Missing Person Commentary

By: Shane Lambert Missing person Matthew Weaver I spoke online tonight with an individual (Matthew's ex-girlfriend) who was in charge of the Facebook group called "Help Find Matthew Weaver Jr." (October 7th, 2018). As a result of this online conversation, I wanted to add some details to his missing-person's case that might help the websleuths out there. Firstly, here are the details from NamUs where Matthew Weaver is #MP51786 . His date of last contact was August 10th, 2018 He is missing from Topanga, California He was 21 years old the day he went missing White male 5'10" and 130 pounds Brown hair and hazel eyes Partial beard and mustache He was wearing a Los Angeles Angels baseball cap, red shoes, and Dickies pants; the likeness of the cap, according to the Facebook group's admin, is pictured below   NamUs says that his car was found abandoned near Rosa's Overlook on the Topanga Lookout Trail. Regarding the circumstances, in ...

By: Shane Lambert Original: October 2018 Update: February 4th, 2021 I researched the disappearance of Carmen Robinson tonight for a little while. I thought that I would do a bullet-point style summary of what I learned about her case from reading about her in online-newspaper databases. First, here are her important case details as per DoeNetwork : Missing since December 8th, 1973 (a Saturday) from Victoria, BC, Canada (on Vancouver Island) 17 years old at the time of her disappearance White female, blonde hair The night she went missing she worked at the Ingraham hotel as a dishwasher, boarded a bus home, got off the bus at West Burnside Road and Holland Avenue, and has not been seen since then (her home was two blocks away) Details I got from news coverage Known child-killer Clifford Olson is mentioned in conjunction with the disappearance; it is stated in an article that he was flown to Surrey "to provide clues on the 1973 murder of teenager Carmen Robinson...

By: Shane Lambert Donella Jean Coultas was last seen on December 18th, 1979. NamUs offers some details of her description but nothing for circumstances. 29 years old at the time of the disappearance White female 5'7" 157 lbs Alias: Donna Schuman Last known location: South Pasadena Brown hair, short Blue eyes Contact lenses Pidgeon toed C-section scar on abdomen Mole above navel Buck teeth She was last known to be wearing a green top under a light-blue sweater and dark-blue pants with white tennis shoes I did not find much media coverage regarding Donella Jean Coultas. But I did find one article 11 months after her disappearance in The Desert Sun, a publication out of Palm Springs. Donna's mother was named "Mrs. Schuman" in the article which suggests the alias above is a maiden name. Donna's mother stated that she thought it was possible that Donna went to Palm Springs. But the big mystery with this missing person is why she would leave a...

Kassandra Ramirez is a missing person that is new to NamUs . She was last seen on September 19th, 2018 in the Bronx, New York at 683 Melrose Avenue at around 11:40pm. Her vitals as of the 19th were as follows: 25 years old Hispanic/Latino female 5'2" to 5'3" 100 to 130 pounds Brown hair Brown eyes She was leaving her residence to meet with someone in front of her building. That individual says that Ramirez did not show up. She was last seen wearing the following: Blue jeans White blouse Grey hoodie Black sneakers Facebook questions with Kassandra's mother Kassandra's mother offered some information that wasn't on NamUs at time of writing. She said her daughter's middle name is Briana. Furthermore, Kassandra has tattoos and a birthmark (still trying to find locations of them). Additionally, she had a c-section and she has scars on her left pinky due to an injury. I spoke with other people that knew ...

By: Shane Lambert I was looking at NamUs #UP6040 today. She is an individual that was found dead on February 19th, 1971 in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida. Her NamUs vitals: Aged 17-24 White female Estimated to have died in 1971 within weeks of her discovery 5'3" 110 pounds Brown hair Eyes are probably brown She was found under the Lake Panasoffkee Bridge at Interstate 75. NamUs mentioned her clothing, which included green plaid pants and a poncho. Some details that websleuths should be aware of that you don't get from NamUs comes from the newspaper reporting of the day (Orlando Sentinel/Feb 21 1971/Page 66 unless otherwise noted): This woman was definitely thought to be a murder victim who was strangled with a belt (one article from Feb 22 1971 said she was found "with a belt tied around her neck" Sentinel Page 5) She may have been pregnant She was referred to as the "hippie-type" She was believed to have been thrown over the si...

By: Shane Lambert The Original Time of Writing : October 1st, 2018 On October 1st, 2018 I took a look at the missing person's case of Ashley Fuller Reed ( NamUs #MP8602 ). I read over her case at NamUs and then used an online-newspaper database to look at the reporting from 1990 that covered her case. I feel that anyone websleuthing this case should know about details that I came across during this research. It's my opinion that NamUs doesn't provide enough information. Furthermore, I took a look at the greater region and a large time frame associated with this case. I've noted numerous cases of white females going missing from Texas after experiencing car troubles between 1988 and 1994. These cases may or may not be related. NamUs says that Reed was last heard from on January 15th, 1990, which was a holiday Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day). One newspaper article (El Paso Times/March 24th, 1990/page 13) contradicted that and said that she vanished on January 14...

By: Shane Lambert Missing Person : Jeannette Kamahele Last seen or contact date : April 25th, 1972 in the morning, around 930am Where last seen : Cotati, California on the ramp of Highway 101 NamUs # and Link : #MP8069 Jeannette Kamahele missing report 2 Fri, Apr 28, 1972 – 2 · The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) · Newspapers.com I had a look at Jeanette Kamahele's case tonight. This is a missing-person's case that will be fairly well known to websleuths and those familiar with unsolved mysteries in the United States. Kamahele has been included in the often-discussed Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders from several decades ago. I won't review the details of her case too much because they have been covered. You can visit the following link to read about the murders that may have been the work of one serial killer if you wish: http://www.santarosahitchhikermurders.com . What I will do is look at Jeanette's case and compare it to an Unidentified Perso...

By: Shane Lambert Shani Ann Estes has been missing since 2005, that much is clear. However, there is some contradictory information out there from governmental sources as to the date she was last seen. NamUs ( she's MP#1204 ) says she was last seen on November 24th, 2005. The State of California's Department of Justice's website says she was last seen on December 7th, 2005. Regardless, there's reason to consider her as a match to UP#5963 . Shani, according to CharleyProject's profile for her, had an argument with her husband on November 24th, 2005 and then disappeared. The suggestion at that website is that the husband is not a suspect and that Shani left on her own accord. On the night of January 10th, 2006 a woman known as UP#5963 was found deceased in a burned-out apartment in San Francisco. The distance between where Shani was last seen and this apartment is about 290 miles in the same state of California.  The time elapsed between the date of...

By: Shane Lambert I spent some time reading about two cases of unidentified people tonight, cases from January of 2003. The cases may be related although NamUs does not connect them. They are  NamUs UP#13280 and UP#13278 . The former was found in Imperial County on January 2nd, 2003 and believed to be dead for five months. The latter was found in the same county on January 7th, 2003 and also believed to be dead for five months. The zip codes associated with the deaths are about 9.4 miles apart according to Google Maps. Both decedents were described as being found in the "open desert." UP#13280 was found near a jacket that had The Master Palette logo on it. Anyone working on this case may want to know that the logo is associated with Glidden Professional, a paint company. The first snippet below shows the logo on the decedent's jacket while the second snippet shows the logo inset into a website (webpage was active at time of writing). They are remarkably similar. ...

Police are seeking the publics help in locating missing teen Gitti Wayezi - 15 years from Burlington. She is described as female, tanned skin, 5'3, 120lbs, slim build, black straight hair, brown eyes but wears blue contact lenses. Please contact police with any information. ^jm pic.twitter.com/sV9SeKidPz — HRPS Burlington (@HRPSBurl) April 27, 2018 Have you seen Karen Savanah Toth? If yes, please contact Portage police. https://t.co/hi4SlPlFDY — 680 CJOB (@680CJOB) April 26, 2018 Missing Teen in Timmins, Ontario - Kanina Manchester, 16, https://t.co/AjRwpavMAp https://t.co/AjRwpavMAp — Missing Canadians (@MISSINGofCANADA) April 26, 2018

By: Shane Lambert Venika Williams , a missing person, has  a Facebook group dedicated to her missing-person's case. Her disappearance was also covered in the news  recently. Lastly, she had a NamUs page created in 2019. The details that I gathered from those sources was that she was last seen on December 22nd, 2017 or the 23rd. She was 28 years old at that time. She is an African-American woman. Her approximate height is 5'3" and her approximate weight is 142 pounds according to a news source. The Facebook group affiliated with her disappearance offered these details: "VENIKA WILLIAMS WAS LAST SEEN BETWEEN DEC 22-23 2017 . SHE IS FROM NEWARK NJ , FRIENDS SAY THEY BELIEVE SHE WAS IN JERSEY CITY LAST BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL BY AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE, AS SHE SENT HER LAST TEXT STATING SO ! SHE IS 28 YRS OF AGE , 5’4 , ABOUT 130 LBS. VENIKA WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK LEATHER JACKET,RED HOODIED SWEATSHIRT AND BLUE JEANS.SHE IS THE MOTHER OF FOUR YOUNG...

Update: Maudie Smith was found deceased. The body that was found that was mentioned in this article ended up being her's. Related news. Maudie Smith's NamUs profile was added yesterday, March 29th, 2018.  She has not been seen since February 22nd of 2017, making the gap between her last-seen time and profile-created time mid-lengthed. Maudie Smith She is a white female She was 37 years old at the time of her disappearance She is 5'4" to 5'6" She is between 130 to 140 pounds She has brown hair and blue eyes She has an "Austin" tattoo on her left arm in black letters She has her daughter's name on her left leg She also has a Leo zodiac sign and a Chinese symbol in purple on her neck They do not have DNA at the time of writing, meaning any Jane Doe profile is a potential match provided it can't be ruled out in other ways According to NamUs she was last seen in Viper, Kentucky walking on Bear Lane* on the right fork of Maces ...

By: Shane Lambert Peggy McGuire is NamUs MP #31134 . She went missing on November 16th, 2015 (Monday) and her NamUs profile was created 8 days later. That is a very-short gap between her last-seen time and her profile-created time, an indication that everyone familiar with this case has treated her disappearance as credible (ie. not a voluntary disappearance). As of January 2021 Peggy is still missing and a large Facebook group has been created for the purpose of bringing her home. Peggy McGuire According to NamUs, Peggy is missing from Eufaula, Oklahoma. That is a small lake-side town about two hours to the east of Oklahoma City and an hour and twenty minutes south of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Arkansas state border is about 90 minutes to 105 minutes to the east by driving. Thu, Dec 10, 2015 – 5 · The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) · Newspapers.com Peggy, according to her NamUs profile, was last seen dropping her son off at school. Her NamUs profile also ...

By: Shane Lambert Almost two years ago I made an attempt at NamUs MP #29973, an individual named Joseph Anthony Stuart who has not been seen since September 6th, 1991. I considered Stuart as a possible match for NamUs UP #7582 but the match was ruled out based on dental comparisons. Otherwise, a lot of things aligned between the John Doe and the Missing Person #29973: they had similar demographics and the John Doe was found along one possible route that Stuart, the missing person, might have traveled to get to Reno. Word was that he was heading that way to look into a job prospect. The rule out, as always, was final the moment it came back to me: it's hard to argue with something like dental comparisons. They and fingerprinting used to be sacred in identifying human remains in the era before DNA. But I think I found another candidate for a rule-out attempt on Joseph Anthony Stuart: NamUs UP #2294. Firstly, here's a recap of Stuart's demographics and circumstances. ...

In this article, a comparison and contrast will be made between an Unidentified Person (UP) and a Missing Person (MP). Attempts to rule out the possibility that the UP is the MP will be made. That failing, the MP and UP may end up being one and the same person. NamUs UP #17549 NamUs's UP #17549 is an individual with a very problematic profile. This deceased female was found in garbage bags bound with an electrical cord in Philadelphia. The individual was found on June 2nd, 1980 and her profile was uploaded to NamUs on March 7th, 2018. That's a very large gap relative to many other profiles. She was found in a vacant house, her head was not recovered, and one or more limbs was not recovered. Although she was found on June 2nd, 1980 she was believed to had died sometime between 1978 and 1980. Her height was estimated at 68 inches (5'8") but the estimation has to be taken loosely based on her decomposed state and the absence of her head and maybe even her legs. Her...

By: Shane Lambert Adam Christopher Patterson is new to NamUs at time of writing. However, he has been missing for about 2.5 years as of the publication date. Below, you'll find the case details as of March 27th, 2018, a day after his profile was uploaded to NamUs. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance would likely make many think that he has been lost at sea. Adam is missing from Portland, Maine and he "is believed to have taken a water taxi (he was a licensed captain) out to sea. The boat was later located washed up on a beach in Kennebunk." The over-land distance using highway travel from Portland to Kennebunk is just under 30 miles. Perhaps the nautical displacement or distance traveled is more relevant though. The beach that the boat washed-up on was called Parson's Beach as per news coverage from late 2015. Patterson's last-seen time as per NamUs is November 10th. However, the news source above says he spoke to his wife at 1:30am...

By: Shane Lambert Note: this article was originally published in March of 2018. There is recent news as of November 13th, 2019. Sadly, Devin Bond has been found deceased. Condolences are offered to his family and friends and anyone that this tragedy has negatively affected. According to the Facebook page for the group on the evening of November 13th, 2019: "We are devastated at the loss of our son, Devin. Our goal was to bring Devin home and we are bringing him home, just not in the way we had hoped. Rest In Peace sweet boy and we will be counting the days until we are together again. Thank you to Detective Pinson, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department and all the searchers that helped locate our son, we are forever grateful." Devin Bond, a missing person from Tennessee, was last seen on March 30th, 2017. His case details as per NamUs are below: The circumstances listed at NamUs leave something to be desired: "Missing juvenile. Last seen at home by mother...