Missing Person Commentary

Missing Person : Juanita Migwans Nickname or Alias : Winnie Details from a government source (might be paraphrased) : Juanita Migwans was last seen on October 4th, 2024, on Riverside Drive in the First Nation of M'Chiqueeng, Ontario. Juanita lost her cell phone and bank card, the last banking activity was on September 25th, 2024. Her family and friends are concerned for her well-being as she hasn't been heard from. Last contact : October 4th, 2024 (Friday) Last location : M'Chigeeng First Nation, Ontario, on Manitoulin Island Age when Juanita Migwans disappeared : 30 Sex : Female Height in inches : 66 Weight in pounds (lbs) : 110 lbs, described as thin or slender, and looks petite in her photos. She would be underweight by BMI standards. Ethnicity : Indigenous. Pale to slightly swarthy appearance in photos. Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women : Click the hashtag at the end of this webpage to see all of the missing aboriginal women in Canada who are profiled at t...

By : Shane Lambert Original time of writing : January 29th, 2025 A snippet from the episode. The Infographics Show , a popular YouTube channel, released a new episode today. Titled "How They Finally Caught the Serial Killer With the Highest IQ," the show tells of the exploits of Rodney Alcala. Dubbed "The Dating Game Killer," Alcala's life is one of the worst stories of a serial killer walking openly in public despite numerous brushes with the law. The first time I learned of Alcala was back in 2010 when a locker full of photographs that belonged to him was found. A lot of these photographs were published in hopes that the public would help identify the subjects. Some of the women in the photos self-identified as subjects while others were of missing people. Presumptively, Alcala had played a leading role in disappearing these missing people. July 25th, 1979. LA Times. The episode at The Infographics Show is short, running just 22 minutes and 31 seconds. I woul...

Missing Person : Reba Dawn McCoy Details from a government source (might be paraphrased) : Family last saw Reba in March 1999 in Columbus, Ohio. She had a possible destination for travel being New York (note: presumptively NYC as opposed to New York state). Last contact : March 28th, 1999 (Sunday) Last location : Columbus, Ohio (one source said the Southfield area of Ohio) Age when Reba Dawn McCoy disappeared : 32 Sex : Female Height in inches : 62 (which is 5'2") Weight in pounds (lbs) : 110 Ethnicity : White/Caucasian Hair color : Brown, long Eye Color : Green Scar or distinctive characteristic : Tattoo on upper left arm (in the picture, it looks like the tattoo is of a word that starts with a "D" and maybe "Da". Link to Government Source : MP137310  (right click to open)  Websleuths discussion page : Reba Dawn McCoy  (right click to open) BMI means body mass index. It is meant to describe someone's healthy body weight relative to the...

By : Shane Lambert Original Time of Writing : January 28th, 2025 Occasionally, I look at cases of missing persons grouped together by a commonality. For instance, I have looked at several cases where women who experienced car troubles went missing . In another similar article, I looked at people who went missing off of a hiking trails . Other people have noted that missing people are often involved in hitchhiking.  When looking at cases involving missing people, I believe that the same kinds of events play out over and over again. Details certainly vary but in looking at what unifies cases, we can brainstorm the risk factors with regard to what's present when someone goes missing. Today, I will be looking at a few cases involving people who have gone missing after attending a party. The tag I have chosen for this category of missing people is "went missing after a party." At the original time of writing, I only had tagged three cases with this phrase. Ryan Shtuka , who we...

By : Shane Lambert Original time of writing : January 27th, 2025 "The Luckiest Kamikaze Pilot" is an episode on The Infographics Show that was published on January 26th, 2025. It tells the story of a WWII Japanese pilot who operated a Zero plane as part of Japan's air force. I didn't mind the episode, it was short (under 15 minutes), however, I was a little disappointed with it relative to other episodes on the YouTube channel. Kamikaze fighters were pilots on suicide missions. Their job was to fly their planes into enemy ships with the hopes of sinking them. The strategy would be to trade one pilot and one plane for an entire ship in the enemy's fleet and any crew that would be part of the ship. With this episode, I think The Infographics Show managed their audience's expectations wrong. When you look at the name of the episode, then you might expect a tale of a Kamikaze pilot who crashed his plane into an enemy's ship and somehow survived the crash. Th...

By : Shane Lambert The original time of writing : January 26th, 2025 The case of the missing Sodder children is one of the enduring missing people mysteries in America. On Christmas Eve and in the time frame leading up to that night in 1945, there were some strange occurrences at a West Virginia home belonging to George and Jennie Sodder. What resulted was a house fire and five missing children, a mystery that remains unsolved nearly 80 years later. Did the children die in the house fire or were they kidnapped? The theories on what happened to them seem only to toggle between these two options. I watched a review of this mystery on The Infographics Show's  YouTube channel tonight. They made this episode on February 23rd, 2024. It's a good and short episode on the topic. I like the YouTube channel for reviewing facts in missing person cases and I recommend it to anyone interested in the mystery of missing Sodder children . Screenshot from The Infographics Show's  episode on ...

By : Shane Lambert (reviewer) Original Time of Writing : January 25th, 2025 The Infographics Show did a deep dive into the O.J. Simpson case. Those in the 45+ crowd will likely vividly remember the case, involving the former NFL player and small-time actor. Those a little younger will probably be at least familiar with the case, as it was a media sensation and it has been looked back at time and time again.  On the night of June 12th, 1994, someone, presumably O.J. Simpson, killed Nicole Brown Simpson, O.J.'s ex-wife, and Ronald Goldman, a young man in the wrong place at the wrong time. O.J. Simpson was put on trial for the murders and acquitted with many looking back and commentating that race, instead of evidence, played a big role in the case. The Infographics Show Screenshot of the jury. YouTube Channel : The Infographics Show Episode : Everything You Didn't Know About O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial Date : January 23rd, 2025 One thing I liked about this episode was just t...

By: Shane Lambert The original time of writing: January 25th, 2025 at 8:17am  The Infographics Show  is my favorite YouTube channel. Recently, I watched their 20-minute episode called "How Luxury Cruise Turned Into Nightmare for Passengers." It tells the story of a 2013 Carnival cruise that became known as the "Poop Cruise" after a chainlink reaction of mechanical failures led to the passengers basically having to live amid their own waste material during the cruise. YouTube channel : The Infographics Show Episode : How Luxury Cruise Turned Into Nightmare for Passengers Uploaded : January 24th, 2025 A big part of the story of this cruise is establishing the contrast between what the customers were paying for and what they ultimately got. There is a reference to the Titanic in the show, arguably, one that is undeserved. But tear the show's start, the narrator explains how the ship was "once hailed as a floating palace of luxury" but became "a priso...

By: Shane Lambert The Infographics Show , which is a popular channel on YouTube, had an interesting upload from about a month ago. "Why 2025 Will Be The WORST Year Ever" is a video the channel uploaded in the late part of 2024. Primarily discussing America, the 26-minute show concludes "As things stand, we are getting sicker, sadder, fatter, angrier, more divided, and lonelier." Obviously, this isn't a video for someone looking for a big pick-me-up. However, I did think that they were talking about facts and truth so maybe it's a video we should all watch. While they mainly talk about the USA, I think the video has insight into other countries for sure. Channel: The Infographics Show Title: Why 2025 Will Be The Worst Year Ever Date: December 18th, 2024 Near the start of the video, the narrator discusses death rates in the USA -- and the fact that they have not improved since the end of the pandemic. America was called "the Grim Reaper's favorite wor...

By: Shane Lambert The popular YouTube channel, The Infographics Show , released a new video last week. Unlike a lot of their videos, which can be very long, this one can be watched in about 15 minutes. While I generally focus on missing people on this website, I digress a little here and there so I decided to preview the new Infographics Show upload. It's called "Dumbest YouTubers Who Filmed Their Own Crimes" and it regales the tales of 10 YouTubers who faced the law as a result of their relentless pursuit of clicks. The graphics or animation style on The Infographics Show. Author : The Infographics Show Title : Dumbest YouTubers Who Filmed Their Own Crimes Date : January 11th, 2025 Have you ever watched YouTube videos and wondered about the authenticity of the acts that are being committed? If so, then this episode of The Infographics Show is for you. It contains some information about YouTubers who have faked videos.  For instance, one YouTubing couple claimed that the...

By: Shane Lambert Original time of writing: January 18th, 2025 Today, I partook in an old hobby of mine. I watched some old episodes of Unsolved Mysteries , the hit television show from the 1980s and 1990s starring Robert Stack as the host. The episode I watched, in part, was from Season 6, Episode 11 (aired March 3rd, 1995) and it was available on YouTube at the original time of writing. I focused on the first topic of the episode, the 1993 murder of a San Francisco businessman named Jian Fang. Fang's Murder: As Presented on the Unsolved Mysteries episode Fang was the owner of a prominent noodle factory. As presented in the episode of Unsolved Mysteries , on December 18th, 1993, Fang left work with a supervisor in his factory. This supervisor (called a foreman in the media) was a woman whom he was giving a ride home. Presumptively, she has nothing to do with the crime. As presented in the TV show, Fang offered her  a ride. If true, that would mean she was not a willing participan...

Missing Person : Eugene Gabbard Jr. Note: This photo was taken from a 1979 high school yearbook, 5-6 years before the person disappeared. He had facial hair at the time of his disappearance. Details f (might be paraphrased) : Gabbard was last seen in Jackson, Kentucky on January 14, 1985. He has never been heard from again. At the time of his disappearance, he was driving a blue 1976 Pontiac 2+2, license plate KY JGM-248 which has never been located. Few details regarding Gabbard's disappearance and whereabouts remain unknown. (from Websleuths ) Last contact : January 14th, 1985 according to NamUs; January 15th, 1985 according to journalism Last location : Jackson, Kentucky Age when Eugene Gabbard Jr. disappeared : 23 Sex : Male Height in inches : 72 Weight in pounds (lbs) : 150 Ethnicity : White/Caucasian Hair color : Brown, had a beard Eye Color : Brown Scar or distinctive characteristic : small scar over left eyelid under the eyebrow; birthmark of a brown spot on fron...

By: Shane Lambert NamUs #UP7139 is a Jane Doe whose body was found in Palm Desert, California on February 16th, 1980 (Saturday). This Jane Doe case stood out to me because there is a decent post-mortem photo of her face associated with her NamUs profile. That should make this case solvable so long as enough people review the material associated with this Jane Doe case. From my research, this person appeared to be the victim of a flood. Body found : Feb. 16th, 1980 at about 11 AM (Saturday) Who found the body? : "a group of Canadian tourists" (San Bernardino County Sun/Feb 19th, 1980/A-3) Location : Six miles south of Palm Desert, California; found in a gully, a landform created by running water, near highway 74. Sex : Female Race/ethnicity : White/Caucasian Age : 25-30 How long had she been dead? (ie. PMI) : 1 day Estimated Date of Death : Would be February 15th, 1980 Height : 64" Weight : 120 lbs According to NamUs (paraphrased) : This body was found at the bottom of a...

Missing Person : Lulaida Morales Sejalbo Alias or nickname : Loyola, according to The Charley Project's webpage for this missing person Last contact : November 25th, 1973 (Sunday), reportedly at 11 PM (friend saw her) Last location : Santa Clara, California, reportedly at a bowling alley but seems to have worked at a McDonald's that night, perhaps near Scott Boulevard and El Camino Real. Age when Lulaida Morales Sejalbo disappeared : 17 DOB: December 3rd, 1955 (I believe she was born in the Phillipines) Sex : Female Height in inches : 63 Weight in pounds (lbs) : 120 Ethnicity : Asian/Phillipino Hair color : Black (long hair) Eye Color : Brown Scar or distinctive characteristic : Scar on the right foot; small mole on her lower left lip Clothing : McDonald's work uniform ( McDonald's uniforms in 1973 could be blue as opposed to the yellow/orange uniforms) Profession : Waitress at McDonald's Link to government source : Link to Government Source: #MP4557  (...

Missing Person : Nola Fujitani (NamUs #MP127540) July 25th, 1992. Honolulu Star-Bulletin . Details from a government source (might be paraphrased) :  Nola was last seen dropping her son off at her parent's residence on University Avenue on 6-18-1992, at about 1600 hours. On 6-19-1992, at about 0200 hours, Nola's vehicle was located in the parking lot of the Halona Blow Hole. On 6-19-1992, Nola's parents received a suicide-type letter in the afternoon mail in Nola's handwriting. On 6-21-1992, Nola's sandals were found in a cave at the same location, and the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) conducted a search of the area. Nola was declared deceased in June of 1997. Last contact : June 18th, 1992 at 4PM Last seen location : Parent's residence on University Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaii. Age when Nola Fujitani disappeared : 38 Sex : Female Height in inches : 64 Weight in pounds (lbs) : 150-180; NamUs said she was 180 pounds but journalism said she was 150 pounds. ...