Missing in America: Where are they?
By: Madeline O'Brien
Tags: Missing, Missing Children, Family, Missing Persons, Murder

Photos courtesy of The Charley Project

Tamara Lewison Goff, called Tammy by everyone who knew her, was 3 days shy of her 60th birthday, when she went missing. This was on July 12th, 2018 and nobody has seen her since that morning, when she got into her 2008, black Chevy Colorado pickup. She loaded her German Shepherd, Sadie in the truck and planned to go to her father in laws house, Tamara and her husband Bob had just inherited it along with an old cat named Mouse. She was going to feed the cat first, then take her dog, for a walk.

Bob and Tamara got married the year they graduated from Great Falls high school, in Montana. Tamara came from a large family and family was important to her, she was very nurturing, always taking jobs where it involved helping people. Bob and Tamara had 2 sons and five grandchildren who all lived in Washington. It was common for the couple to make the ten hour drive together, to visit them.

Together, they would walk their dog Sadie along the river near where they lived, Sadie was a rescue dog. Tamara loved country music, especially Tim McGraw and was not happy about the prospect of getting older. Bob gets choked up when he talks about Tamara, he normally talks about her in the past tense, then catches himself, and switches to the present tense.

After an hour and a half of being gone that day, Bob tried calling Tamara and she didn’t answer. By early afternoon, he drove to his dad’s house and saw that she had been there, as there was food and water for Mouse. But Mouse was gone. It is still unknown what happened to the old cat that Tamara cared for. She got up each and every morning to go to her father in law’s house to make sure it was fed.

By dinner time, Bob knew there was something wrong and he called the police. A single patrol officer was sent to their home to gather information. He asked how much gas was in the truck, Tamara’s various passwords, what she had with her in the truck, all questions he didn’t know the answers to.

The police attempted to find Tamara through her cell phone and the OnStar, which is a subscription based emergency system that comes equipped in some vehicles. Despite this, they did not find Tamara. The next day however, Sadie, Bob and Tamara’s dog, was found near the river where the couple normally took her for a walk.

Bob has had nothing but praise for the efforts the Great Falls police department has made in trying to locate Tamara, but thus far, they have been unsuccessful. Bob purchased a drone and has flown it around the area trying to locate her or her pick up truck, but he has turned up nothing. The family has consulted physics and private investigators, and have received no answers. Her absence has been very traumatic for the Goff family and has left them with so many questions. Did she ever make it to her father in law’s house to feed the cat? Where did the cat go, did she take it with her? Where is her 2008 Chevy Colorado pickup truck? Did she get in an accident in a remote spot somewhere and just hasn’t been found? The family desperately wants answers to these questions and the investigation into her disappearance is ongoing. Tamara may go by the last name Lewison, she would be 62 as of 2020, She has blond hair and blue eyes, she weighs 155 pounds and is 5’6. She has a tattoo on her right wrist of a band of green leaves and red hearts. She was wearing a yellow shirt and denim shorts. The Montana vehicle license plate number is 2–93204A and it’s a black, 2008, four door Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck. If you have any information, regarding the disappearance of Tamara Goff, please call the Great Falls Police Department 406–771–1180. Let’s give her family some answers and bring Tamara home.

Jonathan Arash Barmaki, was 27, a real estate agent and lived with his mother and his 15 year old dog, Sandy in Buena Park, California, at the time of his disappearance. He left his home with his dog Sandy on April 30th, 2016 in his 2013 Honda Civic. It was determined that he drove to a PetSmart in Encinitas, which is 75 miles from his home in Buena Park and bought Sandy some food and bowls. He then drove to a Target in National City, which is about 30 miles from Encinitas, at 9 pm. He was captured on surveillance video buying a phone charger, clothes, and some toiletries. The following morning at 5 am, another surveillance video caught him buying gas in National city. He has never been seen, or heard from, again. At 11:00 that night, , his abandoned vehicle was found by border patrol agents a short distance from the Mexican border. The car’s windows were rolled up and it was locked, it also had plenty of gas and was in running condition. Jonathan’s phone, and the items he bought at the store were in the car. His wallet and phone were missing however. Sadly, his fifteen year old dog, Sandy, was dead. It is presumed she died from natural causes.

There was no sign of Jonathan at the scene, there were footprints leading from the car to the twenty five foot border wall, which was seventy feet from his car. His mother stated that Jonathan had no history of mental illness at the time of his disappearance and that he loved his dog Sandy, and wouldn't just abandon her like that.

Jonathon’s disappearance raises some questions, like, where was he between the time he was seen on surveillance at Target until he got gas at 5 am the next morning? If he stayed in a hotel, did that charge show up on his credit card? If he didn’t stay in a hotel, did he go to that area to meet someone and end up staying with whoever it was? Nothing in my research indicated whose footprints were leading away from his car, whose were they? What was the exact purpose for him driving so far from home just to buy dog food and other trivial items?

Jonathan Arash Barmaki was 27 at the time that he vanished, he would be 32 today He is biracial, Caucasian and Hispanic, with red hair and brown eyes. Jonathan wears glasses and is

5'11, and weighs 185 pounds.

Please call the Buena Park Police Department 714–562–3902 if you have any information about the whereabouts of Jonathon Arash Barmaki.

Kirk Quintons left his home in New York City at 12pm on September 18th, 1983, to Top Tomato supermarket. Kirk did odd jobs there in the summer to earn extra money to go to the movies, and the rest of the money he saved, his mother Lila Quintons stated. He was last seen in a vacant parking lot collecting empty soda bottles near the supermarket, which was two blocks from his home. When Kirk didn’t come home that night, his family searched for him, then called the police later on in the evening. Investigators could find no reason for Kirk to run away, He lived with his five brothers, including his twin. Sources do not report as to whether they were identical or fraternal, but they looked enough alike for people to mistakenly report sightings of Kirk, when it was really his twin brother. Lila stated that Kirk’s twin brother, who has not been named, had difficulties in school and due to his disappearance. She also revealed, in an interview in 2013, that “It is a pain that never goes away ’cause you think about it all the time, “I don’t think of him as a man yet,” she said, “I still have my vision of him as when he was 11.”

Kirk Quintons was 11 years old when he vanished, and he would be 49 today. Kirk is black, with black hair and brown eyes, he weighed 70 pounds and was 4’9, he has a scar on the side of his body due to stitches. He was wearing Levi’s blue jeans and blue and white sneakers at the time of his disappearance. In the 37 years he’s been gone, Kirk’s family has never stopped looking for him. With the recent recoveries such as Jaycee Dugard and Carlina White, it has given the family hope of finding Kirk. One of his brothers, Darryl remarked in an interview, Kirk, if you can hear us, we’re still here looking for you.

Kirk’s case remains unsolved, if you have any information you can provide, please call the New York City Police department at 646–610–6914 It would be great to give this family some answers.

Samuel Arthur Todd, who went by the name Sam, went to some parties on New Years Eve with his brother Adam, in Manhattan, New York. Sam was described as drunk and exuberant that night by his brother. While at one particular party, Sam stated that he wanted to leave so that he could get some fresh air. The brothers left the party between 1am and 2am and Sam left Adam to go for a jog to sober up. He was last seen around the block of Mulberry Street towards Houston Street, and that is where he vanished. Sam left his wallet that contained his identification and his jacket at the party, he had no cash with him when he went for his jog.

His family reported Sam missing later that day and two hundred volunteers searched for him but not a trace of him was found. There are several theories that suggest he may have run off to start a new life. Sam was attending Yale Divinity College at the time of his disappearance and academically, he was not doing well. He had received incompletes from two courses he had taken, and if not completed within a certain time, he would receive a failing grade in those classes. He was also struggling financially, he had borrowed money from family members and was having difficulty paying his tuition and rent. He had just ended a relationship with his girlfriend and had planned on avoiding her; however, she was at one of the parties he attended that night.

Despite these difficulties, his family stated he was happy and they don’t believe he left on purpose. The family believes he may have been hit over the head while on his jog and as a result, couldn’t remember who he was. There have been supposed sightings at homeless shelters of Sam, but none have been verified. Sam was a well rounded individual who enjoyed Jazz music and was an activist in his community. He also did volunteer work for several charities. He attended an international school in Geneva, Switzerland and is a 1981 graduate of Vassar College. He was studying to become a clergy at Yale Divinity College, and had done well up to just before his disappearance.

Samuel Arthur Todd was born on June 12th, 1959 and was 24 when he vanished, he would be 61 today. Sam is Caucasian with light brown hair and blue eyes, he stood at 5'11, and weighed 135 pounds. He was wearing a dark blue sweatshirt with a circular emblem imprinted on the front, blue jeans, blue sneakers and a plastic Timex watch.

Please call the New York Police Department 646–610–6914 if you have any information at all about Samuel Arthur Todd.

Rossana Miliani left her home in Miami Florida to take a vacation in Cherokee North Carolina on December 7th, 2005. She was staying at the Ramada Inn on Painttown Road in Cherokee. That was the last verifiable sighting of Rossana. She phoned her father from the hotel that day, to let him know that she was going hiking along the Appalachian trail.

She took with her on her vacation a large, beige suitcase with a broken handle, a matching carry-on bag, a laptop, a sleeping bag, her camera and cell phone. None of these items have ever been found, they disappeared right along with Rossana.

A store clerk came forward and stated that he witnessed Rossana in his store with an older, grey haired man. The man claimed to be a traveling preacher. The clerk noticed that Rossana was acting nervous, the two bought a sleeping bag and left.

Gary Michael Hilton is believed to be the man that was with Rossana that day at the store. He is a drifter and spent a lot of time in national parks and forests in the southeastern areas of the US. He has been convicted of kidnapping and killing Meredith Emerson, a hiker from Georgia who was going on a hike with her dog Ella, on Blood Mountain in Georgia. She was never seen alive, again.

Hilton is a suspect in Rossana’s disappearance but he hasn’t been charged.

Rossana Milliani was born on November 13th, 1976 and was 29 at the time of her disappearance, she would be 44 now. Rossana is Caucasian with brown hair and brown eyes, she was 5’7 to 5’8, and weighed 220 pounds, her nickname is Sassy. She has a tattoo of a lotus flower with Chinese letters in blue and red ink on her back and a small birthmark on her chin. Her ears are double-pierced. She suffers from bi-polar and schizophrenia.

Please call any one of these agencies of you have seen Rossana or have any information about her disappearance Asheville, North Carolina Police Department 828–259–5910 Swain County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Office 828–488–4844 Broward County, Florida Sheriff’s Office 954–491–3920.

If you would like to look into some missing person cases yourselves, visit the Charley Project, you will be taken aback at how many cases of missing people there are, many of whom have little or no information regarding their whereabouts. Meaghan is the owner and runs the entire site herself, please donate if you can. There will be a link in the show notes to the site and from there, you can locate the donate button. Give what you can, it’s a worthy cause.