Richard W. Powell -- Missing Since March 1984 From Texas

Details from NamUs**: 

"Powell was last seen in Texas on March 22, 1984. His vehicle was found abandoned in an Irving, Dallas County, Texas parking lot April 23, 1984. Foul play is considered in his disappearance."

Missing Person: Richard W. Powell
May use the following alias(es): Richard F. Powell
Last-contact date: March 22nd, 1984
The area where the MP was last seen: Fort Worth, Texas
Link to government source: NamUs MP 

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 18 years old
Birthdate: February 1st, 1966

Hair: Blond/strawberry
Eyes: Blue
Scar: None indicated
Height/weight: 5'7" to 5'10" and 150 to 160 pounds
BMI*: Richard W. Powell was in the normal range for BMI.
Tattoos: Richard W. Powell did not have any tattoos associated with his profiles.

Richard W. Powell was last heard from on March 22nd, 1984 when he was 18 years of age. This individual has now been missing for about 37 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

I didn't find any media coverage in newspaper databases. This person was in Ancestry, however, I didn't see any research angle that could shed light on anything unless a family member could be found that was willing to open up the details of this case to an online audience. There appeared to be a couple of photos of him in the 1982 yearbook for Sam Houston High School but I think they were younger photos than the one that circulates with his various profiles.

The missing person did not have any articles or items associated with his missing person's reports, at least of the sources that I consulted. It would be interesting to know where exactly the car was found and why the police thought that foul play was plausible.

Richard W. Powell had the following distinctive characteristic: 

• a mole on his right cheek
• the pinkie fingers on both hands are permanently curved inward 

I wondered if the curving pinky fingers were born deformations that might show up in his skeletal remains. It might do well for Websleuths or amateur investigators to look at John Doe databases for this skeletal detail on an unidentified person.

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*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 persons case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.

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Elizabeth Camarillo Hernandez (Photo Search) -- Missing Since August 2015

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 fill-in the field). 

The first thing I set out to do with this case was find a photo of the missing person, Elizabeth Camarillo Hernandez. I'm not totally sure that I accomplished that but I include a missing person poster below. 

I think NamUs #MP32742 is a Mexican national. There seems to be a missing person effort in both countries for someone named Elizabeth Camarillo Hernandez. Of course, NamUs has their profile but I found a same-named profile at what appears to be a Mexican site that's in Spanish.

I can't speak Spanish but everything seems to match (ie. exact name, age/birthdate). The Mexican poster below seems to say that she was last seen on July 13th, 2015 in Iguala de la Indendenia. NamUs says her last contact was August 1st and her last seen was August 8th. I'm not sure what to make the contradicting dates. If someone who speaks fluent Spanish and English can interpret the poster in the comments than that would be great.

Melissa Garrett -- Missing Since August 31st, 2017

Author: Shane Lambert
Original Time of Writing: January 8th, 2021
All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Missing person: Melissa Roseanne Garrett
Last-seen date: August 31st, 2017 (Thursday); boyfriend claims September 1st, 2017
Last-seen location: Ingleside, Texas (zip code 78362)
Link to Government Source: NamUs #MP62386
Ethnicity/Race: White
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 47-years-old
Hair: Brown, short, and wavy
Eye color: Hazel
Height and weight at the time of disappearance: 5'3" to 5'4"/147 to 180 pounds

Other: scar
Clothing: Red long-sleeve top and shorts. She also had a brown suitcase.

NamUs #MP8602 - Notes on Ashley Fuller Reed

By: Shane Lambert

The Original Time of Writing: October 1st, 2018
Updates: February 25th, 2025

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 the 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, a Monday holiday (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 14th, which would have been a Sunday.

My guess from that is that she disappeared late on the 14th or early on the 15th. Since we're dealing with a Sunday night followed by a holiday Monday then certainly going out late wouldn't be unexpected from someone Reed's age.

Her vitals as per NamUs:

• 19 years old when she disappeared
• White female
• 5'2" to 5'3"
• 115 to 125 pounds
• Brown and curly hair
• Brown eyes
• Pierced ears
• Small brown mole on lower-left cheek
  
• Wearing a stone-washed blue denim shirt, a black long-sleeved top, a brown bomber jacket, a Guess brand watch, two gold rings, and gold hoop earrings.

She was last known to be in Garland, Texas. The night she was last heard from, according to NamUs, she was going to The International House of Pancakes with two unidentified men. Her car was then found on a freeway ramp leading to her neighbourhood. That is a factor that suggests that she was abducted from her vehicle or that someone abducted her elsewhere and chose to place her vehicle there.

Personally, what I can't ignore is that the vehicle was found en route to her home. To me, that suggests that she drove it there and was abducted from it. If someone abducted her beforehand then I don't think that person would drive toward her home in her vehicle because that would be a risky move.

It may be difficult to picture how someone could be abducted from a vehicle, especially one that is moving. However, on the matter of women being abducted from vehicles, please consider my article called "Women With Car Troubles Go Missing" from February 14th, 2018. The article shows, with reference to historical cases, how an abductor is able to sabotage a woman's vehicle, follow her, and then gain her trust as a Johnny-on-the-spot mechanic that can help her. What should be noted is that it's possible to convince someone to pull over even when no car trouble exists for that person.

In regard to the men that Reed was meeting at the pancake house, websleuths should be aware of the name "Robert." The following clip is taken from the El Paso Times (March 24th, 1990; page 13).

Furthermore, Reed's case was mentioned in a September 6th, 1992 article in The Post-Crescent (page 2), a newspaper in Appleton, Wisconsin. This article mentions that the other male's name that Ashley Fuller Reed was going to meet was "Dave." This article says that Reed, "Dave," and "Robert" were going to meet in Dallas International House of Pancakes at 6pm on Jan. 14th, 1990.

One detail that websleuths should be aware of from this article is that her car was found with a dead battery. Furthermore, the article says that when the battery was recharged, the hazard lights came on. Her purse and keys were missing from the car.

Ashley Fuller Reed made the news in recent times, as of February 25th, 2025. The Irving Journal reviewed her case in January 2025.

• Her car was a 1984 Chevrolet Citation.
• It was discovered on January 15th on the service road of Interstate 635 at Military Parkway in Mesquite.
• Two weeks after she disappeared, two fishermen found her purse at a gravel pit, however, somehow this purse "vanished" before police could look at it.

Subjective opinion - My Guess

My guess is that Reed left the International House of Pancakes on her own and started to drive home. While doing this, she either perceived car troubles or someone falsely alerted her to contrived troubles with the vehicle. Reacting to this, maybe she put her hazards on and pulled over. Then, she could have met with a 'Good Samaritan' who was a wolf in sheep's clothes.

Perhaps Reed turned the ignition off in her car with the hazard light button still depressed, perhaps believing that she would get help and return to the car soon. The person who offered to help her may have instead abducted her. Meanwhile, the hazard lights would have flickered all night until they killed the battery. With the hazard-light button still depressed, when the battery was recharged the lights lit up.

Similar case(s) involving Texas White Females with Abandoned cars around 1990

These cases are not necessarily connected. However, I feel that they are good "food for thought."

1988 Susan Renee Smalley and Stacie Madison

Susan Renee Smalley (NamUs #MP989) went missing in 1988 along with Stacie Madison (#MP1487) in Carrollton, Texas. They were white females aged 18 and 17 respectively. Madison's car was found abandoned. The excerpt below is from the May 8th, 1988 Odessa American newspaper (page 13).

1991 Kristen Smith

The case of Kristen Smith (NamUs #MP8669) involves the disappearance of a white female in 1991 who was a similar age to Ashley Reed. Smith went missing from Beaumont, Texas. A significant point of similarity is that Smith's car was also found abandoned.

1992 Kelly Dae Wilson

Kelly Dae Wilson (NamUs #MP6816) went missing from Gilmer, Texas in January of 1992. Wilson is a white female who was 17 at the time of her disappearance. Her car was found abandoned (with a flat tire which police believe was slashed) as well and her keys were missing.

1992 Tara Suzette Breckenridge

Tara Breckenridge

Tara Suzette Breckenridge (NamUs #MP914) went missing in August of 1992 from Houston, Texas. She was a white female, aged 23 years old. Her abandoned car was also found. I did find an individual named "Robert" associated with this case as a suspect but he would have been 15 at the time of Reed's disappearance (Del Rio News Herald/April 1st 1993/Page 1).

Please read the excerpt below, which was taken from the Del Rio News Herald (page 1) on August 15th, 1992.

The vehicle's alternator belt was missing according to NamUs. If it was broken down, then that would be one matter but the alternator belt to be missing means vehicle sabotage to me. That could mean that Tara excepted help from the Johnny-on-the-spot 'Good Samaritan' voluntarily, believing that he would help her.

1994 Jeanie Naomi Lofton

Jeanie Naomi Lofton (NamUs #MP8600) went missing in April of 1994 from Carthage, Texas (note: a newspaper article written in April 2002 called her "Jeanie Voiselle Lofton"). She was a 21-year old white female. The following excerpt is taken from the May 25th, 1994 article on Lofton in the Longview News-Journal. It states that her car was found abandoned.

In this case, Lofton left her home to run errands on April 2nd, 1994. One of her errands was to go to the Eckerd Drug Store in Carthage to get a prescription for her son's illness. She did complete this errand as his prescription was found in her car. The vehicle she drove was found parked and abandoned at a church (the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church). An eyewitness said he saw a "white Isuzu pickup pull into the church parking lot behind Lofton" (Page 3, April 2nd 1995 Longview News-Journal).

Kimberly Marshall: Missing After a Night in the Homeless Shelter in March 2017

The Disappearance of Kimberly Marshall: A Case Marked by Instability and Mystery

What Happened to Kimberly Marshall?

On March 17th, 2017, Kimberly Marshall was last seen after spending a single night at the Salvation Army shelter in Tyler, Texas, located at 633 N Broadway Ave. This night at the shelter serves as the final breadcrumb in her trail—a trail that, as of March 29th, 2025, remains unresolved.

Then 31 years old, with brown hair and eyes, a slight frame of 5’1” to 5’5” and 100 to 105 pounds, and distinctive scars on her wrists, arms, and back, Kimberly vanished without a trace after that night. Her NamUs profile (MP #39986) remains active, but there is nothing I could find in mainstream media with this case..

The Salvation Army shelter, still operational today as the Tyler Center of Hope, offers emergency and transitional housing to men, women, and families in need. Kimberly’s presence there, however brief, paints a picture of instability in her life at that time. Spending just one night suggests she may have been in a state of flux—perhaps newly homeless, seeking temporary refuge, or grappling with circumstances that left her without a stable place to turn.

The following are her case details, which are mainly as per NamUs. However, I did take a tidbit of information from the missing person poster above, regarding dentures.

Kimberly Marshall’s NamUs Profile Details

Category	Details
NamUs Case Number	MP #39986
Full Name	Kimberly Ann Marshall
Nickname/Alias	Kim
Biological Sex	Female
Race / Ethnicity	White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact	March 17th, 2017
NamUs Case Created	September 26th, 2017
Last Known Location	Tyler, Texas 75702 (Smith County)
Missing Age	31 Years
Current Age	39 Years
Height	5' 1" - 5' 5" (61 - 65 Inches)
Weight	100 - 105 lbs
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Distinctive Physical Features	Cuts/scars to wrists and arms. Large scar on back beneath shoulder blades.
Dental Information	Has upper dentures, a key detail for cross-referencing with unidentified Jane Does.
Circumstances of Disappearance	Marshall is last known to have spent one night at the Salvation Army and has not contacted family since.

Her last known location at the shelter underscores her vulnerability in an immediate sense. Places like the Salvation Army serve as havens for those on society’s margins. She might have been wrestling with personal struggles that heightened her risk exposure.

Tracing Kimberly’s movements beyond that night proves challenging, a difficulty compounded by the nature of her last sighting. Homeless shelters cater to people who often exist off the grid—without phones, fixed addresses, or consistent ties to trackable systems. 

I did look at her Facebook profile. That can be found by searching her name and using "Tyler, Texas" as her location. I think those looking at this case should review her profile a little.

I did note among her Facebook "likes" that she once liked a TV Show that debuted in 2020. I reflected on whether this meant that she had survived her 2017 disappearance event.

However, the likely reason is simply that she liked a page for a different show in 2012 or a little later, and that show's Facebook page simply rebranded over the years. All of her "likes" are of shows or movies or what-have-you whose debut predate her disappearance date, except for "STEVE on Watch." But this show was a remake of previous shows, and probably the same Facebook page was used for the rebranded show.

Those looking at this case should think about what it means to be last seen at a homeless shelter. Also, consider the cuts/scars to the wrists and arms, and what one source could be.

I looked at this case shortly after she disappeared. I would say there's been very little media on her and the years are starting to pass.