10 Oldest Missing Persons Cases Uploaded to NamUs in March 2025

10 Oldest Missing Persons Cases on NamUs in March 2025: A Closer Look

By: Shane Lambert
Original time of writing: March 31st, 2025

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) added or updated about 450 missing persons cases between March 1, 2025, and March 31, 2025.

Below is a table featuring the 10 oldest cases from this period, sorted by "Date of Last Contact" (DLC).

These cases, ranging from 1970 to 2009, represent some of the longest-standing mysteries recently brought into focus by NamUs, drawn from various locations across the United States. As of March 31st, 2025, the Gene Stees case is the only one I've been able to look at on this site. He is missing as a fugitive from justice.

The Oldest Cases Uploaded to NamUs in March 2025

NamUs Case #	Name	Gender	Race/Ethnicity	Date of Last Contact	Missing From	Missing Age	Date Modified
#MP139693	Gene Stees	Male	White / Caucasian	February 21, 1970	Columbus, OH	38 Years	March 21, 2025
#MP140536	Daniel Weaver	Male	White / Caucasian	January 18, 1983	Waco, TX	20 Years	March 31, 2025
#MP139619	Wanda Phillips	Female	Black / African American	April 12, 1991	Tulsa, OK	20 Years	March 23, 2025
#MP139701	Philip Kramer	Male	White / Caucasian	February 12, 1995	Thousand Oaks, CA	42 Years	March 06, 2025
#MP139729	Marcus Hunter	Male	Black / African American	May 08, 1999	Auburn, AL	19 Years	March 06, 2025
#MP140783	Torey Newlin	Male	Multiple	February 16, 2002	Lahaina, HI	23 Years	March 25, 2025
#MP140784	Roger Brittain	Male	White / Caucasian	May 21, 2004	Lahaina, HI	34 Years	March 25, 2025
#MP140377	Rosa Pacheco-Monroy	Female	Hispanic / Latino	July 23, 2006	Panama City, FL	15 Years	March 20, 2025
#MP140379	Monica Cordoza	Female	Hispanic / Latino	September 17, 2006	Panama City, FL	14 Years	March 21, 2025
#MP139644	Cristina Hernandez-Abarco	Female	Hispanic / Latino	January 16, 2009	Wilmington, DE	21 Years	March 06, 2025

These cold cases, some over 50 years old, reflect a variety of demographics—ages 14 to 42, and ethnicities including White/Caucasian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Multiple.

There are locations across eight states. Clusters in Lahaina, HI (2 cases) and Panama City, FL (2 cases) stand out, potentially indicating priorities within certain offices in the last month. All cases were modified in March 2025, between March 06 and March 31, suggesting renewed efforts to resolve these decades-old mysteries.

Comparing Philip Kramer’s Wikipedia and NamUs Profiles

The Philip Kramer listed in NamUs (#MP139701) and the Philip Taylor Kramer on Wikipedia share striking similarities, suggesting they are the same person. Below is a table comparing key details from both sources:

Detail	Wikipedia	NamUs
Full Name	Philip Taylor Kramer	Philip Taylor Kramer
Date of Last Contact	February 12, 1995	February 12, 1995
Location	Los Angeles County/Ventura County, CA	Thousand Oaks, CA (Ventura County)
Age at Disappearance	42	42
Physical Description	Not specified (tall, athletic implied)	6’5”, 215 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes
Circumstances	Drove to LAX to pick up a business associate; made calls, including a suicidal 911 call mentioning O.J. Simpson	Last seen at Los Robles Hospital, heading to LAX to pick up friends; under stress, not sleeping
Resolution	Remains found May 29, 1999, in Decker Canyon; probable suicide	Listed as missing (no resolution noted)

The overlap in name, date, location, age, and circumstances (LAX trip, stress) is too precise to suggest two different people. The main discrepancy—NamUs’s lack of resolution—points to an error, as Wikipedia confirms the case was closed in 1999.

Philip Kramer's Inclusion Likely An Error

The Philip Kramer listed in NamUs (#MP139701) matches the well-documented Philip Taylor Kramer, Iron Butterfly bassist, who vanished on February 12, 1995, from Thousand Oaks, CA. Both profiles share the same full name (Philip Taylor Kramer), disappearance date, location, age (42), and circumstances—visiting Los Robles Hospital, heading to LAX, under stress.

Wikipedia confirms his remains were found in May 1999 in Decker Canyon, ruled a probable suicide, resolving the case. A July 25, 1999, Standard Speaker newspaper clipping further corroborates this, reporting that Kramer, a 42-year-old Iron Butterfly member, was found dead in a smashed van in a California ravine, four years after vanishing in 1995.

NamUs’s physical details (6’5”, 215 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes) align with Kramer’s known profile, though Wikipedia lacks exact stats. Yet, NamUs lists him as missing in 2025, an apparent error. NamUs isn’t immune to mistakes—reports like NPR’s March 10, 2025, piece highlight thousands of data inconsistencies. This case likely reflects a clerical glitch, perhaps from re-entering old records without verifying its 1999 closure. 

I couldn't find any news suggesting that the case was reopened. I will send an email to the relevant authorities and update this blog accordingly.