Missing Person Commentary

By: Shane Lambert Episode 2 of Season 2 of Riverdale is available on Netflix. Those that have not watched it should be warned: this article contains plot spoilers in the very next paragraph. You have to stop reading now in order to avoid them. If you don't care about the plot spoilers, then scroll down. ********Plot Spoilers******** The episode, which is called "Nighthawks," centers around Archie Andrews, his fears over the fact that someone shot his father, and Pop Tate's efforts to save his fledgling business. The episode finishes with Midge and Moose starting to kiss in a lover's lane. A man, almost for certain the one that shot Fred Andrews and murdered Miss Grundy, emerges from behind Moose's car as he and Midge start to kiss. This man, the apparent serial killer that's terrorizing Riverdale, fires shots into the car, perhaps killing the amorous teenagers. Whether they are dead or not is something that isn't clear as "Nightha...

By: Shane Lambert Some say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, a saying meant to suggest that children usually have the characteristics of their parents. In some cases that could definitely be for the better, however with Stephen Paddock , the man that murdered at least 59 people and injured hundreds others, it definitely seems for the worse. Back in 1969 Benjamin Hoskins Paddock made the FBI's most-wanted list, a list that Stephen certainly would have been on had he made any kind of escape after his spree killing in Las Vegas on the evening of October 1st. B. Paddock was the subject of an article in the June 11th, 1969 issue of The Arizona Republic. The article stated that he was "balding, (stood) 6 feet 4, (had) been diagnosed as a psychopath and (was) considered 'extremely dangerous'" (no author listed). Certainly the last two characteristics applied to both father and son.

By: Shane Lambert Alexis Scott is missing out of Peoria, Illinois. She was added to the NamUs Missing Person website on Sunday, October 1st, 2017. She went missing just eight days earlier on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 at about 4am to 6am. That makes for a short gap between her last-seen time and her NamUs-profile-created time. NamUs offers the following circumstances:  "Alexis was last seen at a house party, 123 Richmond Avenue Peoria, IL on 09/23/17 between the hours of 4-6am. "Witness" states that she left on foot after 5:30am but that’s yet to be confirmed." The blurb at NamUs is a little strange in that they chose to quote the word "Witness" instead of just writing the word straight as there is no need to quote someone in that instance. It's unclear if they are using that word in a sarcastic sense, which would normally involve single quotations. Description: Black female, long hair Tattoos on right shoulder: Paw Prints ...

I did some very quick research on Christina Lynn Carter. She has been missing since September 17th, 1973 when she was 3 years old. Her mother was found murdered at about that time, however it took a month to ID her mother. For this reason it was not known that Christina Lynn was missing until late October of 1973. She has not been seen since and theories on what probably happened to her aren't too satisfying. Websleuth help: same-name research to be aware of Someone named Christina Lynn Carter was issued a marriage license in Manhattan, Kansas in September of 1991 Someone named Christina Lynn Carter was admitted to the JC Blair Memorial Hospital according to The Daily News out of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on June 9th, 1980; very probable to be a different person, but my thoughts are that if it is the original CLC it might not have been possible to use a different name for medical reasons. Someone named Christina Lynn Carter graduated from Murphy High Sch...

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.

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...

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...

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 t...

By: Shane Lambert Kimberly Marshall was last seen on March 17th, 2017. However, she was only recently added to NamUs, America's missing-person database. She is from Smith County, Texas and her NamUs profile was added on September 26th, 2017 ( NamUs MP # 39986 ). Her NamUs pictures are below. Vital details: She was 31 years old when she went missing Her height is 61 inches to 65 inches (5'1" to 5'5") Her weight is listed as between 100 to 105 pounds Brown eyes, brown hair She was last seen in Tyler, Texas. According to NamUS: "Marshall is last known to have spent one night at the Salvation Army and has not contacted family since." The Facebook page for the Salvation Army in Tyler, Texas lists an address as follows: 633 N Broadway Ave Tyler, Texas "Cuts/scars to wrists and arms. Large scar on back beneath shoulder blades." Dental information is available DNA is available, but tests not complete at time of writ...

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

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 ...

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: 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. 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 po...

You'll all heard of Jack the Ripper , the serial killer who terrorized the Whitechapel area of London in the late 1800s. However, I doubt many of you have heard of "Jack the Tripper." No doubt his name is derived from the serial killer's. He was an unnamed criminal that attacked women in Indianapolis in 1893, grabbing women by the ankles and lifting them to stumble them and then making off like a coward as they lay maimed. May 3rd 1883 Indianapolis Sun Another, and far more villainous, man to take a moniker from the serial killer is Jack the Stripper, a serial killer who operated in Hammersmith in the mid-1960s.

Author : Shane Lambert Original Time of Writing: February 2017 Major update: December 25th, 2020 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. Missing Person : Denise Kathleen Anderson Last seen or contact date : April 13th, 1971 at 530am Where last seen : Last seen in Sacramento at her apartment by one of her two roommates. The address was 925 - 16th street. Denise was sleeping in her bed at 530am. NamUs # and Link : #MP27540 Ethnicity/Race : White Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 22 years old Hair : Brown Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : Straight, longer than shoulder length Clothing : A wig was missing from her apartment. Black. Short-hair style. Denise Kathleen Anderson has been missing since 1971. Her disappearance is perplexing. The last anyone saw of her was 530am on April 13th, 1971. At that time, it seems that she was sleeping. The person that saw her was a female roommate, one that borrowed Denise's car th...

By: Shane Lambert Updated: February 16th, 2021 The Rahway Jane Doe is an individual who was murdered in the town of Rahway, New Jersey on March 25th, 1887. The mystery of the murder victim's identity stands out, because it is the oldest unsolved mystery listed at DoeNetwork.org.  I researched this mystery using online newspaper databases for a good two hours on February 5th, 2017. In my opinion, there is very little chance of conclusively solving this mystery for websleuths even with modern technology, like searchable newspaper databases, that wasn't available in 1887. The "clews" in this case (that's the 1887 spelling of "clues") are 99% red herrings if you ask me. Perhaps the best chance in identifying her is through DNA and the family-tree method.  Why bother with this case? If you are interested in this case then it's not so much about justice or helping surviving relatives learn where a loved one went, is it? After all, the perpetrator ...