Renisia Elaine Johnson -- Missing Since February 1989 (ATTEMPT TO MATCH)

Details from NamUs**: 
The missing person left her residence on 02-24-1989 and never returned.

Missing Person: Renisia Elaine Johnson
Last-contact date: February 24th, 1989
The area where the MP was last seen: Tampa, Florida
Link to government source: NamUs #MP78570

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Black
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 20 years old
  • This person was born between February 25th, 1968, and February 24th, 1969. The range is calculated using the missing person's age on the date of her disappearance.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Scar: None listed at NamUs
Height/weight: 5-foot-5 and 120 pounds
BMI*: Renisia Elaine Johnson was in the normal range for BMI.
  • Please, Google-search BMI if you aren't familiar with the phrase. I think it's an important tool to be aware of when working on missing person cases.
No photo...yet: If a photo can't be found, rely on BMI, height, weight, ethnicity, and other physical features to describe or picture the person.

Renisia Elaine Johnson, a missing person, was last heard from on February 24th, 1989 when she was 20 years old. This individual has now been missing for 32 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

When a missing person doesn't have a photo, researchers can try to find one at Ancestry.com or at Newspapers.com. However, in the case of the latter, I was not able to find a missing person report for this individual. Nor did I find any mention of her name in news media.

As of the time of publication, this individual was a non-person by my research methods. What I mean by that, is that I wasn't able to find the exact name at the newspapers.com archive, in Google searches, or at Ancestry. In fact, when I only searched for the first name of "Renisia" in the entire country of the United States, only 40 hits came up, none of which matched the missing person.

I am thinking that the best way to find this person is to cross-reference her clothing in Jane Doe databases. Renisia Elaine Johnson may have had the following articles when she disappeared: a black and white jacket, acid wash jeans, and a pair of black suede boots.

A Websleuth that took an interest in the case (username: victoriarobinson642) found a Jane Doe that might be interesting as a comparison to the missing person. Case File 978UFGA at DoeNetwork describes a Jane Doe that was would found in Atlanta, Georgia in September 1989. The Jane Doe matched the missing person in these ways:
  1. Both were black.
  2. Both were females.
  3. The Jane Doe was thought to have died in the months leading up to September 1989. Renisia went missing in February and could have died in the months leading up to September 1989.
  4. Renisia was thought to be 5'5" and the Jane Doe was thought to be 5'4". While not an exact match, in these situations involving estimates, a one-inch discrepancy doesn't discount the match.
A couple counterpoints could be mentioned:
  1. The Jane Doe was found in Atlanta while Renisia was last seen in Tampa. Those are both in the southeastern parts of the USA, but there is a difference of 460 miles between the two cities.
  2. The clothing doesn't totally match. Renisia was thought to have acid-wash jeans and the Jane Doe was described as having "stonewashed jeans." However, those styles do look similar in some ways. Both were described as having black footwear but Renisia's was long-suede boots and the Jane Doe's was "black, high top athletic shoes."
Please share this article to social media using hashtags that are related to where the missing person went missing from, which is Tampa, Florida. Also, please share targeting Atlanta, in this case.

Author: Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths)
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.
Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.
Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.



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