Missing Person Commentary

Author :  Shane Lambert  (link opens to my Facebook profile) Twitter :  @UncoolNegated  (link to X formerlyTwitter) Original Time of Writing : January 31st, 2021 Missing person : Kierra Coles Last-contact date : October 2nd, 2018 (Tuesday) Disappeared from : Chicago, Illinois; the city's south side around 81st street and Vernon Avenue Link to Government Source : #MP56098 Ethnicity/Race : Black Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 26 years old Hair : Black Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 5'4" and 125 pounds Tattoos : Tattoo of a heart on her right hand/wrist; "Lucky Libra" tattooed to her back Pregnant : 3 months into pregnancy at the time of her disappearance Clothing : Postal worker uniform Vehicle : found in front of her apartment with her purse, cell phone, and a packed lunch still inside Social Media : Facebook Group Hashtag :  #WhereIsKierraColes The case of Kierra Coles is one that is popular in the media and it ha...

Author : Shane Lambert Time of publication : January 29th, 2021 On this web page, I highlight cases of Unidentified Persons (UPs) who are deceased. What unifies all the UP profiles on this page is that a great photo of them is provided with their profiles from a time when they were alive . The photos of the unidentified persons are of good enough quality that these are cases where the only thing that is required to solve them is both media exposure and a person who is willing to simply state their names.  Besides the mystery of their identities, there is the extra mystery of how they can be unidentified despite the clear pictures of their faces. I am not talking about media exposure when I state that. Rather, how did the authorities get the pictures of them alive without someone coming across their names? Did the decedents have pictures of themselves in their wallets?  This is a web page that is always a work in progress: I will add to as I come across more cases that fit the...

Missing person : Angel Rene Sexton Aliases : Angela Rena, Angel Renee, Angel Hedrick Last-contact date : February 2nd, 2011 (was a Wednesday) Disappeared from : Logan, Ohio Link to Government Source : #MP11816 Other Source : Charley Project Ethnicity/Race : White Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 37 years old Birthdate: September 1973 Hair : Brown Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 4'10" to 5'1" and about 118 pounds Tattoos : One of her arms has an unknown tattoo According to the Charley Project : Sexton was last seen in Logan, Ohio, on February 2, 2011. She left her four-year-old daughter with a babysitter and has never been heard from again. Sexton may be in Columbus, Ohio. Few details are available in her case. Author :  Shane Lambert  (link opens to my Facebook profile) Twitter :  @UncoolNegated  (link to Twitter) Original Time of Writing : January 29th, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after t...

Author :  Shane Lambert  (link opens to my Facebook profile) Twitter :  @UncoolNegated  (link to Twitter) All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. Original Time of Writing : January 28th, 2021 Missing person : Lucille May Grenz Last-contact date : March 30th, 1962 Disappeared from : Toledo, Oregon at her home. The address appears to have been 134 NW 6th street. Link to Government Source : #MP28805 Ethnicity/Race : White Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 40 years old Birthdate : Between March 31st, 1921 and March 30th, 1922* Hair : Red Eye color : Blue Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 5'1" and 110 pounds *If NamUs's details are right based on the age of her last contact Chances of being found alive : virtually zero based on her age, that she has not been seen or heard from in nearly 60 years, and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance suggest that she was in mortal danger when she disappeared This article start...

Author : Shane Lambert Original Time of Writing : January 28th, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. This might be a photo of the missing person. Missing person : Elizabeth Camarillo Hernandez Last-contact date : August 1st, 2015 Last-seen date : "Elizabeth Camarillo Hernandez was last seen on August 8, 2015" as per NamUs. Disappeared from : Laredo, Texas Link to Government Source : #MP32742 Ethnicity/Race : White, Hispanic, Latino Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 31 years old Birthdate : between August 2nd, 1983 and August 1st 1984 Hair : Brown, light brunette Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 5'0" and 90 to 200 pounds Commentary : The NamUs description contained the odd phrase: "Weight range estimated to satisfy NamUs minimum requirements." That likely appears to reference the huge weight range that was provided (ie. no one knows what her weight was but they needed something to f...

Author : Shane Lambert  Original Time of Writing : January 27th, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. Missing person : Isolina Lareal or La Real Alias : Larealcambar (Lareal-cambar?) or Isolina Indira  Last-contact date : July 30th, 1999 Last-seen location : Broward County, Florida Link to Government Source : #MP11356 Ethnicity/Race : White Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 32 years old Born : May 24th, 1967 as per the DoeNetwork Hair : Blonde/strawberry Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 5'4" and 120 pounds Clothing : Pink jeans, gray sweater, and black ball cap My first order for Isolina Lareal was to try and get a photo up for her NamUs profile. She went missing in 1999 and for that time frame, it's unusual for someone not to have pictures with her profile. At the end of my research, I was of the opinion that was not a missing person and her inclusion in the NamUs database might not be appropriate...

Author : Shane Lambert Original Time of Writing : January 27th, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. The following photos are ones I believe to be of Jennifer M. Dawson, #MP26327 with NamUs. Note that I was unable to authenticate these as being of the missing person; however, I use them in good faith as I do believe they are of the missing person.  Update: Someone claiming to be the missing person's first cousin has claimed the photos are of Jennifer in the comments section. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST RECENT PHOTO. SENIOR YEAR. 1970 DUNCAN U FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AREA. CASE DETAILS Missing person : Jennifer M. Dawson Last-contact d...

Author : Shane Lambert Time of publication : January 25th, 2021 How blood is left at a crime scene or a possible crime scene can be the result of many different processes: blood pooling, blood dripping, blood spattering, or blood spraying are some of the phrases that you will hear when watching forensic television shows.  But whether it drips, pools, sprays, or spatters analyzing blood at a possible crime scene is part of the forensic sciences. It is in a branch known as forensic serology, which is the study of various body fluids, including blood.  It is important to know that the velocity of blood as it exits a human body can reveal important information as to whether the body was alive or dead at the time of the bleeding. Furthermore, the amount of blood at a possible crime scene can also reveal the same thing. In this blog post, I'll look at two cases that are similar in one regard: in both cases, the blood at a crime scene was used to support the notion that the decedent ...

Author : Shane Lambert   Original Time of Writing : January 24th, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. Missing person : Ada R. Pla Last-contact date : January 24th, 1991 Last-contact location : Miami, Florida Link to Government Source : #MP12417 Ethnicity/Race : White Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 57 years old (born between Jan 25 1933 and Jan 24 1934 if age at time of disappearance is right) Hair : Red Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 5'1" and 125 pounds Tattoos : left breast, right breast, upper left arm, and upper right arm Clothing : none provided Vehicle : Gray, Florida plates (416BTAV) Ada R. Pla is part of the no-photo contingent at NamUs. I consider this a contingent of missing people where efforts should be made to find a photo.  I am of the opinion that for nearly 100% of the missing persons where no photo is included it is likely due to apathy. But given both the effort and resources th...

Author : Shane Lambert   Original Time of Writing : January 23rd, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. Missing person : Aaliyah Joy Mason Last-contact date : January 24th, 2020 (disputed_ Last-seen location : North Hollywood, California Link to Government Source : NamUs #MP64699 Ethnicity/Race : Black/African American Sex : Female Age at time of disappearance : 14 years old Hair : Black Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 5'6" to 5'7" and 165 pounds The NamUs description for this missing person sounds like she is being treated as a runaway: "Aaliyah was last seen on January 24, 2020 at home in North Hollywood, California. She left the home and has not returned." My research into this case produced a suggestion that this individual may have been found. Websleuths or amateur investigators should be careful in putting too much time into this case until this is clarified. I will query the status of t...

Author: Shane Lambert The day of identification finally arrived for the Sumter County Does. They are James Paul Freund and Pamela Mae Buckley. In a previous blog post, I showed that the identification of James Paul Freund could have been made years ago. The Sumter County John Doe, which was ultimately identified as James Paul Freund, bore a ring with the initials JPF. If James Paul Freund had an online profile with NamUs, for example, I'm sure someone would have looked at the John Doe, noticed the initials matching James Paul Freund's, and noticed that the dates made sense. This would have gotten the ball rolling, I think, into simultaneously solving both the mystery of the Sumter County John Doe and the missing person case of James Paul Freund. I further submit that the Sumter County John Doe could have been identified in a much more difficult manner -- even without an online profile. I think the initials were all that were needed to produce a lead in this case. This ...

Author : Shane Lambert January 22nd, 2021 The Sumter County Does have been identified . For fans of unsolved mysteries, this has been a very long time coming. For Websleuths and amateur investigators, it's a huge sigh of relief. The male and female murder victims that were found dead in August of 1976 now have names: they are James Paul Freund and Pamela Mae Buckley. Mon, Aug 9, 1982 – 1 · The Item (Sumter, South Carolina) · Newspapers.com The case should highlight one glaring fact: the number of missing person cases that do not enter the online and searchable documentary record must be immense. I couldn't find missing person reports for either of the two individuals on the Internet nor in newspapers.com's database, a database that scours an immense volume of historical archives.  I did find legal notices for James P. Freund but not news articles about his disappearance. The difference is important: more people read the news than the classifieds. The following legal...

Author : Shane Lambert Original Time of Writing : January 21st, 2021 All articles are subject to editing after the original posting. Missing person #1 : Ronald Yakimchuk Last-seen date : June 5th, 1973; might be June 1st, 1973 Last-seen location : Brandon, Manitoba Last-contact : June 12th, 1973. A postcard from Dryden, Ontario (sent by wife) Link to Government Source : Canada's Missing Ethnicity/Race : Caucasian Sex : Male Age at time of disappearance : 27 Hair : Brown Eye color : Brown Height and weight at the time of disappearance : 6'0" and 150 pounds, which would look very lean Cenotaph : Findagrave Missing person #2 : Theresa Yakimchuk Alias : Terry Pettit (Terry is a derivative of Theresa, Pettit is likely the maiden name) Last-seen date : June 5th, 1973; might be June 1st, 1973 Last-seen location : Brandon, Manitoba Last-contact : A postcard from Dryden, Ontario (June 12th, 1973) Link to Government Source : Canada's Missing Ethnicity/Race : Caucasian ...