Joanna Jenkins (NamUs MP # 23572)

Joanna Jenkins went missing on November 1st, 1977 from Oak Hill, Ohio in Jackson County. Few details are available in her case. Her NamUs profile doesn't offer much and that will slow down any websleuths out there. However, anyone looking at this case should be aware that leads turned up in 2005, leads that were apparently ignored at the time and don't seem to be covered all that much online. Whether they have been looked at since is not a matter I know of:

From the Marysville Journal-Tribute (Nov 28, 2005):

The source above mentions that there is an informant. He claims that Jenkins was thrown down a well by a man that also struck her. Anyone working on this case could look for human remains discovered after November 1st in 1977 in such a location. NamUs says Jenkins' DNA is tested so any remains found in a well that has its DNA tested is not likely to be Jenkins as the computerized systems would link them without any help.

Thomas McMonigle, likely serial killer, and Thora Chamberlain (NamUs MP 36923)

Thora Chamberlain's NamUs profile was added in 2017 despite the fact that she went missing in November of 1945 when she was 14 years old (she's referred to as 15 years old in some articles I read, perhaps because she was close to her birthday).  According to NamUs's last accounting of her she "was seen getting into a stranger's vehicle outside her high school in Campbell and has not been seen since." That account doesn't really jive with the media coverage of the day. If we accept the conviction and confession of a murderer and another witness who claimed to see Chamberlain then she was certainly spotted after she got into the car.

Oakland Tribune - December 16 1945

In this case, the websleuths and mystery enthusiasts won't find anything too interesting to work on with Chamberlain's case. Her killer confessed and he spent time in prison. His name was Thomas Henry McMonigle (right) although Wikipedia's page for Thora Chamberlain appears to have his name wrong (they mention one "McGonigle"). McMonigle claimed that he abducted Chamberlain, shot her, and threw her over a cliff called Devil's Slide (see photo below) into waters that were described as tumultuous. According to one writer of the day "the undertow and swell is such that it is possible the body might have been torn to pieces within several days" (Oakland Tribune - Dec 16 1945). NamUs says that the girl's DNA is available, but the chances of finding something to compare too has to be considered at the utmost edge of the possible.

Devil's Slide as photographed in modern times
(Creative Commons/Lawrence Lansing).

How they got her DNA is a bit of a mystery since they weren't aware of the scientific advancement in 1945 and wouldn't be for a few more decades. But they did find her socks, which were of her school colors as she was abducted heading to a football game, near the spot that McMonigle said he killed her and they linked those socks to her. It could be that they were able to find some DNA from that clothing as evidence in crimes isn't simply discarded due to the passage of time. McMonigle was considered a suspect because of prior suspicion in a crime involving a similarly-aged female youth.

Besides McMonigle seeing Chamberlain, there's also the sighting of Mrs. Ella Beaudoux. She says she witnessed a girl in the back seat of a car near the scene and the time of the abduction "clawing at the window" at the back of the car as it sped away. Mrs. Ella Beaudoux was a Physician & Surgeon at the time of a 1921 passport application. In my opinion, such professionals are good witnesses when it comes to events that they have no personal connection to because they are not frivolous in what they say as they are well-schooled in the importance of facts in matters such as these.

At this point, we should look back at what NamUs said because I don't agree with the last-seen statement with that source which says that Chamberlain was last seen entering a stranger's car. Chamberlain was seen in the car after she got into it, the stranger they mention isn't an unnamed person by any stretch because McMonigle was proven to have killed her in court. The way NamUs makes it sound is like there's a mystery here.

But Chamberlain's fate isn't too mysterious and it is very possible that there's no further justice on the matter of her disappearance and death to be had. I would say that websleuths out there should not be working on Thora Chamberlain's case. Her body might be lost to the ocean and the creatures within it for seven decades now, making the situation of recovery entirely futile -- and pointless given that justice was actually served on her killer.

However, where websleuths should focus is on her abductor: Thomas Henry McMonigle is a probable serial killer in my view. Other girls identified him as trying to lure them into their vehicles. Working on his life history may yield a Ted Bundy-like history in my opinion. I noted some similarities for sure between the two:

1. Luring victims into vehicles.
2. Preying on women.
3. Theft as a pettier crime.
4. McMonigle defended himself at a trial as Bundy did.
5. McMonigle had scores of women attesting to his character despite the evidence against him. Bundy also received a lot of support from adoring women while in prison.
6. McMonigle had a problematic upbringing.
7. Those that knew both were shocked to find out that each was capable of murder.
8. Both were considered good looking and intelligent.
9. Both were chronic liars.

McMonigle is someone whose life should be placed under a microscope. To start that, here are some details I uncovered:

• Born: May 28th, 1914 in Covell, McLean County, Illinois, USA
• Dead: Feb. 20, 1948 in Marin County, California, USA
• He was in prison when he was 17 (sometime around May of 1931) according to one news source.
• Occupations included bus driver, truck driver, and a guard at something called "Mills field" (The Times, San Mateo, California, December 17 1945)
• Owned a 1933 Plymouth Sedan
• Attempted to gain employment as the captain of ambulance drivers, was refused
• Once remarked to have killed 11 people (source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, Aug 18 1957/writer: Don Becker)
• Received death penalty for murdering Chamberlain despite the fact that her body was never found (considered strange in the press of the time)
• In his teens (ie. March 28th, 1927 to March 28th, 1934) he was arrested for vagrancy, assault, and attempt to rape (source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, Aug 18 1957). He served an eight-year and three-month prison sentence at one point
• His 4th arrest was for fighting a bus driver
• His 5th arrest was for attacking a young girl, but the family didn't press charges. It's this arrest that made him a suspect in the Chamberlain disappearance.
• He fled to Illinois sometime after the abduction of Chamberlain (ie. November 2, 1945)
• He was also the suspect in the murder of what was called a "San Francisco negress" (a black woman)
• I found no evidence of him serving in WWII.
• He can be placed near East Alton/Edwardsville, Illinois on June 5th, 1934 when he would have been about 21 (The Edwardsville Intelligencer/page 2).

• McMonigle appears to have participated in and lost a boxing match on Monday, March 23rd, 1931 (at the age of 16). The Alton Evening Telegraph in Illinois notes what seems to be his participation in bouts involving "Club and Unemployed Men." Alton is the area that McMonigle is associated with at that time in his life. The date of the fight would mean that McMonigle was not in custody at the time. Furthermore, the news article notes a body weight of 150 pounds at the age of 16.

• He can be placed in Alton still, or again, around Monday, November 19th, 1931 (Alton Evening Telegraph, Page Two). 

• His father Stephen's address is mentioned as 316 Goulding Avenue in East Alton in a February 17th, 1941 in the Alton Evening Telegraph announcing the wedding of his daughter Alma
• Brother Roy McMonigle was a criminal too (Alton Evening Telegraph/August 12th 1933)

Kelly Disney - NamUs MP # 39274

By: Shane Lambert

Kelly Lynn Disney (b. January 16th, 1967), last seen on March 9th 1984 at about 1am, is only partly missing. If that sounds strange then that's the nature of missing-person's commentary sometimes.

Her head was found in 1994 while the remainder of her body remains missing as of 2017. There are certainly more puzzling mysteries out there regarding missing people as it is clear that this missing person was murdered. Perhaps that's the reason she was only added to NamUs on July 27th, 2017 which is a very long gap for an attractive high-school student.

Adelle Altizer article with Disney's description. March 1994. Statesman-Journal. The "Rivers" cited is police chief Jim Rivers. NamUs doesn't include her clothing.

Her NamUs report details the following: "Kelly Disney had an argument with her boyfriend the night of March 8, 1984. She had left the apartment they were living in at approximately 0100 on March 9, 1984 and was last seen walking east on Highway 20 in Newport, Oregon around the same time." March 8th was a Thursday and March 9th a Friday.

What that report doesn't say is that the last person to see her alive was an on-duty police officer. According to the Statesman-Journal (Monday, May 7th 1984/Adelle Altizer) she had an argument with her boyfriend and "About an hour later, a Lincoln County sheriff's deputy stopped her and talked to her while she walked eastward along Highway 20 about a mile east of Newport." 

The mother lamented that the police officer didn't give her a ride and, in that way, this case has a similarity to the more famous disappearance of Robin Graham. Graham bumped into vehicle trouble in California in 1970, a highway patrolman stopped to talk with her, and after he left her it seems someone paid her a harm as she's not been seen since.

The boyfriend in this case is perhaps very lucky that someone credible saw Disney after she parted with him that night. That she can be placed well away from him in a dangerous setting (roadside at 1am) would surely mitigate the suspicion of any involvement of his in her disappearance, especially after they were arguing.

Some oddities with this case:

• When her skull was found in 1994 police believed it was 'discovered' by the second person to discover it; they believed someone found it and then moved it to an obvious place to avoid being a suspect in the crime (in truth, people that find human remains do often have to be cleared of involvement). 
• NamUs claims: "Kelly's skull was found in 1994 in an abandoned car near Newport, Oregon. The remainder of her body has never been recovered."
• A skull that is found away from a body could be due to someone trying to remove the teeth from the body. DNA wasn't huge in 1984 and teeth and fingerprints were the main way of identifying human remains. The murderer, in moving the skull, may have been trying to remove the teeth from the body to prevent identification. 
• Conversely, an animal may have moved the skull and that would suggest that the body is in fact in the area of the car.

Statesman Journal - August 3rd, 1994

• One aspect of this case that stinks rotten are reports that Disney was spotted at school the next morning after the patrolman saw her. I read one article that said several students and a teacher claimed to have seen her, which would make her official last-seen time several hours after 1am on March 9th, 1984. Why several people would claim to have seen her if they didn't is strange but that these reports were ultimately deemed incredulous is clear as per her official last-seen time from the patrolman. The early police bias in this case was that she was a runaway and I wouldn't be surprised if the investigators tried to tilt things that way.

New to NamUs: Jones Martin, missing since September 11th, 1987

By: Shane Lambert

Jones Martin has been missing since September 11th, 1987. However, his profile was only recently uploaded to NamUs (September 10th, 2017). Unfortunately few details seem to be available in his case. He would be 53 years old as September 28th, 2017.

Vital details:

• Black male
• Age last seen is 22 to 23 years old
• Height 70 to 72 inches (that's 5'10" to 6'0")
• Weight: 180 pounds

Disappearance details:

• Last seen in Moss Point, Mississippi on September 11th, 1987

Commentary:

• Moss Point is located in south-eastern Mississippi and not too far from the Alabama border near the Gulf of Mexico
• Jones Martin sounded like a weird ordering of the name, made me wonder if the first name and last name are reversed from a clerical error. NamUs lists his alias/nickname and middle name as Maurice.

• There's a very lengthy gap between the last-seen date and the profile-created date
• His age when he was last seen is very strange (ie. 22 to 23 years old); seems to me that if he went missing on September 11th, 1987 then people that knew him would know exactly what his age was on that date; either he has a cloudy birth date for some reason or the date he went missing is actually not clear and perhaps was in and around his birthday.
• Web searches for "Jones Martin" did not produce any hits. Even when you use quotes, Google thinks you are looking for Martin Jones, the NHL goaltender for the San Jose Sharks at time of writing.
• Very few details in this case were available to my online research. 
• This one promises to be tough for websleuthers due to the fact that he went missing in the time before online social networking. When I searched Google using a custom date range that focused on the years around the dawn of the Internet nothing came up affiliated with this case.

Kimberly Marshall: Missing After a Night in the Homeless Shelter in March 2017

The Disappearance of Kimberly Marshall: A Case Marked by Instability and Mystery

What Happened to Kimberly Marshall?

On March 17th, 2017, Kimberly Marshall was last seen after spending a single night at the Salvation Army shelter in Tyler, Texas, located at 633 N Broadway Ave. This night at the shelter serves as the final breadcrumb in her trail—a trail that, as of March 29th, 2025, remains unresolved.

Then 31 years old, with brown hair and eyes, a slight frame of 5’1” to 5’5” and 100 to 105 pounds, and distinctive scars on her wrists, arms, and back, Kimberly vanished without a trace after that night. Her NamUs profile (MP #39986) remains active, but there is nothing I could find in mainstream media with this case..

The Salvation Army shelter, still operational today as the Tyler Center of Hope, offers emergency and transitional housing to men, women, and families in need. Kimberly’s presence there, however brief, paints a picture of instability in her life at that time. Spending just one night suggests she may have been in a state of flux—perhaps newly homeless, seeking temporary refuge, or grappling with circumstances that left her without a stable place to turn.

The following are her case details, which are mainly as per NamUs. However, I did take a tidbit of information from the missing person poster above, regarding dentures.

Kimberly Marshall’s NamUs Profile Details

Category	Details
NamUs Case Number	MP #39986
Full Name	Kimberly Ann Marshall
Nickname/Alias	Kim
Biological Sex	Female
Race / Ethnicity	White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact	March 17th, 2017
NamUs Case Created	September 26th, 2017
Last Known Location	Tyler, Texas 75702 (Smith County)
Missing Age	31 Years
Current Age	39 Years
Height	5' 1" - 5' 5" (61 - 65 Inches)
Weight	100 - 105 lbs
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Distinctive Physical Features	Cuts/scars to wrists and arms. Large scar on back beneath shoulder blades.
Dental Information	Has upper dentures, a key detail for cross-referencing with unidentified Jane Does.
Circumstances of Disappearance	Marshall is last known to have spent one night at the Salvation Army and has not contacted family since.

Her last known location at the shelter underscores her vulnerability in an immediate sense. Places like the Salvation Army serve as havens for those on society’s margins. She might have been wrestling with personal struggles that heightened her risk exposure.

Tracing Kimberly’s movements beyond that night proves challenging, a difficulty compounded by the nature of her last sighting. Homeless shelters cater to people who often exist off the grid—without phones, fixed addresses, or consistent ties to trackable systems. 

I did look at her Facebook profile. That can be found by searching her name and using "Tyler, Texas" as her location. I think those looking at this case should review her profile a little.

I did note among her Facebook "likes" that she once liked a TV Show that debuted in 2020. I reflected on whether this meant that she had survived her 2017 disappearance event.

However, the likely reason is simply that she liked a page for a different show in 2012 or a little later, and that show's Facebook page simply rebranded over the years. All of her "likes" are of shows or movies or what-have-you whose debut predate her disappearance date, except for "STEVE on Watch." But this show was a remake of previous shows, and probably the same Facebook page was used for the rebranded show.

Those looking at this case should think about what it means to be last seen at a homeless shelter. Also, consider the cuts/scars to the wrists and arms, and what one source could be.

I looked at this case shortly after she disappeared. I would say there's been very little media on her and the years are starting to pass.

Human remains found on golf course in Huntsville, Texas

Update: identified

Grim news from Huntsville, Texas.

According to a recent report from KBTX: "human remains were found on the property line of the Raven Nest Golf Course located near the I-45 service road. This property is not part of the main Sam Houston State campus....the remains appear to have been there for some time."

• No other information available at these early stages
• Two missing people from Huntsville have Namus MP profiles
• One of which is named Maria Kimbrell and her name is associated with Sam Houston State University 

• Kimbrell does have her DNA available to authorites
• She also had distinctive teeth that included a gold filling
• If the remains are her's then those circumstances would make it probable that she would be identified
• However at time of writing there is no information on the individual's sex or identity

NamUs MP #8386 (Gary Mullinax) vs. NamUs UP #14560

This article is about how an annoying, nitpicky, and miniature detail can actually rule a John Doe out as a missing person even when everything else seems to line up nicely. First, I will present background information about two cases: NamUs' Missing Person (MP) #8386, one Gary Mullinax, and NamUs' UP #14560. I will reference a forum post I read at Websleuths.com and credit username Biscuits222 with making the comment that originally made me look at the MP and UP (unidentified person) cases mentioned above. Please read the information in the screenshot below (my username is UncoolNegated).

Gary Mullinax looked like this:

Screenshot from his Doenetwork page. Commonly used photos in his missing-person case.

He went missing on May 9th, 1976 from Little Rock, Arkansas. On the exact same day a man was found dead in nearby Kentucky. That man's corpse produced the following composite sketch:

Those that have experience with trying to match photos of missing people to unidentified remains will surely call it an imperfect science. Anything ballpark is worth taking a look at. In this case the mustache matches and so do aspects of the face around the eyes in my opinion. The hairstyle doesn't match too well due to lengths around the ear, but hairstyles can change. Other details match-up as well. That the MP went missing the same day the UP was found is uncanny given that they look alike. The distance between the last-known location of the MP and the location of the dead man is about 500 miles, a distance that doesn't cause a rule out but certainly casts some doubt in my view.

There is one other very interesting connection, one that was made by the websleuth and is worth discussing with reference to NamUs medical information on the subject or subjects. The MP's "Jaw had been broken at one time and wired shut for weeks from a car wreck" (NamUs). The UP is described as such "Fracture of Madible - 'Examination of the X-rays of mandible reveal an apparent old well healed fracture near ramus on left side.'" <sic; "Madible" should be mandible>

So we have  missing person, who had a broken jaw, that went missing on May 9th, 1976. Meanwhile we have freshly-dead unidentified remains with an affiliated composite sketch that looks like the missing person, the UP had a broken jaw in life, and he was found the day the MP went missing.

Other important details that lineup: 

1. The UP had been dead for up to one day. 
2. The UP's age range of 18-22 matches the MP's age of 21.
3. The MP's weight range of 130 to 160 matches the UP's estimated weight of 150.
4. The MP's height range of 64 to 69 inches matches the UP's measured height of 67 inches.
5. The skin color matches.

The hair color between the two does not match as the MP had brown hair and the UP had auburn hair. Hair color is tricky in my opinion, however. If we were talking about blonde vs. black then it would be a complete rule out for sure. In this case, it's just a counterpoint that is outweighed by everything else. 

Another thing to note is that someone described Gary Mullinax to the police that wasn't too familiar with the finer details of his appearance. Whoever provided Gary Mullinax's description didn't know him well enough to place his height to within a couple inches. There's a big difference between someone that is 5'4" and someone that is 5'9". 

Am I making an argument that the MP and UP are the same person? If they are it would entail that the information with this case is wrong. Check out the information below and note the time that is associated with each case ("Date last scene" vs. "Date found").

The time for Mullinax's last-seen time is 20:13 (ie. 8:13pm) on May 9th. The dead man that seems like Mullinax in almost every way, including having a broken jaw, can't actually be Mullinax if the time of the body being found is correct and the time of Mullinax's disappearance is correct. Mullinax, according to the time noted in his NamUs file, was last seen about 3.5 hours after the UP was discovered. If those times are correct then it's a rule out by logical deduction. 

Of course the problem with logical deduction is that you might be working with false premises: clerical errors do happen. I've personally submitted several corrections to NamUs in the past that were ascertainable from news clippings. However, once you start dealing with possible errors then your connection starts to lose momentum. I will, however, email the authorities for more information just to make sure.

Article below:

The article below indicates that the body in Bullitt County may have been there for about three days.

The Courier-Journal May 14th, 1976 Page D3

NamUs MP #20751 (Connie Gregory) vs. NamUs UP #6710

By: Shane Lambert

I looked at NamUS today and decided to focus on the year 1980 in hopes of cross-referencing some missing people from that year with unidentified remains from about the same time. The first case I looked at was a missing person named Connie Gregory (NamUs MP #20751) and the chance that she might be NamUs UP #6710. The following is my argument that Connie Gregory should be a candidate for a rule-out attempt for the unidentified person.

Connie Gregory, MP #20751

Facts that imply a match:

1. MP (missing person) #20751 Connie Gregory is not listed as a rule-out for UP (unidentified person) #6710 at the time of writing. That means that no one has looked at the two or someone has looked and couldn't rule the two out as one and the same person.
2. Connie Gregory was last seen on January 23rd, 1980 at 17:20 in Breckinridge, Kentucky. The UP was found on May 26th, 1980 in Boone County, Kentucky. The timeline does not eliminate the possibility of a match. The UP has an estimated date of death for 1980. The body is described as "Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction."
3. The distance between Breckinridge County and Boone County is ~162 miles in the same state of Kentucky. The UP was found in the Ohio River, a river that also runs near Breckinridge County.
4. Connie Gregory was white. The UP was also white.
5. The MP and the UP have very close height and weight estimations/measurements. Connie Gregory was 60 inches and 120 pounds. The UP was believed to be 62 inches and 123 pounds.
6. Connie Gregory was 30 years old when she went missing. The UP has a large age range (25-40), but it would still include a 30-year-old.
7. Hair color of Connie Gregory matches the UP. Brown hair on both. Brown eyes on both.

Facts that don't imply a match:

1. The UP has a postmortem interval listed as "Days." If one expects that the MP died close to the date that she went missing then the expected postmortem period would be months as opposed to "Days." This still doesn't eliminate Connie Gregory as a potential match. The UP was in a decomposed state. 
2. The UP had a "3/4" horizontally-oriented scar on left knee." The MP has no such description. 
3. The MP had "Mole on left side of neck" while the UP is not described as having such. Like point two, the description of Connie might simply be incomplete.

Conclusion:

If we assume Connie Gregory is deceased then there is a question of when she died. If she died quickly after going missing and the UP's postmortem interval of "Days" is correct then they are not one and the same. However, the facts regarding Gregory's date of death aren't known as her "date gone missing" can't be assumed to be the same as a date of death. 

The scar on the UP and the mole on the MP not matching one another are points that cast doubt as well. Moles can come and go, however, while a scar can be missed in an MP report. 

The gravity of the "Facts that imply a match" are compelling enough even when measured against the "Facts that don't imply a match." 

1. The MP and the UP are of the same race/sex.
2. The timing doesn't eliminate them.
3. The MP went missing in Kentucky and the UP was found in Kentucky.
4. The physical conditions of hair color, eye color, height, and weight all match up to a very close degree (height/weight slightly off, UP's hair also described as black).
5. The age range of the UP matches the age of the MP. 

I think that it compels a look at the two as possibly one and the same person.