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What happened to the Houghland Family?

October 23, 2017 By Alice

Houghland Family

I brought in the paper this morning and saw this missing person ad at the bottom of the page. A boy with beautiful brown eye was looking at me. Next to him, an age-progressed picture of what he might look like today. It was Richard Houghland, not yet nine years old, missing. I googled his […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: California, Houghland Family, missing persons, Norma Houghland, Richard Houghland, Sacramento, Thomas Houghland

Missing: Loy Gillespie Evitts

June 5, 2017 By Alice

Loy Gillespie Evitts/Grid AdS

Loy Gillespie Evitts (Dec 12, 1947 – missing Feb 28, 1977) disappeared more than 40 years ago. She was 29 years old. Introduction The Kansas City Police Department (MO) think that someone abducted Loy. This is their longest unsolved missing person’s case. There are no new leads. They have suspended the case until they receive new […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Kansas City, Loy Gillespie Evitts, M-Vac Systems, Missing Person, Missouri

New York City Missing Persons Day

May 17, 2017 By Alice

New York City Missing Persons Day

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner is hosting the New York City Missing Persons Day this Saturday May 20 to support families and friends of missing persons. More than 13,000 people were reported missing in New York City last year, with many, including at least 200 children, missing long-term. Nationwide, there are more than 87,000 active missing persons cases, […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Missing Person, New York City, NY

Virginia Missing Persons Day 2017

April 28, 2017 By Alice

VA Missing Persons April 29 2017

The Virginia General Assembly has declared April 29 “Missing Persons Day.” To quote from the House Joint Resolution No. 612: “according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center, in 2015, there were 84,961 active missing persons cases, 42,032 of which were related to juveniles under the age of 21; and the total number […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Missing Person, VA Missing Persons Day 2017, Virginia

Missing: Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer

April 12, 2017 By Alice

Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer

Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer went missing today in 1986. Her case is still unsolved. She was last seen in Katy, Texas, April 12, 1986. She lived with her parents and sister. Elizabeth’s case is in the NamUs database. Elizabeth left home in the early evening to go to a party with five friends in the northern part of […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Elizabeth Ann, Endangered missing, Katy, Texas

Missing: Quinn Renard Woodfolk

April 9, 2017 By Alice

Quinn Renard Woodfolk

Quinn Renard Woodfolk (July 23, 1986 – missing July 4, 1998) was just a few days shy of his 12th birthday when he disappeared from Charlottesville, Virginia. His nickname was “Lil Quinn.” Quinn Renard Woodfolk has black hair and brown eyes. He has a scar near his right eye. Some websites state that he has a scar […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Charlottesville, missing children, NAMUS, Quinn Renard Woodfolk, Virginia

RIP Robert Kovack

March 14, 2017 By Alice

Robert Kovack

DNA tests on human remains found near the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia confirmed that the remains belonged to Robert Leroy Kovack (24). Robert Kovack went missing on September 19, 1998. Kovack had started his second year in the graduate architecture program at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was leaving Blacksburg on Friday evening to go home […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Missing Persons Tagged With: Blacksburg, DNA, hit-and-run, Robert Kovack, Virginia, West Virginia

Brittney Nicole Wood

October 26, 2016 By Alice

Brittney Nicole Wood missing poster

If you only Google the name “Brittney Nicole Wood” you will find a story that is too hard to believe. It involves multiple family members, some mature adults and some juveniles, engaged in consensual and non-consensual group sex with or without drugs involved. It involves rape, sodomy, and other forms of sexually deprived behaviour that […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Alabama, Brittney Nicole Wood, Missing Person, Mobile

Have you seen Christopher Zahl?

September 15, 2016 By Alice

Christopher Allen Zahl/NamUs

Christopher “Chris” Allen Zahl (Jan 11, 1951 – ?) was last seen alive on May 12, 1994, in Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07094.  He was 43 years old. Chris is a tall white man with brown hair and blue eyes. He has a scar on his right knee. His disappearance is suspect and NamUs […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Christopher Allen Zahl, Endangered missing, Missing Person, New Jersey

Missing: Stephen Scott Hammerle

August 27, 2016 By Alice

Missing: Stephen Scott Hammerle

Stephen Scott Hammerle a.k.a. “Stevie” or “Steve” or “Stephen Faircloth” was born on August 18, 1955. He went missing on August 22, 1981. He was just 26 years old. Stephen is a tall white male, approx. 5’8″ and weighs between 160-170lbs. He is paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries from an accident. I have not […]

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