Located & Identified Persons
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Tolbert Percy Dalton
Tolbert Percy Dalton was last seen in 1948 in Catonsville, Maryland. It was discovered that he had died on February 17, 1950 in Pittsburg from heart ailment.
Read more at Baltimore Sun.
Rosa Maria Irizarry
Rosa Maria Irizarry (1065DFCA) was last seen in Alhambra, California on September 21, 1978. She is no longer a missing person. No further information is available.
Carol Joyce Deleon
Carol Joyce Deleon, 18, was found dead on June 4, 1981, along Interstate 35 in Comal County. Authorities determined the San Antonio teen died from multiple gunshot wounds. She had been missing since February 18, 1981 from San Antonio.
Read more at Texas Rangers Cold Case
Ava Marie DeHart
Ava Marie DeHart vanished on July 20, 1982 from her workplace. In August 1986, her former boyfriend's ex-wife led investigators to a dry well that her body had been thrown down in Orange County, Virginia. The former boyfriend, Christ George Patsalos, was convicted and found guilty of first-degree murder.
Read more at The Washington Post and Find A Grave.
Elizabeth Corinne Duarte
Elizabeth Corinne Duarte was last seen January 24, 1981 in Richmond, California. She was located deceased in 1986. James F. Luddon and John Sapp were convicted of first-degree murder in Duarte's case.
Read more at L.A. Times
Steven Mark Hicks
Steven Mark Hicks was last seen hitchhiking to a concert in Ohio from his Coventry Township residence on June 18, 1978. He was apparently picked up by serial murderer Jeffrey L. Dahmer. Hicks's remains were retrieved from the Dahmer family's home in Bath Township, Ohio and identified in 1991.
Michael Gary McDaniel
Michael Gary McDaniel was last seen December 29, 1991 in Fontana, San Bernardino County, California. His body was found on March 11, 1993, in the mountainous area of Apple Valley. The identification was made by dental comparison on March 17, 1993.
Marcus Morgan McConnell
Marcus Morgan McConnell was last seen January 24, 1993 in Ventura, California. He was located in good health in 1993.
Steven Anthony Cardoza
Steven Anthony Cardoza was last seen on July 13, 1987 at his home in Sunnyvale, CA. Partial human remains which were recovered in California in 1994 were identified as those of Steven Cardoza. Since only partial remains were recovered, the case has been left open.
Henry Benjamin, Jr.
Henry Benjamin, Jr. was last seen on November 12, 1992 from Islip Terrace, New York. He was located deceased on November 12, 1995.
Daniel Zaks
Daniel Zaks was found deceased in New York on September 15, 1996. He had been missing since December 18, 1989 when he ran away from his NY home.
Sara Lepkofker
Sara Lepkofker disappeared from New York City, New York on May 8, 1997. In June 1997, her body was found in a sewage pump house in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Linda Sue Weiss
Linda Sue Weiss was confirmed to have been found deceased in Texas in February 1998. She had been missing since 1987 from Cleveland, Ohio.
Benny Lee King
Benny Lee King disappeared from Douglas County, Oregon on February 28, 1975. In 1998, mushroom pickers found King's skeletal remains in a forested area west of Roseburg. A man pleaded guilty to his homicide and was sentenced to life in prison.
Malakia Zali "Kia" Logan
Malakia Zali "Kia" Logan, 9, disappeared while bicycling back to her family's apartment from a nearby park in Greenwood, South Carolina on May 15, 1988. A hunter discovered her skull on U.S. Forest Service property in Newberry in October 1990. Tests were inconclusive until the positive identification in 1998. Read more at Unsolved Mysteries Wiki
Robert E. Routhier
Robert E. Routhier was last seen in New York on February 7, 1980. He called his family from Austin, Texas on May 11, 1980. That was the last time he was heard from. He was located deceased in 1998.
Timothy Armstrong
Timothy Armstrong (558DMCA), 34, disappeared from Rancho Cordova, California on October 8, 1991. Per LE, he was located deceased in New Bern, North Carolina on March 9, 1998.
Jordan Michael Carson
Jordan Michael Carson was abducted from Brooklyn, New York by his non-custodial mother on July 1, 1993, at the age of four. He and his mother joined Children of the Underground, an organization that provides assistance to women and children who claim to have been abused. He was located in good health and he was still living in Brooklyn when he was located.
Nancy Elizabeth Kao
Nancy Elizabeth Kao was last seen in Los Angeles, California on January 12, 1993. She has been located safe. No additional information is available.
Linda Huynh
Linda Huynh was last seen on July 5, 1995 in San Francisco, California. She has been confirmed as deceased. No additional information is available.
Deana Marie Macala
Deana Marie Macala was missing since October 23, 1994 from Anaheim, California. She was located safe. No additional information is available.
Frank Nguyen
Frank Nguyen was last seen in La Verne, Los Angeles County, California on February 25, 1993. He has been located. No additional information is available.
Kim Khanh Nguyen
Kim Khanh Nguyen was last seen in Westminster, California on January 25, 1989. She has been located. No additional information is available.
Patty Renee Reeson
Patty Renee Reeson, Missing since August 11, 1984 from Marysville, Butte County, California was found safe. No additional information is available.
Carmelo Sotelo
Carmelo Sotelo has been located in Dublin, Georgia. She had been missing since February 15, 1991 when she ran away from her home in Tampa, Florida. No additional information is available.
Wayne Albert Taylor
Wayne Albert Taylor (1365DMBC), 21, was last seen around January 1976 in British Columbia, Canada. His remains were recovered a few months after his disappearance. No additional information is available.
Michael L Romes
Michael L Romes was last seen on September 4, 1990 from Fontana, San Bernardino County, California. He has been located deceased. No additional information is available.
