11 years of MISSING IN AMERICA
Dateline NBC's social and digital series 'Missing in America' began 11 years ago. On December 5, 2013, we asked our Facebook community a question. "Do you know anyone who has simply vanished?" The response was overwhelming. The next day we decided to feature the story of a different missing person brought to our attention by a member of our social communities each week. These are the stories of those who are still missing. Read and share their stories. Someone, somewhere, saw something.
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Dateline: Missing in America Podcast
Are you the key to solving a mystery? That question is at the heart of this original podcast series from Dateline, featuring missing person cases brought to our attention by followers on social media. You can listen to the first three seasons now.
ALABAMA
Missing in America
James Bernard White
James Bernard White was last seen on March 18, 2022, in Saraland, Alabama. Bernard, as his family calls him, had been at the hospital with his wife, who was battling cancer, earlier that day. His stepkids then took him home to freshen up. When he got home, Bernard asked a neighbor to pick up a few things for him at the store. But when the neighbor returned, Bernard was nowhere to be found.
ALASKA
Missing in America
Willis Derendoff
Thirty-four-year-old Willis Derendoff was last seen on November 10, 2020 at the Extended Stay America hotel near Airport Road in Fairbanks, Alaska. He had traveled there from Huslia, Alaska, in October of 2020 on vacation. His mother, Gladys, told Dateline she spoke to Willis on the phone the day he disappeared.missing in america
Erin Marie Gilbert
Erin Marie Gilbert went on a first date to the Girdwood Forest Fair in Girdwood, Alaska on July 1, 1995 and hasn’t been seen since. The 24-year-old had moved to Alaska the year prior and was working as a nanny. Stephanie Gilbert-Juarez told Dateline that her sister’s date had been with a man named Dave Combs, whom Erin had met a few nights earlier at a local bar.Missing in America
Anesha “Duffy” Murnane
Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, 38, was last seen on security video on October 17, 2019, leaving her Homer, Alaska apartment heading to a 1:00 p.m. doctor’s appointment. She never made it. Police said security cameras captured Duffy leaving the Maintree Apartments on foot around 12:15 p.m. For weeks, law enforcement, assisted by K-9 units, searched the area where Duffy was known to frequently travel by foot.Missing in America
Florence Okpealuk
33-year-old Florence Okpealuk was last seen on West Beach in Nome, Alaska on August 31, 2020. According to Florence’s sister Blaire, a witness saw Florence leaving a tent on the beach at 4:00 p.m. Blaire told Dateline she found Florence’s shoes and jacket left outside that tent. The Nome Police Department enlisted the help of the Alaska State Troopers and the FBI to aid in the search.MISSING IN AMERICA
Doren Sanford
Doren Sanford was in Fairbanks, Alaska on August 20, 2020 to look at some property he was interested in purchasing when he vanished. He was last known to be in the area of Airport Road searching for his lost Rottweiler, Groot. Both are missing. Doren, who was 34 at the time, was raised in Tok with his large extended family, and lived in Anchorage where he worked as a heavy equipment operator/laborer.
ARIZONA
Missing in America
Michelle Bernstein-Schultz
36-year-old Michelle Bernstein-Schultz was last heard from on June 29, 2022. Michelle’s sister, Daniella, told Dateline that at the time of her disappearance, Michelle had been living with her boyfriend in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Daniella, on June 29, Michelle had been texting a friend all day. The last message the friend received from her was around 4:03 p.m.Missing in America
Daniel Robinson
On June 23, 2021, 24-year-old Daniel Robinson drove his 2017 blue Jeep Renegade away from his job site in the desert area west of Sun Valley Parkway, just north of Cactus Road in Buckeye, Arizona and hasn’t been seen since. In July of 2021, Daniel’s Jeep was discovered by a rancher in a ravine on his property about four miles southwest of the jobsite where Daniel was last seen.Missing in America
Yvonne Mullican
Yvonne Mullican was reported missing from Prescott Valley, Arizona on April 4, 2024. The 66-year-old was last believed to have been wearing dark jeans, a purple shirt, and a gray sweater. Weeks later, Yvonne’s silver 2012 Kia Sorrento was located in a remote area more than 50 miles away.Missing in America
Mikelle Biggs
Mikelle Biggs was last seen around 6:00 p.m. on January 2, 1999, outside her family’s home in Mesa, Arizona. Mikelle, 11, and her 9-year-old sister, Kimber, had been playing outside when Kimber went inside to talk to her mom. When Kimber came back outside, Mikelle was gone. Her purple bicycle was lying on the pavement with one of the wheels still turning. According to the Mesa Police Department, officers “determined relatively quickly that it was a suspicious missing juvenile” case rather than a runaway child.
ARKANSAS
Missing in America
Brad Allen
Brad Allen, 38, was last seen in the early morning hours of July 18, 2017, on his family’s property in Fountain Hill, Arkansas. Brad’s girlfriend, Megan Coady, told Dateline in 2018 that she and Brad had gotten into an argument the night before and he told her he was going on a walk through the woods to cool off.MISSING IN AMERICA
Brooke Allensworth
Brooke Allensworth was last seen on July 12, 2018, a day after getting her hair and nails done at a salon in Independence County, Arkansas. She was 37 years old at the time. According to NBC affiliate KARK, Brooke’s father reported her missing on July 26 to the Searcy County Police Department, as Brooke lived in Searcy County at the time.
CALIFORNIA
Missing in America
Dia Abrams
Sixty-five-year-old Lydia Abrams, known as Dia, vanished from Mountain Center, California on June 6, 2020. Dateline spoke with Keith Harper who said that he and Dia started dating in 2016 and got engaged in 2019. According to Keith, the two were living together in Dia’s Mountain Center home where he worked as the property’s ranch manager.Missing in America
Christina Bastian
High school teacher Christina Bastian and her dog, Coco, were last seen together in the early hours of November 1, 2015, at a friend's home near Apple Valley, California. The 34-year-old’s belongings were later found strewn along Highway 247, near Lucerne Valley. Her truck was located, abandoned, on a dirt road along Highway 62.Missing in America
Nancy Bromet
Nancy Bromet left her father’s home in Sunrise, Florida on November 12, 2015, to head to Bakersfield, California with her boyfriend, a long-haul truck driver. On November 17, the 37-year-old called her sister Laura saying she was in distress and wanted to come home. Laura told Dateline that after a few days of not hearing from her sister, she began to call Nancy’s boyfriend.Missing in America
Cecilia Cabrera
The last images of Cecilia Cabrera were captured on security footage from the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, California. It was just before 1:00 a.m. on June 9, 2016, when the 31-year-old was seen leaving the casino in her dark gray Chevrolet Malibu. Several hours later, a call came in to the California State Highway Patrol that a burning vehicle had been discovered in an orchard near Goshen, about 30 miles from the casino. It was Cecilia’s car, but she was not inside.Missing in America
The California Five
Despite active pursuits on social media for many years now, the families of five young men who went missing in the San Francisco, California area more than a decade ago still have few answers. Jackson Miller, missing May 15, 2010, Cameron Remmer, missing October 6, 2011, Shawn Dickerson, missing December 2, 2011, Crishtian Hughes, missing February 7, 2013, and Sean Sidi, missing May 21, 2013, all vanished from various areas of San Francisco without a trace.Missing in America
Donald Cavanaugh
Donald Cavanaugh was one of two men who disappeared more than a decade ago after working on the same small horse ranch in California outside Westport, a town with only 60 residents. Donald, then 63, was reported missing in May 2005, in Ukiah, California after a dispute with his nephew, James DeNoyer, who was the ranch owner. David Neily, 69, was reported missing in Westport, California just one year later, also reportedly after a confrontation with DeNoyer.Missing in America
Corey Daniely
33-year-old Corey Daniely was last seen on August 7, 2023 walking away from a house in Kerman, California. It was his birthday. His mother, Tamecka Harris, told Dateline that she spoke to a man who had been at the house with her son, who told her that Corey had gotten into an argument with another man at the house.MISSING IN AMERICA
Dane Elkins
UC Santa Cruz student Dane Elkins, 22, was last known to be in the area of Castaic, California, around 8:20 p.m. on December 21, 2020. His car was found abandoned with a flat tire. His wallet and cell phone were located inside, but there was no sign of Dane. Dane’s mother, Deborah, told Dateline in 2021 that she spoke to her son that day.Missing in America
Monique Figueroa
Monique Figueroa told her family on May 19, 2015, that she was heading from her father’s home in Littlerock, California to visit friends in Los Angeles. Police recovered her 2004 Mercedes abandoned in a rural area outside Los Angeles several days later. Forensic tests were conducted, but no clues to Monique’s disappearance were uncovered.Missing in America
Cajairah Fraise
22-year-old Cajairah Fraise was last seen on February 23, 2023. She was eight months pregnant with a boy. At the time of her disappearance, Cajairah was living in Marino Valley with her parents. Her mother, Karah Fraise, told Dateline that Cajairah was standing in front of a Jack in the Box drive-through in Beaumont while she and her husband went through the drive-through to order.Missing in America
Arelie Garcia
Arelie Garcia was last seen in Salinas, California on September 22, 2022. She was supposed to work a shift at her job as a service advisor at My Chevrolet in Salinas, but never clocked in. Her family tracked her phone to Big Sur, which is about an hour away from Salinas. Her vehicle was found by her sister on Highway 1 near the Little Sur River in Big Sur with her cell phone, wallet, and keys all inside.missing in america
Diana Rose Alejandre Garcia Gonzalez
Diana Rose Alejandre Garcia Gonzalez had been known to travel between Winterhaven, California, Yuma, Arizona, and Mexico, but when her family hadn’t been able to contact her for two months, they reported her missing in June 2020. In September 2020, Dateline spoke with Investigator J. Hurtado of the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office who said Diana was last known to be in Winterhaven at the home she shared with her girlfriend, Danielle Meeden.missing in america
Max Greenfield
On the night of March 17, 2018, Max Greenfield began messaging his friends asking if anyone wanted to go to the Lucky 7 Casino in Smith River, California. The casino was less than a 15-minute drive from Max’s house in Bookings, Oregon, and family says he went there often with friends.Missing in America
Karlie Gusé
On October 12, 2018, 16-year-old Karlie Gusé left her home in Chalfant, California to hang out with friends nearby. Karlie’s stepmother, Melissa, told Dateline she picked Karlie up from town and brought her home around 9:00 p.m. According to Melissa, they ate dinner together before Karlie went to bed.Missing in America
Rico Omarr Harris
Former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Omarr Harris was in the middle of a big life move from California to Oregon in the fall of 2014. He was traveling to visit his girlfriend in Seattle when, on October 10, 2014, he mysteriously disappeared. Rico, then 37, was last seen leaving the home that he shared with his mother in Alhambra, California.missing in america
May “Maya” Millete
May “Maya” Millete, a defense contractor at Naval Base San Diego and mother of three, was last seen alive on January 7, 2021, by her husband, Larry Millete, at the family’s home in Chula Vista. In July 2021, Larry Millete was named a “person of interest” in the case. He denied any involvement in his wife’s disappearance.Missing in America
Lyn Palmer
After working her normal volunteer shift at a local thrift store on April 20, 2018, 71-year-old Lyn Palmer returned to her home in Fall River Mills, California. Waiting for her was her husband of 20 years, Bob Palmer, and Bob’s daughter’s dog, a Blue Heeler named Lucy, whom they were taking care of for a few days.Missing in America
Elaine Park
The last time anyone saw 20-year-old Elaine Park was in the early-morning hours of Saturday, January 28, 2017. Elaine had driven to her on-again, off-again boyfriend’s family’s home in Calabasas, California the previous evening. Elaine’s mother said the young man told her that Elaine had suffered some type of panic attack around 4:00 a.m. the next morning and despite his efforts to have her stay, Elaine drove off in her car.Missing in America
Lance Perkins
Lance Perkins called his mother, Donna, on the night of October 23, 2016, to tell her that he was having blackouts. She told him to call 911 and go to the hospital. The 43-year-old was taken by ambulance from his hotel in San Diego to UCSD in Hillcrest. Three hours later, security cameras showed him walking out of the hospital.Missing in America
Pearl Pinson
15-year-old Pearl Pinson was abducted in Vallejo, California on May 25, 2016. Numerous witnesses told police that she was walking to her bus stop when a man dragged her and threw her into his vehicle. A day later, the suspect's vehicle was spotted and he was killed in a shootout with police. Pearl was nowhere to be found.Missing in America
Heidi Planck
California mother Heidi Planck, 39, was last seen leaving her then-10-year-old son’s football game in Downey, California on October 17, 2021. She was first reported missing October 20 when she failed to pick her son up from school. Hours after Heidi was last seen, her dog was found on the 28th floor of an apartment building in downtown Los Angeles.Missing in America
Danielle Rico
Danielle Rico has been missing since August 21, 2022. Her mother, Billie Rico, told Dateline that Danielle came by her house in Riverside County, California, that day to tell her mother that she had gotten her car fixed, and to ask for some gas money. Billie said Danielle was wearing black jeans and a floral top. After the 39-year-old mother of two teenage girls left, Billie never saw her daughter again.Missing in America
Stacey Smart
Stacey Smart has been missing from the small town of Lewiston, California since 2016. According to the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, the 51-year-old was last seen on October 12, 2016, at the home she shared with her boyfriend. The details of what happened in the days leading up to her disappearance are unclear.Missing in America
John “Jack” Stein
John “Jack” Stein, 24, was last seen in the 3700 block of Kanan Road in Agoura Hills, California, on July 13, 2021. His family says he suffers from depression and bipolar disorder and is worried because it’s unlike him to not be in contact with someone. Jack did not have a cell phone or ID on him when he disappeared, and could have been traveling to Denver or Salt Lake City, where he has friends, or to his hometown in Minnesota.Missing in America
Michael Vanzandt
Michael Vanzandt was last seen on the evening of March 5, 2016, while out in downtown Hermosa Beach, California. The 36-year-old was standing in line with friends outside the American Junkie gastropub at about 10:15 p.m., and then began walking toward a nearby liquor store. He has not been seen or heard from since.Missing in America
Matthew Weaver Jr.
Matthew Weaver Jr., 32, was last seen in the early morning hours of August 10, 2018, near Malibu, California. He hung out with a friend until around 4:30 a.m., and then drove to the Malibu Canyons after dropping the friend at her house. His car was found the next morning off a trail near Malibu.missing in america
Sydney West
UC Berkeley student Sydney West has been missing since September 30, 2020. The then 19-year-old was last seen at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. After Sydney's parents in North Carolina were unable to reach her for several days, they reported her missing in North Carolina on October 1 and then again in San Francisco on October 2.Missing in America
Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain
Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain was last seen on May 17, 2024, in Shasta County, California. The 39-year-old was shuttling cars around town with her boyfriend's family as they went back and forth visiting a relative in the hospital. She last texted with her sisters that evening. Redding Rancheria — a Native American reservation in Shasta County — is where Nikki’s mother-in-law lives, and where Nikki texted her sister Chloe she was headed in their last exchange.Missing in America
Jahnay Bryan
Twenty-three-year-old Jahnay Bryan was living in her East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, home with her mother after graduating from Cornell University in the summer of 2023. According to her sister, Jahnay gradually started losing contact with the people in her life over the next year. On August 1, 2024, Jahnay sent her ex-boyfriend an email. “Gone for the last few months. Back,” it read. “Moving to a new city Monday. Bye.” On October 16, Jahnay sent her ex-boyfriend another email.Missing in America
Deng Vongphachan
Deng Vongphachan was last seen on January 4, 2024, in Del Norte County, California. That morning, the 71-year-old went out mushroom picking, something her family said she does often. But when she didn’t return later that evening, the family grew concerned. After a search, Deng’s truck was found at the intersection of Low Divide Road and Forest Service Road near Signal Peak, in Del Norte County, a place where Deng regularly picks mushrooms.Missing in America
Vincent Sutton
43-year-old Vincent Sutton was last seen on September 14, 2023, in California City, California. Vincent had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was having an episode that day. That night, Vincent left the home he shared with his father and never returned. He was reported missing the next day.
COLORADO
Missing in America
Miranda Conner
30-year-old Miranda Conner was last seen on February 3, 2023, in Federal Heights, Colorado. At the time of her disappearance, Miranda was living in Denver with a roommate. She has two children. Her mother, Tabitha Spann, told Dateline that she spoke with her daughter on Thursday, February 2. She said Miranda asked her for money to cover her rent, and Tabitha told Dateline that she sent her $300.Missing in America
Kelsie Schelling
Kelsie Schelling went missing from Pueblo, Colorado, on the night of February 4, 2013, after driving there from her home in Denver to meet her boyfriend, Donthe Lucas. The 21-year-old was two months pregnant with the couple's child, a reported stress point in the relationship. Video released by the Pueblo Police Department shows Schelling’s black 2011 Chevrolet Cruze parked in front of a Walmart around noon the following day.MISSING IN AMERICA
Charlene Voight
Charlene Voight had just moved to Littleton, Colorado from her family’s home in Southern California when she disappeared. The move, in part, was so she could finally be with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Jeff Beier. The “always happy” 36-year-old had just graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Landscape Architecture, and she was excited to start a new career.Missing in America
Nathaniel Holmes
On December 19, 2017, Nathaniel Holmes was dropped off at Hidden Lake High School in Westminster, Colorado, by his mother, Wendy Keadle. That was the last time anyone in the family saw him. When his mother went to pick her son up around 2:00 p.m. that day, he wasn’t at the school. Nathaniel’s father, Ben Holmes, says when he was alerted to the situation by his ex-wife, he immediately called the school and found out that Nathaniel had not been in his afternoon classes that day and had, allegedly, walked out of the school.
CONNECTICUT
Missing in America
Denise Leary
Fifty-nine-year-old Denise Leary was last seen on September 29, 2024 at her home in New Haven, Connecticut. The next morning, her son, Joshua Webbe, knocked on her bedroom door, but she didn't answer. The door was locked from the inside so he called paramedics who got the door open. The paramedics discovered Denise’s window open and believed she may have hoisted herself out of it. They also found footprints near the house.
DELAWARE
Missing in America
Nefertiri Trader
Nefertiri Trader was last seen on June 30, 2014, by a neighbor who told police Nefertiri was forced from her home and abducted in her own silver Acura RL around 4:00 a.m. in New Castle, Delaware. Police have indicated that foul play is involved in this case, but no person of interest or suspect has been named. In a March 2017 court ruling, Nefertiri was declared legally dead in the hope of bringing in new leads to the police.
FLORIDA
Missing in America
Timothy Braddy
34-year-old Timothy Braddy was last seen on December 10, 2022, in Citrus County, Florida. Timothy is originally from Florida but had been living in Oregon for three years. Timothy’s mother, Kimberly, told Dateline that her son had driven from Oregon to Florida earlier in the month for a job opportunity. That's why, on December 9, 2022, Timothy was headed down to Tampa for the onboarding for his new job.MISSING IN AMERICA
Kelley Brannon
Kelley Brannon, 36, was last known to be at the Sunshine Inn Hotel in Live Oak, Florida, on the evening of July 14, 2020, and into the early morning hours of July 15. According to Captain Jason Rountree with the Live Oak Police Department, Kelley and her boyfriend, Eddie Emerson, had been traveling from Gainesville, Florida to Detroit, Michigan in separate vehicles on July 9 when Eddie’s truck broke down.MISSING IN AMERICA
Leila Cavett
Leila Cavett was reported missing after her 2-year-old son, Kamdyn, was found wandering around alone outside an apartment complex in Miramar, Florida on July 26, 2020. The 21-year-old Dawsonville, Georgia mother was last seen in Hollywood, Florida, on July 25, 2020, driving a white mid-to-late ‘90s Chevy Silverado 3500 pickup truck with a red tailgate and a “Baby on Board” sign on the passenger window.Missing in America
Donna Chatterton
Donna Chatterton’s mobile home in Lee County, Florida went up in flames on February 4, 2015. There were no remains found in the charred remnants of the home, and no one could find Donna. Authorities have said they believe the fire was accidental, most likely started by a space heater that was left running. However, officials do believe the 46-year-old met with some type of foul play.missing in america
Lauren Dumolo
Lauren Dumolo, 29, was last seen by her boyfriend at the apartment they shared on Coronado Parkway in Cape Coral, Florida on June 19, 2020. On the same day, Lauren’s purse was found in Four Freedoms Park, a place she was known to frequent. Her cell phone was later found in the apartment. On June 24, 2020, police deemed Lauren’s disappearance “suspicious” and the status was changed to missing person endangered, based on their investigation, according to Detective Nick Jones of the Cape Coral Police.missing in america
Sara Ebersole
Twenty-six-year-old Sara Ebersole disappeared on March 3, 2023, in Reddick, Florida. Sara’s sister, Michelle, told Dateline she last heard from her sister on March 2 -- the night before she disappeared. She said that Sara texted her around 7 p.m. asking her for a ride home from work but Michelle wasn’t able to pick her up. Michelle said her sister texted her again at 10:11 p.m., saying that she was getting into a random truck with some cowboys.Missing in America
Noemi Gonzalez
The family of Noemi Gonzalez has gone nine years not knowing where the beloved mother and grandmother is. Noemi disappeared from her North Miami, Florida home in the early morning hours of February 12, 2014. Her adult son, Pedrito, was staying with Noemi at the time and says he awoke to find her gone.Missing in America
Theresa Hartley
Sixty-six-year-old Theresa Hartley disappeared in Florida’s Ocala National Forest in March of 2023. On March 10, Theresa’s friend picked her up in his white Dodge pickup truck at her home in St. Augustine. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the agency investigating the case at the time, the friend said that he and Theresa had gone to the Ocala National Forest to collect firewood.Missing in America
Reny Jose
Reny Jose was a 22-year-old engineering student at Rice University with a 4.0 GPA when he was reported missing while on spring break in Panama City, Florida. According to the friends with whom he was on the trip, Reny was last seen leaving their rented beach house around 7:00 p.m. on March 3, 2014. His friends reported him missing the next morning.MISSING IN AMERICA
Marsha Lyle
Marsha Lyle disappeared from Jacksonville, Florida on May 8, 2020. That day, the 41-year-old bought gas at the Pilot Gas Station in Jasper, Florida at 12:56 p.m. It was her last known debit card purchase. According to security video released by the Jacksonville Police Department, Marsha was then seen at a Walgreens on Park Street in Jacksonville at 3:35 p.m. Three hours later, at 6:28 p.m., she was seen on security video at a uniform shop on Phillips Highway in Jacksonville.MISSING IN AMERICA
Eileen Peluffo
Eileen Peluffo vanished from Daytona Beach, Florida on July 15, 2015, after traveling from her home in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her fiancé, who had stayed behind at their North Carolina home, was contacted by the Florida Highway Patrol on July 13, 2015. They informed him that the car Eileen had been driving, which was registered in his name, had been located on I-95 and impounded. Eileen was spotted a few days later on July 15 in Daytona Beach.MISSING IN AMERICA
Veronica Marllen Reyes-Diaz
Veronica Marllen Reyes-Diaz was last seen on Saturday, January 18, 2020, when she picked up her children from her sister’s house in Plant City, Florida. The 23-year-old took them home to their house in nearby Dover, Florida. She put them to bed and walked outside. She hasn’t been seen since. Veronica's Chevy Yukon was found parked outside the house. Her car keys and wallet with cash were inside the vehicle.Missing in America
Jasmine Robinson
Jasmine Robinson was last seen in the Archer, Florida, home she shared with her grandmother on February 18, 2019. The 23-year-old was approximately six months pregnant when she went missing. Police believe she disappeared at approximately 7 p.m. Earlier that day, she had a heated phone call at work with the man she believed to be her baby’s father.Missing in America
Calandra Stallworth
Calandra Stallworth has been missing since March 27, 2017. On the night of her disappearance, the 29-year-old dropped her children off at her grandmother’s house in Crestview, Florida and headed to work at the Hilton Sandestin Beach. She called her grandmother after her shift to let her know that she was on her way to pick up the children. She never showed up that night.MISSING IN AMERICA
Cieha Taylor
According to a press release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, 28-year-old Cieha Taylor was last seen around 4:00 p.m. on February 6, 2020, when she dropped her boyfriend off at his home on Cowart Road in Plant City, Florida, just a few blocks from the call center where she worked.Missing in America
Sophie Reeder
15-year-old Sophie Reeder was last seen by her family on May 19, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale. Patrick Reeder told Dateline his daughter went to bed that evening around 11 p.m., but when he went to check on her the next morning, she was nowhere to be found. According to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Sophie was captured on video walking past her house around 11 p.m., and again around 2 a.m. along the Davie Boulevard corridor, not far from her home.
GEORGIA
Missing in America
Morgan Bauer
Morgan Bauer mysteriously vanished in 2016 after she moved from Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Atlanta, Georgia. According to Sherri Sichmeller, Morgan’s mother, the 19-year-old had arranged to stay with a man she met on Craigslist, offering to clean and do other chores until she settled into a job. But for an unknown reason, Morgan was reportedly kicked out of that temporary home and was living at a local motel.Missing in America
Ciera Breland
According to the Johns Creek Police Department, 31-year-old Ciera Breland was last seen leaving her mother-in-law's house on February 24, 2022, in Johns Creek, Georgia. Her husband, Xavier Breland, reported her missing in Carmel, Indiana, after returning home from their Georgia road trip without her. He has been listed as a person of interest in Ciera’s disappearance.MISSING IN AMERICA
Jessica Vanzant Dietzel
Jessica Vanzant Dietzel, a 21-year-old mother who had been living in Leesburg, Georgia, was last in contact with her family in mid-February 2020. She was last seen around the same time in the area of Albany, Georgia near the Flint River. There has been no activity on her social media or bank accounts since.Missing in America
Tiffany Foster
35-year-old Tiffany Foster was last seen leaving her home in Newnan, Georgia, on March 1, 2021. According to her family, she was on her way to the grocery store. It is unclear if she made it there. On March 2, she was reported missing after failing to show up at her college class.Missing in America
Ebony Giddens
Ebony Giddens, 27, was last heard from on Sunday, March 11, 2018. When her brother arrived at her Columbus, Georgia apartment the next morning to take her kids to school, Ebony was nowhere to be found. Ebony’s purse, wallet, and keys were inside the apartment, but her cell phone was missing.Missing in America
Jenna Van Gelderen
Jenna Van Gelderen was last heard from while pet-sitting her parents’ cat in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta on the night of August 18, 2017. The 25-year-old had plans to meet a friend the next day. But when the friend arrived at the house, neither Jenna nor her vehicle was there.Missing in America
Allahnia Lenoir
On the night of July 30, 2022, 24-year-old Allahnia Lenoir was reportedly hanging out with three people at the 1660 Peachtree Midtown Apartments in Atlanta, Georgia. The three were later identified as a close family friend, and two men – Diante Reynolds and Steven Oboite. The close friend left early and called Allahnia's mother the next morning, July 31, to make sure Allahnia made it home safe. But Allahnia never made it home and on August 1, her mother reported her missing.Missing in America
Vaughn Callenback
Joanie Knight last saw her father, Vaughn Callenback, when he visited her home in Franklin, North Carolina, on July 3, 2024, before returning to his home near Lake Burton in Georgia. The 77-year-old was last seen on July 5 leaving a bank in Clayton, Georgia. On July 13, one of Joanie’s half-siblings, who lives near Vaughn, alerted the family that he hadn't seen his stepfather in more than a week. The family reported him missing that day.
HAWAII
Missing in America
Kainalu Higbee
41-year-old Kainalu Higbee, also known as Kai, was last seen on May 7, 2022, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. According to his wife, Samantha, the father of three struggled on and off with substance abuse. She told Dateline he “fell off the wagon” again on May 6, so she kicked him out of the house.Missing in America
Moreira "Mo" Monsalve
Moreira "Mo" Monsalve was last seen on January 12, 2014, at her ex-boyfriend Bernard Brown’s house. Mo’s daughter, Alexis, reported her mother missing two days later, on January 14, 2014. Several days after that, Mo's belongings were found just a few miles from her Maui, Hawaii home in a dumpster behind the Wailuku Community Center.Missing in America
Kevin Winters
Michigan native, 51-year-old Kevin Winters, disappeared in Maui, Hawaii, on September 3, 2021. Dateline spoke with Kevin's sister, Karen in July 2022. She said that Kevin had been living in Maui for the past 15 years. On September 2, 2021, Kevin visited a brewery in Kahana, Hawaii, and around 9:45 p.m., deposited a check at an ATM at the First Hawaiian Bank nearby.Missing in America
Mischa Johnson
Nineteen-year-old Mischa Johnson failed to show up to dinner plans with her sister on July 12, 2024. At the time, she was six months pregnant and living in the Schofield Barracks in Oahu, Hawaii with her husband, Private First-Class Dewayne Arthur Johnson. Her sister told Dateline the family continued to receive texts from Mischa’s phone until August 1. However, the texts didn’t seem to be in Mischa’s usual texting style, either in tone or punctuation. Mischa’s husband reported her missing on August 1.
ILLINOIS
Missing in America
Joshua Amos
A 32-year-old Granite City, Illinois man Joshua Amos was last seen on March 19, 2023. He was wearing blue jeans, a light gray long-sleeve crew neck shirt, and black Adidas tennis shoes. That day, Josh went out to a club with three friends in Washington Park, Illinois -- about 16 minutes away by car from Granite City. His mother, Christina Simpson, told Dateline security footage captured Josh walking by himself outside the club around 4:58 a.m.Missing in America
Kierra Coles
Kierra Coles was last seen on October 2, 2018, leaving her apartment on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The 26-year-old was three months pregnant at the time. The day she disappeared, Kierra called out sick from her job as a letter carrier at the U.S. Postal Service. Security video showed Kierra leaving her apartment at 82nd Street and Coles Avenue and walking past her car. She is seen wearing her U.S. Postal Service uniform, despite having called in sick.Missing in America
Eric Fischer
38-year-old father of two Eric Fischer has been missing from Macomb, Illinois since January 8, 2023. Eric’s former sister-in-law, Chelsea Teel, told Dateline that Eric sent a concerning text to her sister earlier that day. She said the text indicated that Eric might have be having suicidal thoughts. Chelsea’s sister called the police and asked them to go to Eric’s apartment to check on him, but when they arrived, he wasn’t there.Missing in America
Kianna Galvin
Kianna Galvin of South Elgin, Illinois, was last seen around 12:30 p.m. on May 6, 2016, leaving her family’s home. The 17-year-old told her younger sister she was headed to a nearby park to meet a friend and would return home in several hours. She never returned. Authorities do not believe that Kianna ran away.Missing in America
Jared Hanna
28-year-old Jared Hanna disappeared on July 2, 2011, while driving through Clinton County, Illinois. A witness told police they believe it was Jared who knocked on their door around 8:30 a.m. asking for directions to a nearby town. The last confirmed sighting of Jared was a few hours later at 11:45 a.m. on security images at a local food mart.Missing in America
Amos Morgan
Amos Morgan was last seen by family on May 10, 2023, in the Streator area of LaSalle County, Illinois. On May 12, 2023, Amos's wife, Camille, reported him missing to the Joliet Police department after the 63-year-old failed to call her on his way to work for the second day in a row, as he usually did.Missing in America
Alexis Scott
Alexis Scott was at a party in her hometown of Peoria, Illinois on the night of Friday, September 22, 2017, when she vanished. Partygoers confirmed to police that Alexis was at the party, but nobody knew exactly when she left or if she left with anyone. The 20-year-old was reported missing five days later by her mother, April Allen.MISSING IN AMERICA
Erica Thompson
Erica Thompson was last seen on security video on September 25, 2019, driving near Veterans Memorial Circle in Brookfield, Illinois. Erica was employed at Empire Hard Chrome Inc., in Chicago and did not show up for work that week. Erica’s only son, Michael Russo, said that it was unlike his mother to not show up at work, or check in with her family.Missing in America
Vikki Vukelich
In February of 1991, Vikki Vukelich, 32, spent her days running her hair salon, Hair Designs by Vikki. Her daughter, Jill, told Dateline that when her mother got home from work on February 23, 1991, she was ready to go to bed, but her husband wanted to go to a party. When Jill woke up, her mother was nowhere to be found.
INDIANA
Missing in America
Marina Boelter
On New Year's Eve in 2014, Marina Boelter was seen leaving the IGA grocery store where she worked in Bloomfield, Indiana, around 6:00 p.m. D.J. Lockhart, Marina’s former boyfriend and father of her young son, was reportedly in the parking lot of the store at the time. He told police he saw the 18-year-old being driven away from the store by an older man.Missing in America
Diamond Bynum and King Walker
On July 25, 2015, Diamond Bynum, 21, and her nephew, King Walker, 2, went missing from the house where Diamond lived with her father and stepmother in Gary, Indiana. Dateline spoke with Eugene Bynum Jr. one year after the disappearance. He said his wife, Susanne, Diamond and King had taken a nap that Saturday afternoon and when Susanne woke up the two were gone.MISSING IN AMERICA
Dawnita Wilkerson
Dawnita Wilkerson told her family she‘d be right back when she walked out of her brother’s house in Evansville, Indiana, on Sunday, June 21, 2020. The 44-year-old mother of six never returned. Dawnita’s aunt, Julia Womack, told Dateline that when her niece didn’t call her mother as she usually did, the family became worried.Missing in America
Kevin Nguyen
On the night of December 8, 2018, Kevin Nguyen went out to the Brass Rail Bar in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was reportedly involved in an altercation that resulted in him being kicked out of the bar. It is unclear who the altercation was with or what it was about. In the early morning hours of December 9, Kevin called his sister asking for a ride home. Their mother went instead, but when she got to the bar, Kevin was nowhere to be found.
KANSAS
MISSING IN AMERICA
Detreck Foster
When Detreck Foster of Independence, Kansas, missed Mother’s Day 2020, his family was concerned. That concern only grew when, in June, he missed celebrating his 38th birthday with his twin sister, and Father’s Day with his daughters – all of which was unusual behavior, according to his family.
KENTUCKY
Missing in America
Kayla Decker
Kayla Decker has not been seen since December 18, 2022 in Bee Spring, Kentucky. The mother of three was last seen at a local church, but according to Detective Michael Waggener of the Kentucky State Police Department, there are very few details known about Kayla's disappearance. She was not reported missing until June 14, 2023.Missing in America
Brookelyn Farthing
Brookelyn Farthing was only 18 years old when she went missing in the early hours of June 22, 2013. The night she was last seen, Brookelyn went with her younger sister, a cousin and some friends to a party outside Berea, Kentucky. Although her family members decided to leave, Brookelyn chose to stay behind.Missing in America
Andrea Knabel
Andrea Michelle Knabel, a 37-year-old mother from Louisville, Kentucky, was last seen around 1:00 a.m. on August 13, 2019, walking in the area of the 4000 block of Fincastle Road near her home in Louisville’s Audubon Park.Missing in America
Richard Lea
On September 3, 2018, Richard Lea was enjoying a weekend away with family at Grayson Lake, in Grayson, Kentucky, a place they had been going to for years. The 62-year-old was walking to the boat with family members when he spotted his wife, Leslie, nearby, and walked over to her. He had been diagnosed with dementia in 2015, but when their son, Jacob, saw his father was safe, he continued to the boat.MISSING IN AMERICA
Crystal Rogers
Crystal Rogers, a 35-year-old mother of five, was last seen on July 3, 2015, at the Bardstown, Kentucky home she shared with her boyfriend, Brooks Houck. Two days later, she was reported missing and her unlocked Chevy Impala was found along Kentucky's Bluegrass Parkway with a flat tire, her belongings still inside. In October 2015, the Nelson County Sheriff officially named Brooks Houck a suspect in Crystal’s disappearance.Missing in America
Samantha Sperry
25-year-old Samantha Sperry was reportedly last seen in Graves County, Kentucky on the morning of Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Authorities told Dateline that the last person to see the young mother alive was her boyfriend’s father, Dusty Holder. Dusty told police that he and Samantha had spent the previous night sleeping on a four-wheeler in the woods.
LOUISIANA
Missing in America
Rebecca Pauline Gary
Rebecca Pauline Gary was last heard from on December 27, 1988. She was spending the holidays alone in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after sending her daughter to stay with family about four hours away in Shreveport. She was supposed to pick her daughter up after the holidays, but never showed up. Family told Dateline in 2017 they waited to report Rebecca missing until January 24, 1989, because they figured she’d show up, eventually.Missing in America
Ella Goodie
Thirty-two-year-old Ella Goodie was last seen on March 9, 2022, in the Calcasieu Parish area of Louisiana. Ella’s best friend, Felicia, told Dateline Ella had been working for Lyft but wanted to make more money and started driving customers without the app. According to the Louisiana State Police, on March 9, the last passenger in Ella’s car was a man named Brandon Francisco.Missing in America
Krystle Journee
39-year-old Krystle Journee was last seen on December 22, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to family, she was headed to a concert that evening with her ex-boyfriend Roosevelt Marshall. Her family reported her missing on December 26, 2021. According to a press release from the New Orleans Police Department, Krystle left her home and got into a black Toyota Avalon with Louisiana plate 102EQM on the evening of December 22.Missing in America
Jake Latiolais
In the early morning hours of August 29, 2014, Jake Latiolais told friends he was headed to West Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That was the last time anyone heard from the 22-year-old. Shortly after, police received an anonymous call about a person going over the railing of the Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge.Missing in America
KeKe Doucet
Keabreonna “KeKe” Doucet vanished on June 15, 2024, in Ville Platte, Louisiana. That morning, the 27-year-old was supposed to meet up with her daughter so the two could go to a basketball game. KeKe’s daughter had been spending the night at a friend’s house and the two had agreed to meet at the intersection of Magnolia and Swallow Streets in Ville Platte. KeKe never showed up.
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MAINE
Missing in America
Russell Burnett
On February 21, 2017, 48-year-old Russell Burnett and his dog, Bev, spent the night at his neighbor’s house in Franklin, Maine. In the morning, Russell told his friend he was going to meet someone who was supposed to take him to the doctor, so he and Bev headed home.Missing in America
Colin Arey
26-year-old Colin Arey was last seen in January 2017. The Bucksport, Maine, resident was dropped off in nearby Brewer and was reportedly going to start a new job in Bangor. He was reported missing in June of 2018. According to the Bucksport Police, none of his belongings have been found and his social media has been inactive.Missing in America
Attiin Shaw
Thirty-three-year-old Attiin Shaw was last seen on September 8, 2021. Originally from Indonesia, she was living with her husband and four children in Washburn, Maine, when she went missing. Her loved ones told Dateline that Attiin has gone missing for extended periods of time in the past — but never for this long.Missing in America
Graham Lacher
Graham Lacher was last seen when he ran into the woods during a one-on-one supervised walk with a staff member at the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor, Maine on June 6, 2022. The 37-year-old, who has been diagnosed with autism and schizophrenia, had been a patient at the facility since April of that year. According to his mother, Graham had been nonverbal for six months leading up to his disappearance — but had started speaking aloud to her, his psychiatrist, and possibly other hospital staff about two weeks before he went missing.Missing in America
Stefanie Damron
Stefanie Damron disappeared from New Sweden, Maine, on September 23. The 13-year-old was at home with her grandfather and three of her siblings when she got in an argument with her older sister about chores. Her grandfather, who was doing maintenance work on the front door, was the last person to see Stefanie as she walked out of the house in tears and headed into the nearby woods, an area her family says she knows well. Her mother told Dateline there is a shortcut onto the main road from the woods.
MARYLAND
Missing in America
Joanna Clark and Shariece Clark
Joanna Clark and her daughter Shariece both went missing on February 4, 2017, but at different times. The exact circumstances of that Saturday afternoon and evening remain unclear. Shariece, who was 15 years old at the time, was last heard from around 2:30 p.m., after she had finished babysitting her six younger siblings at their family’s home in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of South Baltimore, Maryland.Missing in America
Akia Eggleston
Akia Eggleston went missing in Baltimore, Maryland in May of 2017. Akia’s family became alarmed when the 22-year-old failed to show up to her own baby shower on May 3. Calls to Akia went unanswered. Family members visited her apartment to find only a couple of dressers and her bed. They said it looked as if she had moved out. Akia, who was eight months into a high-risk pregnancy, then missed her next prenatal appointment.Missing in America
Susan Lane
Nancy Wright Lane last spoke to her 32-year-old daughter, Susan Lane, in the early hours of March 2, 2020. Susan had called around 12:30 a.m. to tell her that she was being harassed at an Annapolis, Maryland McDonald’s and didn’t feel safe. Susan also said she had called 911 more than once and that police came to survey the scene and deemed it “not a threat.” Detective Mark Gass of The Anne Arundel County Police Department told Dateline in March 2023 that Susan's case is still an open investigation.
MASSACHUSETTS
Missing in America
Sandra Crispo
Sandra Crispo, 54, moved from Quincy, Massachusetts to Hanson, Massachusetts to be closer to her grandchildren. Three months later, she vanished. Sandra was last seen on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, after dropping her car off at the mechanic to be repaired. Security footage shows Sandra getting out of the car and going into Cumberland Farms to buy cigarettes.MISSING IN AMERICA
Abbie Flynn
Abbie Flynn was preparing to host a Super Bowl party at her home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Sunday, February 22, 2020. But when guests arrived, their host was nowhere to be found. The 59-year-old was last heard from earlier that day, when she had a phone conversation with her son who was away at college.Missing in America
Brittany Tee
35-year-old Brittany Tee was last seen on January 10, 2023, at around 8:30 p.m. in Brookfield, Massachusetts. She was last spotted walking away from the home on Main Street where she was staying and heading towards Lewis Field. The communications director for the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office told Dateline that in January 2023 Brittany’s car was found at the residence where she’d been staying and was last seen leaving.
MICHIGAN
Missing in America
Jennifer Blackmon
Jennifer Blackmon, a 35-year-old mother of four, disappeared on December 22, 2020, in River Rouge, Michigan. Jennifer was going through a divorce at the time, and had moved herself and her children out of the home they shared with her husband. On the day of her disappearance, Jennifer was dealing with car troubles so she took her car to her father to fix and borrowed her daughter's car to do her job as a notary public.Missing in America
Bob Dale
On May 18, 1996, 33-year-old father of three Bob Dale disappeared after attending a wedding in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan with his wife, Kristi. Kristi told Dateline that after the wedding, the couple went out to a bar downtown to get drinks with a few friends. According to Kristi, she left Bob in the car asleep while she went inside the bar for drinks.Missing in America
Jessica Heeringa
Jessica Heeringa was working alone at a gas station in Norton Shores, Michigan on April 26, 2013, when she disappeared. A witness told police he saw the 25-year-old mother being forced into a silver Chrysler minivan. Investigators found Jessica's cell phone, keys and purse inside the store.missing in america
Alasia Hill
Alasia Hill was last seen by her mother on March 10, 2021, at a doctor’s appointment in the 2700 block of East Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. Charisma Carucci told Dateline that her 23-year-old daughter had spent most of February in the hospital due to an infection that led to a medically-induced coma.Missing in America
Steven Kraft
On the evening of February 15, 2001, 12-year-old Steven Kraft left his family’s home in Benton Township, Michigan to go outside with two of his dogs. He told his family he’d be home for dinner, but never returned. A few days later, both of the Kraft family dogs returned home, but Steven was still nowhere to be found.Missing in America
Danielle Stislicki
28-year-old Danielle Stislicki was last seen on December 2, 2016, leaving her work at MetLife in Southfield, Michigan. She was supposed to meet a friend for dinner that evening but never arrived. Text messages and calls to her went unanswered. The next day, a close friend who went to check on her found Danielle’s black 2015 Jeep Renegade parked in its usual spot right outside the entrance to her apartment complex.Missing in America
Amber Arnett
Thirty-nine-year-old Amber Arnett was supposed to be returning to Lansing, Michigan to stay with her mother, Marty, for a few days in June of 2023. She had been staying with a friend in the nearby town of Leslie, Michigan at the time. Marty told Dateline she expected her daughter to arrive on June 25. However, the day came and went and there was no sign of Amber. She reported Amber missing to the Lansing Police Department the following week.
MINNESOTA
Missing in America
Shannah Boiteau
Shannah Boiteau was last seen on June 22, 2016, near St. Cloud, Minnesota. The then 23-year-old, originally from Chippewa Falls, Minnesota, was driving with her boyfriend along Highway 94 when he said she suddenly fled the car. She was barefoot and without her purse when she vanished into the thick woods parallel to the highway.Missing in America
Wendy Lynn Khan
Wendy Lynn Khan was last heard from on June 1, 2018, when the 46-year-old texted with her daughter, Aneisah. Aneisah told Dateline she had visited Wendy at her home in Mankato, Minnesota, the night before, on May 31, 2018. Aneisah said she left after Wendy’s boyfriend, Mohammed Bilal Chughtai, came home that night.Missing in America
Nevaeh Kingbird
15-year-old Nevaeh Kingbird was just a freshman in high school when she was last seen in Bemidji, Minnesota on October 22, 2021. According to her mother, Teddi Wind, Nevaeh had mental health issues and had been having a hard time in the months before she vanished.
MISSISSIPPI
Missing in America
Latasha Crump Coleman
Latasha Crump Coleman was last seen at her home in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 18, 2023. According to a press release by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the 46-year-old "was last seen Tuesday, July 18, at about 7:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Hidden Valley Lane in Hinds County.” She was believed to be in her car, a 2002 gray Acura MDX, bearing MS tag HPA8639.Missing in America
Frank Garcia
35-year-old Frank Garcia was last seen on February 16, 1994, in Houston, Mississippi. He was reported missing almost a week later when he failed to pick up two of his checks from his place of work and no one had heard from him. Frank's daughter told Dateline her father was believed to be last seen wearing a ball cap, blue jeans, and a t-shirt.Missing in America
Rebecca Henderson Paulk
The last time anyone saw Rebecca Henderson Paulk was on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at a local business in Meridian, Mississippi. Several days after the 26-year-old was last seen, her vehicle was found abandoned in a rural area not far from her last known whereabouts. Inside were a number of her valuable personal items, including her laptop.MISSING IN AMERICA
Jessica Stacks
Jessica Stacks, 28, and her boyfriend were on a boat on January 1, 2021, somewhere along the Tallahatchie River in Union County, Mississippi, when she disappeared. Her boyfriend, Jerry Wayne Baggett, told law enforcement officials that he and Jessica had launched the boat into the river near the County Road 46 bridge in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.
MISSOURI
Missing in America
Phoenix Coldon
College junior Phoenix Coldon was last seen on December 18, 2011, pulling out of the driveway of her family's home in Spanish Lake, Missouri. About three hours later, the 23-year-old’s car was found abandoned in East St. Louis, about a 25-minute drive from her home.missing in america
Echo Lloyd
When Kelsey Smith went to see her mother, Echo Lloyd, for Mother’s Day in 2020, the 47-year-old was nowhere to be found. Kelsey said she last spoke to her mother on the evening of May 9, 2020, the day before Mother’s Day. The next day, May 10, she drove to her house in Edwards, Missouri to deliver a Mother’s Day card and flowers, but her mother didn’t appear to be home.Missing in america
Ashley Martinez
Ashley Martinez was only 15 years old when she disappeared from Krug Park in St. Joseph, Missouri on July 6, 2004. She had been spending the day at the pool with her younger brother, but when their mother, Tammy Mack, came to pick them up, Ashley was gone. Her brother and other witnesses said she had gotten into a car with a man later identified as Christopher Hart.Missing in America
Kennedy Walton
26-year-old Kennedy Walton was last seen on March 4, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri. That night, Kennedy went out to a bar with her friends and roommates for a birthday celebration in St. Charles, Missouri. After leaving the bar, friends told investigators Kennedy sped past them on the highway, eventually arriving at her home in St. Louis.Missing in America
Betty Alexander
In April 2019, 69-year-old Betty Alexander disappeared from her apartment in Sullivan, Missouri, where she lived alone. Betty’s daughter Tonya told Dateline that on April 14, 2019, she went to check on her mother, after she and her siblings hadn’t heard from her in a few days. Betty did not answer the door and was nowhere to be found in the apartment. Her glasses, which her family says she was never without, were left on the couch.Missing in America
T’Montez Hurt
T’Montez Hurt was last seen on February 1, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. At the time of his disappearance, the 19-year-old was living and working in Grain Valley, Missouri. His grandmother, Tecona Donald-Sullivan, told Dateline that around 3:00 a.m. on February 1, she got a strange call from her grandson. He said he was at an apartment in Kansas City and thought he might have been drugged. Tecona said she called 911 and T’Montez was taken to the hospital.
MONTANA
MISSING IN AMERICA
Kimberly Iron
Kimberly Iron left her Billings, Montana home on September 22, 2020, leaving her three children behind with their grandparents in Hardin, Montana. The then 21-year-old later contacted her family from Las Vegas, Nevada and from Oxnard, California, saying she was upset and needed money to get home.Missing in America
Jermain “Liz” Morigeau
Jermain Morigeau, who also goes by Liz, was last seen in Missoula, Montana between midnight and 1:00 a.m. on June 16, 2018. She’d gone out to three bars with a friend that night. Police told Dateline the person with whom Jermain was last seen said “he had dropped her off at a location and last saw her walking into the darkness.”Missing in America
Nicole Waller
Nicole Waller vanished on Valentine's Day 2013, while she was allegedly en route to her home in Kalispell, Montana, after having visited her boyfriend, Cody Wayne Johnston, in Fairview. Nicole's vehicle was later found abandoned on Highway 2 outside Poplar. The 40-year-old’s belongings and her three children's pet guinea pigs were inside.Missing in America
Danette Tenas
54-year-old Danette Tenas was last seen on her birthday, October 8, 2024. Earlier that day, she went to a casino with a friend and then to the river near the Buffalo Bridge recreation area in Lake County, Montana.
NEBRASKA
Missing in America
Chance Englebert
Chance Englebert, 25, his wife, Baylee, and their newborn son, were visiting Baylee’s family in Gering, Nebraska on July 6, 2019, when he disappeared. According to Baylee, Chance was out golfing with some of her family when there was a misunderstanding and he called her to pick him up. On the way back to the house, he got out of the car and walked away. He never returned.MISSING IN AMERICA
Sunny Sramek
Sunny Sramek was last seen on April 20, 2019, when the 18-year-old left with an unidentified male allegedly for a trip from Trenton, Nebraska, to Omaha, according to the FBI. She was in a 2004 white Ford Explorer bearing Iowa license plate HGJ341. Sunny’s relationship with the man is unclear, but a local NBC affiliate reported in 2019 that he was an “acquaintance” of hers.Missing in America
Tyler Goodrich
Tyler Goodrich, a 35-year-old veteran and father of two, left his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Friday, November 3, 2023, and hasn’t been seen since. On the night of his disappearance, Tyler and his husband, Marshall Vogel, were arguing, and Marshall called 911. Home security video shows a figure running from their house minutes after the call.Missing in America
Ryan Larsen
Tammi Larsen has not seen her 11-year-old son, Ryan, since she dropped him off at school in La Vista, Nebraska, on the morning of May 17, 2021. Around noon, Ryan reportedly walked out of La Vista West Elementary. Ryan is on the Autism spectrum and also has epilepsy and Tourette’s. According to Tammi, Ryan was left unattended for a few moments when switching classrooms and that is when he walked out of the school.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MISSING IN AMERICA
Michael “Mike” McClain
Michael “Mike” McClain, 29, was last heard from around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2019, after he left the Tropical Lounge on West Hollis Street in Nashua, New Hampshire. There has been no activity on his social media accounts or credit cards since then. Mike lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, but was visiting the nightclub in Nashua with friends that Saturday night when an altercation broke out.
NEW JERSEY
Missing in America
Danielle Lopez
Danielle Lopez last spoke with her mother on Friday, April 12, 2024. The 37-year-old said she was camping at the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in New Jersey that weekend. At 9:11 the next morning, Danielle was seen on security video at the Wawa located at 4 Route 72 in Vincentown, New Jersey. On May 1, police located Danielle’s 2008 2-door blue Hyundai Accent on Lost Lane Road, a heavily wooded area in Woodland Township, about 13 miles from the Wawa.Missing in America
Lawrence "Larry" Goodman
Lawrence “Larry” Goodman has been missing from Park Ridge, New Jersey, since January 19, 1979. It was the day after his 16th birthday. He told his family he was heading to Miami, Florida, for the Superbowl on January 21. It is unclear if he ever made it there. According to his brother Jim, Larry had a history of going off on his own and had disappeared at the end of December 1978 into January 1979. When he returned home just before his birthday, his family learned he had left New Jersey and was in Pittsburgh for those three weeks.Missing in America
Katherine Arias
Thirty-three-year-old Katherine “Kathy” Arias walked away from her Red Bank, New Jersey home on June 21, 2022. Around 8:00 p.m. that day, Kathy’s mother saw her leave their home with a blue duffel bag. Carmen Villagómez told Dateline she assumed her daughter was going to the laundromat. After Kathy didn’t return that night, Carmen and her husband reported her missing. About three years prior to her disappearance, Kathy was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
NEW MEXICO
MISSING IN AMERICA
Elizabeth Brooks Hernandez
Elizabeth Brooks Hernandez, who goes by Liz, was last seen by her boyfriend, Miguel Martinez, who told police he dropped the 29-year-old off at a welfare office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 16, 2017. Her family said Liz was supposed to go to an appointment for food stamps at the Human Services Department on Bridge Boulevard in Southwest Albuquerque that morning.MISSING IN AMERICA
Jean Johnson
Jean Johnson, 70, was at her home in Capitan, New Mexico dog sitting for a friend on May 26, 2019, when she disappeared. She was supposed to drop the dog off with the friend, but never did. When her daughter, Heidi, arrived to check on her, the gate was locked, the locked car was parked in the driveway, her purse and cell phone inside.missing in america
Calvin Willie Martinez
Calvin Willie Martinez was last heard from when he called his mother in Farmington, New Mexico, from Albuquerque. It was Sunday, May 12, 2019 – Mother’s Day. The 31-year-old told family members he’d return to Farmington soon, but he never did.Missing in America
Antonia “Toni” Padilla
Antonia “Toni” Padilla was last seen on July 3, 2020. She reportedly left a trailer home in the Silver Acres area of Silver City, New Mexico on foot. Her bank and social media accounts have not been used since that day.Missing in America
Wade Taylor
Marine Corps combat veteran Wade Taylor was last seen in the very early morning hours of May 6, 2017, by jail personnel at the Otero County Detention Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico.Missing in America
Holly Alcott White
In the spring of 2016, Holly Alcott White was preparing to relocate from Taos, New Mexico to Albuquerque to join her husband, who had just started a new job there. But Holly never got the chance to start the new chapter of her life. On May 5, 2016, just three months shy of her 50th birthday, Holly disappeared.Missing in America
Melanie James
Melanie James was last seen in the spring of 2014 in Farmington, New Mexico. Melanie’s sister, Melissa, saw her walking down the street with an unidentified man on April 20. The 21-year-old was wearing a blue bandana tank top, light blue jeans, and black and white Converse. Four days after Melanie disappeared, her purse and duffel bag were found in an alleyway.Missing in America
Melissa Montoya
Forty-two-year-old Melissa Montoya went missing in Dulce, New Mexico on March 9, 2001, after a St. Patrick’s Day party at the Apache House of Liquor, a bar also known as “The Zoo.” Witnesses reported seeing her leave with her boyfriend, who has been described as abusive. Jicarilla Apache Nation Police Department Criminal Investigator Chris Rafferty told Dateline authorities talked to the boyfriend, who claimed he didn’t know anything about Melissa’s disappearance.Missing in America
Tiffany Reid
Tiffany Reid disappeared on her 10-minute walk to Shiprock Northwest High School on the morning of May 17, 2004, in Shiprock, New Mexico. Days later, some of the 16-year-old’s belongings were recovered: Her purse and library card were found scattered along a road in Arizona, just across the New Mexico border. Tiffany’s family does not believe she would have run away.Missing in America
Darrel Johnson Sr.
67-year-old Darrel Johnson Sr., known as Bubba, vanished in June 2024. He was last seen by his son, Darrel Jr., on June 27, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. The next day, Darrel Sr. left for a weekend birthday celebration with a group of 30+ people at Conchas Lake State Park in New Mexico.
NEW YORK
Missing in America
Norine Brown
Norine Brown left her New Hyde Park, New York home around 11:00 p.m. on December 13, 1990, to go to the store to buy supplies to make cookies. The 32-year-old mother of two never returned. According to Norine’s friend Elaine Comando, Norine’s husband, John, called her on December, 13, 1990 and asked her to drive by the local Pathmark.Missing in America
Elena De La Cruz
Elena De La Cruz was last seen on security footage leaving her Bronx, New York apartment building on July 9, 2021. The 62-year-old grandmother had been previously diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Elena is hard of hearing, speaks Spanish, and had a chemotherapy port in her chest at the time of her disappearance.Missing in America
Audrey May Herron
Around 11:00 p.m. on August 29, 2002, Audrey May Herron left work in Catskill, New York. She was supposed to pick her daughter up from her mother’s house the next day, but never arrived. Police would later learn the 31-year-old never made it home from work. Neither Audrey nor her car, a 1994 black Jeep Grand Cherokee, has been seen since.Missing in America
Robert Mayer
Robert Mayer disappeared on June 14, 2013, from Dix Hills, New York. Robert, then 46, left for his job as a local electrician in the early morning hours and has not been seen since. Mayer's wife, Ida, recalled that her last conversation with her husband was on the phone around 9:00 a.m. that day, when they discussed Father's Day plans.missing in america
Jose Vicente Ortiz
Jose Vicente Ortiz was last in contact with his family in mid-March of 2020 when he emailed his aunt and uncle to check on them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Jose’s cousin Saida Garcia told Dateline Jose last posted to social media on March 24, 2020. Jose worked in the restaurant industry and was last known to be living on 53rd Street in Woodside, Queens.Missing in America
Kassandra Ramirez
In September of 2018, culinary school graduate Kassandra Ramirez was living with a cousin in the Bronx borough of New York City when she disappeared. The 25-year-old’s mother, who was visiting from Wyoming, told Dateline she last saw her daughter on Monday, September 17. They made plans to get together that Saturday.Missing in America
Corinna Slusser
Corinna Slusser was last seen in the early morning hours of September 20, 2017, at the Haven Motel in Queens, New York. According to Corinna’s Aunt, Julie Anne Becker-Calf, two months earlier, in July – just as the 19-year-old was set to finish high school – Corinna contacted her mother and said she had met somebody who could give her a place to stay in New York City.Missing in America
Tommy Williams
Twenty-seven-year-old Tommy Williams was last seen on February 2, 2022, in Rochester, New York. He was captured on video speaking with a man at the corner of Garson Avenue and Chamberlain Street. Tommy’s phone is also missing, and police say that it last pinged in the same place he was seen on video. The Rochester Police Department told Dateline at the time that foul play was not suspected.Missing in America
Kevin Hornburg
Kevin Hornburg was last seen leaving his Jamestown, New York, apartment on November 21, 2021. According to Kevin’s family, the 57-year-old had spent about 10 days in a coma three months prior to his disappearance and was still physically vulnerable as a result. Kevin’s brother Bobby had been living with him for a few months and, about a month earlier, family friend Michael Brown started staying there, as well.
NORTH CAROLINA
Missing in America
James 'Martin' Roberts
College student Martin Roberts was last seen around noon on April 21, 2016, near the Appalachian State University campus in Boone, North Carolina. In the time since, there have been few clues as to what may have happened. According to Sergeant Shane Robbins of the Boone Police Department, Martin, who was 19 at the time, vanished without his cell phone, tablet or computer. He did not have access to a vehicle, which made his disappearance all the more troubling to his family.Missing in America
Tyarra Williams
Tyarra Williams was last seen on the afternoon of January 7, 2016, walking in the parking lot of the apartment complex in Greensboro, North Carolina, where the 19-year-old lived with her family. She left on foot to go see a friend, but never returned home. Officials have said they were able to use Tyarra’s cell phone GPS tracker to confirm she made it to her friend’s apartment and appeared to be headed back home when she disappeared.Missing in America
Jewel Sykes
Jewel Sykes was last seen on February 2, 2023 at the residence where she’d been staying with her boyfriend in Halifax, North Carolina. The 37-year-old mother of three was reported missing by her mother, Lisa Sykes, on March 3, 2023. According to Lisa, there has been no activity on Jewel’s bank accounts and her social media has been shut down.Missing in America
Clinton Bonnell
50-year-old Clinton Bonnell was last seen in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on January 27, 2025. Clinton is a retired Green Beret and was in a physician assistant program at Methodist College at the time of his disappearance. According to his sister, Stefanie Firkins, on January 29, she got a concerning message from Clinton's wife who told her that Clinton hadn't been to class in two days and that the sheriff's office had shown up at their house.Missing in America
Marissa Carmichael
Marissa Carmichael last saw her family on January 13, 2024. The 25-year-old was getting ready to go to a club in Greensboro, North Carolina, that night — about a 30-minute drive from her High Point, North Carolina, home. Her family says they were able to access her Facebook messages and learned she left the club around 2 a.m., and was picked up by a male acquaintance. At 3:40 a.m., Marissa called 911 from an Exxon station saying she had been robbed and that she had no idea where she was.
NORTH DAKOTA
Missing in America
Jemini Posey
On January 7, 2024, Jemini Posey disappeared from Fort Totten, North Dakota. According to her sister, Jade Friar, the 21-year-old had recently moved to Fort Totten where she had been living with her boyfriend and their daughter. Jade said Jemini’s boyfriend told police he last saw Jemini leaving their apartment on Sunday, January 7, while he was playing a video game.
OHIO
Missing in America
Patricia “Patti” Adkins
On June 29, 2001, Patti Adkins clocked out of work and headed into the parking lot of the Honda automotive plant in Marysville, Ohio. A Union County Sheriff’s Office press release says witnesses saw her “leaving the plant in her white Honda of America uniform.” Patti, 29, had planned on going to Canada with her boyfriend for a week-long vacation.Missing in America
Jayme Bowen
Jayme Bowen was last seen on the night of April 10, 2014, leaving her sister's home in Columbus, Ohio. The 22-year-old was walking to her parents' house just a few blocks away. She never made it. Family members believe she met with foul play, and think her disappearance may be linked to human trafficking.Missing in America
Sacoya Cooper
Thirty-three-year-old Sacoya Cooper was last seen on August 31, 2021, when she left her house in the north side of Columbus, Ohio, around 11:30 p.m. to go to a nearby convenience store. She was driving her 2009 black Ford Fusion. It is unclear if Sacoya ever made it to the convenience store.Missing in America
Tyler Davis
On February 23, 2019, 29-year-old Tyler Davis and his wife, Brittany, planned a night out for Brittany’s birthday, at a hotel near Easton Town Center, an indoor/outdoor shopping center in Columbus, Ohio, about 90 miles from their home in Wilmington, Ohio.MISSING IN AMERICA
Parris Hopson
Parris Hopson of Columbus, Ohio, was visiting her grandparents in Massillon, Ohio for a family gathering on December 25, 2019 – Christmas Day. According to her mother, Rochelle, the 26-year-old left the house saying she needed to go for a walk to clear her head. She never returned.MISSING IN AMERICA
Lindy Kidd
Lindy, who goes by “Indy,” Kidd, 39, went missing after attending the “Expelling the Darkness Training” conference on Mount Vernon Road in St. Louisville, Ohio, on Friday, April 23, 2021. She had traveled from her home in Los Angeles and was staying at the DoubleTree in Newark.Missing in America
Megan Lancaster
Megan Lancaster's car was found abandoned on April 3, 2013, in the parking lot of a Portsmouth, Ohio fast food restaurant. Megan, who was 25 years old at the time, had disappeared.
OKLAHOMA
Missing in America
Bruce Benson
Bruce was last seen on November 9, 2022, on his property in Randlett, Oklahoma. The 69-year-old was wearing blue jeans, a white striped polo shirt, and worn-out work boots with steel visible on the toes. Bruce’s wife, Maxine, had been away on a trip with some girlfriends that week. She had been trying to contact her husband of 50 years, but he wasn’t answering the phone.Missing in America
Aubrey Dameron
Aubrey Dameron, a 25-year-old citizen of the Cherokee Nation, was last seen leaving the home where she lived with her family on the outskirts of Grove, Oklahoma, in the early morning hours of March 9, 2019. Aubrey’s mother reported to police that she woke up around 3:30 a.m. and saw Aubrey leaving the house. She was reported missing when she failed to answer calls or return home.Missing in America
Rick Larabee
In September of 2013, Oklahoma native James "Rick" Larabee left his home in Texas to attend his high school reunion. The reunion on September 28 in Davis, Oklahoma was the last time anyone saw Rick. On October 3, 2013 he sent his sister, Julie, a text saying that he was going on a trip and would be back in nine days. A few weeks before his disappearance, Rick had apparently quit his job and cashed out his 401(k).missing in america
Faith Lindsey
Faith Lindsey was last seen at the end of October 2019, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Her sister, Justice Lindsey, told Dateline in 2019 that the 17-year-old was living with her boyfriend, Tanner Washington, at the time. Justice told Dateline she had received texts from Faith’s boyfriend stating that he couldn’t find her. A short time later, Justice received text messages from Faith’s phone that she said were misspelled and did not make any sense.Missing in America
Peggy McGuire
On November 15, 2015, nurse and mother Peggy McGuire dropped her son off at school near Eufaula, Oklahoma. The 29-year-old then headed back to the home she shared with the boy and his father, Thomas McIntosh, with whom Peggy reportedly no longer had a romantic relationship. A grainy security video captured the next morning around 5:00 a.m., shows Peggy's Toyota truck being parked along Highway 9.vMissing in America
Travis Murrow
Travis Murrow was last seen on August 24, 2014, in Enid, Oklahoma. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the father of four had texted several people that day saying he was in the Enid and Canton areas. Several days later, the 40-year-old’s truck was found abandoned near Canton Lake. The Alva Police Department requested assistance from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), which has since taken over the investigation.Missing in America
Glenda Peterson
The mystery of what happened to Glenda Peterson still plagues her family. The 40-year-old was with her youngest daughter, then 16, celebrating Independence Day on July 4, 1997, at Lake Thunderbird in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. According to the family, at the end of the night, Glenda accepted a ride from a man she met at the party.
OREGON
MISSING IN AMERICA
Michael Bryson
Michael Bryson stopped by his parents’ house in Harrisburg, Oregon on August 3, 2020, before riding up with a friend to a week-long birthday party/camping trip at Hobo Camp Campground near Dorena, Oregon. The 27-year-old lived in Eugene, Oregon, had a passion for music and was often invited to DJ sets at parties and raves across the state -- including where he was last seen at the Hobo Camp Campground in the early morning hours of August 5, 2020.MISSING IN AMERICA
Fauna Frey
Fauna Frey had been temporarily living in Dexter, Oregon with her father and brother when she vanished on June 29, 2020. The 45-year-old was last seen leaving the Super 8 hotel in Grants Pass, Oregon, between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. She had a reservation for later that day at the Weasku Inn in Grants Pass. As it turned out, Fauna never checked in. Her credit card was charged, as she hadn’t canceled the reservation, which initially caused some confusion on the timing of her disappearance.News
Graciela Garcia
On November 8, 2019, Graciela Garcia had plans to pick up her 14-year-old son from his father’s house and take him out to dinner. But the 49-year-old mother of four never showed up. Graciela, who also goes by Gracie and Chela, owned and operated Careyes Beauty Salon out of her home on Hurlburt Avenue in Hermiston, Oregon. Around 7:00 p.m. that night, Graciela’s son missed calls from his mother.Missing in America
Cynthia Martinez
26-year-old Cynthia Martinez had been out with friends at Tequila Nights Bar in Keizer, Oregon before she disappeared on July 16, 2017. Police say security cameras show Cynthia leaving the bar with two men and getting into a van in the early hours of the morning. One of those men, 30-year-old Jaime Alvarez-Olivera, has since been named by police as a person of interest in Cynthia’s disappearance; the second male she was seen with is not considered a person of interest at this time.Missing in America
Stephanie Anne Warner
43-year-old Stephanie Anne Warner was last seen on July 4, 2013, leaving a convenience store in Ashland, Oregon with her boyfriend, Lennie Ames. Stephanie had been seen earlier that day walking alongside a parade float she helped create for the 4th of July holiday event. In July of 2015, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office officially named Ames the prime suspect in Stephanie's disappearance, stating, "the information gathered thus far indicates that Warner is deceased and Lennie Ames was responsible for her death."
PENNSYLVANIA
Missing in America
Kadin Black
19-year-old Kadin Black was last seen on December 17, 2022, in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. His father, Maurice, began to worry when Kadin didn't show up for their usual Sunday visit on December 18. On December 20th, Chris Foust – whose family Kadin had been staying with since September of 2022 – reached out to Kadin’s mom, Kara, and asked if she had seen her son. Kara told him no, and following their conversation, Chris Foust reported Kadin missing to the Lower Windsor Township Police Department.Missing in America
Anna Maciejewska
Anna Maciejewska vanished in early April 2017 near the family home outside Malvern, Pennsylvania Anna’s husband told police she left for her actuary job “in a panic” on the morning of April 10 fearing she’d be late for a meeting and failed to return home that evening. Anna last communicated with other members of her family on March 30, 2017, when she abruptly canceled her annual trip to her native Poland to visit family, her nephew Michal Wronski told Dateine in 2017.Missing in America
Shelva Rafte
On May 28, 2006, 44-year-old Shelva Rafte celebrated her daughter’s college graduation at her sister Joanne Decker’s house in Nicholson, Pennsylvania. Joanne says she was surprised when Shelva arrived at the party with her on-again off-again boyfriend, John Para. Police said Shelva and John went to his house after the party, but Shelva left on foot after the couple had an argument. Shelva was last seen by a passerby around 1:00 a.m. on May 28, 2006, walking toward her home in the area of Market and River Streets in Jenkins Township.missing in america
Kortne Stouffer
Kortne Stouffer was 21 years old on July 28, 2012, when she disappeared. She had the night off from work and went to a bar with friends. The group ended the night at Kortne’s apartment in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. According to Sergeant Mike Dipalo of the Lebanon County District Attorney's Office, police responded to a call from the apartment around 3:30 a.m. on the morning of July 29 where there was a report of conflict with the neighbors.Missing in America
Tonee Turner
Tonee Turner was last seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 2019. Earlier that day, the 22-year-old went to Dobrah Tea in Pittsburgh and then headed home. Sydnee Turner told Dateline her sister got off at her regular bus stop that evening on the corner of Hazelwood Avenue and Giddings Street, near her home. The next day, a person found Tonee’s belongings on the Homestead Grays Bridge, about two miles from the bus stop.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Missing in America
Krystal Anderson
30-year-old mother of four Krystal Anderson was last seen on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at her Wagener, South Carolina home. Krystal's sister, Shadira, told Dateline that on Tuesday, August 23, she got an alarming call from the father of one of Krystal's children. She said he told her that Krystal was supposed to pick up their son from his house that Sunday but never showed up and wasn't answering the phone.Missing in America
Dail Dinwiddie
Dail Dinwiddie was 23 years old when she went missing on September 24, 1992. She had just completed an art history degree at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia and had returned to her native Columbia, South Carolina to enroll at the University of South Carolina for graduate school. The night Dail went missing, she had attended a U2 concert with some friends at Williams-Brice Stadium.Missing in America
Heather Elvis
Heather Elvis disappeared on December 18, 2013, near her Myrtle Beach, South Carolina apartment after going on a date. The 20-year-old was reported missing the following day. Heather’s car was found at Peachtree Boat Landing on the outskirts of town several days later. In February of 2014, Sidney Moorer, a married man Heather had been seeing, was charged with her murder and kidnapping. His wife, Tammy, was also charged. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges. The murder charges against the couple were later dropped.Missing in America
Brent Garcia
Jackson “Brent” Garcia was last seen in Sumter County, South Carolina, on December 26, 2020, after spending Christmas with his family the previous day. Brent’s mother, Angel Brown, told Dateline that nothing about the 18-year-old’s behavior that day struck her as unusual. On the afternoon of the 26th, Brent went to hang out with his cousin.Missing in America
Lisa Shuttleworth
34-year-old Lisa Shuttleworth was last seen on September 3, 2003, at her Aiken, South Carolina home. Lisa's son, Ryan, who was 9 years old at the time, told Dateline that his mother was supposed to pick him up from the bus stop that day but never showed up. He said he then walked to his house and his mother’s car was in the driveway but the door to the house was locked.Missing in America
Alexis Ware
29-year-old Alexis Ware was last seen at a 7-Eleven gas station on January 30, 2022, in Anderson, South Carolina. Alexis's mother, Alberta, told Dateline that on Saturday, January 29, Alexis came to her crying and told her that she was being followed. The next day, Alexis disappeared. According to Alberta, Alexis met with the father of one of her children at the 7-Eleven to drop the child off with him.Missing in America
Lashaunda Spurlock
On April 29, 2024, 42-year-old Lashaunda Spurlock walked out the back door of the house she lived in with her mother in Society Hill, South Carolina. Her mother, Nellie, recalls seeing a red vehicle pull up to their house as Lashaunda walked out the door, but she did not see who was driving. A neighbor witnessed Lashaunda get into the vehicle and told the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office it appeared two men of Asian descent were inside the vehicle, and that it was a burgundy Kia Soul.Missing in America
Ruth Jenkins
Ruth Jenkins, 76, was last seen on July 16, 2022, in Pineville, South Carolina. That day, Ruth, who suffered from dementia, left her house looking for her keys. Around 11:00 a.m., she was captured on a neighbor’s ring camera. Shortly after, she was spotted leaving a different neighbor's house after wandering inside. She hasn’t been seen since. Ruth is between 5’4” and 5’6” tall and weighs around 125 lbs. She wears glasses and was last seen wearing jeans and a white T-shirt.Missing in America
Michael Montijo
55-year-old Michael “Mike” Montijo was last seen in his Ridgeville, South Carolina, home on January 26, 2020. His wife, April, said he was in bed in his pajamas when she left that morning for work around 8:00. When she came home from work around 8:00 p.m., Mike was gone. All of his belongings — including his wallet, cell phone, keys, and car — were left behind at the residence. She reported him missing the next afternoon.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Missing in America
Tyler Weathersby
Tyler Weathersby left his Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home around 7:45 a.m. on the morning of September 4, 2024, to go for a walk. The 31-year-old did not have any of his belongings with him and has not been seen since. When Tyler didn’t return home from his walk that morning, his wife, MonaLisa Perez, grew worried and reported him missing to the Sioux Falls Police Department.
TENNESSEE
MISSING IN AMERICA
Chadwick Carr
Chadwick Carr disappeared from his residence in the Oliver Springs area of Anderson County, Tennessee, on May 2, 2021. The 32-year-old Knox County, Tennessee native had been living in the area for several months, but kept in contact nearly every day with his mother and his sister, who live in Knoxville.Missing in America
Rhonda Daugherty
Rhonda Daugherty vanished on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, from her home in LaFollette, Tennessee. Her husband, Charles Daugherty, told police that he arrived home that evening to find the back door wide open. All of Rhonda's belongings, including her cell phone, purse, keys and vehicle were at the home.Missing in America
Byron Edwards
On March 20, 2022, 30-year-old Byron Edwards vanished from his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. Byron’s girlfriend, Kanesha Bonds, told Dateline that Byron was at her house in east Knoxville earlier that day. She said around 4:30 p.m., Byron wanted to go back to the home he shared with his grandmother in northwest Knoxville and was calling around for a ride.Missing in America
Nieko Lisi
In September 2011, Nieko Lisi left rural Steuben County, New York, where he lived, in a 2004 GMC Canyon pickup truck with his friend, Robert Knight, heading to Buffalo to meet up with women they had met online.Missing in America
Roy Whited
When Roy Whited failed to show up for Sunday Service on May 5, 2024, his neighbor went to check on the 64-year-old pastor at his home on Lovejoy Road in Sparta, Tennessee. According to the neighbor, Roy’s truck was in the driveway, with the keys on the console. His cell phone was left behind charging. Roy was reported missing to the White County Sheriff’s Office that same day. A massive search effort was launched immediately, however, those efforts have turned up nothing.Missing in America
Sebastian Rogers
On the morning of February 26, 2024, 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers went missing from his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. His mother, Katie Proudfoot, remembers a typical evening with her son the night before. When she went to wake him up for school the next morning, Sebastian was gone. Large-scale search efforts were immediately launched by the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, however, those efforts have not turned up any clues to Sebastian’s whereabouts. Sebastian is on the autism spectrum and is known to love water and animals.
TEXAS
Missing in America
‘Missing Trio’ Rachel Trlica, Renee Wilson, Julie Moseley
Rachel Trlica, Renee Wilson, and Julie Moseley, known as the “Missing Trio,” were last seen on December 23, 1974 at the Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Family tells Dateline the girls were listed as runaways by the Fort Worth Police Department for the first year, then were reassigned to the Major Case Unit after a private investigator for the families expressed frustration over the status of the investigation.Missing in America
Larry Bob Ballard
Larry Bob Ballard was last seen on April 27, 2023, in Douglassville, Texas. That night his car got stuck on the side of the road and his brother-in-law went to go help him. They successfully got the tire unstuck but it needed to be replaced. Bob decided to stay with his car overnight until his brother-in-law could bring him a new tire in the morning. When the brother-in-law arrived the next morning, Bob wasn't there but all of his belongings were in the truck.Missing in America
Bianca Carrasco
Bianca, 29, was last seen on Sunday, May 1, at her home in San Antonio, Texas. It was clear things were amiss when Bianca did not show up for work as an oncology nurse on that Monday and Tuesday. According to a police report, Bianca and her husband had an argument the evening of her disappearance. Foul play has reportedly not been ruled out in the case, according to San Antonio Police.Missing in America
Juan Chavez Carrillo
Juan Chavez Carrillo was last seen at his home in San Benito, Texas, on the morning of July 18, 2023, around 8 a.m. Police theorize the 86-year-old left the house riding a purple bicycle. According to a Facebook post from the San Benito Police Department, Juan was said to have been "wearing a black in color veteran's hat, a long sleeve shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes."Missing in America
Lisa Lee Chandler
Lisa Lee Chandler was last known to be in her home outside Wolfe City, Texas on September 23, 2007. The 44-year-old’s mother, Marie Johnson, told Dateline she’d spoken with Lisa on the phone that day and Lisa had said she was feeling sick.Missing in America
Jared Chavis
In the fall of 2017, 19-year-old Jared Chavis had just finished 10 months in the Air Force, and had only been in Houston, Texas for a few months when he vanished. On January 12, 2018, at 10:39 p.m. witnesses saw Jared get into a black Ford Fusion in the 8800 block of Westheimer Road in Houston, according to a press release from Crime Stoppers of Houston.Missing in America
Caleb Diehl
Caleb Diehl was last seen running errands for his employer on March 30, 2015, in and around Nocona, Texas. The 18-year-old had borrowed a pickup truck from the employer, Ricky Dale Howard, who was also a family friend. The truck mysteriously reappeared just days later and the keys were found on their proper hook at the business. Caleb’s cell phone and social media accounts have not been used since he disappeared.MISSING IN AMERICA
Sidney Taylor and Krislyn Gibson
Texas friends Krislyn Gibson and Sidney Taylor, both 35 at the time, disappeared on Saturday, April 2, 2016, while on a trip to Austin, Texas. The friends, who both lived in Houston, were in town to attend the Urban Music Festival. They were staying with one of Sidney’s cousins for the weekend. They headed to a club late that Friday night with their friend, Harvey “Hootie” Cyphers, but never returned.Missing in America
Jordan Green
Jordan Green was last seen in San Antonio, Texas on the night of November 7, 2015. The 23-year-old was supposed to go home to his aunt’s house after finishing his shift at a local restaurant. But he never returned. Family believes he left the restaurant to walk home.MISSING IN AMERICA
Richard Halliday
Private Richard Halliday was last seen on July 23, 2020, leaving his on-post barracks room at Fort Bliss Army Base in El Paso, Texas. The 21-year-old, who was assigned to D Battery, 1-43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command, was initially reported AWOL after he failed to report for duty the next day.Missing in America
Jason Landry
On December 13, 2020, Texas State University student Jason Landry left his San Marcos, Texas home at 10:55 p.m., to drive to his parents' home in Missouri City, Texas for Christmas break. A little over an hour later, the 21-year-old’s wrecked vehicle was found abandoned on Salt Flat Road in Luling, Texas.MISSING IN AMERICA
Prisma Reyes
Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes, of Mesquite, Texas, has not been seen since April 17, 2019. She was reported missing after she failed to pick up her 6-year-old son from the babysitter’s house in Old East Dallas that evening. Lieutenant Stephen Biggs with the Mesquite Police Department told Dateline they've interviewed hundreds of people in the case, but are still at a loss as to what happened to Prisma.Missing in America
Chris Sanders
On August 12, 2017, Chris Sanders, 40, was at a cookout with his friends at the Monahans County, Texas trailer park where he lived. His wife, who spoke with him on the phone that night, told Dateline he sounded tired and stressed out. The next morning, Chris went on a walk around 9:30 a.m. and never returned home. Since he left on foot, his camper and car were still at the trailer park.Missing in America
Haleigh Murphy
Twenty-two-year-old Haleigh Murphy was last seen at a bar in Round Rock, Texas, on June 16, 2023, when her younger sister, Harley, dropped her off for a night out. Harley told Dateline that on that evening, she dropped her sister off at an Austin bar called Slick Willie’s around 9:00 p.m. She recalls seeing Haleigh get into another car with a male. She hasn’t seen her sister since.Missing in America
Chase Lackey
Twenty-five-year-old Chase Lackey was last seen in Crosby, Texas at a softball game by his dad on June 30, 2017. After not being able to get in touch with their brother, his sisters went to Chase’s apartment on July 2 to check on him. Neither Chase nor his dog, Champ, were in the apartment. The family filed a missing person’s report with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office that day.Missing in America
Eodis “Tre” Harris
On June 15, 2021, 32-year-old Eodis “Tre” Harris called his mother and confided in her that he was having a hard time. He called her again at 4:01 the next morning, but she was asleep and didn’t get the call. He has not been in contact with his family since. Security footage from Tre’s apartment complex in Fort Worth, Texas, shows him leaving his home with his two dogs in his truck at around 3:45 a.m. on the 16th. Later that day, Tre’s empty truck was found three and a half hours away in Aspermont, Texas. The truck was stopped at a light, its engine still running. Tre’s wallet was found inside the car.Missing in America
Destin Henderson
Thirty-four-year-old Destin Henderson was last heard from on October 24, 2023. Destin lived by himself in an apartment in Harris County, Texas. His mother, Lawana Shaw, told Dateline she spoke to her son earlier that day and he said he had a friend over. She told Destin to call her back once the friend left, but he never did. Lawana tried calling her son several times the next day but got no response. Then, she says, the friend Destin had been with the night before called her asking if she’d heard from him. When she responded that she hadn’t, the friend said Destin was missing.Missing in America
Cynthia Bah-Traore
Cynthia Bah-Traore, vanished on February 3, 2021. The 39-year-old was last seen on security footage at a Shell gas station at 1000 East Criner Street in Grandview, Texas, southeast of her home in Crowley. According to the Crowley Police Department, Cynthia was captured on video at 10:30 p.m. leaving the station, where several witnesses reported her behavior as, “a little odd.” Cynthia’s family told Dateline she struggles with mental health issues and may have been experiencing some symptoms on the day she disappeared.Missing in America
Harley Morris
29-year-old Harley Morris has been missing since January 21, 2024. Harley was living with his father in Tyler, Texas, and they both worked as chefs at Prime 102, a local steakhouse. On the night of January 20, 2024, Harley went out with some friends in the downtown area after he got off work. After going to a few bars, Harley made his way to the 50 Grand Club with some acquaintances. Harley is seen on camera in the parking lot leaving the 50 Grand Club by himself around 3:00 in the morning.Missing in America
Myrtle Polk
88-year-old Myrtle Polk vanished from her Dallas home in the 1100 block of Indian Creek Trail in June 2024. She was last seen by a neighbor midday on Saturday, June 8, and last spoke with a friend on the phone that evening. She missed church the following morning, which caused concern to those in the community, as that was out of character. Myrtle was reported missing on Monday, June 10. Nothing in her home looked out of place, and her medication was left behind.
UTAH
Missing in America
Casey Bokslag
29-year-old Cornelis Bokslag, who goes by Casey, was last seen on June 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was captured on security footage withdrawing $100 from a Wells Fargo ATM, but never made it to work that day and hasn’t been seen since. Two days later, his silver Suzuki SX4, was found abandoned about an hour away in Summit County.Missing in America
Macin Smith
Utah teen Macin Smith was last seen on September 1, 2015, leaving his St. George, Utah home for what his parents believed was another day at Desert High School. The 17-year-old never showed up. All of his personal belongings, including his cell phone and wallet, were found at home. In the eight years since, family members have desperately searched for the young man.
VIRGINIA
Missing in America
Lovely "Angie" Brooks
53-year-old Lovely Brooks, known to her friends and family as “Angie,” was last seen within the 1000 block of Barlen Drive in Richmond, Virginia, on January 10, 2023, leaving the residence that she shared with her father. Her sister Pam reported Angie missing to the Richmond, Virginia, Police Department on January 18, 2023. Pam told Dateline that Angie has gone away before, but had never done so without telling someone where she was going.Missing in America
Samantha Clarke
Samantha Clarke was last seen just after midnight on September 14, 2010, at her home in Orange, Virginia. The 19-year-old told her brother she was leaving, but didn’t say where she was going. Orange police say Samantha didn’t take any personal belongings with her and hasn’t been heard from since. The police previously told Dateline that foul play is suspected in Samantha’s disappearance and a detective was actively working on her case.Missing in America
Ben Coffey
Ben Coffey was in Gloucester, Virginia, when he last spoke to a friend around dinnertime on New Year’s Eve 2012. Ben, who was 27 at the time, told the friend he was going home for the night because he was tired. He never made it home. The next day, according to the Virginia State Police, authorities found Ben’s 1998 Dodge van in Tappahannock, Virginia, about one hour away from where Ben was last seen.Missing in America
Joan Renee Cook
Joan Renee Cook disappeared from her hometown of Salem, Virginia, on the night of January 24, 2010. The Roanoke County Police Department told NBC affiliate WSLS that Joan left her home on foot around 11:00 p.m. and the last trace of the 44-year-old was a text from her phone the next morning. She was reported missing by her husband, Mike Cook.Missing in America
Janet Renee Field
On July 2, 2014, Janet Renee Field drove away from her home in Scottsville, Virginia, after having a small argument with her husband, according to her husband’s statements to police. She never returned. Two days after Janet disappeared, police found her car abandoned about 20 miles from the house.Missing in America
Claudine Jaquier Gifford
Claudine Jaquier Gifford was last seen late on the night of July 6, 2014, at Pelican's at the Point, a beachfront tiki bar in White Stone, Virginia. According to the bar manager, the 43-year-old consumed a “couple of drinks” and watched a band play. A 2014 press release from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office states that Claudine was last seen by a witness who said she was being helped out of the bar by her male acquaintance, James Todd Kessler.missing in america
Sage Smith
Sage Smith was last seen around 6:30 p.m. November 20, 2012, near the Amtrak station in Charlottesville, Virginia. Earlier that month, Sage, whose given name was Dashad, came out as transgender and changed her gender to “female” on Facebook. According to a 2016 press release from the Charlottesville Police Department, the 19-year-old and a man named Erik McFadden were planning to meet on the evening of November 20, 2012.Missing in America
Sherrell Brown
Fifty-two-year-old Sherrell Brown walked away from her Petersburg, Virginia, home on September 1, 2023. According to her family, Sherrell told her granddaughter that she was going to get “help” and would be back. Her husband, who had gotten home a few minutes earlier, said he saw his wife on the porch after 11 p.m. but did not see her leave. Neither her family nor the Petersburg Police Department knows what Sherrell may have meant when she said she was going to get help.Missing in America
Queen Destiny Taylor
Queen Destiny Taylor was last seen by her family on August 14, 2024, in the Gainesville area of Prince William County, Virginia. That morning, the 25-year-old took an Uber to her job at Buffalo Wild Wings. Destiny’s mother, Denaya Stewart, told Dateline Destiny called her later that evening and said she was hanging out with a friend and was on her way home. But Destiny never made it home and her family hasn’t seen her since.
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Jeremiah Foco
Software engineer Jeremiah Foco was last seen on July 22, 2015, in Seattle, Washington. Security footage shows the 34-year-old pulling into the garage of his apartment complex in Seattle's International District at 12:07 a.m., but there is no video of him leaving the complex. Seattle police do not suspect foul play, but family and friends have insisted Jeremiah would not just simply disappear.Missing in America
Deanne Hastings
Deanne Hastings left her fiancé a note on the night of November 3, 2015, saying she was headed to the store. She never returned. The 35-year-old had finished her first day of cosmetology school that afternoon. The following morning, her credit card was used at a store not too far from her home outside Spokane, Washington.Missing in America
Samantha Sayers
Samantha Sayers is an experienced hiker who loved hiking near her home in Washington. On August 1, 2018, the 27-year-old decided to go on a hike by herself, as she often did. She planned to summit Vesper Peak in Washington’s North Cascades, a route she’d taken before. She told family she’d be gone from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Missing in America
Logan Schiendelman
On May 20, 2016, 20-year-old Logan Schiendelman’s black 1996 Chrysler Sebring convertible was found abandoned on Interstate 5 between Tumwater and Maytown, Washington, one day after he was last seen at his parents’ home. Several drivers called 911 to report the vehicle on the shoulder and seeing a man, described as white with light brown or red hair, jumping out and running into the woods. In 2018, a woman came forward saying she thought she saw two men in the back seat with a man matching Logan’s description.missing in america
Laynee Westbrook
According to her family, Laynee Westbrook, 41, was seen on security video at 7:11 p.m. on September 10, 2020, getting into a white Dodge Ram truck with a man outside of the San Juan Motel in Anacortes, Washington, where she had been staying. She was seen again with the same man at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevron gas station next to the Swinomish Lodge & Casino. She hasn’t been seen since. Laynee’s sister-in-law, Emily Pepper, told Dateline that the man stated he had picked Laynee up and they went to a nearby campground where he had been staying.Missing in America
Cristina Ase
Sixty-one-year-old Cristina Ase texted three coworkers on the morning of March 26, 2024, saying she would be late for work at the Rose Linn Center in West Linn, Oregon, where she worked as a nurse. According to her co-workers, she did not give a reason why. Cristina, who lived in Vancouver, Washington, never showed up. One of the co-workers asked their boss to call Cristina’s husband who said he had no idea his wife had been planning to go to work late. Her husband reported her missing later that day.Missing in America
Kit Mora
According to the Omak Police Department in Washington, Kit Mora was last known to be in contact in April 2022. But Kit’s loved ones in Yakima, like older sister Charlotte Reckard, think the 16-year-old went missing before that. The Omak Police Department declined to comment to Dateline, saying they did not want to compromise the investigation. They have posted on Facebook that Kit’s case is active and the disappearance is considered “suspicious.”
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Chyna Crawford
Twenty-five-year-old Chyna Crawford was last seen in Southeast Washington, D.C. on October 23, 2023. Her gray 2012 Mercedes Benz CLS550 with Virginia temporary license plate 998859V is also missing. According to her sister, Keya Strong, it was out of character for Chyna to be out of contact with her family for long.Missing in America
Relisha Rudd
8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. She was last seen on security footage on March 1, 2014, with a janitor from the shelter, Kahlil Tatum. Relisha attended a nearby elementary school and had suddenly stopped showing up in February.
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Michael Dillard
Around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018, 15-year-old Michael Dillard and his mother pulled up to their home in Calvin, West Virginia. According to his older sister, Brittany, after helping his mother carry some things from the car to the house, Michael ran behind the house without saying where he was going.Missing in America
Gretchen Fleming
Twenty-seven-year-old Gretchen Fleming was last seen in the early morning hours of December 4, 2022, at the My Way Lounge & Restaurant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She was reported missing to the Parkersburg Police Department by her family on December 12.Missing in America
Grace Allison Smith
35-year-old Grace Allison Smith disappeared on February 23, 2022, in Mason County, West Virginia. According to her sister, Jodi, Grace was homeless at the time and living out of her car. On February 23, Grace went to her parents' house in Mason County to shower and do her laundry. That was the last time Grace was seen.Missing in America
Charles Eric Stewart
51-year-old Charles Eric Stewart was last seen on January 12, 2023, at his home in Beverly, West Virginia. A passerby last spotted him walking about 50 yards away from his residence around 11 a.m. He hasn't been seen since. Eric's sister, Valerie, told Dateline that their mother passed away about a month before Eric's disappearance.
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Lasheky Hill
Lasheky Hill disappeared on March 26, 2023, in her hometown of Racine, Wisconsin. She was last seen on the 1300 block of Douglas Avenue. Lasheky's mother, Georgia Hill, told Dateline that it was the day before her daughter's 46th birthday and Lasheky intended to go out that night to celebrate.Missing in America
Sarah Martin
On November 22, 2001, 24-year-old Sarah Martin vanished in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was last seen leaving her home getting into a vehicle with an unknown individual. Sarah’s best friend, Rhiannon Baker, told Dateline that she’s done her own investigating into her friend’s case and believes that something may have happened to her.
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Irene Gakwa
32-year-old Irene Gakwa was last seen by her family via video call on February 24, 2022. Irene is originally from Kenya but at the time was living with her boyfriend, Nathan Hightman, in Gillette, Wyoming. Irene’s brother Christopher told Dateline he received an odd text from his sister in the beginning of March 2022.
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