Missing Person Commentary

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...