorcycle with the Kansas license plate number CCK09. There was a report that U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents stopped him on his motorcycle at the Mexican border, but this has not been confirmed. | John, 20, was last seen in Hutchinson, Kansas on November 2nd, 1992. John graduated Hutchinson High School in 1990 and enrolled in the University of Kansas (KU), but he became involved with drugs and alcohol while in college and dropped out after only a couple of months. He took a job in a restaurant and enrolled in Hutchinson Community College, then went to live with an uncle in Virginia, before returning to Kansas and re-enrolling in KU. On the day of his disappearance, his mother told him he could not stay in her home as long as he continued to abuse alcohol and drugs. They made plans to meet that night for dinner, then part ways. They never saw each other again. |
| Douglas Edward Pengilley – 1992 | El Cajon, California | Still missing white 1992 Volkswagen Rabbit | Douglas, 18, was last seen in El Cajon, California sometime around January 1st, 1992 in the winter months. Date Added: 8/4/22 |
| Ada R Pla – 1991 | Miami, Florida | Gray 1987 unknown make and model, with FL plates 416BTAV. | Ada, 57, was last seen in Miami, FL on January 24th, 1991. Date Added: 1/2/24 |
| Robert Wayne Arnao – 1991 | Key West, Florida | Metallic blue 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with dark tinted windows and the FL license plate number FZY76X. Registered to his mother. | Robert, 41, was last seen in Key West, FL at the home he was staying at on Trinidad Street. He left, promising to return to watch the Dolphins game, on December 17th, 1991. He did not take his insulin, money or extra clothing when he drove away in his mother’s vehicle. He was a long-time resident of Key West, working for the county for more than 18 years. At the time, he had just gotten a job in the produce department at Pantry Pride and the day he disappeared was the day before he was to start. He had asked one of the O’berry’s, whom he was staying with, to wake him early the next morning so he could be there on time and was reportedly excited. His mother Helen Arnao believes he would not have taken off without letting her know. Two days later he was reported missing by his brother. He has a gunshot wound scar on the center of his abdomen. |
| Michael Grochowsky – 1991 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | His namus case file lists a vehicle of the year 1976 with no other details. | Michael, 48, was last seen in Fort Lauderdale, FL on August 16th, 1991. He lived with his wife in the Rexmere Village Mobile Home Park in the 11400 block of southwest 13th Place in unincorporated Broward, Florida at the time. The family does not believe he would have left the area of his own free will. He was injured four years prior moving vending machines, he had filed a workers’ compensation claim and had been out of work since that time.. He was going to physical therapy three days a week and was negotiating a settlement. He also religiously attended doctor’s appointments. Date Added: 5/29/24 |
| Walter Jennings Gressley – 1991 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Still missing burgundy 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier station wagon with the IN license plate number 2G4022 | Walter, then 68, was last seen en route to a local car wash in Fort Wayne, IN on December 4th, 1991. He never returned to his residence and has not been seen again. Walter continued to have Social Security benefits checks automatically deposited in his bank account for two years after his disappearance. Checks were written against the account. There is a record of a P.O. Box in Tampa, Florida being owned by a Walter Gressley some time in the early 1990’s; the owner lists the same birth date as Walter. It is unknown if he had any ties to Florida. Walter is a World War II veteran who served in the Army, enlisting in 1943. He was honorably discharged due to an injury in 1945. He married Rita Marie Scher in March of 1946 and they lived in Huntington and Fort Wayne. Together they had one son, Stanley, born in 1950. Mrs. Rita Gressley died in 2003 with her son passing away just three years later. Walter had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. |
| Paul D. Yotter – 1991 | Santa Maria, California | Still missing red and black 1988 Honda with the CA license plate number 13D5981, the model number CBR1000F and a red No Fear decal. | Paul, 22, was last seen in Santa Maria, CA on December 21st, 1991. His employer called his grandmother after he didn’t show up for work, and she went to his apartment and found it deserted with a suicide note left behind. Date Added: 8/4/22 |
| Luther Valentine Smith – 1991 | Phoenix, Arizona | Still missing green 1977 Volkswagen Rabbit with the AZ license plate number GXT001 | Luther, 55, was last seen in the vicinity of east Indian School Road and north 20th Street in Phoenix, AZ on the afternoon of July 4th, 1991. The day of his disappearance, Smith’s girlfriend got a phone call from her ex-boyfriend, who said he “got” Smith. This statement has never been confirmed. Foul play is suspected in his case. Smith may use the first name Al or the initials L.V. |
| Hilda McCormick & Donald Wightman – 1991 | Pleasant Hill, Tennessee | A green Ford Pickup with TN license plate DRF-591 is listed with her case. | Hilda, 42, was last seen on June 3rd, 1991 in Pleasant Hill, TN with her boyfriend Donald, 43. They left the home of Hilda’s brother, Richard Randolph, around 6:30 p.m. that evening. According to Donald’s sister, Judy Dunn, he had been receiving threatening phone calls for a period of time leading up to their disappearance. Because of this, foul play is suspected. Hilda’s full name is either Hilda Fay McCormick Randolph or Hilda Fay Randolph McCormick. |
| Daniel H Miranda – 1991 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Rental car, a maroon 1991 Mazda 323 with CO plates ZPZ931 | Daniel, 53, was last seen by a friend on August 12th, 1991 in Colorado Springs, CO. He left in a car that a friend rented for him. Daniel said he was going to Denver to visit some friends and would return the following day, but never returned. He has a minor heart condition. |
| William Ray Burr Sr. – 1991 | N Beach Blvd, Bay St Louis, Mississippi | Still missing 1988 gold Toyota Station Wagon Hancock County license plate 1CMP963 | William “Billy” was 36 when he was last seen driving along Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis, MS after dropping two friends off at a destination around 3:45 a.m. that Saturday, March 23rd, 1991. He did not arrive home as planned, and has not been seen since. At the time of his disappearance, he was driving his vehicle which has not been recovered. William worked at a Pass Christian construction company as a carpenter. That Friday night he went out with two coworkers, one a Bay St. Louis resident and the other living in Pass Christian. They reportedly went to a lounge in Pass Christian, then he dropped them off at their respective homes before he was last seen heading home to his residence in Bayside Park. Unfortunately, most of the files from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department were damaged or completely swept away during Hurricane Katrina, so law enforcement since then has basically had to start from scratch with Billy’s case. == Search Efforts == The Hancock County Sheriffs Dept. conducted aerial searches using a helicopter and a small plane to search for his car, contacted and interviewed those associated with him for almost two months, and checked New Orleans car pounds. No leads turned up. The investigation was conducted as though foul play may have been involved. From what they learned of him, it was unusual for him to go missing. A $1000 reward was offered for information. A benefit was held at the VFW in Lakeshore in June. His daughter began a social media campaign. Around 2023, thee sonar search group Chaos Divers checked the Bay St. Louis Bridge and down the Jourdan river. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Eddie Matthew Martin Sr. – 1991 | Opelousas, Louisiana | 1983 Dodge pickup truck with the LA license plate number T0694172 and the vehicle identification number (VIN) D14AE6S327451, carrying his Alaska driver’s license. His license had been revoked for lack of insurance. | Eddie, 44, was last seen after a car accident in Saint Landry Parish / Opelousas, LA on June 11th, 1991. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from 1967 to 1979, and having done three tours of duty in Vietnam. Eddie was discharged from the Army as Spec 4, demoted three times for behavior, and barred from reenlistment. As a result of this, he talked to a psychiatrist at the VA Hospital in Alexandria, LA. His family believes he may have been suffering from mental illness, but they have not been able to access his medical records. He had talked to his brother about going to a vet colony either in Oregon or Washington state. As of 2019, he had family members posting about his disappearance online in search of answers. Date Added: 8/4/22 |
| John H Hatzopoulas – 1990 | Worcester, Massachusetts | A Blue 1988 Hyundai Excel with MA license plate number 327SDM is listed with his case. | John, 20, was reported missing out of Worcester, MA after leaving his sister’s home around 4:30 p.m. on November 1st, 1990 and never showing up to work as scheduled. Date Added: 7/11/24 |
| Martha Lavonne Evans – 1990 | Knappa, Oregon | Still missing brown 1984 Ford Ranger pickup truck with numerous dents, a 7-Up sticker in the window, and the OR license plate number PNB116. Borrowed from her brother. | Martha “Marty” Evans, 32, was last seen on February 10th, 1990 after attending a wedding reception at High Climber Room lounge in Knappa, OR. Marty had served as a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding that day, and after the ceremony the wedding party went to he lounge. At some point during the evening, she had put her purse in the bride’s trunk. After being there for a little while, she told her friends that she had to make a “quick trip to Warrenton, Oregon to pick something up” and that she’d be back within an hour. Marty left the reception around 9:30 p.m. and left her purse behind still in the trunk. It’s believed she left on Highway 30 toward Astoria. After Marty left the reception, a witness spotted her getting gas at a station just outside of Astoria. They report that she was on the pay phone, upset and crying. This was the last time her or the vehicle were seen. An official missing persons report was not filed until 2005 when a detective Matt Beeson took the case, local authorities initially believed she left of her own accord. |
| Sidney Edward Johnston – 1990 | Davenport, Iowa | Still missing maroon 1984 Ford Thunderbird | Sidney, 47, was last seen at work on January 22nd, 1990 and reported missing from his residence at 1623 E. 11th St. in Davenport, Iowa. When investigators checked his home, they found holes punched in the walls and one door, a possible vomit stain on the bed sheets, and a dish full of cat food on the floor. The house was uncharacteristically messy. He lived there alone and worked as a machine operator. According to his neighbors, Sidney’s behavior changed about six months before his disappearance. In the summer of 1989, a young man and woman began spending time at his house, which was unusual because he rarely had friends over. His neighbors frequently heard loud arguments at the residence, with shouting and cursing. On one occasion, a neighbor heard Sidney shout at the man, “I got no more money. My bank accounts are dry.” His neighbors, The Doaks, remember the last time they ever heard Sidney’s voice with Mrs. Doak recalling: “I heard a car door slam. His last words, in a real surprised voice, was ‘dirty son of a bitch,’ then thud. It sounded like someone had fallen down against something.” He was arguing with his young male acquaintance. 911 wasn’t called immediately after this, something Mrs. Doak now regrets. Investigators identified and interviewed the man and the woman. The man admitted Sidney had given him hundreds of dollars. The woman said she never knew him, both passed polygraph tests so they were never arrested or charged in connection with his disappearance. Sidney gave away nearly $30,000 in the months before his disappearance, when before he had been very frugal. He was also in legal trouble: he was due in court the next day for unlawful possession of a bank identification card. While his disappearance is officially January 22nd, police noted they found a newspaper dated for the 23rd in his home and he was supposedly seen at Ross’ Restaurant in Bettendorf by a cashier on 1/25/1990, three days after he appeared at work for the last time. Police interviewed the cashier, Tracy Liblin, who said Sidney appeared to be upset. He often ate a late-night breakfast there. Sidney worked at Case IH in East Moline for 23 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, single, a twice-a-week bowler and an avid runner. He lived in the home he was raised. |
| Martin Valencia Renteria and Jose Luis Renteria – 1990 | Santa Ana, California | Silver 1978 Chrysler with license plate number 159YHG | Jose Luis Renteria, 28, and Martin Valencia Renteria, 27, disappeared together on July 27th, 1990 after leaving Santa Ana, CA for Los Angeles. Jose and Martin were brothers, they had been visiting Santa Ana from El Paso, Texas. Date Added: 8/4/22 |
| Woodrow Wilson Grimland – 1990 | Clines Corner, New Mexico | Still missing dark metallic green 1985 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup with a camper shell and CA license plate 2L8732. | Woodrow, 72, was last seen by three employees at a Clines Corner, New Mexico truck stop on Interstate-40 in the afternoon of May 9th, 1990. Woodrow lived in Needles, California, but he left his home to visit relatives, first stopping in Flagstaff, Arizona to see his son Ronald and his family, then planning to visit other relatives in Plainview, Texas. He was last seen by family when he left his son’s home, traveling east down Santa Fe Avenue. A family member in Needles, CA reported him missing two days later. In the following days, his son drove the route he would have taken and posted flyers. This was when they were made aware of the sighting of him at the truck stop, he was easy for the witnesses to remember because of his dachshund companion and his hands which were crippled by arthritis. He had with him about $800 cash and an income tax refund check, which would have been a clue if someone had tried to cash it, but no one did. Woodrow’s wife died a year before his disappearance, and he planned to move in with his son Ronald, whom he was very close to. They lived next to eachother in Needles until Ronald and his family moved to Flagstaff. He was known to have picked up hitchhikers in the past, and his family did not think he would do that again, but made note of the possibility. Date Added: 8/3/22 |
| Gilman George Taylor – 1990 | Crown King, Arizona | A 1969 Ford Truck with the AZ license plate BN4970, registered to wife, Betty J. Taylor, is listed with his case. | Gilman, 69, was reported missing on March 23rd, 1990 from Crown King, AZ. Date Added: 8/3/22 |
| James Lee Proctor – 1990 | Shady Cove, Oregon | Still missing green and white single-engine two-seater Rallye airplane | James, 47, went missing on December 23rd, 1990, from Shady Cove, OR. He left in his private plane after an argument with his wife, and never returned. At the time of his disappearance, he was house-sitting for a friend who was vacationing in Arizona. He left all of his identification, including his badge as a retired policeman from Pasadena, CA, on the kitchen counter there. James got married three weeks before his disappearance, and he told a friend he regretted his choice and wanted to go somewhere no one knew him. His wife lived elsewhere and only commuted to his home on weekends, and as a result it was a week before anyone realized he was missing. One of his sisters believes he may have taken his own life. He was declared legally dead several years after his disappearance. == Search Efforts == Two Search and Rescues were flown – one in January 1991 and one in August 1991 – but nothing was found. A friend of his from Pasadena, CA, Police Department traveled to Mexico looking for him but had no success. Date Added: 3/15/25 |
| Michael Jerry McClure – 1990 | Canon City, Colorado | Still missing gold-painted four-door 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle with the CO license plate number WPX187. | Michael “Mike” McClure, age 30, was last seen in Silverthorne, Colorado on November 26th, 1990. His roommate reported him missing 36 hours after he was last seen, when he didn’t return to their condo in Wildernest, CO. Mike called in sick at his plumbing job the day before. Some sources report him missing from Canon City, CO. Mike has a history of depression and may have been suicidal. |
| Ricky Davidson – 1989 | Smyrna, Tennessee | Still missing 1977 Chevrolet 2-door possible El Camino with TN tags. | Ricky, 31, left home in Smyrna, Tennessee on July 14th, 1989. That day, he visited with his mother in Pickett County, TN for a couple of hours, then visited his brother in-law in Fentress county. He was supposedly headed back to Smyrna and never arrived home. |
| Karen Anne Spencer – 1989 | Miami Township, Ohio | Still missing Red 1982 Datsun B-310 Red truck with kentucky plates | Karen and her then-sister-in-law, Christy Spencer, were driving along Interstate 275 in Miami Township, Ohio on December 29th, 1989. Karen was driving Christy’s car which is accounted for. At around 3 a.m., the two got into an argument about plans for Karen to move to Florida with her brother and Christy after she finished high school. Karen pulled over between the Montgomery Road and Ohio 28 exits and got out. According to Christy, Karen began walking north after she left her sister-in-law’s vehicle. Christy drove three miles to the nearest interchange, then turned around and went back looking for Karen, but didn’t see her. A man in his early twenties, who was driving a red 1982 Datsun B-310, stopped after Christy pulled over, and asked them if they needed help. Christy claims she told him to go away and he did, and she never saw him again. Authorities said the man gave inconsistent statements, and he also knew what Karen and Christy had been arguing about before they stopped their car. He had his Datsun cleaned twice on the day of Karen’s disappearance, and it disappeared shortly thereafter. It’s not clear what happened to the car; there’s no record of it being sold, but the auto insurance for it was canceled and it has not been seen since. The Datsun’s owner did pass a polygraph, but FBI behavioral scientists who later reviewed the results believed the man was manipulating the test. A friend of the man claims he spoke about Karen’s disappearance before she was reported missing. In 1990, A woman came forward when she saw Karen’s photo on TV, claiming that she was driving the same night on Interstate 275 and offered a ride to a young woman fitting Karen’s description sometime later in the early morning hours. According to the witness, the girl appeared to be cold and was walking along the road at a brisk pace and headed south. This would contradict Christy’s statement, which said that Karen was walking in the opposite direction when she last saw her. The witness said that she pulled over to offer assistance to the girl. At the same time, an unidentified young male in a red truck with Kentucky license plates pulled in front of the girl on the shoulder of the road. The girl seemed to recognize the driver and smiled. The witness then drove away, assuming the girl received a ride from the male. It has not been established that the unidentified young woman was Karen. In 1993, a truck driver from Miami Township told police he had seen a man with a truck burying a woman’s body near Lake Isabella in late December 1989. He recognized the dead woman as Karen when he saw a missing child poster for her. The truck driver led authorities to the alleged gravesite, but extensive searches turned up no evidence that anybody had been buried there. In 2000, Karen’s family dealt with a hoax regarding her fate. A male caller claimed that Karen was buried in Kentucky; the story ended up being proven false and the man was charged with interfering with a police investigation. He was fined $500 and given a sentence of 45 days in jail. He had a history of making prank calls to the surviving relatives of crime and accident victims; investigators believe he had made harassing calls to over 100 families. Karen is originally from Reading, OH. She was a high school senior at the time of her disappearance, and had no history of running away, although she wasn’t getting along with her parents and had moved in with her brother and sister-in-law as a result. When she vanished she was carrying only $7. She left two paychecks behind from her serving job at the Kings Mills Frisch’s restaurant in Mason, Ohio. Foul play is suspected. Christy passed a polygraph and isn’t considered a suspect. Investigators have a suspect in her case, but he has not been publicly identified. Date Added: 3/4/2024 |
| Richard Stanley Meyer – 1989 | Nederland, Colorado | Still missing red 1978 Dodge Monaco with the expired Florida license plate number FDL30J | Richard, 39, was last seen in Nederland, Colorado on July 29th, 1989. He was working as a volunteer camp host for the Forest Service. On the day of his disappearance, he went to church in Nederland and had lunch with a friend. He was last seen heading back to the Columbine Campground near Central City, Colorado at the time. He was a minister and an electrician at the time of his disappearance. |
| Jorjanna Murray – 1989 | Cambria, California | Gray 1988 or 1977 Dodge truck with CA license plates numbered 2AGV071. It’s not stated if this reportedly broken down vehicle was located. | Jorjanna “Jorja”, 42, called her mother from Cambria, CA on March 8th, 1989. She said her vehicle had broken down and she planned to search for employment in the Cambria area. According to the CA DoJ and Namus she was last seen in Paso Robles, CA. She also called her brother and said she had been traveling southbound on Highway 1, possibly near the Ragged Point area, before she got stranded. Her mother deposited $50 in her daughter’s bank account to help pay for the car repairs, but she never withdrew the money. She may go by the last name Goeckerman. She is a dependent adult, as she suffered from schizophrenia. She was wearing renaissance style clothing. Date Added: 12/10/24 |
| Adrian Juan Planells – 1989 | 2700 block of Mississippi Avenue, New Orleans Louisiana | Still missing blueish-green with rust spots 1968 Chevrolet Camaro with the LA license plate number 816B554 | Adrian, 23, was last seen on September 24th, 1989 at Luc Eddie’s Lounge (now called Westgate Tavern) in the 2700 block of Mississippi Avenue in Kenner, Louisiana. Adrian worked the closing shift as a dishwasher at the Casa Garcia restaurant (8800 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard) and after clocking out in the early morning hours that day, he had a beer with a coworker a short distance away at Luc Eddie’s Lounge. The coworker left at around 2:30 a.m., and about 30 minutes later Adrian left, saying that he planned to go home to study. He lived with his parents and siblings at 3425 Florida Avenue- only around 1.9 miles away. He was seen exiting the lounge, crossing the street, getting into his car and driving away. He never arrived home. There was no indication that he was intoxicated. Adrian left all his clothes behind and his bank account untouched. He has no criminal history. He intended to study for an upcoming exam for one of his college courses when he got home. He was studying psychology, with the aspiration to be a psychologist, and he spent his free time fixing cars with his friends. One of his sisters remembers him as having a lot of friends, being happy, and described him as a good person. He would give his siblings advice on finding a career that they could enjoy and not feel like it’s work. He had a clear plan in mind for his future based on his desire to help people. He started partying in his early 20’s, but was close with his parents and siblings and not known for any trouble. He was also a good student. Adrian’s birthday was on 9/20, he had just turned 23 years old a few days before his disappearance. A Facebook page was created by family following his disappearance: https://www.facebook.com/helpfindadrianplanells A Vanished podcast episode for him is available here: https://www.thevanishedpodcast.com/episodes/2019/11/18/episode-200-adrian-planells?rq=200 |
| Erwin Ernest Bunge – 1988 | San Bruno, California | White 1985 Chevrolet Blazer S-10 with the CA license plate number 1MOT343 | Erwin, 34, was last seen in San Bruno, California on October 10th, 1988. His vehicle, a white 1985 Chevrolet Blazer S-10 with the California license plate number 1MOT343, disappeared with him but it’s unclear if it has since been located. That day, he visited his painting contracting business partner, who says that they spoke for a time and then Erwin left, promising to be back later in the day. He was supposed to meet with a friend at 1 p.m. so they could buy some tires in South San Francisco, CA, but he never showed up and his friend was unable to reach him. His loved ones reported him missing a few days later. Erwin was a personal trainer at the time of his disappearance. He had recently returned from the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, where he coached boxer Henry Martinez, who competed for El Salvador. He is a native of Nicaragua. Date Added: 2/11/24 |
| Robert St-Louis – 1988 | Laval, QC, Canada | Still missing Beige company 1980 Jeep Cherokee Chief, registration F468857. | Robert, 42, mysteriously disappeared from his home in Laval, Quebec, Canada on June 14th, 1988. The truck he was driving is still missing to this day: a beige company 1980 Jeep Cherokee Chief, registration F468857. He spent that day at his daughter Nathalie’s house, and his behavior was reportedly normal. At 10:30 p.m., he decided to go home, but at 12:30 a.m. Robert’s wife arrived home after spending her day babysitting and discovered that he was not there. She called Nathalie, assuming he was there, but Nathalie informed her that he left 2 hours ago and he should already be home since the drive is only about 15 minutes. His neighbours witnessed his truck leaving his house at 12:15 am, but were unable to see if he was driving or if there was a passenger. It seems he may have returned home only to leave a short time later, without his wallet which was unusual for him. He may have been sighted at the Laurentian Bank located at 3870 Notre Dame Boulevard, Chomedey, Laval, Quebec on November 8, 1988. |
| Mario Garcia – 1988 | Miami Beach, Florida | Drove a green 1994 Nissan Pathfinder. | Mario, 42, was last seen in the 1800 block of James Avenue in Miami Beach, FL on June 11th, 1988. Mario was supposedly dropped off at Miami International Airport to take a flight to the Dominican Republic. He has never been heard from again, and there’s no evidence he arrived there. He lived in New York before moving to Miami Beach, and worked in auto sales. He was known to travel frequently to the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Foul play is suspected. Date Added: 3/26/25 |
| Randal Richard Voss – 1988 | Moreno Valley, California | Last seen driving a light blue 1973 Ford Courier/F100 with no camper shell. | Randal, 29, was last seen by his family in Moreno Valley, California around August 1st, 1988. He left voluntarily. His family reported him as a missing person in January 2006. |
| Wilson Demars Jr. – 1988 | Natchitoches, Louisiana | White 1981 Dodge pickup truck | Wilson, 33, was last seen driving his white 1981 Dodge pickup truck in Natchitoches, LA on June 12th, 1988. He is from Houston, Texas and was visiting a relative in Louisiana for the weekend. A newspaper clipping from 6/30/88 states he was last seen around 2 a.m. while the LSU site says 2 p.m. Neither of the mentions in the newspaper of his case on that date have the vehicle information. He was reported missing by a relative the next day. Date Added: 3/14/24 |
| Stephen Victor Meeks – 1988 | Reidsville, North Carolina | Still missing black 1973 Ford truck with the NC license plate number CTS7429. | Steve, 32, was last seen at his residence near Rt. 5 (Hwy 29) and Box 58H in Reidsville, NC on November 24th, 1988. His wife stated they had an argument and he packed two suitcases before leaving their home at 5 or 6 a.m., driving his truck which has never been located. The couple’s three children, aged 11, 10 and 8, said they had not seen their father at all that evening after going to church with a friend. Steve’s wife had filed for divorce in late 1987, but the couple reconciled in the autumn of 1988. They may have been planning to separate again, however, and by the time of his disappearance, he had retained an attorney and was seeking custody of his children. His wife also stated that Steve had been living with another woman whom he fathered a child, but no such woman was found. About two weeks afer his disappearance, his wife moved to Naples, FL with a man she had once lived with, they married in April of the next year. He was supposed to go to his mother’s residence for the Thanksgiving holiday dinner, but never arrived. His sister reported him missing on 12/4/1988. He is one of six children. The Saturday before Thanksgiving, he had gone shopping at the Reidsville Kmart with his mother, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. |
| Thomas Allen Hanson – 1988 | Waipahu, Hawaii | Still missing blue 1975 Toyota Corolla with HI license plate ATV 965 | Thomas “Tom” Hanson, 27, left his home in Waipahu, HI between 1 and 3 p.m. on August 1st, 1988. He may have flown to the mainland, though this has not been confirmed. |
| Elizabeth Ragalie Bodor – 1988 | Orlando, Florida | Still missing Tan 1984 Toyota pickup truck; it’s unclear whether the truck was ever located. It had the license plate number 737 BBS and the VIN number JT4RN5605E0067989. The vehicle was never looked for when she first disappeared and the tag was not recorded in her missing person report. | Elizabeth, 23, was last seen in Orlando, FL on February 28th, 1988. She called her mother to say she’d be unable to pick her up from work at Cumberland Farms that day, but said she’d be home some time in the morning to cook breakfast. She never arrived at her residence at 2809 Hambleton Avenue and has never been heard from again. She left all her personal belongings behind, including her clothing and toothbrush. Elizabeth had dropped out of sight before, but never for more than a couple of days at a time, and she would usually call her mother to let her know her whereabouts. She had no prior history of abandoning her son, who was seven years old at the time of her disappearance. In 1987, she had been arrested around 10 miles from her home for driving under the influence late at night. Her mother reported her missing around three weeks later. According to her, Elizabeth seemed to be in good spirits at the time of her disappearance. At the time of her disappearance, she was working at a construction site behind Sea World. She was declared legally dead in 2005. |
| Ernest Joe Manzanares – 1988 | Ocoee, Florida | Still missing Red/primer gray 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, has not been located. May have had an unknown Colorado tag attached. It also had an etching of the moon and the sun that was visible from the outside and inside on the back rear window. | Ernest, 23, was last seen leaving his home at 95 Sand Dollar Key in Ocoee, Florida on July 28th, 1988. He took nothing but his car and keys. Earlier that year, he had come from Colorado to be with his family in Florida after having some run-ins with the law. His mother Patricia reported him missing on August 31. She theorizes that he may have been killed by his father Frank and his cousin after confronting them about a plan to kidnap Ernest’s sister and cousin to sell into slavery. He was known to stand up to Frank in defense of his mother. In 1992, Patricia gained courage to leave Frank, taking her younger children to Colorado. Both Frank and the cousin are now deceased, and no evidence has come forward to support the allegations. == Search Efforts == Ernest’s case has been extensively investigated throughout the years, with leads continuing to be followed, DNA samples obtained from living family, dental records attempted to be obtained, unidentified remains compared, and vehicles compared. |
| Ashok Kumar Narain – 1988 | Eugene, Oregon | Still missing white 1980 Toyota Tercel with the OR license plate number KUV762 | Ashok was last seen in Eugene, OR on April 1st 1988. The exact date of his disappearance is unknown. Authorities are looking for a car which disappeared with Ashok and may be connected to his wife and daughters homicides, Raj and Kamnee. On 9/11/1987, the torso of Ashok’s wife, 24-year-old Raj Mati Narain, was found floating in the Lewis River near Woodland, Washington. A few days later, her legs were found in the Willamette River in Portland, OR. Her head was never recovered. On 9/24, the body of Kamnee Koushal Narain, Ashok and Raj’s 14-month-old daughter, was found in the Cowlitz River at Longview, Washington, near the confluence with the Columbia River. Authorities at the time suspected the woman and toddler were related to one another, but the bodies remained unidentified for two decades. Ashok’s brother reported the Narain family missing in April 2006. He said Ashok had not been seen or heard from since April 1988 and his wife and child had also vanished, and he believed the unidentified bodies found in the rivers were Raj and Kamnee. Raj’s relatives in Fiji submitted DNA samples for comparison, and DNA testing confirmed the identification in September 2007. Foul play is involved in this disappearance. Date Added: 8/1/22 |
| Randy Wayne Leach – 1988 | Linwood, Kansas | Still missing gray four-door 1985 Dodge sedan with the KS plate number LVJ8721. Registered to his mother | Randy, 17, left his home in Linwood, Kansas at 6:30 p.m. to attend a friend’s pre-graduation party in a rural area five miles east of her residence on April 15th, 1988. Randy did not arrive at the party until between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m. He was driving his mother’s gray four-door 1985 Dodge sedan with the Kansas plate number LVJ8721, which is still missing, and carried about $50-60 in cash. Witnesses reported Randy was acting drunk, but it’s unclear whether he actually consumed any alcohol and he told a friend he didn’t know what was wrong. He may have left the party between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m., but some witnesses reported seeing him there as late as 2:15, and no one actually saw him leave. Randy never returned home and has not been heard from again. |
| Raymond Edward Shore – 1987 | Mesa, Arizona | Still missing yellow 1976 Datsun with the AZ license plate number ASA524 | Raymond, then 58 years old, was reported missing out of Mesa, Arizona on November 1st, 1987. He placed his personal belongings in storage before his disappearance. Six weeks prior, he had attempted to commit suicide by overdosing on his wife’s prescription tranquilizers. Raymond was depressed regarding her decision to file for divorce. The last time he was heard from, he told his family members that he would be taking a road trip to either northern or southern Arizona. Authorities however believe he may have traveled to the east coast of the United States after his disappearance. |
| Christopher James Winkler – 1987 | Burlington, Wisconsin | Possibly still missing Black truck | Christopher, 19, was last seen in Burlington, Wisconsin on February 16th, 1987. He went to a friend’s house that night, but they weren’t there and his friend’s grandfather told him to leave. Christopher seemed panicky at the time and a black truck was following him. The truck vanished a short time after his disappearance. Prior to his disappearance, Christopher and three other local men were charged with breaking into the Auctioneer’s Inn, an upscale restaurant in the 4600 block of Sheard Road in Dover, Wisconsin, on 12/1/1986. Over $3,500 worth of items were stolen. After he went missing, his friends plead guilty to their roles in the burglary and got minimal sentences. Years after Christopher’s disappearance, the burglary charges against him were dropped after the statute of limitations expired. It’s unclear whether the crime had anything to do with his disappearance. When Christopher disappeared, all his belongings vanished from the house where he had been staying. His roommates refused to talk about what had happened or where he might have gone. Two of the friends that assisted in the burglary owned a black truck, similar to the one seen following him on the night of his disappearance. Both police and his family believe he was murdered on the night of his disappearance. He had numerous associates who were involved with serious criminal activity, and members of his family were threatened after his disappearance. However, police stated they have no evidence of a crime in his case. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| Faris William Gore – 1987 | Atchison, Kansas | Still missing Silver 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit with a diesel engine. | Faris “Bud” Gore, 64, was last seen heading east on Highway 59 in Atchison, Kansas on July 2nd, 1987. He left his home at 7:30 a.m. He was described as extremely upset when he left his residence. It’s uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning, and he didn’t withdraw any money from the bank after his disappearance. It was not known where he was going, but police believed he may be somewhere in the St. Joseph-Atchison areas. |
| Margaret Jane Chauncy – 1987 | Texarkana, Texas | Still missing red 1983 Pontiac Fiero with the Arkansas license plate number MXB670 | Margaret was 24 years old when she was last seen by a coworker around 11:15 p.m. in Texarkana, Texas on October 20th, 1987. The coworker who last saw her had followed her after work, Margaret had allegedly explained to the coworker that she believed a large white man had been following her in a black car. The coworker reported her missing two days later after Margaret had missed two shifts of work at the St. Michael’s Hospital (Now the Arkansas Department of Corrections) in Texakarna, Arkansas. The coworker may have last seen her dropping off mail at the outside box of the post office on Stateline Avenue. It was rumored that she may have gone to Mexico. She was known to have been dating a married man, and during the relationship the man’s wife keyed her vehicle. Margaret may have been wearing a blue and white striped blouse with a matching skirt or pants, a long gold chain necklace with two attached children’s gold bands and a gold watch with the name “Carolyn Sewell” engraved on the back. She also uses the name Margaret Latimer. She is a mother, and her daughters are still seeking answers in her disappearance. == Search Efforts == Investigators searched Margaret’s residence and found nothing disturbed, however her nurse uniform and her vehicle were discovered to be missing. Authorities believe her ex-husband, the married man she was seeing, or the man’s wife may be involved in her disappearance. In early 2024, Jeremy Sides and Adam Brown, volunteer divers and sonar searchers, located a stolen vehicle in a private lake while searching for Margaret by request of the Texarkana Police. Bringle Lake was also scanned. Around the same time a vehicle was recovered from the Red River at Index Bridge, also unrelated. |
| Ellis Worthington List Jr. – 1986 | Globe, Arizona | Still missing rental car; 1986 gold four-door Chevrolet Cavalier with Colorado license plate number ZAY-278 | Ellis, then 53 years old, has not been seen since he checked out of the now-defunct Copper Hills Inn located in Globe, AZ at 5:35 a.m. on October 29th, 1986. He was driving a Hertz Rental car which has never been located. Ellis was familiar with the route he planned to drive, having previously lived there for 10 years. He stated on the phone with his wife that day that he planned to drive to Pinetop-Lakeside to visit a doctor he had interned with, and he asked his family to renew his malpractice insurance policy. Ellis was a general practitioner from Ohio, he had left to attend a medical seminar from Oct. 24-26 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was also a medical director for several nursing homes, and the head of the medical division of the General Motors plant in Warren, Ohio. His son stated that Ellis phoned home from the motel at 7 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 30 after staying an extra day, saying he would return Nov 1 or 2 but not stating where he was at the time. The 185-mile trip would have taken him through extreme mountains and desert, a route searched by police in helicopters and by foot. His wife Charlene was told by authorities that the terrain in the area could conceal an automobile accident indefinitely, with the Salt River Canyon being compared to the Grand Canyon. Ellis may have left some personal belongings behind in a hotel in Scottsdale, but it’s unclear what those may have been. His credit cards have not been used since he disappeared. |
| William Frederick Muller – 1987 | 15th and Spring Garden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Still missing black 1983 Plymouth Turismo. | William, 45, was last seen when he drove away from his plumbing job at Smith Kline Beecham located at 15th and Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 2:30 p.m. on March 23rd, 1987. Normally, he would have gone to his home on Beaver Run Road in Nockamixon Township, PA, but he never arrived there and has never been heard from again. When his friends couldn’t get in touch and went to his home to check on him, it appeared as if he had left in a hurry. His guns were still in their gun cabinet and there was a pot of spaghetti on the stove, nothing was missing except his car. William disappeared just two weeks after he’d sued his younger brother, Frederick William Muller. Their mother had died and William was suing for control over her estate, including the farmhouse and 17-acre property on Ferry Road where they’d grown up. He believed Frederick was running a narcotics operation out of that house and wanted to put a stop to it. After his disappearance, the lawsuit was dropped. In 2000, Frederick was arrested on drug charges; he had been using the farmhouse to manufacture methamphetamine. Police stated he was a suspect in the 1998 murder of a Philadelphia police officer and in the “probable murder” of his brother. The officer’s severed arm was found in a trash bin in Trenton, NJ two days after his disappearance; the rest of his body was never found. No one has been charged in either the officer’s death or William’s, but in 2001 Frederick pleaded guilty to the drug offenses. William was newly divorced at the time of his disappearance, but had three daughters and other relatives living in the area. He was declared legally dead seven years after his disappearance and his estate, worth $235,000, was disbursed to his relatives. Date Added: 8/1/22 |
| Jack Lee Miller – 1987 | Olathe, Kansas | May have been driving an orange 1970 Chrysler New Yorker with KS license plates. | Jack, 48, was last seen in Olathe, KS on March 2nd, 1987. At the time of his disappearance, he operated a law office on east Santa Fe Street. Jack was an attorney who had been disbarred for stealing money from clients prior to going missing. He was reportedly headed to Las Vegas. He was known to have been an alcoholic. Date Added: 8/1/22 |
| Clifford Whealdon Cox – 1986 | Elk, California | Orange 1978 Subaru Brat with CA tags 153VIV. | Clifford, 53, was living in Elk, CA in Mendocino County when he was last seen on February 21st, 1986. He was reported missing by the landlord of the trailer park where he was residing. He was driving an orange 1978 Subaru Brat with the CA tag 153VIV. Clifford had gone missing before, in June of 1947 when he was 14 years old. Then a resident of Raymond, Washington, he was a passenger of a Cessna 140 that disappeared while flying from Mackay to McCall, Idaho. The Cessna had taken flight at about 4:30 PM in gusty conditions. If Clifford survived a crash and rescue (though direct evidence is lacking) this may account for some or all of his medical history. He was noted as having suffered fractures of the skull, right forearm, left lower leg, and right tenth rib. A fracture in his right ankle had been repaired with two pins. |
| Bernadette Marie Caruso – 1986 | North Point Rd. in Baltimore, Maryland | Still missing jade green, four door, 1982 Chevrolet Cavalier with MD Lic.# FYW097. It had cloth seats with leather trim. There was a Saint Christopher statue on the dash. | Bernadette was 23 years old when she was last seen on the Saturday of September 27th, 1986 at the Eastpoint Mall on North Point Rd. in Baltimore, MD. She had completed her work shift at The Shaws Jewelry store and was seen entering her car in the mall’s parking lot at approximately 5:05 p.m. that day. She had told a co-worker that her estranged husband called her and she was going to meet him to discuss something. Earlier that day she had deposited a check and purchased a jacket, she had plans to call a coworker and friend and meet up at 9 p.m. but never did. The vehicle she was driving has never been recovered. Bernadette was separated and in the process of divorcing her husband Paul Michael, an ex-Baltimore County police officer who had been let go from the department due to police brutality. An investigation would prove that he had abused a prisoner. There are mixed reports, but there are reports that Bernadette did have domestic dispute charges filed against him, and there were those around them when they were married who often witnessed him threaten Bernadette. Some sources say that she disappeared 2 days before she was to testify against her ex over a domestic violence charge. Paul Michael has never been charged in her disappearance. Their then 3 year old daughter Nicole was in the care of her in-laws. They were said to have been in a bitter custody battle, but it had been established their daughter would stay with her father for that weekend. She was close to her friends and family and loved being a mother, she was also close to her coworkers and would often hang out with them after work. The day after her disappearance, Paul Michael stopped by her house to drop off their daughter for the week as was their arrangement at the time. He said when he knocked on the door there was no answer, and he called to inform her family that he would be keeping Nicole until they heard from Bernadette. Nicole spent her childhood wondering where her mother was and her adult life searching for her and was never given the answers. She sadly passed away at 37 without answers. Bernadette’s family continued searching for her, in 2013 they were raising money to buy Hummingbird sonar equipment that could search for her remains and her car in waterways in the northeastern Baltimore area. According to one friend, Nicole loved hunting for baby turtles at Stansbury Quarry. She felt a connection with her mom when she was there. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Robert Hilton Virgin – 1986 | Purcell, Oklahoma | Still missing white 1986 2-door Chevrolet Chevette, CFM988. VIN/1G1TB08C3GA159369 VYR/1986 | Robert “Bob” Virgin, 55, called his residence on November 10th, 1986 and stated that he would be home in a little while. He never showed up, and was reported missing out of Purcell, OK. |
| Robert Marvin Elder – 1986 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Yellow 1974 Ford Pinto with Oregon plates LLT148. | Robert, 44, was last seen in Las Vegas, NV having lunch with his niece on September 5th, 1986. He told her he was going to be paid to drive two subjects to Kingman, Arizona. He drove a yellow 1974 Ford Pinto with Oregon plates LLT148. Few details are available in this case, vehicle status unclear. In November of 1986 he was reported missing to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Arthur Harry Eckert – 1986 | San Antonio, Texas | Driving a tan and brown 1974 Chevrolet with a TX license plate. License plate unknown | Arthur, 52, was last seen in San Antonio, TX on March 2nd, 1986. He left his home in the 800 block of Overhill Drive at 8 a.m. to attend horse races in Austin, TX. He never arrived at his destination and has never been heard from again. Arthur’s official permanent address was on Overhill Drive, but he also stayed at several other addresses at the time, including the Poco Hotel in the 100 block of Heimain Street. That night, his mother Lela Mae Eckert had been killed inside the home. Arthur was also known as “Bunny” and was a notorious figure in San Antonio at the time. There are rumors his body was dumped in the deepest parts of Canyon Lake or disposed of with acid. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Howard Vaughn Gratteau – 1986 | 6600 block of southwest 41st Street in Davie, Florida | Still missing white 1985 Toyota pickup truck with novelty FL license plates reading HOWARD2. The truck has a white camper top and a B&H Air Conditioning logo on the sides. | Howard’s, 39, was last seen by his wife and stepdaughter at 7:30 a.m. on September 1st, 1986 in their apartment at the 6600 block of southwest 41st Street in Davie, FL. He was employed as an air conditioning repairman at the time, and left the apartment to go out on a job in the Honey Lakes subdivision of Davie. He was supposed to return an hour later to go sailing off Fort Lauderdale Beach with his wife. He never arrived at his repair job and never returned home. He has never been heard from again and none of his accounts have been touched since his disappearance. Howard’s wife stated he was behaving normally when he left their home, except he left his watch behind, and he normally always wore it. She said she believed her husband may have gone into insulin shock and had a car accident as a result, he was a diabetic and took insulin by injection, including on that morning but he did not have his insulin with him when he left. == Search Efforts == Sunshine State Sonar, a sonar search and dive team that often works in the Miami area, has done multiple searches for him and others missing with vehicles since 2023. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/sHrFo1NU6DER9DnL/ |
| Rodney Wayne Longman – 1985 | Miami, Florida | Last known vehicle was a yellow Ford Pinto with Nebraska license plates. | Rodney ‘Rod’ Wayne Longman, 19, was last seen on Wednesday, May 15th, 1985 in Miami, FL. At the time of his disappearance, Rod was accompanied by another man and a pregnant woman. It is unknown who these people were in relation to Rod. It is unknown why Rod was in Miami, Florida at the time, but his social security number was last used there around 1992. Rod previously lived in Nebraska, he dropped out of highschool to work for his grandfather. He eventually fell into the wrong crowd and became involved with drugs. After he left his home in NE, he sent a few postcards to his family, but eventually all contact with him stopped. He mentioned to a friend, Lonnie Prawl, that he was going to Texas after being involved in a bad drug deal in NE. He has a scar on the left side of his collarbone and he wears eyeglasses or contact lenses. Date Added: 1/2/24 |
| David Tyll and Brian Ognjan – 1985 | Mio, Michigan | Still missing black 1980 Ford Bronco with the license plate number 447HRZ | On November 22nd, 1985, they planned to go hunting near David’s family cabin in White Cloud. David picked up Brian at his home in St. Claire Shores. Brian cashed a $50 check and the two then left for their trip. They first planned to visit a friend in Mio, 150 miles east. However, they never arrived at the cabin or the friend’s home and were never seen again. David’s vehicle has also never been found. In 5/2003, almost eighteen years after Tyll’s and Ognjan’s disappearances, two brothers were arrested in connection with their cases. Police believe Raymond Wilbur “J.R.” Duvall Jr. and Donald Dean “Coco” Duvall killed Ognjan and Tyll on the night they disappeared. Before their arrests, the men led a rough existence living off the woods, shooting game and sleeping in small cabins and trailers. Witnesses reported seeing the Duvalls beat Ognjan and Tyll to death outside the Linker’s Lounge bar in Mio, and other witnesses who heard the brothers brag about feeding the missing men’s bodies to pigs. The informants allegedly did not come forward for so long because they had been threatened by the brothers and were afraid of retribution. Several of them have died since 1985. Police suspect that another Duvall brother, Kenny, had scrapped the hunters vehicle and sold it for parts. He told the police this in a taped interview, but had courtroom amnesia while on the stand. Foul play is involved in this disappearance. |
| Vijaykumar Parbhubhai Patel – 1985 | Aurora, Missouri | Driving an older model green Pontiac 2×2 with the MO license plate number NGZ366 | Vijaykumar “Vijay” Patel, 18, disappeared from Aurora, Missouri on March 1st, 1985. Vijay was last seen en route to work at a family restaurant; he was supposed to work the 12-7 p.m. shift that day. The restaurant was next door to the Sands Motel; his family had owned and managed the motel since they arrived in the area in 1981 and he lived there as well. He was not a citizen of the United States when he disappeared, and he left his passport behind. He may go by the nickname Victor. Some agencies state that he disappeared from Mount Vernon, Missouri. The Sands Motel appears to no longer exist, it had been located just north of the junction of US Route 60 and Missouri Route 39. |
| Arthur Matthews – 1985 | Hartford, Connecticut | Listed with his case is a White 1976 Pontiac Astre coupe. | Arthur, 57, was last seen in Hartford, CT on October 19th, 1985. Date Added: 1/17/25 |
| Audie Lee Hopkins – 1985 | Clewiston, Florida | White 2 door 1975 Ford Grand Torino with FL Tag QXZ891 | Audie, 24, left home on October 6th, 1985 with no additional clothing or money and never returned. Date Added: 2/6/24 |
| Eugene Gabbard Jr. – 1985 | Jackson, Kentucky | Still missing blue 1976 Pontiac, license plates KY JGM248 | Eugene Gabbard Jr. 24, was last seen January 14th, 1985, in Jackson, KY. At the time of his disappearance, he was driving a car which has never been located. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Douglas Carl Denson – 1985 | Orlando, Florida | He is reported missing with a white 1969 Dodge Van/Minivan, Possible tag #: CX0230 (State is listed as unknown but possibly FL license plate) | Douglas was 27 years old when he went missing on April 24th, 1985 in Orlando, FL. Foul play is suspected. In his father’s obituary, Doug is listed as preceding him. Doug’s father was an Eagle scout in his teens and an advocate for Florida wildlife and nature conservation. He was active with Doug and his brother Scott in scouting. Date Added: 6/6/24 |
| Randall Dewayne Lee – 1985 | Del Rio, Texas | Owned a rust-colored 1977 Chevrolet 210-series pickup truck with the Oklahoma license plate number 851-1203. (Reportedly sold, not missing) Driving a copper-colored, 1975-1978 Chevy Scottsdale pickup with an unknown license plate and VIN when he disappeared. | Randall, 34, contacted his father for the last time on August 15th, 1985. He said that he was planning to travel from Del Rio, Texas to Eagle Pass, TX to search for employment. Both cities are along the Mexican border; the distance between them is about 55 miles. Originally, his vehicle was reported as a blue and primer 1977 Chevy pickup with Oklahoma tag number 851-1203; however, his son and wife have since reported that the vehicle was sold prior to his disappearance. Randy would have actually been driving a copper-colored, 1975-1978 Chevy Scottsdale pickup. Tags and VIN are unknown at this time. The Oklahoma Tax Commission only has record of him owning the vehicle listed above. His brother also saw him in this vehicle in Perryton, TX, days before his disappearance, enroute to the TX/Mexico border. His nickname is Randy. His family resides in Liberal, Kansas; that city’s authorities are handling his investigation. Randy is described as being “obsessed” with religion at the time of his 1985 disappearance, he had a nervous condition and wore prescription glasses. Date Added: 1/10/24 |
| Margaret Jane Schochenmaier – 1985 | New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada | Still missing Chevrolet Nova 1979; 2 door, with blue racing stripes. BC license plate ARC763 | Margaret, 40, was last seen by family members in New Westminster, BC, Canada on November 11th, 1985. She had given her daughter and granddaughter a ride to a friend’s house. At the time, she was moving out of her son’s residence but she didn’t complete the move. She has gone without contact in the past, but never for longer than a month. Margaret is a widowed mother of three. She is described as 5’0″ and 95 lbs., had brown, straight, shoulder-length hair, green eyes, scars on both her wrists, the right side of her neck, and a small scar on the left side of her forehead. |
| Maxime Morais and Pierre Beaulieu – 1985 | Rawdon, Québec | Orange 1980 convertible MG, license plate unknown, owned by Pierre | Maxime, 33, and Pierre, 30, left the city of Montreal, Quebec on July 27th, 1985. They drove Pierre’s vehicle to the municipality of Rawdon but never returned home. |
| Paul Wayne Gaye – 1985 | Polkton, North Carolina | Drove a 1974 Plymouth Satellite NC License Plate ARM5356 | Paul, 48, was reported missing around October 11th, 1985 from Polkton, NC after his girlfriend had not heard from him. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| George Robert Miles – 1985 | Route 13 Pocomoke City, Maryland | Still missing 1985 Ford Escort from the dealership; it had the MD license plate number D47532 or D46400 | George “Bobby” Miles, 57, was employed at Carlton Massey Ford Inc. on Route 13 in Pocomoke City, MD. He departed from the premises at around 2 p.m. on March 30th, 1985. He told his co-workers that he planned to travel to Pocomoke, Maryland and would return to the business shortly. There was no indication of domestic problems. Some agencies may classify his case as involuntary missing. Carlton Massey Ford Inc. is now located on Ocean Highway in Pocomoke City. |
| Lloyd Michael Reese and David Mathew Jaramillo – 1985 | East Canyon Reservoir, Utah | Still missing brown Datsun B210. License plate unknown. Owned by David. | Lloyd, 13, and David, 21, were last seen on June 3rd, 1985. They left Lloyd’s home near 170 E. and 1700 S. street’s in Salt Lake City, Utah to meet two other friends at a camp site at East Canyon Reservoir. They were last seen driving when they were separated from their companions at some point that day. The two other friends had to drive back down the canyon before calling police to report them missing. In a Salt Lake City police report, one of those friends was a young woman named Felisha. According to her in the report, David had left them and driven off and she couldn’t believe he would leave without saying anything. Lloyd’s sister says Felisha has since changed her story, but no details were given. A man who was fishing saw the “boys drinking” during their time at the dam, according to the report. David was a student at Salt Lake Community College in 1985, studying general arts. He also worked with his father at the New Grand Hotel. Lloyd had graduated from Glendale Middle School just before his disappearance, and dreamed of becoming a doctor when he grew up. He was popular in his neighborhood and had a wide variety of friends. He enjoyed listening to the music of Ted Nugent and the bands Aerosmith and AC/DC. He liked helping people in his neighborhood and when his friends were looking for a place to hang out, they always went to his house. == Search Efforts == Authorities claimed the reservoir had been searched three or four times and concluded there was no car in the reservoir. In 2010, the case was re-investigated but it went nowhere. In 2021, members of the Utah Cold Case Coalition used an underwater camera to search the reservoir. In August, Adventures with Purpose searched the Reservoir for 2 days. A vehicle was located and pulled but was unrelated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_kqxmx-6XM |
| John Prange Masse – 1984 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Still missing yellow 1979 Toyota Corolla hatchback License plate unknown | John, 26, was last seen in Greensboro, NC on March 16th, 1984. He had attended a dinner party with a married couple, and left alone in his car. The party was located about 20 miles west of Gibsonville, where he lived at 333 Rosemont St. He never returned to his home. The actual address of the party is not given in articles that have been found so far. He was a 1975 graduate of Xavier High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, where his parents Robert and Ruth Masse resided at 1625 Orchid Drive. His father managed the H.C. Prange Co. store in downtown Appleton. John had graduated from Purdue University as an engineer and moved to Gibsonville two years before his disappearance for his job as a cost analyst at Burlington Industries. He was known to be a reliable worker, with no apparent personal problems. John was reported missing to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Department on March 24, 1984 by coworkers. He was known to give rides to hitchhikers, which was of concern to investigators at the time. He was eventually declared legally dead at the petition of his family. |
| Barbara Kettell Rushton – 1984 | Old Forest Road Vestavia Hills, Birmingham, Alabama | Still missing white 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit with tag number 1D25135 | Barbara, 45, left her home at 1001 Old Forest Road in the Vestavia Hills neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama on August 29th, 1984. She disappeared with her white 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit with tag number 1D 25135, as she was going to play cards with some friends at 3608 Ridge Ranch Circle in Hoover. Both her husband Jack Rushton and friend Lowery believe she would have stopped to get cigarettes on the way there, as she only had a few left in the pack. A short while later, her friends called to say she hadn’t arrived. Her husband called police, and a search was launched for her and her car. Neither has ever been found. There were several convenience stores and pharmacies at which Barbara might have stopped along the 5 1/2-mile route to the friend’s home, but no one said they had seen her. She had just resigned from her job as a District Manager at Hardin Company, a benefits consultant firm, and was to have had her last day on the 30th. This was part of her and her husbands financial plans for the future, he had just resigned from his job as a vice president at Liberty National Life Insurance in February. Coworkers told investigators they had seen her and her husband arguing the day before she disappeared. Mr. Rushton retraced the route the night of the 29th, first alone and then with deputies, believing she may have became ill and wrecked the car. This theory was based on the fact that she was a type-one diabetic, it’s unknown if she had her insulin when she left home, and she had suffered an insulin seizure just two nights before. She had been dealing with diabetes for eight years at the time of her disappearance, requiring two shots a day. Her daughter told investigators that her mother wasn’t behaving normally before she left- she had a blank stare and was upset and crying. Barbara and her daughter Eleanor from a previous marriage were planning a Labor Day trip, a shopping spree before Eleanor enrolled at Troy State University the previous month. They were also planning to visit Epcot near Walt Disney World and a cruise to Mexico later. == Search Efforts == Aerial and ground searches were done, a house they were planning to move to on Lake Martin was searched, and Authorities flagged Barbara Rushton’s Social Security number, but it has never again been used, nor have any of her credit or gas cards. About $4,000 in her bank account also went untouched. None of her belongings – clothes, makeup or jewelry – are missing. The governor at the time offered a $10,000 reward for information about her, as she was the sister-in-law of one of his closest aides, Bill Rushton. In 2023, Chaos Divers searched for her with the sonar ROV “Little Buddy” at Oak Mountains State Park, a small pond at the T intersection of 35 and Old Mountain Trail, a large pond next to the Hertz Car rental on Regions Dr., Hoover Lake, the large pond behind the Regus – Birmingham, Chase Corporate Center, Chace Lake Park, Vestavia Lake by drone, and Elmore Lake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvnK0kM01U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD47crb94RY The same year, AdamBrownAdventures and Exploring with Nug searched with their sonar ROV at Star Lake, a pond off Crossgate Dr., Hoover Lake, Georgetown Lake Park, Vestavia Lake, Elmore Lake, a pond on Greenhill Pkwy, Joe Tucker Park and two other locations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvnK0kM01U |
| Penelope Ratliff Mollett – 1984 | 4600 block of Fern Drive, Orlando, Florida. (Possible Fern Pine Drive) | Still missing 1979 metallic blue BMW 320i with a sunroof and the FL license plate number IBV589 | Penny was last seen in Orlando, Florida on April 1st, 1984. Her vehicle was seen leaving her residence at 4610 Fern Pine Drive at around 2 a.m. She was reportedly dropped off by a friend at the Orlando International Airport, but it’s unclear whether she actually boarded any flights. Penny was in the process of divorcing her husband, George Bruce Mollett, and there was a history of domestic violence in their relationship. She left behind a 14 year-old son. It’s uncharacteristic of her to be away from home for an extended time period. Date Added: 2/25/24 |
| Mary Edna Badaracco – 1984 | 20 block of Wakeman Hill Road, Connecticut | Still missing 1982 Chevrolet Cavalier, driver’s side windshield smashed inward. License plate unknown. No record of being sold/given away. | Mary, 38, was last heard from by her adult daughters on August 19th, 1984. Her husband claimed that he saw her for the last time on the 20th, when she packed all of her belongings and left their residence in the 20 block of Wakeman Hill Road in Sherman, CT. None of Mary’s personal items were located inside the house by her daughters. They reported her missing on the 31st. Her car was parked outside of their home, at the end of the long driveway. The windshield on the driver’s side of the vehicle had been smashed inward and shards of glass were on the front seat. Her husband admitted having smashed her car windshield. The police decided not to seize the vehicle, as there was no evidence of foul play. It disappeared sometime later and is still missing. There’s no record of it being sold or given away. Mary was employed as a house cleaner at the time. She had a stormy relationship with her husband, Dominic Badaracco Sr., and had left him for short periods of time in the past. Shortly before she disappeared, Mary found out he was having an affair. He had a history of infidelity as well as domestic violence. She decided to file for divorce. A woman and her daughters moved in with Dominic less than a week after Mary disappeared. Dominic said he had moved in with his sister and was only renting his house to the woman, but he later married her. Two days before Mary was reported missing, Dominic filed for divorce on grounds of abandonment. Divorce proceedings for them took place in August 1985, nine months after she vanished. Mary was not represented at the hearing and Dominic continued to insist that she left their home after accepting a cash offering. There has not been any evidence of that or any trace of Mary’s belongings since her disappearance. Her case was upgraded from a missing person’s case to a homicide in 1990, six years after she disappeared. Investigators received a tip from an informant that Mary was killed after members of The Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang issued a contract on her life. Dominic’s son Joseph, who has a criminal record for arson, is a member of the gang. Reportedly, Joseph and an accomplice, Steve Kendall, killed Mary because she was going to go to the police with incriminating information about Dominic. In April 2008, a man named Ernest Dachenhausen was charged with a misdemeanor count of interfering with a police investigation in Mary’s disappearance. Authorities stated he gave false and leading information to the police. At the trial, authorities identified Dominic as the prime suspect in her presumed death. Ernest was acquitted at his trial in May 2009. Dominic was convicted of attempted bribery in connection with Mary’s disappearance in June 2013. He had attempted to interfere with the grand jury probe into Mary’s disappearance by offering the presiding judge $100,000. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison. Mary has 11 siblings. She attended Danbury High School, but dropped out at 16 to marry her first husband. They had two daughters and divorced a few years later. Mary worked sporadically as a bartender and a housecleaner after the divorce, and frequently changed residences. She enjoyed painting and drawing as a hobby. She married Dominic in 1970. He has four children from a prior marriage. Her nickname was Mary Poo. == Search Efforts == In September of 2007, authorities searched the backyard of Ernest’s former home on Farrell Road in Newtown, CT, and also brought him to the search site. He said he knew Dominic, but had nothing to do with Mary’s disappearance. Several buried cars were pulled out of the yard. |
| Donna Kay Kingston – 1984 | Tahlequah, Oklahoma | Still missing red and white four-door 1980 Mercury Monarch with the OK license plate number CZ4818 | Donna was 18 years old when she was last seen in Tahlequah, OK on May 11th, 1984. She had met a man from Tulsa named Harold Rice, who told her if she went there she could make some money. She told her family she was leaving and told her grandmother she would call when she arrived in Tulsa, but she never did. Donna had married a man named Joel Kingston in November 1983 but their marriage fell apart in six months. Their divorce was finalized in 1989. She is native american, and was also known as Donna Kay Dirteater. Around 2005, law enforcement received new information in the form of a letter that stated Donna had run away to Tulsa. It went on to claim that Donna worked for a pimp at an old strip club. The establishment was tracked down and people there were spoken to, but nothing came of it. |
| Tom Phifer – 1984 | De Beque, Colorado | Still missing green 1972 Ford Pinto with CO License Plate AGB319 | Tom Phifer, 29, and his girlfriend Kay Francis Hollis, 36, left Denver, CO at around 6 p.m. on May 18th, 1984, en route to Grand Junction. The trip would have probably taken a little over 5 and a half hours. On Sunday June 3, 1984, Kay’s body was pulled from the Colorado River. Her body was first sighted in the river between the 29 rd bridge and 5th street bridge in Grand Junction. She was recovered from the river at around the 24 rd/Redlands parkway. According to the Newspapers she was identified through fingerprints and there were no signs of trauma or foul play found during the autopsy, she had apparently drowned. At the time, Sheriff’s Deputies were still attempting to figure out where the car might have gone off the road. According to Sheriff’s Investigator Mike Smith there was a good possibility the car along with Tom Phifer were still in the river. “We don’t really know what happened.” he is quoted as saying. Authorities looked along the river between De Beque and Palisade for clues. == Search Efforts == Around 2022, Doug Bishop (now of United Search Corps) spoke with Sheriff Deputy Stratton who gave more details on where Kay’s body was seen and recovered, as well as the swift conditions of the river at the time. The river was attempted to be searched miles upstream by the shooting complex where previous accidents had occurred. The search was called off due to water conditions. |
| Ian David MacKeigan – 1984 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Still missing red 1979 Horizon TC3 hatchback with a black interior and Nova Scotia license plate 57-34-81. A blue ten-speed bicycle was in the back of MacKeigan’s car at the time of his disappearance. The front wheel of the bike had been removed. | Ian was last seen by a family member leaving his home on Manor Lane in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on October 22nd, 1984. He told his family member that he was going to meet some friends, possibly at the former Palace nightclub on Brunswick Street, Halifax, but has not been seen by family or friends since that time. He was reported missing three days later at 11 p.m. on Oct. 25, 1984. Ian was around 19-20 years old, some sources state his DOB as December 12, 1962. Others list it as Dec. 19 and the year as 1963. He had recently graduated from a welding course in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and moved to Halifax in July 1984. He was employed in his trade for two weeks at the time. |
| Harry Dennis Milligan – 1984 | Albia, Iowa | Still missing maroon 1977 two-door Pontiac Grand Prix, 1984 IA license tags with plate number EIJ244. | Harry, a 21 year old Marine reservist, was last seen with friends in Albia, Iowa’s business district between 3 and 3:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, July 1st, 1984. According to witnesses, he was last seen traveling north on Main Street and at that time was believed to be en route to his family’s home in Avery, where he failed to show up. He was reported missing on Sunday evening to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Albia. His loved ones stated he was in good spirits and didn’t appear to be having any problems. Harry’s father, Leonard Milligan, stated in a Jan 8., 1985 Monroe County News article that some rumors had been checked out but nothing definite had shown up to indicate his whereabouts. Harry’s parents lost their daughter the month after he disappeared. Harry’s brother, Mark, has spent more than 30 years being told different stories about his brother’s disappearance. Mark Milligan — a police sergeant with the Ottumwa Police Department — has been heavily involved in the search and in raising awareness for his brother. He was declared legally dead in the early 1990s, and his parents have since passed away. == Search Efforts == A search was quickly launched at the time, with airplanes used to search for his car, checking ditches in the area. His family posted a $500 reward for information about his whereabouts and distributed the posters nationwide. They continue to be involved in searches for him. The sonar search group Chaos Divers has made numerous trips scanning many bodies of water in the area, dedicated to finding him. Atleast thirteen ponds, three reservoirs, Lake Miami, and Rathbun Lake were searched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkRUpEH50k |
| Matthew Paul Garnes – 1984 | Tacoma, Washington | Gold 1974 Plymouth Duster with the WA license plate number BUX160 | Matthew “Matt” Garnes, 16, drove away from his Tacoma, WA home on December 26th, 1984. He told his parents he was going to Portland, Oregon. Matt was a student at Curtis High School in 1984. He was on a baseball team and also had a part-time job at Texaco. Authorities presumed he had run away, but it’s very unusual for a teen runaway to drop completely out of sight for decades at a time, and the circumstances of his disappearance are unclear. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Helmut Ernst Altmann – 1984 | Los Angeles, California | Still missing white 1984 Chevrolet Camaro with the CA license plate number 1JDK196. Rented from Budget Rent-a-Car | In October of 1984, Helmut, a 31-year-old Austrian national, traveled to Los Angeles, CA to invest in real estate. He checked into the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on Oct. 26, telling hotel officials that he planned to check out on Oct. 31. He was due to return to Austria on Nov 2. Helmut was last seen in his hotel room on October 30th, 1984. He is believed to have gone on a sightseeing drive in the Big Sur area that day. His wife in West Germany reported him as a missing person on 11/6/1984, a week after he was last seen. Hotel workers checked his room at this time and found his passport, clothing, money, and return plane ticket undisturbed. He has never been heard from again, and is believed to be missing under suspicious circumstances. He was the owner of a meat packing company in West Germany. |
| Clarke Noble Achey – 1984 | Moore Township, Pennsylvania | Believed to still be missing green 1967 Plymouth Fury with the PA license plate number 78567U | Clarke, 36, was last seen in the Bath/Moore Township area of PA on November 20th, 1984. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Maurice P. Kneifl – 1983 | Sioux City, Iowa | Still missing dark brown 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood with the IA license plate number HIZ379. | Maurice, 58, was last seen in his hometown of Sioux City, Iowa on February 14th, 1983. He left his girlfriend’s residence at 9:30 p.m. He was reported missing two days later by his girlfriend, Joyce Fish — whom he’d been dating for many years — and her daughter, Lori. When he failed to show up in the morning to give her a ride to work, Joyce became concerned and began making calls. Maurice owned and operated a dry cleaning business, Fethke Cleaners, at 1209 West 26th Street at the time of his disappearance. His wife helped him run it for over thirty years until her death in 1978. He previously served as the mayor of Hartington, Nebraska, the only mayor in the city’s history to be elected with write-in votes. At the time of his disappearance, he’d been trying to convince one of his two daughters, Kandy, to leave her husband, Delbert Beauchene, who was facing his fourth incarceration. Delbert, the owner of Interstate Speedway (now Raceway Park) had served three separate stints in prison — both with the state and the federal penitentiary — and was in trouble once again. Maurice had evidence regarding his son-in-law’s illegal activities and was prepared to testify with what he thought was sufficient evidence to put Delbert away for good. Maurice turned up missing before he had the opportunity to testify. Kandy passed away in 2004 and Delbert, who suffered from kidney problems, died in 2008. |
| Donald H Major – 1983 | Vicksburg, Mississippi | Still missing blue and white single-engine Cessna 177 Cardinal airplane | Donald, 49, was last seen refueling his airplane at an airport in Vicksburg, MS on November 4th, 1983. He had gone there to pick up parts for a combine. Witnesses in Vicksburg said he looked as if he was sick. After picking up the parts and refuelling, he took off between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. A teacher and class of children in Vicksburg saw Donald’s plane flying overhead just as they were going inside their school to get out of the rain. He was en route back to his residence in Kilbourne, Louisiana, where he had a private airstrip, but never arrived there and he has never been heard from again. His plane has not been recovered despite an extensive search lasting almost two weeks. He is a graduate of Kilbourne High School and attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He and his family have extensive farming interests both in the Kilbourne area, where Donald had served as mayor from 1966 to 1974, and across the state line in Arkansas. He also co-owned a local hardware store and was on the board of directors of the Bank of Oak Grove. |
| Robert Allan Asher – 1983 | Dunnville, Ontario, Canada | Still missing brown/gold 1970 Pontiac LeMans 2 door hardtop, bearing ON plate CKY315 and V.I.N. 235370112993 | Robert, 22, was last seen in his hometown of Dunnville, Ontario in the winter of 1982. He was reported missing on May 1st, 1983. He was using drugs and alcohol at the time and may have been depressed. He was known to be involved in the illicit drug trade. Despite an extensive police investigation, neither have been located and foul play is suspected by authorities. |
| Mary Alice Richard – 1983 | San Antonio, Texas | Still missing white over blue 1973 Mercury Cougar with license plate 363BWU | Mary, 28, was last seen on July 23rd, 1983 in San Antonio, TX. |
| Gary S. Bell – 1983 | Tacoma, Washington | Still missing 1974 Ford Econoline van with the WA license plate number EQA043. He lived in this vehicle. | Gary, 33, was last seen in Tacoma, WA on March 2nd, 1983. At the time of his disappearance, he was living in Spokane, WA with his wife of one month and working for a carnival called Rainier Shows. He left Spokane for Tacoma that day, driving his van, to contact his employer regarding a work-related detail in Vancouver, WA. He spoke to his employer in Tacoma during the early evening hours and was last seen leaving for Vancouver. He never made it to Vancouver and has never been heard from again. Gary was born on July 22nd, 1949. |
| Dennis Lee Brown – 1983 | 1500 block of Slater Road in North Fort Myers, Florida | Still missing green four-door 1973 Ford LTD sedan with FL license plates. License plate unknown | Dennis or “Denny”, 43, was last seen on November 24th, 1983 (Namus says 1984) at his residence in the vicinity of the 1500 block of Slater Road in North Fort Myers, Florida. He left a note on his front door saying he was going out to run an errand and would be back soon. His vehicle, a green four-door 1973 Ford LTD sedan with an unknown FL license plate, is also still missing. He left behind all his belongings, as well as two children. He owned his own business and seemed to be happy with his life when he was last seen. == Search Efforts == Dan Griffith and his group, the Florida Sonar Search Team, began scanning the Caloosahatchee river in 2013, spending about eight full days scanning the waters from Fort Myers to Lake Okeechobee. They found four stolen vehicles which were recovered. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Carl J Schauber III – 1983 | Chester Springs, Pennsylvania | Still missing blue 1974 Mercury Cougar coupe. License plate unknown, expiration year 1984 | Carl, 22, left his home in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania unexpectedly on April 1st, 1983 and never returned. If he is alive today, he would be 63 years old. He is Caucasian, 5′-7″ – 5′-10″ tall, 180 – 210 lbs. He had straight black hair, possibly balding and blue eyes. Two finger tips on his left hand are cut off. His father who has since passed, Carl Joseph Schauber, was the former owner of Oreland Sheet Metal in Conshohocken. He was a member of the Sheet Metal Union, Local 19, in Philadelphia for more than 50 years. His mother, Emma Marguerite Hansen Schauber or “Schatize/Schatzie”, has also passed. He had no siblings. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Anton Emil Zurfluh – 1983 | Scio, Oregon | Still missing Burgundy/Maroon 1979 Chevrolet Caprice with OR license plate CSY864 | Anton “Tony” Zurfluh, 77, was last contacted on March 5th, 1983 in Scio, Oregon. He was reported missing when his son conducted a daily visit and found every light in the house left on, and important papers such as his passport, bankbooks, and power of attorney bundled and left in obvious locations. It was also discovered that he dropped off an overnight bag with several thousand dollars cash at the nurse’s station at the hospital where his wife Margaret of over 50 years was a patient at the time. The suitcase was marked for Dorothy Brown, his daughter. Margaret passed away in August of that year at a nursing home in Sublimity, OR. Tony was born in Switzerland. He and his wife moved to Oregon in April of 1930 and lived on a farm at 38085 Zurfluh Rd, where he owned and operated a sawmill until his retirement. Other sources state he worked for the Lulay Bros. in Scio, OR. He has two artificial hips, and his left thumb has been amputated. He left behind five adult children and over 20 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When one of the grandchildren died in 1984, Tony was listed as a survivor in the obituary. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Zygmont Thomas Jeroszko – 1983 | Deland, Florida | Still missing Blue 1983 Bronco with the NY license plate number 5032ARD | Zygmont, 69, was last seen raking leaves outside his Deland, FL home on December 30th, 1983. He apparently drove away in his truck without telling anyone. That day, he had taken his son Kenneth, who was visiting them, to the airport at about 8 a.m. According to Kenneth, his mother told him his father had put on his work clothes in the afternoon and was clearing trees on the property. He also stated that his father was in good health. Mrs. Jeroszko reported her husband missing that night. Zygmont and his wife had left for Florida at the end of November and were staying at their winter home on Ben Franklin Drive in Glenwood, a suburb of Deland. Their summer home was at 9321 Turin Road in the town of Lee near Rome, New York. He was the former owner of Jeroszko’s Lumber Co. and had sold his business and retired five years prior. The couple also appear to have had a daughter who passed away 13 years prior at the age of 22. She was one of the first female mail carriers in Rome, NY and a research assistant. According to a report, Zygmont was legally declared dead on 2/4/1990. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Robert Dale Casto – 1983 | Arlington, Texas | Blue 1979 Ford Pinto station wagon with the TX license plate number 907AYJ. VIN number 3R12X194257 VYR/1973. | Robert “Bob” Casto, 21, was last seen in Arlington, TX on November 27th, 1983. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Joseph Sireci – 1983 | 1100 block of Daly Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Still missing dark blue four-door 1972 Mercury Montego with the PA license plate number Y75089 | Joseph, 63, was last seen on May 27th, 1983 between 10:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. at his residence in the vicinity of the 1100 block of Daly Street in Philadelphia, PA. He was going to stop at the local laundromat near 3rd and South Street on his way to work at Penns Landing Condominiums, but never arrived. Later that morning, he was supposed to show up to his granddaughters school for Grandparents day. His wife called and found out he never showed up for work. He apparently also never arrived at the laundromat. Investigators believe it’s possible he drove into the Delaware River. == Search Efforts == There have been sonar searches done by multiple teams in the area for him as well as others missing with vehicles in the area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAdhoIoayYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQce4oq5jvIaa (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Shelley Diane Luty – 1982 | Upper Darby, Pennsylvania | Still missing mint green 1978 2-door Chevrolet Impala, which she had borrowed from her stepfather. | Shelley, 19, was last seen at 11:00 p.m. on August 23rd, 1982, as she ended her waitressing shift at the Llanarch Diner on Township Line Road in Upper Darby, PA. She had parked on a poorly lit street across from the diner, and the vehicle she was driving disappeared with her. Her mother, who was working in the diner when her daughter disappeared, saw a male customer who left the establishment very shortly before Shelley did. Witnesses believe they saw the same man speaking to her outside. He is described as Caucasian, 25 to 29 years old, 5’10 to 6’0 tall with an athletic build. It has not been established that he was involved in her disappearance, but he is at least a possible witness. A composite sketch is included in this post. Shelley was epileptic but stopped taking her medication when she became pregnant with her daughter, at the time two years old. According to them, she had been fine without it, but anything traumatic could trigger it. Her family says she would have never willingly abandoned her child. She also was set to sign the lease for her own apartment the next morning, and she was going to start working full time that month. |
| Theresa A. Kawash – 1982 | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | Still missing Gold 1977 Datsun 280Z, which had the vehicle identification number GHLS30065266 and the NJ license plate number 338GIY | Theresa, 36, was last seen at her home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 4th, 1982. Her husband didn’t see her himself, but he heard her call their daughter into her room at 8 a.m. Half an hour later, her husband Edward and their daughter Kellie left on a day trip to Pennsylvania for lunch, while she stayed home. Her car was parked in the garage at the time. When her husband returned at 11:30 p.m., Theresa and her car were gone, although she’d left recently laundered clothes behind, and left the refrigerator full of food. At first, no one was concerned because Theresa planned to meet a friend around 5PM that afternoon. The group of friends were supposed to go to a firework display later in the evening. Her friends stated that Theresa never showed up, and they felt this was very uncharacteristic of her. Her husband reported her missing on July 7th. In January of the year prior, Theresa had filed for divorce. Although they lived in the same house, the couple lived separate lives, were seeing other people, and did not communicate with each other. The division of assets from divorce was already agreed upon, but the custody of their daughter was still pending. Theresa and Edward agreed on a financial settlement, and she was going to receive more than $250,000. The divorce was nearly finalized at the time Theresa disappeared. According to an August 1983 newspaper article, her husband Edward was 48 years old at the time. He was described as soft-spoken, had been married twice before and was often occupied with running the Fort Lee, Ridgewood, Morristown, and Fair Lawn beauty salons he partly owned. He no longer has an interest in the Fair Lawn shop. He had a girlfriend and stayed out late several nights a week. It is said that Theresa was looking forward to her new life. She was involved with a Norwegian man named Kjell Olsen, the manager of a Norwegian auto parts factory, whom she was planning to marry and move to Norway with once the divorce was final. She wanted to take their 9 year old daughter with her, but Edward planned to challenge her in court if she tried to take their daughter out of the country. The child custody hearing was scheduled for about a month after she disappeared. In late March 1983, the divorce was finalized and Theresa was granted custody of her daughter, despite being missing. There was no indication that Theresa went to Norway after her disappearance, and her passport was left behind. She is very missed by her family, who stated that they don’t think she left on her own accord. She is the oldest of eight children and is described as a responsible individual and a devoted mother. She was a talented beautician, who had worked at one of Edward Kawash’s salons prior to their marriage. Her hobbies in 1982 included antique collecting and designing and sewing Victorian-style clothing. She often wore heavy makeup and clothes that would range in style from Victorian-era to punk. |
| Herman J. Caldwell Jr. – 1982 | Columbia, South Carolina | Still missing black and gray 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix with the SC license plate number GOK105 and VIN number 2K57TA195320 | Herman “Deac” Caldwell, 32, was last seen in Columbia, SC on March 3rd, 1982. He withdrew $500 from his bank account that day; this was the last activity on the account. He told his mother he was going to Charleston, SC. His family’s home was near Martin Luther King Boulevard in Hopkins, SC. His vehicle has never been recovered. In 1978, four years before his disappearance, Caldwell was robbed and beaten by three men in the 2300 block of Gervais Street. He was able to identify one of his assailants as Leroy Nolan, also known as Tony Shelton, and a year later, Nolan was arrested for the assault. Nolan was released from jail in October 1982. Just before his disappearance, Caldwell told his father he was being threatened by Nolan. In 2004, Nolan and two other men were charged murder and kidnapping in connection with a double homicide that happened in 1978. They allegedly killed a woman and her two-year-old son on the same day Caldwell was attacked. Foul play is suspected in his disappearance. == Search Efforts == In 2024, Adam Brown searched near Lake Marion, SC. |
| Clayton Mark Bussiere – 1982 | Mission, British Columbia | Still missing robin egg blue 4-door 1978 Pontiac Lemans taxi cab that he owned. It had British Columbia license plate number 1931JB, and a Washington State plate on the front end, with the number 1030. The cab has “Abbottsford Taxi” and the number “6” painted on the rear roof panel, with the interior a dark blue velour. | On the Sunday evening of October 17th, 1982, Clayton Mark Bussiere, 25, was last seen while driving his taxi cab on Highway 7 in Mission, British Columbia. At around 5-5:30 p.m., he finished playing a few hands of poker with friends after his day shift as a dispatcher at Abbotsford Taxi. According to another company dispatcher and cab driver, Ron Johnston, there was nothing unusual about Clayton. “He was laughing and joking just like normal”. It was assumed he was going home, located on Pearl Avenue in Abbotsford. A few hours later, another taxi cab driver reported seeing him drive past the diner with a passenger at 32786 Lougheed Highway in Mission BC. The same witness saw him driving east “back toward the downtown area” at around 7 p.m. with no passenger. It’s unclear if there was or was not a passenger when he went missing. Clayton was the type of person to call if he was going to be 10 minutes late to work, or to call his mother if he would be late for supper. He was getting into fitness and had a girlfriend at the time. The next day would have been his 26th birthday. Date Added: 1/2/24 |
| Lola Carney – 1982 | 200 block of Whiskey Mill Road in Clarksboro, New Jersey | Still missing red 1973 Chevrolet Nova hatchback with the NJ license plate number 752RZD and a vehicle identification number (VIN) 1X17D3W289214. Her husband claims she left in this vehicle, which belonged to her sister. She left her own car, an almost-new Lincoln, behind. | Lola, 40, was last seen at her home in the 200 block of Whiskey Mill Road in Clarksboro, NJ at 11:00 p.m. on September 12th, 1982. Her husband, George Carney, told her two children that she left home in the middle of the night, taking $17,000 and a handgun, and would not return. George was her fourth husband, and the father of her youngest child. It was the night before the first day of school. George refused to report Lola missing; her sister finally did on January 3, 1983. Lola and George often argued and the night before her disappearance, Lola told her sister she was contemplating taking her children and moving into a place of their own while seeking a divorce. She was very close to her three children, and it would be uncharacteristic of her to leave them voluntarily for so long. Two of them were living with her when she vanished the night before they were due to start the new school year. George said Lola was having an affair with someone in September 1982. Lola had left her husband numerous times before, but she always took the children with her, and she always returned after a short time. She left her dentures behind when she went missing. George says she had a new set made before she disappeared, but this has not been confirmed. Lola has not renewed her driver’s license or used her Social Security number since her disappearance. George later divorced Lola on grounds of desertion. She was declared legally dead in 1990. Investigators bored through some concrete near Lola’s house in 2004, but they found no evidence related to her disappearance. Police believe she is missing under suspicious circumstances and was probably murdered. Name traces, driver’s license checks, scrutiny of Social Security Administration records, credit checks — nothing has turned up any information on her. |
| Jerry Myron Gray – 1982 | Hayfield Road, Theodore, Alabama | Still missing blue 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000-B1 with the AL license plate number M14338 | Jerry, 27, was last seen at his home on Hayfield Road in Theodore, AL on August 13th, 1982. (Some sources list the 23rd) That afternoon, Jerry’s roommate answered the phone to an unknown man who asked to speak to Jerry, who took the call and told the person he would see them soon. He left on his motorcycle. Later that night, someone broke into his home and stole $1,200 worth of items. It’s unclear whether the burglary is connected to his disappearance. At the time of his disappearance, Jerry worked as a civil engineer. He missed an important work meeting that was scheduled for the the next day; this is uncharacteristic of his behavior. He has one living relative, a sister named Judy- they were both adopted into the Gray family. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Terence Phillip Stone – 1982 | Mill Valley, California | Still missing Gray 1977 Toyota Corolla S-Wagon with CA tag 957SUB (some sources say Celica, but it did not come in a wagon style. Vehicle may have been salvaged in the past 20 years, however records may not come up due to the mandatory 10 year purge in CA) | Terry, 32, left his family on August 25th, 1982 from Mill Valley, CA. Date Added: 1/17/25 |
| Emino Nakamura Murray – 1982 | Gretna, Louisiana | Driving a blue four-door 1973 Ford with the LA license plate number 147L267. | Emino, 30, was last seen leaving her apartment in the 100 block of Kass Street in Gretna (Terrytown), LA on August 20th, 1982. Authorities believe she was en route to her boyfriend’s residence. Her place of employment was less than a mile away from her apartment in the 1900 block of Lafayette St. Some sources state that she left from there. Emino was born on 11/13/1951. According to the Times Picayune Court Records on 7/29/82 she was granted a divorce from her husband. Date Added: 3/28/25 |
| Donald Gatti – 1982 | New Britain, Connecticut | Green 1970 Ford Maverick coupe. License plate unknown. | Donald, 52, was last seen on November 5th, 1982 in New Britain, CT. Circumstances are unknown, he reportedly has a gambling problem. |
| James Marion Hegidio – 1982 | Vienna, Georgia | Still missing blue 1977 Ford Thunderbird with GA license plate MMD667 belonging to his son. It’s windows were clean that morning, according to a life long friend. It has a University of Georgia Bulldog tag on the front and a bumper sticker that said, “I’d Rather Be Dancing”. | James, 61, was last seen on December 13th, 1982 at around 8:30 a.m. in Vienna, Georgia. It was a cold, frosty Monday morning when he drove away from his home 3 miles south of Vienna. He had a habit of leaving home with a jug of milk, driving to the post office, then the grocery store for a newspaper. Because of an armed robbery at his wife’s antique shop 2 years prior, he would then head there before his wife arrived and call to let her know it was secure. He used to routinely visit friends at a local coffee shop but this became less often after the robbery. He was never seen at any of those places, and he never called. It had rained the night before, and when his wife checked the store, there were no signs of tire tracks. In the months leading up to his disappearance, James suffered periods of forgetfulness and momentary blackouts that caused him to avoid driving on Interstate 75, according to his brother Louie. He normally follows a 3 mile route from the farm to the antique store. He won’t even drive to Cordele 10 miles away. His wife Margaret usually saw him off but was busy that morning and didn’t notice the direction he left. The antique store was near Interstate 75. James was one of the county’s biggest cotton producers, and a lifelong friend of Gov. George Busbee. == Search Efforts == Dooly was a quiet county of 11,000 at the time. Then Deputy Chief Logan Walton, Sheriff Barney Thomas, Civil Defense authorities, Volunteer firemen, and GBI agent Jim Baker were involved in the search which started that Monday afternoon and lasted seven weeks. Lookouts were posted with the Georgia State Patrol, Bureau of Investigation and a national police bulletin was issued. They covered Dooly, Peach, Macon and Houston counties with a Helicopter, extending to Fort Valley where James used to conduct business. Weeks were spent draining and searching Williams Lake in Cordele based on a psychics words. Heavy rains hampered searches. A gas station attendant in Pinehurst said James bought gas at his station and a couple of women in Fort Valley reported maybe seeing his car. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| William Jack Starke – 1982 | Millicoma Coos Bay, Oregon | Still missing tan with white roof 1974 International Scout, OR license number HHL314. It had a blue tailgate bearing the words “Blue Ranger – Channel 17”. | William, 34, was last seen in the Millicoma area of Coos Bay, Oregon after 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 30th, 1982. He was due home that evening, and reported missing the next morning. At the time of his disappearance, he was driving a 1974 International Scout with a tan body and white roof, Oregon license number HHL314. It also had a blue tailgate bearing the words “Blue Ranger – Channel 17”. Both William and his vehicle have never been located. == Search Efforts == Police and Knutson Towboat Co. employees searched the lower Coos River, using magnets and grappling hooks in an attempt to locate the vehicle, but were unsuccessful. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Manuel Jose Ordonez – 1982 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Red 1976 Toyota pickup truck with a white cover on the bed and the WI license plate number 628684. The truck has an attached white camper with the WI license plate number FR4074. | Manuel, 37, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. at his home in Milwaukee, WI on November 6th, 1982. He was reported missing two days later by his brother Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Walter Julius Mesem – 1982 | Eldorado, Ontario, Canada | Vehicle no description | Walter, 50, was last seen on April 25th, 1982, driving his vehicle in the Eldorado, Ontario area. An extensive search failed to locate him. Date Added: 10/24/24 |
| Edward Sprenkle Dubbs – 1981 | Newtown, Connecticut | Still missing Blue 1978 Mercury Zephyr with Connecticut license plate PB3985 | Edward, 44, was last seen at around 5:05 p.m. on June 9th, 1981 at his place of employment, Hayes Williams, Inc. A Public Relations Firm at 261 Madison Ave, NY. Edward was known to take the CONRAIL Commuter Train out of Grand Central Station (NYC) to the West Redding RR Station or the Bethel RR Station – both in Western CT, when going to and from work. He frequented the “bar car” which served alcoholic beverages. He did not show up to work the following day. His employer found this unusual and contacted Newtown Police Department. A check of his residence showed that the home was secure, no vehicle or people were present. It did not appear that he returned home from work. Edward was reportedly about to break off his relationship with his partner, who was 20 years younger than him. Other accounts from detectives on the case suggest that they were not together but there was a desire for a romantic relationship from the other man. According to this other man, he went to the train station as usual that day, but couldn’t find Edward. He checked another train station, gave up and went home, assuming he had stayed in New York. |
| Edward Hale Tidwell – 1981 | Marion, Kentucky | Still missing yellow 1974 Chevrolet Bel Air with the front windshield cracked on the right side, rust spots in the front, and the KY license plate number AKV215. | Edward “Eddy” Tidwell, 31, was last seen in Marion, Kentucky on December 14th, 1981. He told his wife he was going to see a man in Sturgis, Kentucky about a job. He may have planned to buy alcohol there, and may have been intoxicated at the time of his disappearance. He would’ve had to go to the next town over in Morganfield to legally purchase alcohol. Eddy had previously worked as a river deckhand for several river-related businesses, but he wasn’t working at the time of his disappearance and had applied for unemployment benefits. The man he was supposed to see may have been a foreman from a river industry business in southern Illinois, but he has never been identified. Eddy had no criminal record and no indications of trouble in his life. He had served in the army. He left behind a wife and two young daughters. He was declared legally dead some time after his disappearance. |
| Dena Viola McHan – 1981 | Lodi, California | Still missing canary-yellow 1974 Toyota with a black vinyl top, and CA license plate 004JXC, exp. date 1982. | Dena, 19, was last seen on December 6th, 1981 near Lodi, CA after leaving an apartment complex in Sacramento, CA where she had been visiting friends. She last spoke to her sister at 11:30 p.m. that night by phone. It’s reported that she stopped at a gas station in the early morning hours to get fuel for her car, and the attendant at the gas station noticed two men harassing her, and asked if she needed help. She told the attendant she would be fine. Dena was a student at San Joaquin Delta College at the time of her disappearance. Foul play may be a factor. |
| William Joseph Jamison – 1981 | Linden, New Jersey | Still missing dark blue 1981 Ford LTD station wagon with the NJ license plate number 861PKY. | William “Bill” Jamison, 33, was last seen around 1:30 a.m. on March 27th, 1981 leaving the St. George’s Diner in Linden, NJ. The day before, he completed a regular shift at his job at Haug Die Casting Co. in Kenilworth. After work, he returned to his Colfax Manor Apartment on the 600 block of St. Georges Avenue. Later, he left the apartment, visiting a bowling alley on Stiles Street, the Chez Lounge, and eventually the diner. Bill also owned property in Strathmere, NJ. Bill is originally from Pennsylvania; one of ten children. He graduated from Temple University in 1969 with an accounting degree. He is a decorated US Army veteran who served in Vietnam from 1969 until 1972. After leaving the military, Bill went to work for a Hospital Management firm in Rosemont, PA and was subsequently transferred by them to their hospital in Margate, FL, where he was the Financial Manager. In the late 1970’s he joined Haug Die Casting Co., Kenilworth, NJ as a salesman and was later promoted to Vice President of Production. Some agencies state that he disappeared from Roselle Park, NJ. |
| Robert D. Thrasher – 1981 | Longview, Washington | Still missing beige/cream colored 1977 Buick Riviera with Kentucky license plate BDB919. | Robert, 29, was last seen at the Longview motel (The Lewis and Clark Motor Inn) in Longview, WA on June 24th, 1981. He was in the process of buying the car he was driving from a friend who moved to Spokane from Kentucky. It’s not believed that he took off to steal the car, and the owner also doesn’t believe it was stolen. Robert lived with his girlfriend, Elaine Ritchie, and two children from a previous marriage in Spokane, WA. He left to visit a friend in Tacoma, but Elaine asked him to deliver clothes to a friend of hers in Longview. According to her, he drove all night and checked into the motel on the morning of the 24th. He slept most of the day and called her around 7 p.m. He then called her friend, Sue Daniels, who drove there to pick up the clothes. According to her, he said he was going to Tacoma and was “anxious to get home” to his daughter and son who were staying in Spokane for a month. He left the motel without checking out. His friend in Tacoma waited for him to arrive, but he never showed up. His father said that he was not in trouble with the law and had no emotional or mental problems. He worked as a farm mechanic. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Jon Truscott Haynes – 1981 | Nederland, Colorado | Still missing beige 1981 Subaru with California license plate number 1CPK105 | Jon, 18, was last heard from on July 24th, 1981 when he called a friend from a payphone in Nederland, CO. His vehicle was seen by a police officer parked off a county road and unoccupied near Nederland on July 26th, 1981. This was prior to him being reported missing, and besides the windows being down while it was drizzling rain, nothing appeared suspicious. The car was gone a few days later. It was subsequently entered into the CCIC/NCIC computer, but it has never been re-located and it is still missing. Jon is originally from Orinda, California and had traveled to Boulder, CO to enroll as a student at the University of Colorado. On the way there, he had picked up a hitchhiker named Danny Torres. He arrived on July 22 and spent his first night at a the KOA Kampground in Boulder. The next day, he called his father asking for money until the dorms opened. His father told him to open a PO box so that he could send him money; Jon said he would call him the next day but he never did. The phone call to his father was placed at a 7-11 convenience store in the vicinity of 28th St. and Baseline in Boulder, CO. He was reported missing by his father, who lives in CA, on the 10th of August. Danny Torres, the hitchhiker he had picked up, told police that Jon mentioned plans to buy some marijuana in Boulder. Danny was interviewed and is not considered a suspect in Jon’s disappearance; his information fueled speculation that Jon ran afoul of a drug dealer and was killed. There was no firm evidence to support that speculation. His father petitioned to have his son declared legally dead in Contra Costa, CA in June of 1982. The petition was granted in March 1983. His sister is still looking for him. His Social Security number was thought to have been used in CA in the late 1990s, but this turned out to be a clerical error. |
| Thomas Privitera – 1981 | Stewart Ave, Westhampton, New York | Bronze 1971 Oldsmobile with the NY license plate number 487IOJ. | Thomas “Gaetano” Privitera, 79, was last seen at around 7:30 p.m. on December 13th, 1981 on Stewart Avenue in Westhampton, NY. He planned to drive to his residence on Doris Drive in Mastic Beach, NY at the time. He never arrived home and has not been heard from again. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Elisabeth Jean Wagner – 1981 | Coral Springs, Florida | Blue/gray 1972 Cadillac Eldorado. Tag could be FL or Colorado with 1980 or 1981 expiration. | Elisabeth “Betty” Wagner, 33, was last seen on September 15th, 1981 leaving her apartment home in Coral Springs, FL. She was believed to be headed north out of Florida, leaving via the Florida turnpike ramp at Sample road. She may have also been known as Elisabeth Newman, Julie Andrews, and Beth Barton. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Stephen Scott Hammerle & Joe Grasher – 1981 | Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas | Still missing red van owned by Gerald Ladd Hersh | Stevie, 26, was last seen on August 22nd, 1981, in Manhattan, KS, with a man named Joseph Grasher, who had been caring for him after a car accident in July 1981 in which he was paralyzed from the waist down. They left a birthday party near 10th and Poyntz Avenue with at least two others and were never seen again. Stevie had two children from a previous relationship and a baby daughter with Lisa, whom he met in Michigan. They moved to Kansas for a fresh start but split up after Lisa grew unhappy with their situation and the trouble he was getting into. Stevie stayed with an older woman, Jan, and her six children, where the party he attended was held. Lisa moved in with a man named Johnny, who she described as abusive. Joe Grasher (or Grashner) entered Stevie’s life after being introduced at a party. Joe, who according to his niece was also in a traumatic car accident and had an uncle who was paralyzed, may have empathized with Stevie’s condition. He was described as a really nice man. According to Lisa, before the car accident that paralyzed Stevie, he had told her that he asked if Jans kids wanted candy, and they asked if they needed to take their clothes off for pictures in return. Lisa said it really upset him, and he made Jan contact the police to make a report. After the party, Jan told Lisa that Stevie and Joe had left in a red van to buy a Pepsi and cigarettes, but she didn’t mention the party. Jan later showed Lisa a typed letter left in her mailbox, supposedly from Stevie, stating he had “hit it big” and would send for Jan, her children, and his baby. It was typed by someone named Larry and signed with an “S”. Lisa doubted its authenticity and urged Jan to contact the police, which she did. Shortly before Stevie’s disappearance, Stevie told Lisa he planned to return to Michigan to get her away from Johnny and was filing for Social Security Disability. Lisa first suspected Johnny since he worked for the cemetery and had told her he could make someone disappear, but over the years, other suspects emerged. Gerald Ladd Hersh and Mitchell Houser, who attended the party, became persons of interest. Accounts suggest Stevie may have been forced into the van at knifepoint, and Gerald and Mitchell later returned without Stevie or Joe, claiming they dropped them off at a store. Gerald’s red van was never seen again. Hersh’s property was searched in the late 1980s for incriminating evidence, but yielded nothing. Hersh was later imprisoned for lewd acts and threats but died in 2010 after his release due to terminal cancer. Mitchell has also since passed. Around the end of September, Lisa went back to Michigan, escaping her relationship with Johnny. For a few years, she stayed in touch with Jan, who visited her and also visited Stevie’s family. Stevie was declared legally dead in 1991. His daughter continues to advocate for his case through a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/steviesdaughter/ Joe’s niece also created a page for him, though he is not listed on NamUs. https://www.facebook.com/helpfindjosephgrasher |
| Jerome Carson Casteel – 1980 | Blountville, Tennessee | Believed still missing black 1979 Datsun 110 | Jerome, 26, was last seen on July 15th, 1980 in Blountville, TN. After his disappearance, his trailer at 716 Packing House Road (closer to Kingsport, TN) was found to have been burglarized, however the only thing that appeared to be missing was an air conditioner. His ex-wife reported him missing the day before. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Casteel, of 372 Glenn St. at the time. Date Added: 3/15/25 |
| Adjutor Lapointe – 1980 | Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada | Burgundy Plymouth Valiant sedan. | On May 12th, 1980, Adjutor, aged 22, left his residence on Lapointe Street in Chicoutimi, Québec around supper time in his vehicle. He was accompanied by an acquaintance. His family reported his disappearance on May 16, 1980. Date Added: 10/24/2024 |
| Gail Deann Skelton – 1980 | 15135 W Eight Mile Rd, Stockton, California | Still missing blue two-door 1978 Toyota with license plate 126UVA. | Gail Skelton disappeared on September 26th, 1980 in San Joaquin County, CA with her car. Skelton lived with her fiance Pat Malone on a houseboat on King Island. They were on the water all the time and Gail had a passion for the Delta. They were both against the Peripheral Canal and involved in a project known as Irish Isles, in the Stockton Deep Water Channel, a tourist attraction of sorts. Malone’s pride in his Irish heritage became part of the couple’s wedding plans- they were to be married on St. Patrick’s Day 1981. However, Pat Malone went missing on 6/19/1980. His body was found near his boat at Hog Slough and the south fork of Mokelumne River. His dog was found on the shore. Authorities believe it was an accident. His ashes were to be scattered from an airplane flown by Gail. Three months later and a few miles south of where her fiance drowned, Gail Skelton attended a party on a houseboat at Herman and Helen’s Marina, on Empire Tract at the western end of Eight Mile Road, 14 miles SW of Lodi. She was an employee at the marina. She had been drinking and was last seen shortly after the party, talking with a white male, a man described by another young woman who came to work as Skelton was supposed to be leaving. She saw him around, sitting at the bar and harassing her or wanting her to go places which she refused. The man was never identified and no evidence was found of foul play. Her belongings were found undisturbed at her residence and her dog whom she was devoted to had been left unattended. Her mother spent days searching the Delta by boat and car. She looked over roads and levees in the area, she taped bamboo poles together and poked them into the water near the bridge from King Island to Empire Tract. She spent a great deal of time talking to her daughter’s friends, associates, and anyone who may produce a lead. Authorities and her family at the time believed her car to be in one of the Delta waterways, but no evidence was ever found for any theory. |
| William Robert Prescott – 1980 | Half Moon Bay, California | Still missing white 1964 International Harvester pickup truck with CA license plates. The personal plate number was 121YVV and the commercial plate number was 37376A. | William, 26, was last seen in Half Moon Bay, CA on February 5th, 1980. |
| Theresa Vernelle Jones – 1980 | Alvin, Texas | Still missing primer-gray (or green) 2-door 1967 or 1968 Chevrolet Impala (Non-fastback, Formal roofline) or Chevrolet Caprice | Theresa “Teri” Jones, 17, was last seen in Alvin, TX sometime around September 1st 1980. She lived in the 1800 block of Highway 6, near the city of Alvin. Her sister, Brenda, was expecting Teri to pick her up from the Florence Crittenton Unwed Mothers Home in Houston, TX to give her a ride home, but she never arrived. According to one article, she may have intended to visit friends in Montrose, Houston. She hasn’t renewed her driver’s license since her disappearance. Two years later on 6/2/1982, the body of her sister Gina Ladonna Gibbs was found in a pond near her home in Nassau, Florida. She had been murdered at the age of 22, and her homicide remains unsolved. |
| David Richard Williams – 1980 | Creston Junction, Wyoming | Brown or tan Chevrolet Blazer License plate unknown. | David, 33, was last seen at the old bar and service station in Creston Junction, WY at 5:30 p.m. on November 11th, 1980. He placed a call to his wife there, saying he was going to check on an oil rig and would be home late. He left in a car driven by an unidentified Caucasian male, going south on Highway 789. Authorities believe the vehicle David was last seen in was owned by David Barker Jr.; Barker is a suspect in the disappearance. David had a trucking business, Chances R. Trucking in Wamsutter, WY, at the time of his disappearance; the company was involved in hauling supplies to oil rigs in the area. He doesn’t have a history of leaving without warning. A search was launched, with 35 people from the Sweetwater Search and Rescue Team, Carbon County Search and Rescue Team, and Sweetwater County sheriff’s office. A helicopter rented by David’s business partner, William Lytle, was also used in the search. Foul play may be a factor. Date Added: 8/26/22 |
| William Joe Dailey – 1980 | Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada | Dark blue 1972 Dodge flatbed pickup truck with black racks. It’s unclear if the vehicle is still missing, but a photo of it is provided with the case. | William, 25, was last seen on July 15th, 1980, around Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada. He was an American citizen who had left his home in New York State to visit Alaska with two friends. At the time, he was on the way back home. Unclear if the two friends he was traveling with are missing. |
| Elizabeth Hall Pratt – 1980 | Lexington, North Carolina | Burgundy 1974 Chevrolet Impala | Pratt was last seen in Lexington, NC on November 15th, 1980. She had left her husband and was staying with her mother. That evening she got a phone call and spoke to the person in private. She appeared to be happy after the call was over. She gave her mother some money, then left driving her car. Pratt has never been heard from again. Foul play is suspected. Date Added: 1/10/24 |
| Roy Lee Shew – 1980 | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | Still missing brown 1980 Oldsmobile with a tag of RPT660 VIN 3Y37YAX138752. | Shew was last seen in North Wilkesboro, NC on December 8th, 1980. He received a phone call and left his residence. His vehicle has not been located. Investigators excavated a 2-acre field in their search for Roy Shew, a former textile-mill worker suspected of drug smuggling. It was believed Shew and his car were buried in the field. |
| Gary Kaoru Ota – 1979 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Still missing blue two-door 1976 Honda Accord with HI plate 8B-1844, | Gary, 19, was last seen leaving in his vehicle from the driveway of his Hawaii Kai home at 5:30 am on March 3rd, 1979. There were two possible sightings of him in the days after, the last on March 12, 1979. He was a University of Hawaii art student and part time worker at the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. He is described as a quiet, clear-headed young man with no problems at home and no previous disappearances. He had attended Kaiser High School. A declaration of death was filed in 1986. |
| Francis Xavier Schmidt – 1979 | South Plainfield, New Jersey | Still missing white 1978 Buick Regal with a red interior and the NJ license plate 796IXA (vehicle stated as blue in one article) | Francis, 36, was last seen shortly before midnight in Parsippany Troy Hills, NJ on September 14th, 1979. He was having dinner with a friend, Thomas Cox, at a diner off Garden State Parkway Exit 145. He left for his office in South Plainfield, NJ, where he had his own business as an electronics designer. Thomas was following behind him when they left and said he saw Francis drive in the direction of Route 46 south, after he said he was going to leave some work at his office off the Garden State Parkway exit 132 before going back to his home at 210 Brighton Ave in Neptune, NJ. His wife Joan/Judy (discrepancy in articles) reported him missing the following day when he failed to come home from work. New Jersey State Police issued a nationwide alarm and sent a helicopter to search up and down the Parkway to see if his car went off the road, with no success. His vehicle was never located and his credit cards have not been used since his disappearance. He left his checking account untouched and a large sum of money at his office. Acting Chief Walter Gilbert said Francis apparently stopped at the office and left the papers, which were identified by Thomas. A reward was announced two months later by his wife. His nicknames were Frank or Buddy and he was 36 years old at the time with four children. Date Added: 7/10/24 |
| Edith Irene Bonham – 1979 | 681 South Beach Boulevard, La Habra, California | Still missing green 1979 Chevrolet Nova 831AZP, no longer in the system. | Edith, 77, was last seen attending a SNAP meeting on October 17th, 1979 in Monrovia, CA. She had lived in a trailer park around the address of 1035 E Huntington Dr., for seven years by herself since her divorce. Many agencies give her date of disappearance as October 8, 1979 which is when her son last saw her. Around the time of her disappearance, she was said to have been in bad health and depressed. Her neighbors said she kept to herself and her main social activity was involvement in the Senior Nutrition Activity Program (SNAP) at the American Legion Post #44, located in the Monrovia Recreation Park on S. Shamrock Avenue. She would also go dancing at the VFW Hall on S. Magnolia. Her neighbors recall Edith’s granddaughter visiting her on or about Oct 20-21. Someone used her credit card to purchase gasoline at 681 S. Beach Blvd. in La Habra, California on Oct. 18; authorities believe the signature on the receipt was hers. In the space for the “Buyers Signature” she had written the name of the bank “Security Bank of Monrovia.” On Nov. 10, one of her sons, who had been trying to contact her by phone since Nov 1., visited her home and discovered that she was gone. There were no indications of a struggle, but there were dirty dishes left in the sink, which is uncharacteristic of her. All of her relatives were contacted and none had heard from her. She did have plans to visit a son in Texas for Thanksgiving. |
| Judy Lynn Smithson – 1979 | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | Drove a gray 1970’s Cadillac. License plate unknown. | Judy, 21, was last seen in North Hollywood, CA on October 1st, 1979 by her boyfriend, who she had been living with. It’s believed she had broken up with him and was going to drive back home. Her mother and soon-to-be step-father were getting married in the next few days and she wanted to make it back for the wedding. Her disappearance has possibly been connected to a serial killer Laurence Bittaker. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Christopher McCoy – 1979 | Perrine, Florida | May be driving a blue 1966 Ford Fairlane convertible. | Christopher, 22, was last seen in Perrine, FL on February 2nd, 1979. He was visiting from Bloomington, Illinois. |
| Michael John Olson – 1979 | ~600 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, Florida | Still missing maroon 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix, with a tag on the bumper for Miller Motor Company of Austin, Minnesota. | Michael, 20, was last seen in West Palm Beach, FL on December 1st, 1979. Several weeks before his disappearance, he traveled there from his home in Edina, Minnesota to take time off from school. He was a student at the University of Minnesota, studying business. While in West Palm Beach, he got a job as a bag boy at the Presidents Country Club located around 2400 Presidential Way. He was staying temporarily at the Howard Johnson’s hotel on Okeechobee Boulevard, now the location of the El Dorado Furniture store. The day before he disappeared was his day off from work. He played golf, then went to a rental agency trying to find a permanent place to live. At 6 p.m., he went to the dog track with coworkers, a mile from his hotel, to watch some races. It is known he placed some bets but it isn’t clear how much he won or lost. Michael and his friends went to a bar called the Wildside Lounge (2440 Okeechobee Blvd) after the track closed and watched a boxing match on television, then went to another bar called Mr. G’s (3342 Shawnee Ave), staying until closing time at 4 a.m. on Dec 1st. His friends stated he didn’t drink very much. At 5 a.m., Michael dropped one of his friends off where he parked his van at the Baptist Church on the corner of Cherry and Congress ave and said he’d see him at work in the morning, then drove away, presumably back to his hotel. He has never been heard from again. When Michael missed work later that Saturday, his friends called his hotel and got no answer. They drove to the hotel that night and his car wasn’t there. It didn’t appear that he had been back to the hotel. Michael was said to have been happy with the way things were going. He had just cashed his paycheck and a $700 check his parents sent him, he may have been carrying up to a few thousand dollars when he disappeared. He wasn’t involved with drugs and his family stated even if he had gotten in trouble, such as by gambling away all his money at the dog track, he wouldn’t have been afraid to ask them for help. == Search Efforts == Between 2022 and 2025, several sonar search groups have scanned bodies of water for Michael and his car. One of these groups, Sunshine State Sonar, frequently return to the area and have located dozens of other vehicles, including three submerged in a retention pond on the property of Keiser University. |
| Patricia Margaret Phillips – 1979 | Buffalo, Wyoming | Driving a blue Ford. | Patricia, 29, last contacted her sister on February 2nd, 1979. She was in Buffalo, WY at the time. She never got in touch with her family again and her current whereabouts are unknown. She is hearing-impaired and suffers from mental illness. She wears eyeglasses with very thick lenses and may use the last name Lawrence. |
| Gabriel Vincent – 1979 | W Teco Ave, Las Vegas, Nevada | Still missing 1970 Dodge Van/Minivan. He didn’t renew his driver’s license when it expired in 1980, and a check of every state’s DMV failed to find a license for him anywhere. | Gabriel, 56, was last seen on November 15th, 1979. He had been renting a storage facility at Abacus Mini-Storage off Sunset Rd. at 3200 W. Teco Avenue in Las Vegas, NV. The man who he rented it from, David Dale Morgan, was a millionaire landowner and also lived there with his family and two employees. In February of 1980, David’s second wife Marie Morgan vanished. There was talk that Gabriel and Marie had been having an affair, and that he took photographs of them together and attempted to blackmail David with them. She was reported missing by an employee of the Women’s Crisis Center and has also never been found. David accused her of running away with Gabriel. Gabriel never picked up his last check from work. In 2000, 36-year-old Diana Leone, David Morgan’s live-in girlfriend since 1986 and mother of his two children, disappeared after he had been arrested several times on charges of beating her. In early 2006, detectives found a former employee who reportedly was present when Gabriel was shot and was said to have helped dispose of his body. He told police that David Morgan had killed Gabriel and buried his body in the desert near the turnoff for Mount Charleston in Indian Springs in November 1979. Authorities suspect that his body was later dug up and brought back to property owned by David Morgan off Sunset. On Jan. 2nd, 2007 US Marshals and Arizona Police Officers arrested David Morgan on one count of first degree murder in Kingman Arizona, based on a homicide warrant prepared by the L.V.M.P.D. Missing Persons Detail. Morgan was arrested for the murder of Gabriel Vincent. The case was dropped in December 2012, however, as Fred Hackett, one of the key witnesses, had died of natural causes and without his testimony there was insufficient evidence to bring David to trial. |
| Paul Michael Mercurio – 1978 | Bardonia, New York | Still missing gray 1966 Buick Estate station wagon bearing NY Reg. 761-FMX VIN 444656H320360. Has not been registered or impounded in any state since the date he went missing. | Paul, age 20, left his home in Bardonia, NY after thanksgiving dinner on November 24th, 1978. Paul related to a friend the day before he went missing that they would be reading about him in the paper the next day. A Facebook group for his graduating class from Clarkstown South High School contains mentions of Paul; who appeared to have had many friends. One described him as having some “very deep moments”. His parents are now deceased and his brother is now a well known classical music composer. He wrote a piece titled “For Lost Loved Ones” in memory of his brother. He does not believe that Paul just ran away, as he left his belongings behind, and had money in the bank which was left untouched. He described the car Paul was driving as a piece of junk. |
| Owen Douglas Rascoe – 1978 | Menlo Park, California | May have been driving a black and gray 1968 Chevrolet 210 series. | Owen, 26, disappeared sometime around March 1st, 1978 from Menlo Park, CA. He was very religious and it was thought he was a part of the People’s Temple, a religious organization that gained notoriety due to the Jonestown tragedy. |
| Janet Callies – 1978 | Grand Island, Nebraska | Still missing, her red and beige/white four-door 1975 Dodge Dart with the NE license plate number 8C4696. | Janet, then 40 years old, was last seen at the Sundowner, a bar near Interstate 80 in Grand Island, NE, on November 15th, 1978. At 7:30 p.m., she called her oldest daughter and they made plans to have dinner together. An hour later, she left the bar to pick up her daughter at her apartment and go to dinner. She never arrived at the apartment. She was reported missing by her ex-husband on the 21st. In 1984, the serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to her murder. He stated he and his partner-in-crime, Ottis Toole, had strangled Janet and buried her body “somewhere between the north edge of Grand Island and the South Dakota border.” He said he couldn’t remember much about what they did with her car but thought they might have driven it to Canada and sold it to a junk dealer. He remembered personal details about her, such as the fact that she had three children. There was never enough evidence to charge Lucas and Toole in connection with her case and both men have since died in prison. Lucas claimed to have killed approximately 600 people, but he confessed to many crimes he did not commit and the exact number of his victims is unknown. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Donald Ray Shaw – 1978 | 625 W 39th street in Kansas City, Missouri | Still missing black 1973 Chevrolet Caprice; MO tag# N41307. | Donald, 43, was last seen leaving his workplace at National Account Systems Inc. 625 W 39th street in Kansas City, MO on March 6th, 1978 at 2 p.m. He was en route to 1125 Grand Avenue in a 1973 black Chevrolet Caprice; Missouri tag# N41307 which is still missing. He may have lived at 13628 Cambridge Ave in Grandview. Donald is a native of Columbia, MO. At the time of his disappearance, he was the music director at Westside Baptist Church in Belton, MO. He has three children. His wife Barbara Ann Shaw said he left in his car and has never gone missing before. == Search Efforts == In 2024, sonar search group AWP scanned the Missouri River in search of several missing persons with vehicles in the area. Starting at Kaw Point and moving up river a mile until just past the 670 bridge, several vehicles were found including four jeeps, two blazers, and two mini vans as well as a barge. The Riverfront Park Boat Ramp to Kaw Point was also searched, with two vehicles found and dove on, one being a jeep, the other a 70s Ford Granada style hubcap was the only identifier. (While these locations have been searched in the past, until the missing person(s) vehicle is found no body of water should be assumed ruled out.) Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Jeffrey David Daymude – 1978 | Satellite Beach, Florida | Still missing dark blue 1964 Chevrolet. License plate unknown. | Jeffrey, 23, was last seen in Satellite Beach, FL on October 19th, 1978, en route to Minton Park after leaving his residence in west Melbourne. He was accompanied by his dog. Three days later, Jeff’s dog was found in the northwest section of Palm Bay, FL. |
| Irene E. Van Buren – 1978 | 1400 SW 30th St, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Still missing gold and black 1968 Plymouth Fury with the FL license plate number 103799 | Irene, 75, was last seen in Fort Lauderdale, FL sometime around October 1st 1978. Although she apparently didn’t leave in her vehicle, after her disappearance, it could not be located. Until the month she disappeared, Irene lived in the 1400 block of southwest 30th Street with her sister-in-law, an invalid she was caring for. In October 1978, the house was sold and her sister-in-law moved in with a relative. Irene planned to find another place to live. Between Sept. 21 and Oct. 15, 1978, $13,000 in checks were written on Irene’s bank account; her signature on the checks was later determined to be forged. At about the same time, $20,000 was taken from the bank account of Irene’s close friend and neighbor, who has not been publicly identified. Irene wasn’t reported missing for several months; her neighbors eventually contacted the police after an extensive time period passed without them having heard from her. Foul play is suspected in her case. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Kenneth Henry Sumner – 1978 | Gerty, Oklahoma | Still missing brown 1975 Ford F-150 pickup truck, and the two guns he carried in it. | Kenneth was last seen in Gerty, OK on April 24th, 1978. He lived in Oklahoma City and left on a trip to the ranch in Gerty where he and his wife kept horses and cattle. At 2 p.m., he saw a female friend at her home for a short time and told her, “This is the last time you will ever see me.” Because Kenneth had a reputation as a prankster, the woman didn’t pay much attention to that statement. He has never been heard from again. It is theorized that he was a victim of Claude Eugene Dennis and Michael Charles Lancaster, who escaped from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on the 23rd, the day before Sumner disappeared. The yellow Datsun they had stolen from a prison guard was found behind a barn in a densely wooded area near Kenneth’s ranch. They weren’t sighted again until five days later, when they killed a fisherman near Farmersville, Texas. Over the next month they went on a crime spree across three states (OK, Alabama and TX) and killed eight people altogether including three state troopers, before they were killed in a shootout with police in Caddo, OK. Another line of inquiry police pursued was whether Sumner’s disappearance could have been connected with a dispute with neighbors over a fence. Kenneth was declared legally dead in 2007. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Norma Louise Houghland, two sons – 1978 | Sacramento, California | Still missing gold or light blue 1965 Pontiac LeMans with the CA license plate number 254SBI and the vehicle identification number (VIN) 237375K134785. | Norma, 27, and her sons, 9-year-old Thomas and 6-year-old Richard, disappeared from their residence on Sutterville Rd. in Sacramento, CA on July 15th, 1978. They didn’t have air conditioning and Norma would often take the children for rides in the car to stay cool. They may have done that on the day they disappeared. The children’s bicycles were inside and there was an uncashed welfare check. The only thing that was missing was Norma’s car. Her ex-husband, the children’s father, lived in Washington and nobody realized they were missing for a week. Norma did have a history of depression. Her parents and one of her two sisters have since died, as have Thomas and Richard’s father. |
| Leslie Anne Guthrie, Timothy, Julie – 1977 | Grandview Ave, Katonah, New York | Still missing white 1974 300-series Ford Maverick with a green roof and the NY license plate number 636WNA. The car was her mother Anne’s. | Leslie Anne Guthrie, 29, disappeared with her two children, 3 year old Timothy and 6 year old Julie Guthrie, from Katonah, NY after 1:30 p.m. on February 5th, 1977. It was a Saturday, and she had picked the children up at their father’s home on Grandview Avenue. Leslie was supposed to pick up her mother Anne from work later that day, and when she never showed up, Anne called Leslie’s sister and then the police. Leslie was separated from the children’s father, Timothy Sr., and living with her mother in White Plains, New York since 1/31/1977. She had recently gotten back from an unexpected trip to Ohio to visit a friend. Her husband was a salesman and was gone often, Leslie confided in her sister about her unhappiness in the marriage. They had been living in Katonah for around a year before their separation. That day she drove her mother to work at IBM and went back to her mother’s house. According to her husband, she called him to say she was at his home to pick up the children and he helped her get them into the car. There was about 6-7 inches of snow and a snowstorm that day with high winds and likely ice on the roads. She may have called her uncle that day, who lived in Mt. Kisco on Crow Hill Road by route 100 but it’s unknown if she traveled there. There was what appeared to be a goodbye note found by her family later on but it’s unclear what intentions she had. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Adventures with Purpose searched several bodies of water with sonar, including sections of Cross River west of Katonah and Kenisco Reservoir/Lake as well as the Stone Hill River along 684 closest to her last known location which had also been searched by helicopter at the time she went missing. In May of 2024, United Search Corps also searched with sonar at locations including Wampus Pond in Armonk In December of 2024, detectives with the Bedford County Police Department conducted an aerial search, taking advantage of a significant drought in the area to search for the Guthrie family. |
| Jerry Lee Armstrong – 1977 | Hernando, Mississippi | Still missing white two-door 1973 Pontiac LeMans with red and black racing stripes on the side and the MS license plate number DAY485 | Jerry, 17, was last seen in Hernando, MS on December 23rd, 1977. That day he borrowed his brother James’s vehicle and drove to his school prom at the National Guard Armory. After he took his girlfriend home to the eastern DeSoto County community Of Dark Corners, south of the Byhalia and Craft Road intersection, he was never seen again. Jerry was a senior at Hernando High School, and a quarterback on the football team. He also had a good paying job at a Coldwater gas station. The FBI is investigating his case. His family believes he was murdered, possibly having been misidentified as his brother James who was involved in an interracial relationship at the time. |
| Richard Allen Rhyne – 1977 | Angleton, Texas | Still missing green 1969 Chevrolet 210 pickup truck with a white top and a gold passenger side door and fender. The vehicle had the TX license plate number HR3152. | Richard “Ricky” Rhyne, 23, was last seen as he departed from his residence in Angleton, TX on March 22nd, 1977. He was planning to stop at his place of employment in Freeport, Texas to determine if he still held his job. Other sources state they were told he was going to his place of employment off of FM 2004 which was a chemical transport company to pick up his check, and would be back in about an hour. According to the company, he never arrived. Ricky was always looking for better work. Ricky is epileptic and is required to take medication to regulate his condition. Ricky’s younger brother died in 1998. In his obituary, it was noted that Ricky predeceased him. Authorities believe he may have been taken against his will. == Search Efforts == In 2023, Adventures with Purpose searched several locations in Freeport including the boat ramp on Locust Street, and the Brazos river from the Freeport bridge north along Levee Rd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVznJHq-Q2c Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Evangeline Rodriguez Silva, Kenneth Beltram, Rebecca Rodriguez – 1977 | Brentwood Park, Brentwood, California | Still missing white 1960 Chevrolet 210 Series, CCJ775 Described as being lowered, painted pearl white, with a large dent in the tailgate door and mag rims. | Evangeline “Bungy”, 19, her younger sister Rebecca “Becky” Rodriguez, 16, and Kenneth John Beltram, 25, were last seen on the evening of July 16th, 1977 in Brentwood Park, CA. They were last known to be in Beltram’s vehicle. Kenneth was the boyfriend of Evangeline Silva. They had been at the municipal park in Brentwood and left, telling others in the park that they were either going home to Oakley or Hogg Island. They got into Beltram’s car and vanished. Beltram was reportedly seen by his brother the next morning at about 2 a.m., but he did not see the girls. On the 29th of July, Beltram’s car was reportedly seen in Concord, California by friends of his. They said an unidentified white male was driving the car and managed to evade them. The car hasn’t been seen since. The girls father checked with relatives in Mexico to see if they could have gone there, but the response was negative and there is no indication they left the country. He also searched roads leading to Hog Island to see if the car had gone off the road, since the trio mentioned going there for a picnic. The girls always told their parents any time they planned to be away from home. |
| Ronnie Odell Davis – 1977 | Swink, Oklahoma | Still missing with his royal blue and white 1975 Ford F-350 XLT with the OK license plate number 440699. | Ronnie, 24, was last seen in Choctaw, OK on August 24th, 1977. He left work that day and drove to the area where he corralled his horses, three miles from the home he shared with his father in Swink. Two men who drove by the corral told the family they remembered seeing Ronnie jump into the back of his 1975 pickup as two other men stood by, one of them smiling and holding a rifle. The two witnesses didn’t stop, though. They said that as they drove on, they saw a blue and white Buick, with Texas tags, parked nearby. He never returned to the home he shared with his father. Ronnie was a part-time calf roper who competed in rodeo events, had a good-paying job at the nearby Weyerhaeuser company, and had money in the bank, according to his brother. He had no reason to leave voluntarily, and did not pack anything. His brother said that the day after Ronnie failed to return home, his father and uncle went to the corral and could see where two people had been sitting in the nearby tall grass, as if they were waiting for someone. There were cigarette butts and gum wrappers on the ground. He said former county lawmen did not become involved until three days later, and that they found no clues. The evidence the family had found and turned over was “lost”. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation also has been involved in the case, as well as a private investigator hired by the family all to no avail. Ronnie didn’t drink or use drugs at the time, but his family believes his disappearance could have been drug-related. Their theory is that someone stole marijuana and stored it in his corral, and the marijuana growers found it there and murdered him because they believed he had taken it. Some of the people rumored to be involved are dead. Around 2015, OSBI talked to Earl Maxwell, a deputy sheriff for James Buchanan, a few weeks before he died. the OSBI knew Earl knew something, he told them that he and Rolyia Akins stood guard at the ranch gate while Buchanan took Ronnie to the barn. He said they didn’t hear any shots. He was asked if he would tell them where Ronnie and his truck was. He said to let him think about it, and when they went back, he told them he was going to take it to his grave. He did. They questioned Akins, he said he doesn’t recall any information about Ronnie’s case. Foul play may be a factor. |
| Jose Bladimar Espinoza – 1977 | Los Angeles, California | Driving a red 1974 Ford with the license plate number 253LAD. | Jose, 22, was last seen on April 13th, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA. |
| Nancy E. Glovick – 1977 | Aberdeen, Washington | Still missing black and green four-door Oldsmobile with the WA license plate number HCC459 | Nancy, 33, was last seen leaving her Aberdeen, WA residence on January 1st, 1977. Her full name was Nancy Elizabeth Goswick-Glovick and her husbands name at the time of her disappearance was Donald Leroy Glovick. She may have been an aide at Central Park School and may have lived near there. Prior to that, she may have worked at McDermoth Elementary School. Nancy moved with her husband to Washington from Wilmington, North Carolina around 1962. Her husband passed in 2022, she is mentioned as his first wife in his obituary, they had two children |
| Marjorie Flewellin Wilson – 1976 | Sanford, Florida | Still missing brown/yellow 1973 Chevrolet Impala | On December 4th, 1976, Marjorie “Marge” Wilson and her husband Robert were having a meal with friends around 9 p.m. at the Lake Monroe Inn in Sanford, FL. She ordered some shrimp, but didn’t eat much as she was still recovering from the flu and had begun to feel sick. Her husband walked her to their car to let her sit with the motor and heat turned on to rest while he returned to finish eating and pay the bill. The car was parked several spaces to the left of the front door. When he returned a few minutes later, she and the vehicle were gone. Initially, Robert hoped she had just driven home. Marge knew how to drive and had a valid driver’s license, however her husband stated she was afraid to drive at night and therefore he was skeptical she would have driven away on her own. She was carrying less than $40 in her purse, and the car’s gas tank was about half-full; it could have driven about 150 miles. Robert ended up waiting over an hour for a taxi to take him and their friends back to the home in the 1000 block of Persian Drive in Deltona, roughly ten minutes from the restaurant, where his fears were confirmed as he found no sign of her or the vehicle. Investigators discovered that on the night of her disappearance, the car parked next to the Wilson’s had been sideswiped and some blue paint had been scraped off. It’s unknown whether it was the Wilson’s car that caused the accident, however, and her husband describes her as a very careful driver. The road to the Inn that they were dining at runs along Lake Monroe, however it was believed at the time that the water was too shallow and that the cars parked parallel to the highway would have blocked entry into the water. == Search Efforts == An investigation began instantly: people were questioned and national police bulletins on the car dispatched. Detectives checked local hospitals and searched lakes and swamps, using planes and boats. They also consulted a woman psychic and followed her suggestions to drag lakes and search drainage ditches. Police and her husband believe that Marge was the victim of an abduction/robbery. A few weeks prior to her disappearance, a hooded man forced another man into his own truck at gunpoint, drove him to an isolated location, and robbed him of $40 before escaping with the truck. Shortly afterwards, he returned to the Lake Monroe Inn parking lot where he forced another man to drive the stolen truck to a railroad yard where he robbed the victim of $19 before fleeing. As of the December 1976 Sentinel article, that suspect was in jail, but it doesn’t specify whether he was apprehended before or after December 4. |
| William Donald Leach – 1976 | Laytonville, California | Still missing 5-door station wagon, Make, Model and License plate unknown. Several other vehicles missing: 1960’s Ford Falcon, two Willy’s PU Jeeps, a Suzuki Motorcycle, and a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. | William, also known as Frederick Leach or “Bill”, was last seen in Laytonville, CA on March 17th, 1976. He lived about a mile south of Laytonville, CA. His house had been ransacked and dinner dishes and the food for the meal were still on the table. According to Bill’s daughter, blood spatters were found on his property after his disappearance. She stated one wall was stained with blood and, in a bus parked on the property, there was an armchair covered with a sheet, saturated in fresh blood. His daughter also stated in a second house on his land, she found a picture of a goat’s head with a cross on a grave and words, including his name. |
| Robert Preston Hall- 1976 | Arlington, Virginia | Green 1960 Ford Mustang with VA registration HAW198. (First year of Mustangs was 1964, likely a typo and meant to be later in the 60’s) | Robert, 18, went missing without explanation from Arlington, VA on January 14th, 1976. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| Wayne Leroy Thompson – 1976 | Kearney, Nebraska | Still missing red 1967 Ford 300 pickup truck with NE plates. License plate unknown. | Wayne, 32, was last seen in his hometown of Kearney, NE on March 31st, 1976. His vehicle, a red 1967 Ford 300 pickup truck with Nebraska plates, is also still missing. A family member renewed the registration in Feb 1977, in case he was driving it. He was an over-the-road truck driver at the time of his disappearance. He left all his belongings behind at home. |
| Margarita MacNeill – 1976 | Salinas, California | Still missing yellow 1974 Toyota Celica with the CA license plate number 915GKD | Margarita, 27, was last seen dropping her children off at a babysitters home in Salinas, CA on February 7th, 1976. She said she was going to Santa Cruz and would be back in the afternoon to pick them up. She lived on West St. She was divorced with a 5 year old and 3 year old child at the time of her disappearance. Her ex-husband was considered a possible suspect in her case, but he was eventually cleared. Pablo Duarte, a migrant farm worker she was associated with, is considered a person of interest. Photos of him are unavailable, but he had at least three gold teeth and multiple tattoos. His last known address was in San Luis Rio Colorado, a town just over the Mexican border from Arizona. Her family offered a $500 reward at the time. |
| Joseph Bichrest – 1976 | Shirley, Maine | Still missing blue and white Jeep with the ME license plate number 550212. | Joseph, then 34, was last seen in Shirley, ME on October 16th, 1976. Two days after his disappearance, one of his credit cards was used in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is originally from that city and moved to Greenville, ME a few years before he went missing. At the time of his disappearance, Joseph was in the process of a divorce and was having financial problems. He worked as an attorney and was being investigated by the DA, the AG’s Office for Bar Association complaints, and the IRS. He had allegedly borrowed large amounts of money and passed bad checks on overdrawn accounts. He had become despondent and made threats to take his own life. He may have gone to the local DA during the weekend of his disappearance. After his disappearance, there were rumors that he was murdered and that he and his Jeep were dumped in a quarry in the Greenville area. Several quarries were searched over the years. |
| Clinton Joseph Dupuy – 1976 | Morgan City, Louisiana | Still missing white 1975 flatbed pickup truck with the Sam Broussard Trucking company logo. License plate unknown. | Clinton was 21 years old when he was last seen in Morgan City, LA during the early morning hours of October 16th, 1976. His father died in 2015; in his obituary, Clinton is noted as having predeceased him. He has a son and siblings that are still seeking answers in his disappearance. Date Added: 7/31/22 |
| John Allen Hale – 1975 | Morse Rd, Columbus, Ohio | Still missing maroon 1975 Chevrolet Monza fastback. License plate unknown. Police believe his car was shredded and compacted but found no evidence for this theory. | John, 28, was last seen on Morse Road in Columbus, OH on November 26th, 1978. At the time of his disappearance, John co-owned two convenience/liquor stores in the Columbus area with a man named James W. “Woody” Thomasson. They had initially purchased the stores with John’s brother, Jeffrey, but he and James bought out his brother’s share, leaving James with one-third ownership of the stores and John with two-thirds. James was supposed to be a silent partner in the business venture, but had been stepping in and taking over parts of it against John’s wishes, reportedly resulting in disputes between them. James reportedly had a long criminal history with ties to organized crime and possibly several murders. After John’s disappearance, he changed the locks on both stores and put the businesses’ financial accounts in his own name, leaving John’s wife without an income. John has no criminal record, and his wife described him as an ambitious, driven person who did well at everything he tried and dreamed of becoming a millionaire, he idolized Howard Hughes. Foul play is strongly suspected in his case. |
| Brian Joseph Page – 1975 | Salem, Oregon | Still missing turquoise 1962 Volkswagen Bug with a black left front fender and the OR license plate number 7P3626. | Brian, 16, attended a party on southeast State Street near 25th in Salem, OR on January 12th, 1975. His older sister and two friends who were also brother and sister went there with him. The girls left the party at one point, and when they returned after 2:00 a.m. Brian and the male friend David were listening to music and had taken LSD. David was having a bad trip and left the house. His sister told Brian to go after him. They both got into David’s vehicle which is also missing. David was arrested at 5:00 a.m. after he stole a 1973 Laguna from a dealership at 605 Commercial St NE and was spotted driving the wrong way on Commercial at Chemeketa St NE around 6:15 a.m. When police tried to stop him, he fled in the car North on Commercial still going the wrong way on the one-way st. The chase turned around at Market St and continued back downtown on Commercial, this time heading with traffic. David was arrested at Commercial & Chemeketa, right where it started. (Another source says he was caught speeding down State Street) He was still under the influence of LSD and said he thought he was in hell. He said he had no idea where Brian was. At some point in time, he was hypnotized to see if he could remember what happened to Brian but it was not successful. Brian was living in Portland at the time. He was described as a good kid, and always let his mom know when he was going to be late. He watched out for his siblings and friends. He may have experimented with drugs, but that was common for this time. == Search Efforts == In or around 2022, AWP searched the Willamette River starting at Wallace Marine Park upriver to Kaiser Rapids Park. Three stolen vehicles were found in the same spot near Kaiser, two were known about but had not been cleared. The vehicles included a Volkswagen Jetta with plates from 2021, a GMC Denali, and a Jeep Cherokee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9PhiDG1-w |
| Kenneth Lee Gautier – 1975 | Ruskin, Florida | Green 1972 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. License plate unknown | Kenneth “Kenny” Lee Gautier was last heard from around June 28th, 1975 when he talked to his mother on the phone. He is believed to have gone missing shortly after that. He was staying at an apartment in Bradenton with roommates while visiting his uncle in Ruskin, FL. When his uncle hadn’t heard from him in a couple of weeks, he went to his apartment but did not find him. He was originally from Commack, New York. In 1981, Kenny’s mother received two collect calls from someone identifying themselves as “Lee Gautier”, which was a family nickname. Both times, she accepted the charges, but the caller hung up. The first call, which occurred in mid-April, was traced to a pay phone in Daytona Beach, Florida. The second, a month later, was traced to the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Florida. There were no inmates with his name, and no one could determine who made the call. A possible witness claimed to have seen Kenny in a Daytona Beach bar playing pool, and mentioned the missing fingers which were consistent with Kenny. He is missing his index and middle fingers on his right hand from a prior fireworks accident. Kenny’s brother quickly flew to Daytona Beach, but was unable to locate him. Date Added: 1/2/24 |
| Teresa Lyn Fittin – 1975 | Davie Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Still missing gray-green four-door 1964 or 1966 Nash Rambler with the license plate number 1016425. | Teresa “Bunny” Fittin, 18, was last seen on August 1st, 1975 leaving her apartment at 2713 SW 13 Ct. just off Davie Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She had an argument with her boyfriend and went out to her car to calm down. A neighbor reported seeing her drive away. Her boyfriend was the one to report her missing. Teresa left all of her personal belongings behind. Police officers arrived two days later and found her plants, suitcases, and clothing undisturbed, including $300 on her dresser. Ten days later, on August 11, 1975, her wallet was found inside the Riverland Branch Library, within walking distance of her apartment. Inside the plastic sheets meant to hold credit cards, she kept photos of her friends and her driver’s license, her only ID. She told her mother, who lived a short distance away at 1009 SW 4th St, that she was going to be off for the next few days, and asked her to wash her uniform and polish her shoes, as she was going to pick them up in three days. Being a legal adult, police did not take her disappearance seriously and thought she was simply a runaway. Her family members paid her rent for two months hoping she would come home. At the time, Teresa was a senior at Stranahan High School, had a summer job as a restaurant server at a local beachfront Hilton Hotel, her own apartment, and dreamed of becoming an oceanographer or an artist. There’s a chance she was six weeks pregnant (some sources say six months) according to her boyfriend, but she had not told her family this. She was described as an organized, hard-working teenager. She had just gotten a new summer wardrobe, a used car and color TV. In one article, her mother states how she would go straight from the bank to Burdines’ fashion department and buy them out. There was some talk of her smoking pot, but this was not unusual for those her age. Both her parents are still alive and hope for answers in her case; there is a memorial bench dedicated to her at the Lauderdale Memorial Park cemetery and she will be buried there if her body is ever recovered. It is possible that she may have traveled to Tennessee, Colorado or Pennsylvania. |
| Bruce E Boughton – 1975 | Vacaville, California | Drove an orange 1971 Datsun 110 4-door sedan with Pennsylvania tag number 85574. | Bruce was 23 years old when he went missing on May 4th, 1975. He was last seen in Vacaville, CA. A member of the Air Force since at least June of 1973, he was stationed at Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA. He was believed to have gone to Lake Berryesa that day after his wife moved away. No additional clothing was taken from his apartment. Bruce was not reported missing until 5/15/79. He possibly has relatives in Pennsylvania and New York. He grew up in Waverly, NY and was married in 1973 to Debra A. Briggs of Sayre. Ancestry records indicate he was declared dead on 5/6/1975. Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Dorothy P. Goroshko – 1975 | 65 Causeway St, Boston, Massachusetts | Still missing gold and black 1970 Ford Maverick with the MA license plate number 9K7755 | Dorothy, 40, was last seen at The Penalty Box, a bar on Causeway Street in the North Station area of Boston, MA, on June 4th, 1975. She had gone out drinking with girl friends that night. At the time, she lived in the 50 block of Monastery Road in Brighton. She had three sons. There were possible sightings of her alone later in the night at a place called Sansone, located directly across the street from the Penalty Box, and at an after-hours bar called the Coliseum, near Haymarket but she was last officially placed in the North Station Area of Boston, near the old Boston Garden. Dorothy’s girlfriends told police at the end of the night they said their goodbyes and nothing seemed wrong. She was dating John “Jack” Boulton, a convicted felon. He told police he and Dorothy were out drinking that night, and went to Brighton together, where they got into an argument and ended their relationship. He said he walked from Brighton to his family home in Roslindale, Massachusetts, and on the way, Dorothy followed him in her car, yelling and trying to hit him. When he reached the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, he took a shortcut through the park to get away from her. He never saw her again after that. Authorities stated his story doesn’t match up with other evidence that night. He has a violent history dating back to 1960, with convictions for armed robbery and manslaughter of a previous girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, and Dorothy’s sons stated he mistreated their mother. When Dorothy vanished, Boulton was incarcerated at MCI Norfolk, where he had a work release at Medfield State Hospital, and he was granted prison furloughs. It was during these furloughs that Dorothy’s sons would see him at their Brighton home. Boulton now lives in Florida. Authorities re-interviewed him about her case decades later, and he said he had no idea what happened to her. When interviewed by a news reporter in 2019, he described the incident where she followed him home again, but said that wasn’t the night of her disappearance, only the night he himself last saw her. He has not been named as a suspect. Her mother died in 1992 and her sister in 2008, and in both their obituaries, Dorothy is listed as having predeceased them. Dorothy’s son Rick, 14 years old at the time she went missing, is offering $50,000 for information leading to the discovery of his mother. “I want to find her body,” he told the Boston Globe “We want to be able to give her a proper burial.” == Search Efforts == In or around 2024, Adventures with Purpose searched Jamaica Pond and sections of the Charles River. Three vehicles were found in Jamaica Pond but were not deemed related. Three other cars and a truck were found in the Charles River, they were not dove on at the time. https://youtu.be/Q-KHsRHBH7w?feature=shared Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Howard Joseph Kittelson – 1975 | Anchorage, Alaska | Still missing black 1971 Chevrolet pickup truck with AK license plate number LT65986. | Howard, 30, was last seen in Anchorage, AK on May 14th, 1975. He was doing repair work and left in the afternoon to buy a part and never returned. Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Victor Vaughn Credland – 1974 | Temperance, Michigan | Listed with his case is a Green 1965 Ford 300 Series with the MI license plate BKT819. | Victor, 27, was (according to Namus), last seen on February 13th, 1974 at a residence he was staying at in Temperance (within the confines of Bedford Township), MI. Another source states that he is originally from the Chatham – Eben Junction area of Alger County, which is close to the Hancock location mentioned there as his location of disappearance. According to a genealogy link, he went to Eben High School in Eben Junction, MI. His missing person report was filed in Temperance, and Victor’s last known address was in the township. His parents were originally from the Alger area according to marriage records. The source also states that he was a merchant marine at the time of disappearance, and was unmarried with no children. This source appeared on an ancestry website in 2001, which is correlative with someone searching for him as is the presence of a DNA submission on his Namus file. It states that he had intentions to move to Australia to start a new life, which poses a discrepancy regarding the ruling of foul play. Foul play is strongly suspected as the cause of his demise, but the reason for this is not stated. Date Added: 12/10/24 |
| Debra Ann Wilhite – 1974 | 6801 US Hwy 41, Evansville, Indiana | Still missing green two-door hardtop 1966 Ford Galaxie with the license plate number 26B2953 and vehicle identification number (VIN) 6W66X173520 | Debra, 19, lived in Princeton, IN with her husband and two daughters in 1974. She was employed as a server at The Windmill, a truck stop and restaurant near Indiana Highways 41 and 57 (Now the site of a Dairy Queen). She had been working there for only a week. She disappeared after her shift during the evening hours of October 16th, 1974. A man entered the restaurant shortly before the end of her shift, saying he had hitched a ride on a cattle truck to Evansville from Indianapolis to collect money owed to him, and he was staying in a local motel. It was raining and his clothes were wet. He asked Debra to give him a ride to his motel. She left with him when her shift ended. He was described as middle-aged, medium height, with dark medium-length hair. The restaurant owner thought Debra knew the man, but another waitress did and thought his story was odd. Debra’s husband, Jeffrey Wilhite, had called her at The Windmill that night, and she’d agreed to pick him up at a bar in Evansville after her shift. When she didn’t show up, he called his mother-in-law, who was watching their children, to say he wouldn’t be there to pick them up that night. Two days later, he contacted police in Princeton to say she’d stolen his car and he wanted it back. According to him, she may have been pregnant. He also said he had filed for divorce and even gave them the name of an attorney. Prior to her disappearance, Debra occasionally left the Evansville area for several days at a time. It was believed that she may have traveled to California. Several weeks after her disappearance, her husband brought state police a photo of her and gave a physical description. On Nov. 30, 1974, a state police dispatcher reported taking a call from her mother, Lucille Pfettscher, who said someone told her Debra had been seen in Elberfeld, Indiana. A tavern owner in Elberfeld told the detective he had not seen Debra since she disappeared. In June 1976 when a trooper interviewed Lucille she denied calling the post with the Elberfeld tip. Only two cattle truck drivers are known to have been in the area on the night she disappeared. When interviewed, one told police he hadn’t given a ride to any hitchhikers, as it was against his company’s policy. The other moved away after she went missing and was unable to be located. There was speculation that she was killed by a gunshot wound to the head shortly after she left from the restaurant, and rumors that her murderer drove her car into a stripper pit outside of Elberfeld, and abandoned it there with Debra’s body in the trunk. The stripper pit was nicknamed “The Duck Pond” and was filled with water in 1974. It was drained sometime afterwards. Wayne Gulley and his former wife, Ella Mae Dicks, were charged with the 1974 murder of Sherry Lee Gibson in 2002. Dicks reportedly confessed to her role in the homicide, which occurred near Evansville. There are several similarities between Debra and Gibson’s cases; both women were around the same age and disappeared within months of one another. Gulley matches the description of the unidentified man who departed with Wilhite from The Windmill Restaurant. Neither he nor Dicks has been charged in connection with Debra’s disappearance. Two years after her disappearance, and just months after police spoke to him, Jeffrey Wilhite died in a car-train accident near Fort Branch. Foul play is suspected. |
| Colleen Kay Burgess – 1974 | 11645 E 37th Ave, Denver, Colorado | May have left in a green 1967 Chevrolet Nova (Chevy II and Concours). License plate unknown. | Colleen, 25, was last seen at 2 a.m. on August 31st, 1974 leaving work at Frito Lay in Denver, CO. She never returned home. Around one week later, one of Colleen’s close friends received a letter believed to be from Colleen, indicating she had a terminal illness and left home because she didn’t want her husband and four children to see her suffering. There has been no known contact with her since. Her date of birth is listed as 03/28/1949. Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Joanne Elaine Coughlin – 1974 | Youngstown, Ohio | Still missing four-door 1968 Ford Fairlane with the license plate number H4482G | Joanne, 21, was last seen in Boardman, OH on December 27th, 1974 when she supposedly went to the European Health Spa on Boardman-Canfield Road. She had plans to meet her boyfriend at his home on Indianola Avenue later that night, but never arrived and has never been heard from again. She lived in 1400 block of Ohio Avenue. Joanne’s family last saw her on Christmas Day, at the family celebration. Her family was close-knit and she had three sisters. She worked on the 26th and 27th, and told her coworkers she was going to the European Health Spa that night, as she had just gotten a membership for it. Her niece, however, doesn’t believe she ever actually went to the spa. She claims the signature on the sign-in sheet doesn’t match her handwriting and that nobody actually saw her at the facility. Authorities theorize she was robbed and murdered and her car, with the body inside, was disposed of in a quarry near the Pennsylvania border. Witnesses reported seeing a screaming woman being dragged out of a car and into a truck on Villa Marie Road, near the quarries, at 10:00 p.m. on the day Joanne disappeared, but the woman couldn’t be identified as Joanne and searches of the quarries have turned up nothing. A woman attempted to withdraw money from Joanne’s bank account on Jan. 1, 1974, adding to the belief that Joanne did not disappear on her own accord. The woman and two male suspects were tracked down, but police were unable to connect them to the disappearance, and her case went cold. |
| Elizabeth Eaton Converse – 1974 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Still missing VW Beetle | Elizabeth Eaton “Connie” Converse, 50, disappeared sometime around August 10th, 1974 from Ann Arbor, MI. She wrote goodbye letters to her friends and family shortly after her birthday. Connie was a singer-songwriter, active in New York City in the 1950s. She worked for the Academy Photo Offset printing house in New York’s Flatiron District and lived first in Greenwich Village, then in the Hell’s Kitchen and Harlem areas. She had an apartment on Grove Street at one time. Her parents did not approve of her music career and her drinking and smoking habits. By 1973, she was depressed and burnt out, she had been told that she needed a hysterectomy which was devastating to her. Her friends pooled together money for a trip to England where she spent 6 months, and she joined her mother on a trip to Alaska, but neither were able to lift her spirits. She was expected to go on an annual family trip to a lake, but by the time the letters she wrote were delivered, she had packed her belongings into her VW Beetle and driven away. According to another source, she had talked of leaving the first week of August to make a new life, but got caught up in the Nixon hearing and stayed longer to watch TV coverage. Several years after she left, someone told her brother Philip that they had seen a phone book listing for “Elizabeth Converse” in either Kansas or Oklahoma, but he never pursued the lead. About ten years after she disappeared, the family hired a private investigator in hopes of finding her. The investigator told the family, however, that even if he did find her, it was her right to disappear, and he could not simply bring her back. After that, her family respected her decision to leave, and ceased looking for her. |
| Peter Michael Shaw – 1973 | 2 Panoramic Way, Apt. 105, Berkeley, California | Still missing perfectly restored light blue 1953 Pontiac Chieftain Sedan (license plate 150ECO). | Peter, age 21, vanished from Berkeley, CA on October 4th, 1973. Peter was a junior at UC Berkeley and lived with two roommates in an apartment at 2 Panoramic Way, Apt. 105. He had only recently moved into the apartment. The fall quarter had just begun and he was employed in food services on campus. At about 8 pm, as he and his roommates were in the middle of eating dinner, Peter got up from the table and left abruptly without saying anything. He drove away in his car and never returned. He did not take his checkbook, passport, or any change of clothes. Peter was reported missing on Oct 6 by his roommates. Peter’s parents are now deceased, leaving two sisters to wonder what happened to him. |
| Frank and Mary Oliva – 1973 | Wilber, Nebraska | Still missing beige 1958 Chevrolet 210 with the license plate number 225910. | Frank was last seen in Wilber, NE on July 28th, 1973. He disappeared with his wife of 52 years, Mary. Neighbors saw the couple come home between 8 and 9 that evening, just as it was getting dark. They left again a few minutes later, pulled out of their driveway, headed north, then turned east on the first cross street. The Olivas have never been heard from again. Their daughter-in-law, Shirley, came by after she found out they hadn’t been seen for a week and their newspapers and milk deliveries had been piling up. The front door was closed but unlocked, nothing appeared to be out of place at their house, and Mary had left behind two bottles of medicine and her black purse, which she always carried with her. Only their car was not there. Authorities and Frank Jr. believe the Olivas died by suicide together. The theory is that Frank Sr. drove their car into a water-filled sandpit because he felt he was unable to take care of Mary any longer. |
| Martin Maier – 1973 | Prelate, Saskatchewan | Still missing 1971 Chevrolet half-ton, red with white half camper box, SK license F133013. | Martin, 63, was last seen leaving the Prelate, Saskatchewan hotel at 1 a.m. on May 4th, 1973. Martin was heading to his home located 20 kilometres away in the Liebenthal district but never arrived. Extensive searches have been conducted. |
| John Atkins – 1973 | Freeport, California | Driving a GMC Sprint | John, 38, was last seen in Freeport, CA driving a GMC Sprint, unknown license plate, south from the Freeport Bridge towards the Paintersville Bridge. He was supposedly heading to what was Buckley Station for a sales call. He had heart problems. John was a salesman for a Utility Trailer out of Sacramento. It is believed that some searches were done on the river at the time with divers. Date Added: 1/1/25 |
| Vicki Lynn Hollar – 1973 | W 8th Ave & Washington St, Eugene, Oregon | Still missing battered black 1965 Volkswagen Beetle with the IL license plate number GR7738 and the running boards removed. | Vicki, 24, was last seen getting into her car at a parking lot at 8th Avenue and Washington Street in Eugene, OR at 5 p.m. on August 20th, 1973. She was a seamstress at Bon Marche (now Macy’s); she had only worked there for two weeks. She and a coworker walked together to their respective vehicles after work. Her vehicle and purse have also never been recovered. Vicki may have been en route to her apartment where she lived with five roommates, in the 6600 block of west 27th Avenue. She planned to meet a friend there at 8:00 p.m. and attend a neighborhood party, but she never showed up, and her friend left a note and went without her. She has never been heard from again. She is speculated to have been a victim of the serial killer Ted Bundy. She was stated to have occasionally picked up hitchhikers. Police took her case seriously at once because she was an adult, had just graduated college and moved away from her parents in Illinois the past June and had no motive to run away. |
| Glen Allen Walls & Steven W Barnhill – 1972 | Malmstrom AFB, Montana | Still missing tan 1966 Volkswagen with the MT license plate number 257963. | Glen, 17, and Steven, 19, disappeared from Malmstrom, MT on October 8th, 1972. They were both stationed at the Air Force base, and failed to report to duty at 8:00 a.m. Authorities believe they left of his own accord. They may have traveled to Canada. Glen apparently told acquaintances that he was heading to the Kings Hill Scenic Byway area (Meagher and Cascade Counties, Montana), the Highwood Mountains or the Holter Dam in Wolf Creek (Lewis and Clark County, Montana). Steven W Barnhill, from Merritt Island FL, accompanied him but does not have his own missing person case file online. Earlier that year in February, another Air Force Base man, Dennis Stechschulte, went missing and his snowmobile and truck were found abandoned on Kings Hill near Neihart. == Search Efforts == At the time, an air and ground search was launched in the Kings Hill area which lasted atleast two weeks, and the Cascade County Sheriffs office asked hunters to keep a lookout for the missing vehicle. |
| Warren Joseph Niederfringer – 1972 | Newington, Connecticut | Driving a yellow 1960s model Dodge walk-in van previously owned by the Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P). | Warren was last seen in Newington, CT on June 1st, 1972. He was en route to Boston, Massachusetts or North Carolina at the time. In 1966, he resided at 2090 Main St. in Newington. Six years before his disappearance, at 17 years old, he had broken into The Phillips 66 Service Station at 1331 Silas Deane Hwy. |
| James Harry Cordell – 1972 | St. Catharines, Ontario Canada | Driving a silver blue 1970 Dodge Polara. | James, 22, was last seen on April 28th, 1972 leaving his parents’ residence in St. Catharines, ON Canada. He had a cast on his right arm and his teeth were wired shut as a result of a motor vehicle collision. Few details can be found on this case. |
| Claude and Martha Shelton – 1971 | 1209 Cumberland Falls Hwy, Corbin, Kentucky | Still missing white 1967 two-door Ford Galaxie 500 with the KY license plate number 937944. | Claude Taylor Shelton and his wife, Martha Sue Shelton, were last seen in Corbin, KY on May 21st, 1971. The Sheltons spent much of that Friday visiting Claude’s parents in Williamsburg. They put their three children to bed at their home in Gerry’s Trailer Park on 18th Street, then at 2 am drove away in their vehicle. The Shelton’s daughter Sheila remembers her father asking her mother if she was ‘going to go with him or stay home’. That was the last time she heard their voices. They walked out of the house and never came back. Claude Shelton had been steadily employed for 10 years at Owens Tire & Muffler Company as a mechanic and, according to witnesses, both he and his wife were fond of their children and it is unlikely that they would leave them. The Town of Corbin is located next to the Daniel Boone National Forest with hundreds of thousands of acres of forest and water. This includes the Laurel River Lake, where between 1964 and 1974, an 86-meter-high hydroelectric dam was being constructed. The closest date map of the area at the time can be found here: https://pastmaps.com/map/corbin-knox-county-ky-usgs-topo-1970-p1972 Sometime the next morning, Claude’s boss came to the trailer to see why he wasn’t at work. He normally worked a half day on Saturdays. It was then that police were called in to investigate. There was initial belief that the couple was heading to the now former King’s Truck Stop in Corbin, about 5 miles away from their home, for food. None of the employees, though, ever remember seeing them. Some reports claim that they took $600 that they had stored in a jar. == Search Efforts == There was an intensive search for the Corbin’s. The Civil Air Patrol Squadron and Rescue Squads from 4 towns searched the area. The Laurel River Lake was being created around that time and was a source for some of the searches. Even with all of the investigating and diligent effort by Law Enforcement there was absolutely no trace of Claude and Sue Shelton or their car. The case grew cold very quickly. In 2009 the case gained attention as the body of a woman was found that loosely resembled Sue in 1971, and as DNA testing became more available, police reached out to compare the sample to Sue’s daughters. In January 2022, multiple sonar search groups cooperated on the case including Adventures with Purpose, Chaos Divers, Depths of History, Adam Brown Adventures and Exploring with Nug along with Graham and Constable Rogers, locals to the case. The Laurel River above the dam was searched, with a vehicle found at one of the bridges. The license plate was pulled with the KY license plate 3351-AP, it came back to a van that was not stolen or reported missing. Below the city dam was also searched with sonar, as well as Laurel Bridge Boat Ramp. Above Dorothy dam at water plant rd an anomaly was cleared by the old bridge. (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Johnnie Joe Herrera – 1971 | 700 W Cedar St, Oxnard, California | Still missing light blue 1969 Volkswagen Beetle with the CA license plate number ZWM775. | Johnnie “John” Herrera, 20, was last seen at a friend’s bachelor party in the 700 block of west Cedar Street in Oxnard, CA on August 27th, 1971. Someone later thought they’d seen him at the McDonald’s restaurant on Saviers Road that he often went to, but this sighting was unconfirmed. He was reported missing on Sept. 1, 1971 by his twin brother. Several people at the bachelor party were interviewed and cleared at the time. Johns parents lived a short distance away at 1325 W Juniper St, he may have been living there with his wife and son at the time. John was married at the time of his disappearance and had a baby son, Johnnie Jr. He may have been having relationship and money problems but he didn’t seem unhappy with his life and his loved ones don’t believe he would have left. He is one of seven children, and his identical twin brother still lives in Oxnard. They were very close and it’s uncharacteristic of John to leave without telling his brother where he was going. John had attended Hueneme High, graduating in June 1969. His wife and son moved to Texas after his disappearance, where she remarried and had more children. His twin brother had him declared legally dead in 1978. |
| Raymond Dale Harris – 1971 | 600 S 27th St, Omaha, Nebraska | Still missing green four-door 1970s model Chevrolet. License plate unknown. | Raymond and his wife of one month, Mary Sudac Harris, told his sister that they would be traveling to her Des Moines, Iowa residence on November 26th, 1971. Raymond and Mary lived with Raymond’s father at a residence in the 600 block of south 27th Street in Omaha, NE. They had a stormy relationship with him. They never arrived at his sister’s home. It was snowing heavily in the area the night Raymond and Mary vanished, but searches of the region produced no evidence regarding a possible accident or foul play. Raymond may have been suffering from depression and/or anxiety in 1971. He was discharged from military service on medical grounds prior to his disappearance. In 1993, 22 years after the couple was last seen, Raymond’s sister was contacted by a member of Mary’s family. The caller inquired about Raymond’s whereabouts, but not about Mary’s, which caused her to wonder if Mary’s whereabouts were known to her family. Additionally, Raymond’s family later learned that Mary Theresa (Sudac) Harris applied for a social security card in January 1972. It is possible that Raymond and Mary chose to disappear of their own accord due to family problems. Raymond’s father is now deceased; he was never considered a suspect in their disappearances. Raymond was mistakenly listed as found in 2005. The information was untrue and he is still missing. Photos and vital statistics for Mary are not available. |
| George, Donald, Kirby, Frank, Robert – 1971 | Burlington, Vermont | Still missing Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander aircraft | Five men: George Gregor Nikita, Donald E Myers, Kirby Richard Windsor, Frank Benjamin Wilder, and Robert Ransom Williams were lost in a private plane crash over Lake Champlain in January of 1971. The plane left Burlington VT to fly to Providence Rhode Island. Last radar contact was over the lake. Date Added: 12/19/23 |
| Dorothy Geneva Freeman – 1970 | Missoula, Montana | Still missing green and white 1960 Ford Fairlane 500 4 door sedan with the MT license plate number 31315 and identification number OP42X 128 923. | Dorothy, 26, was last seen in Missoula, MT on Labor day, September 7th, 1970. She left her apartment in Missoula at 9:30 p.m. en route to her student teaching job 50 miles away in Hamilton, but never arrived. Some say she was seen the next afternoon at a Wisdom cafe, 74 miles southeast of Hamilton. Others report she was spotted the following day at a cafe at Wise River east Wisdom area. A heavy equipment operator said he observed her driving along Highway 43 between Wisdom and Wise River, 39 miles of paved road that sidesteps the Big Horn River and borders the Beaverhead National Forest and Anaconda Pintler Wilderness area. This area would have taken her a few hours past Hamilton, it’s unclear why she would have been there if these sightings are valid. There’s no indication that she left of her own accord; she left money behind in three bank accounts, and meat stored in a meat locker. Her family describes her as a responsible and deeply religious woman who wouldn’t have left without warning. She had gotten a divorce in 1969 and her ex-husband was in Thailand serving in the Air Force. She was attending the University of Montana at the time of her disappearance; she’d enrolled in 1968. Route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eWaaAor3sUFYpber6 |
| Edward and Stephania Andrews – 1970 | 301 E North Water St, Chicago, Illinois | Still missing Black and yellow 1969 Oldsmobile sports coupe with the IL license plate number BB9986. | Edward Pope Andrews and his wife, Stephania Rynak Andrews, attended a cocktail party at the Sheraton hotel at 505 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL on Friday, May 15th, 1970. Other guests at the party stated that Edward appeared to be ill and complained of being hungry, and Stephania was crying by the time they left. At 9:30 p.m., the Andrews left in their car. The parking garage attendant stated Edward was driving and hit the door on the way out; he had to back up and reposition the car to get out of the garage. The attendant saw Edward go the wrong way after he left, driving north in a southbound lane on Michigan Avenue toward the Michigan Avenue Bridge and Wacker Drive. They failed to attend a scheduled dinner party the next night and neither reported to work the following Monday. The prevailing theory is that the missing couple was killed when their car drove off a bridge into the Chicago River. Police found a place on a bridge on Lower Wacker Drive where there were scrapes on a concrete pillar and skid marks on the road, but numerous searches of the river turned up no evidence. In 1980, a general clean-up of the Chicago River produced twelve automobiles, but none of them was Edward and Stephania’s car. At the time of their disappearance, the Andrews resided in Arlington Heights. |
| William Alfred Higgins – 1969 | 6th St, McKeesport, Pennsylvania | Still missing Swimming pool blue 1955 Chevy Pickup Truck. | William “Bill” Higgins, 35, was a steelworker in McKeesport, PA, employed at the Christy Park Works plant producing munitions for the Vietnam War. He lived on W 6th Street with his wife Dolores and their six children, not far from downtown and within walking distance of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers. Sometime around April 1st, 1969, Bill vanished after work. His wife reported him missing to the McKeesport Police Department. Bill and Dolores met in 1954 and married in 1955 after an unplanned pregnancy, when she was 17 and he was 21. At the time of Bill’s disappearance, he had been spending time at local bars and both of them were engaging in extramarital affairs. Dolores was romantically involved with a younger neighbor who moved into the family home in May of 1969. This man later went AWOL from the military after boot camp, and records of his service were lost in a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center. Dolores and her new partner married in 1972 after her first marriage was annulled on the grounds of abandonment. An ad was placed in several newspapers at that time, asking him to come forward before she remarried, but he never did. She had two more children with her new husband. Following the move, Bill’s former home burned down, and Dolores never spoke to her brother (who owned the house) again. Despite their marital issues, Bill was close to his mother, taking her to church every Sunday. He was also in the process of fixing up the family home. Bill was a hunter, and he would do side work; cutting lawns, painting, paneling and was known to be very good at working on cars. His guns and tools were all left behind. His family strongly believes he would not have left voluntarily without contacting his mother or his children. A flood in 1980 destroyed the records of his original missing person report filed by his wife. His social security number has not been used since his disappearance. Date Added: 10/6/22 |
| John W. Burton, Clifford Dowson and Edward Flett – 1969 | Oxford House, Manitoba, Canada | Still missing Cessna 185 Aircraft | John W. Burton along with two passengers (Clifford Dowson and Edward Flett) were flying from Oxford House to Island Lake, Canada on November 20th, 1969. Mr. Burton was the pilot.. Around 11:00 am Mr. Burton made a routine call stating that the airplane would be landing in Garden Hill in approximately 15 minutes. The airplane did not arrive at its destination. The wreckage and all three on board were never located. |
| Thomas Alfred Long – 1969 | Wellston, Ohio | Still missing new/close to new bright red 1968 or 1969 Pontiac Catalina. | In the fall of 1969 (October 1st, 1969 for database purposes, actual date unknown) Tom went missing, leaving behind his last paycheck. He was an employee of the B&O Railroad and worked all over the state, spending a great deal of time in Indiana as well. He would typically leave on Sunday and come back home on Friday evening. Following that one particular work week 52 years ago, however, Thomas never returned. There are no online sources for this case, searches have been done by Depths of History and Chaos Divers who were reached out to by the family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vK2MI98PjA |
| Royce Eugene Wilson – 1969 | Inverness, Florida | Oldsmobile (approximate year 1965). He kept plastering tools in the car. | Royce, 36, was last seen at the Apache Restaurant on Hwy 200 (E Gulf to Lake Hwy) Inverness, FL on November 1st, 1969. The restaurant has since closed, it operated from 1961 to 2004. Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Fred Donald Miller – 1968 | Hagerman, Idaho | Still missing white 1960 four-door AMC Rambler. The vehicle has the ID license plate number SG1488 and the vehicle identification number (VIN) S158632. | Fred, 66, was last seen at 8 p.m. on August 16th, 1968 at Wilson’s Bar in Hagerman, ID. He was last seen leaving the bar with two men, who possibly hitchhiked with him. They were later identified as two local brother but not publicly named. Fred worked as an irrigator, he didn’t show up for work the next day and never returned to his home in Gooding either. Police suspect he was taken against his will. He left behind a wife, who died nine years after his disappearance, and six children. == Search Efforts == The sheriff’s office sent messages to police in every state to be on the lookout at the time. In the 1980s, deputies dredged the Snake River below the Upper Salmon Dam in hopes of finding his vehicle. A decade later, deputies dug up a backyard in Gooding County. Neither search found anything. |
| Douglas Richard Smith – 1968 | Mountain View, California | Still missing white 1967 Volkswagen 113 coupe with the CA license plate number HXJ292. | Douglas, age 23, was last seen in Mountain View, CA on November 25th, 1968. He was an officer in the U.S. Navy stationed with VP-19 at Moffett Field, California and was supposed to report for duty on the 26th, but never showed up and has never been heard from again. Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Bernard Arthur Munn – 1967 | Woodbury, New York | He was operating a dark blue 1967 Volkswagen Fastback with NY reg# SA9713, and Chassis number 3170912536. | Bernard, 40, was last seen around 4 p.m. on April 18th, 1967 driving west on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury, New York after leaving a Volkswagen agency he and a partner had opened in February. He never returned to his residence, which was located at 103 Ocean Avenue in Massapequa. That morning he’d made an $8,600 bank deposit, and his partner at the Mach and Munn auto agency (8025 Jericho Turnpike) said no company funds were missing. Date Added: 4/2/25 |
| Roy George Benn – 1967 | 100 Sartell St W, Sartell, Minnesota | Still missing metallic blue four-door 1963 Buick Electra with the MN license plate number 6DU516 and the serial number 8J4036010. | Roy, 59, was last seen eating breakfast at the cafe attached to Claude’s Shell Station in Sartell, MN at 4:00 a.m. on September 25th, 1967. Roy was a widower at the time of his disappearance and owned a business, the St. Cloud Gas and Appliance Service. He lived in Sauk Rapids, MN. He was well-off with no debts, and usually carried a substantial sum of money on his person and made all purchases in cash. He may have been carrying as much as several thousand dollars when he disappeared. He was declared legally dead eight years after his disappearance. His loved ones stated he was happy with his life and they don’t believe he would have left of his own accord. == Search Efforts== An extensive search was launched after he was found to be missing, involving airplanes flying over wooded areas and divers searching quarries. In October of 1967 it was reported that four divers searched the bottom of a 60-foot deep granite quarry outside of Sauk Rapids for his body, but did not find him. |
| Donald Joseph Mohrbacher – 1967 | Hinckley, Minnesota | Believed still missing black 1939 Ford pickup truck. | Donald, 42, was last seen on June 19th, 1967. He lived in Hinckley, MN and worked odd jobs in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, close to a hundred miles away, to support his wife and seven children. The youngest was only four months old at the time. 6/18 that year was Father’s Day, and some of his children gave him a fishing hat as a gift. The next morning, Donald left to drive to the Twin Cities area for a job painting the inside of a two-story apartment building. He planned to stay with his father while he was in the area, and return home on the 21st. According to Donald’s father, he never arrived. Since his disappearance, his Social Security number has not been used. |
| Mary Kathryn Greene – 1966 | 3700 North Point Rd, Dundalk, Maryland | Still missing blue and white 1955 or 1957 Ford 300 series station wagon with the MD license plate number EX7023 | Mary, 34, was last seen in Dundalk, MD at 6:30 p.m. on December 10th, 1966. She lived with her father and her four children in a trailer at 3701 Old North Point. She left her children in her father’s care and went to go the store. She never returned. Namus lists her as missing from Edgemere, this may be where the store she intended to go to was located but this is unconfirmed. Mary was in the process of finalizing her divorce from her husband, Howard Greene. They had lived on Jaydee Avenue in Baltimore in 1959. Howard later moved to Arizona and is now deceased. Foul play may be a factor. |
| Emmie Clyde Smith – 1965 | 2013 Turkey Scratch Rd, Burlison, Tennessee | Still missing olive 1962 Buick LeSabre with TN tag 30T239. | Emmie, 68, left his home in Atoka, TN on the afternoon of May 16th, 1965 and reportedly went to the Bishop Glass Bar that was located in the area of Hazel Grove road / Turkey Scratch road. He reportedly disappeared from that bar. The FBI became involved in his case and a reward of $1,600 was offered, which led to the arrest of three men around the end of August, 1965. It appears nothing came out of those arrests. |
| Lucy T. Pacheco and Albert De Mattos – 1965 | 1200 Luawai St, Honolulu, Hawaii | Still missing gray/blue four-door 1957 Pontiac, license plate number 5A31514 and the serial number P 857H33127 owned by Albert. | Lucy, 60, lived in the 1200 block of Luawai Street. She was engaged to marry Albert, 73, who lived in the 900 block of Koae Street in Honolulu, HI in 1965. Both had previous spouses who were deceased, and they had only known each other for three weeks before their disappearance. The couple visited Albert’s son on December 9th, 1965 and afterwards, between 8 and 9 a.m., they went for a drive together, saying they were going to the laundromat and would return soon. Albert was apparently carrying between $700 and $800 in cash when they were last seen. Lucy called her daughter at 2 p.m. and also told her they were going for a drive. Neither returned and a stew was found cooking in Lucy’s apartment. The police did not initially take their disappearances seriously, thinking they had simply eloped without telling anyone and would return eventually. They became concerned after weeks passed with no sign of either person or Albert’s car. The only possible sighting of them was in a Sears, Roebuck & Co. department store in Honolulu, where a clerk claimed to have served them a month after they vanished. This sighting has not been confirmed. Lucy left behind her purse and wedding ring, and both of them left their prescription medications and never refilled them or accessed their bank accounts. Lucy took medication for high blood pressure and chest pains, and Albert had diabetes which he needed medication for. Lucy is described as a dependable woman who always kept in close contact with her teenage daughter. Albert left behind eight grown children, and Lucy left four. All of their children were adults, except Lucy’s youngest daughter, who was in her teens. She had postponed her planned wedding until the summer months so she could take her daughter along on the honeymoon. Their cases are no longer being investigated by law enforcement due to the passage of time since they vanished, but their families have never forgotten them. |
| Mary Jean McLaughlin – 1965 | Muskegon, Michigan | Drove a dark blue car, possibly a Mercury Comet or Ford Falcon License plate unknown. | Mary, 27, was last seen by her 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter when she visited them in school one day around June 1st, 1965 (only the year is known). She said she was going away for a while but would be back. She next traveled to her sister Kathleen Lindstrom’s home in Muskegon where she left a photograph and disappeared. According to her oldest child Donald McLaughlin, his father and her husband Carlon Arden McLaughlin claimed to have last seen her at a mobile home in the Saranac area after the time she supposedly left the family. Carlon moved to Mississippi after her disappearance and has since passed away. Mary was reported missing in 2002. Her five children were raised to believe she abandoned them. Once her disappearance was investigated, it was discovered that there has been no record, public or private, on Mary since the mid-1960s, including no activity on her social security number. Donald McLaughlin, the oldest of five of Mary’s children, believes there is circumstantial evidence and motive to suspect foul play. Growing up at 773 Sixth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Donald said his childhood home life was unstable and his father was violent. His parents fought regularly and appeared headed for divorce, and it was alleged Mary had extramarital affairs. A former neighbor also remembered conversations the two had about the marriage being troubled. By her family’s account, Mary had no close or immediate family in the area, few friends and little involvement in the community. She worked in the late 1950s at The Clubhouse tavern, later known as The Swamp, which was owned by her husbands parents. Mary Jane Beaty was her given name. Her mother and older sister coincidentally died on the same day when she was 10. Her father sent her to live with Sam and Goldie Blair at Lake Odessa, who took in kids and treated them badly for labor. She didn’t like her middle name and started calling herself Mary Jean Blair. When she became pregnant, she was thrown out, and ended up moving in with the parents of Carlon who she eventually married. She is a 1957 graduate of Lakewood High School. |
| Peggy Wynell Byars-Baisden – 1965 | Highland City, Florida | Still missing light green two-door 1959 Chevrolet coupe with the FL license plate number 5W21118. | Peggy was 24 years old when she left her residence for the last time on Third Street and Central Avenue in Highland City, FL between 6 and 7 p.m. on April 2nd, 1965. She was headed to the now-defunct Chatterbox Bar, driving her car which was never seen again. The bar was located near the Polk County Parkway/southbound Highway 98 intersection near Eaton Park. One witness said she saw Peggy in the parking lot sometime during the evening hours. She was accompanied by an unidentified Caucasian male, who appeared to be assisting with her car’s mechanical problems. The man has never been identified or given a more detailed description, it was either too dark or he was too far away. Her family reported her missing the day after she was seen at the bar. Peggy was divorced with two children and worked as a waitress while raising them. She had once worked at a restaurant in Polk City but it’s unclear if that’s where she was working at the time. Her children were raised by Peggy’s sister and brother-in-law, who are still looking for answers into her disappearance. Some have suggested that Peggy’s disappearance is related to the disappearance of Mary Cook, who vanished from Highland City in November 1970. Both Cook and Byars-Baisden are the mothers of two children each, both were in their twenties, and they resided on the same street. However, investigators do not think the two women knew each other and have not been able to link their disappearances. In Mary’s case, her husband Earl was suspected in her disappearance. The Chatterbox bar was located on his route home from work, and they both drove the same year of car, but there are no official links to their cases. == Search Efforts == Searches are believed to have been done in 1965 but the extent of them is unknown. From time to time, investigators would contact and interview family members, but new information was never found. Her brother-in-law traveled to Ocala, Jacksonville and Miami to search for her when sightings were claimed, as well as visiting junk yards and showing her picture to people. In all his searches, nothing was found. In 1996 the Sheriff’s Office began to actively investigate the her case again when a family member called to see if there were any leads. Around 2006, a tip was received that her and her car were in a lake. Divers were sent down but she wasn’t there. In October of 2023, Sunshine State Sonar began searching bodies of water in a five mile radius from her last known location, planning to search Lake Hancock and Banana Lake. They searched a total of 34 bodies of water in Polk County so far, including the entire area of Saddle Creek, and located atleast 4 vehicles that were unrelated to her case. https://tinyurl.com/3a24nzbj (While these locations have been searched in the past, additional efforts to re-examine these areas can always help considering the differences in sonar imagery over time.) |
| Thomas Myles Dougherty – 1961 | 4th St, Sioux City, Iowa | Still missing specially outfitted green 1954 Ford Tudor | Thomas “Myles” Dougherty, a 45-year-old combat veteran who served in World War II as a Staff Sgt. with the U.S. Army, disappeared without a trace after leaving a Sioux City café at 801 Fourth St. on Thursday morning, January 12th, 1961. He resided at 4041 Madison Street. He is a double Amputee; wears prosthetic devices (“hooks”) of metal on both arms. The Civil Air Patrol did an aerial search. In 1964, Civil Defense volunteers dragged the Missouri River from Virginia street to the Floyd Channel, an area where Assistant Police Chief Russel White said was the only area of the river open at the time of his disappearance. They dragged for a quarter of a mile on the IA side from the shore to the middle over three hours. Nothing was found. |
| Patrick Ayn Sturbaum – 1960 | Vacaville, California | Drove a light gray 1960 Nash Rambler Ambassador with the CA license plate number SZE663. | Patrick, 38, was last seen in Vacaville, CA on August 2nd, 1960. She was reported missing three days later on 8/5. She may use the name Patricia, and may have been known as Jeanna Patrica Casey, Patrick Ayn Beckett, Patrick A Haselden and Patrick Ayn Arsenault at other times in her life. Date Added: 7/29/22 |
| Walcie Rae Downing – 1956 | Gallup, New Mexico | Still missing is her Cream or tan 1952 or 1954 Ford. License plate unknown. It was possibly purchased in Casa Grande, Arizona where she and her children lived at one time. | Walcie “Rae” Downing, 32, was last seen on December 14th, 1956 in Gallup, NM. According to her family, Rae was going through a difficult time when she disappeared. She was working at a grocery store at the time, had a broken relationship and may have been having an affair with a police officer. She had five children and told her oldest daughter, who was 14 when she last saw her mother, not to look for her. Despite these parting words, her children don’t believe she would have abandoned them permanently. This is her last confirmed contact. Even though it isn’t confirmed, there is a possibility that she contacted her children by phone around 1959. She was born as Walcie Rae Alston in Arkansas. She married first Earnest Pearce then Charlie Paul Downing. Family members believe she may have been killed in the area of Grants, New Mexico or the Malpais. It is believed that she may have been attempting to see her children when she disappeared due to accident or intentional desire to prevent her from seeing her children. |
| Fay Rawley – 1953 | Summum, Illinois | Still missing Green four-door 1953 Cadillac | Fay, 55, was last seen in Macomb, IL on November 8th, 1953. He visited a woman at her apartment that evening. His girlfriend was divorced and she and Fay had planned to marry once his divorce was final, but two months earlier she had changed her mind and decided to reconcile with her ex-husband. She and Fay continued to see each other in spite of her decision. According to the woman, Fay left her apartment at 7:50 p.m., presumably to go to his own home in Summum, IL. He has never been heard from again. There were indications that a struggle had taken place at Fay’s house; a lamp was overturned. His eyeglasses were also left behind. An employee at the Key Coal Co. strip mine, not far from Fay’s house, saw his car at the mine on the night he disappeared, but couldn’t identify the driver or the number of occupants. It wasn’t uncharacteristic of him to visit the mine at night to talk to the workers. A wealthy former bank president, Fay had a reputation as a free spender and a womanizer who often carried large sums of cash. By the time of his disappearance, he had been separated from his wife for about eight years. The day he disappeared was the day his divorce was finalized. His wife moved to Michigan after his disappearance. Because of his relationships with women and because he often lent money to people, he had enemies. Two weeks before he went missing, Fay was assaulted in Macomb. A week after that, someone threw acid on his car. Around the same time, someone tried to run him over twice. In 1956, authorities excavated the Key Coal Co. strip mine looking for his body. They dug a 150-foot-wide crater, but found nothing of interest. A second search at the mine in 1962 was also unsuccessful. Date Added: 2/13/24 |
| Leila Lewis Bryan and Mary Rachel – 1941 | Carolina Beach, North Carolina | Her husband’s black 1935 Ford Model A coupe, which Leila was said to be driving, is still missing. It had the NC plate number 219-056 and engine number 18-1833996. | Leila, 36, and her daughter Mary, 3, were last seen on May 10th, 1941 in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Leila and her husband, E.C. “Eddie” Bryan, lived in Carolina Beach in the 200 block of North Raleigh Avenue. The weekend she and her daughter disappeared, Leila planned to head for Bladenboro to visit her family. She was going to leave either Friday or Saturday, possibly riding with her brother, Berry Lewis. Eddie told investigators that on the day they went missing, Leila said she was driving to a store a few blocks from their home at around 9 p.m. He later told them that Mary Rachel asked to ride along. Where Leila went shopping that evening, if she did, has never been discovered. He also stated that he didn’t think the Ford had more than half a tank of gas when they left. Berry went to Carolina Beach to visit his sister around 9 p.m. the same day. He woke up Eddie, who told his brother-in-law that Leila had gone to the store. Berry apparently drove around the beach for an hour or so, looking for Leila and Mary Rachel. Figuring he must have somehow missed them, he returned to the couple’s home. Leila was a native of Bladenboro, and her family was well-liked and widely known, which contributed to the attention their case recieved. == Search Efforts == Professional divers searched areas where a car could be driven into the Cape Fear River, Snow’s Cut, and the Intracoastal Waterway. Officers visited gas stations from 50 to 100 miles away. They thought they had a break later that summer when someone found a piece of automobile windshield in Snow’s Cut (a large canal connecting the Cape Fear River and the Intracoastal Waterway north of Carolina Beach). It was just a few feet offshore, out from a little beach in around 18 inches of water, and had been there for a while. It was determined the glass could have come from a 1935 Ford, but couldn’t be sure. The fragment was sent to the SBI lab in Raleigh, but as the case grew cold over the years, the glass disappeared. Investigators never found sufficient evidence to suggest anyone killed Leila and Mary Rachel. No one was ever charged. Nor was there an indication by friends or family that she had ever considered suicide. |