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Herbert Renshaw

**Herbert Hammond Renshaw** was a United States Navy sailor, Seaman, 1st Class, who became the first World War I American serviceman to become Missing in Action on May 22, 1917.

## Life

Herbert Renshaw was born on July 7, 1897 to George and Mary Renshaw in Baltimore, Maryland. The family eventually moved to Salisbury, Maryland where he grew up. In February of 1914, he enlisted in the United States Navy, just before months World War I began in Europe. The United States of America would join the war when declaring war on Germany on April 6, 1917.

Weeks after the US entered the war, the USS Ozark, which Renshaw was a quartermaster of, was doing a navy patrol outside of Charleston, South Carolina when it hit bad weather. During the storm, he lost his footing and fell overboard. Despite his shipmates throwing him life belts and ropes and him being a good swimmer, the rough ocean prevented the launching of a lifeboat and Renshaw was lost at sea. His father was informed of what happened to his son the next day.

## Aftermath

Not only was Renshaw declared the first WWI American serviceman to be declared MIA, he was also the first American from Maryland to die in World War I.

Due to a clerical error, Renshaw's name was not initially memorialized at the Brookwood American Cemetery in Brookwood, England. The error was discovered by Stephen Gehnrich, an amateur historian and Biology Professor at Salisbury University. With the help of Robert Laplander, a Wisconsin songwriter-turned-historian who founded the Doughboy MIA Project, they informed the American Battle Monuments Commission of the error a hundred years after Renshaw's death.

Herbert Hammond Renshaw remains part of the 4,223 Americans who remain unaccounted for during World War I. Their cases are not under investigation by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

## Sources

* Find a grave
* *Baltimore Post-Examiner*
* *History*
Ivandro Ferreira

**Ivandro Ferreira** (April 9, 1989) was a teenager who disappeared from Rotterdam, The Netherlands on September 2, 2003.

## Case

Ivandro is originally from Angola.

At the time, Ivandro was living with his brother Jasmino in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After a holiday in Belgium, Ivandro took some personal belongings from his home and left, likely with his cousin Lotar Bento. He has been missing since.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Brown eyes.
James Woodford Guinn

**James Woodford Guinn** is a disabled man who vanished in 1993.

## Case

James Guinn vanished from the Pinecrest school in Pineville, Louisiana on September, 24, 1993. Pinecrest State School was a facility for mentally disabled individuals and James had been living at the school for almost thirty years at the time of his disappearance. At the time he had no previous record of wandering off the grounds. The facility still exists but has since been renamed as the Pinecrest developmental centre.

James was last seen smoking a pipe on the patio of his cottage at 4:45 p.m. and was reported missing around fifteen minutes later when he did not show up for dinner. James’s cottage was about a mile away from the front entrance to the facility and it was the only public access route onto the grounds. While the grounds themselves were fenced there was no supervision of the front entrance at the time. The area was extensively searched for James but he was never found.

In 1995, James’s mother sued the Pinecrest State School for their lacking security measures and not providing James with adequate supervision. James’s treatment plan when he entered the facility including him having ‘constant supervision’. However, five months before his disappearance this was downgraded to having ‘close supervision’ which meant he would be checked on every fifteen minutes. Witnesses stated that it was unlikely that James would have run away and theorized that he may have been abducted and murdered. The judge ruled in James’s mother’s favour and awarded her $300,000 in damages.

James’s case remains unsolved. He has not been seen or heard from since his disappearance.

## Characteristics

* Blond hair.
* His two front teeth are missing.
* He wears glasses with thick lenses.
* He walks with a severe limp.
* He has an intellectual disability.
* He is legally blind.
* He has seizures.

## Clothing

* A lavender or wine coloured stripped shirt with a collar.
* Blue jeans.

## Sources

* James Woodford Guinn at the *Charley Project*
Jan Gavin Friedrichs

**Jan Gavin Friedrichs** is a man who went missing from Santa Clara-a-Velha, Portugal in 2001.

## Case

Jan Gavin was born in Germany, lived in Mühlheim and worked as a landscape gardener. Before that, he had also worked as a production assistant at a TV company or in a logistics company. However, Jan never lasted long anywhere: only until he had enough money for a trip. So he was in many countries of Asia, Australia or North Africa. In 2000 he finally emigrated to Portugal.

The last certain sign of life from him was on June 12, 2001, when he spoke to his father on the phone but it is not certain exactly when Jan disappeared.

In 2019, the case of Jan was reopened and friends and acquaintances from back then were contacted. On this occasion, a previously unknown photo surfaced showing Jan's VW bus with a surfboard strapped to it at Praia do Amado near Lagos, Portugal, a popular hangout for surfers. Next to it is another blue VW bus. The driver of this bus is now being sought as a witness. In addition, other people are being sought who were in southern Portugal between 2000 and 2002 and knew Jan Gavin.

Jan Gavin left behind his heart pills, his glasses and his cell phone. Both his parents and investigators believe something happened to him because he was considered extremely reliable and sent postcards to his parents no matter where he was in the world, checking in with them regularly. Simply disappearing doesn't suit Jan, according to family and friends.

## Gallery

Jan's T3 VW BusThe driver of the blue VW bus is wanted.
## Sources

* *KSTA* (German)
* *The world news* (German)
Jaden Evan

**Jaden Evan** was a toddler who went missing in 2001. He was last seen alongside his older sister near the Kuskokwim River in Napaskiak, Alaska. Few details are available in his case.

His sister was found deceased on May 8, 2002.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Brown eyes.

## Clothing and accessories

* Multi-colored red, white and blue winter hat.
* Blue one piece snowsuit with red pockets and collars.
* Boots.
Ivory Green

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Ivory Francis Green** was a teenage girl who disappeared from Utica, New York.

## Case

When Ivory went missing, she was going through a "rebellious phase" and had run away before. She may have associated with drug dealers. On the night of March 6, 2004, she called her mom, saying she would be home in a little while, but was never seen again.

Two months after she disappeared, her mother received a call from a relative called Plummer Reed. He said he knew what happened to Ivory but was shot during the call and was disconnected. Plummer survived the attack but refused to clarify what he knew about Ivory.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Brown eyes.
* Ears pierced.

## Sources

* Ivory Green at *NamUs*
* Ivory Green at the *Charley Project*
Howard Dobie

**Howard Dobie** was a young man who vanished from his home in Montreal, Québec at approximately 8:00 A.M. on July 19, 1982.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Brown eyes.
* A chipped front tooth.
* He was suffering from unspecified mental health problems at the time of his disappearance.

## Sources

* Howard Dobie at *NCMPUR*
* *Service de Police de la Ville de Montreal*
Gerd Berthold

**Gerd Berthold** was a teenager who went missing from Potsdam, Germany (formerly GDR) on March 27, 1977.

## Case

Gerd visited his mother at her workplace in Potsdam around noon. He was supposed to fetch a tape recorder from a workshop for her before going to judo training later.

When his mother came home around 11:30 p.m., Gerd was not at home. He also did not show up at a judo competition the following day.

At the time of Gerd's disappearance, the Humbold Bridge was being built in Potsdam. Gerd's empty sports bag was found on it. Because of this last trace, the suspicion lingered for a long time that Gerd had been killed at the construction site and that the body might have been concreted into the Humboldt Bridge. In 1996, an application was rejected to x-ray the bridge to this effect using technical equipment. This was rejected on grounds of disproportionality and cost.

Gerd remains missing to this day.

## Characteristics

* Stocky figure.
* Brown hair.

## Clothing and accessories

* Blue corduroy jacket.
* Blue studded pants.
* Green-red-blue checked shirt.
* Reddish brown loafers.
* Reddish brown shopping bag.

## Sources

* *PNN* (German)
* *PNN* (German)
Helmi Mücke

**Helmi Mücke** was a woman who went missing from Hamburg, Germany in spring of 1994.

## Case

Not much can be found online about Helmi's disappearance - not even the exact date of disappearance is known, only that it was in the spring of 1994.

Helmi studied law in Munich, then returned to her native Hamburg to study fashion design. Later she worked as a fashion manager for brands such as Escada, Wolfgang Joop and Jil Sander, earned a lot of money, lived in a luxury apartment in Hamburg, frequented the best restaurants.

Helmi maintained intimate contact with two men. One of them was flashed on the day of her disappearance alone in Helmi's car during a traffic control.

A few days before her disappearance, the missing woman picked up a large sum of money from her brother. The last sign of life from Helmi was when she transferred 20,000 marks to the man's account at a bank. Since then, her trail has been lost.
Jacques Duguay

**Jacques Joseph Duguay** (Born 1952) was a young man who was reported missing on May 30 or 31, 1982. His vehicle, a 1975 Chevrolet half ton pickup was towed from the Berry Mills Highway on May 25, 1982. It had been there for four days.

Jacques may use the middle name **Joe**. His surname might be spelled as **Uguay** or **Dugay**.

## Sources

* Jacques Duguay at the *Doe Network*
* Jacques Duguay at *NCMPUR*
Guy Heckle

**Guy Howard Heckle** was a boy who vanished in 1973 while on a Boy Scout outing. He is believed to have drowned in the Cedar River.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Hazel eyes.
* Wore eyeglasses, but did not have them when he went missing.

## Clothing and accessories

* A Boy Scout shirt.
* A light blue nylon quilted parka.
* Striped maroon jeans.
* Chukka boots.

## Sources

* Guy Heckle at the *Doe Network*
* Guy Heckle at *NamUs*
* Guy Heckle at the *Charley Project*
* Iowa Cold Cases
Gwendolyn Clemons

**Gwendolyn Mae Clemons** was a young woman who went missing from Missouri in 1982.

## Identification of Alisha Heinrich

In December 2020, it was revealed that she was the mother of Alisha Heinrich, formerly known as "Delta Dawn," a girl found murdered in Mississippi shortly after Clemons went missing. It was discovered that Clemons left Missouri with her daughter and an unnamed boyfriend, who is now deceased but is considered either a suspect or person of interest in their case. Clemons and Heinrich were possibly seen alive near the Alabama/Mississippi border on December 3, 1982, two days before Heinrich's body was found.

Alisha Heinrich was not identified until around September or October of 2020. Clemons was not reported missing until her daughter was identified.

## Characteristics

* Strawberry blonde hair.
* Hazel eyes.

## Sources

* Murder of Alisha Heinrich on Wikipedia
* Gwendolyn Clemons at *NamUs*
Jenny Pandos

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Jennifer Lynn "Jenny" Pandos** was a teenager who disappeared from Virginia in 1987. A documentary about the case was released on HBO in June 2023.

## Case

On the morning of February 10, Jenny's parents entered her room to find her missing. Her purse was gone, but all her other belongings, including her coat, were left behind. A note had been left behind that said,"*Your daughter's with me. She's fine. She's having some problems and needs some time away."* which switched to "*I'm fine. I just need time to think. Both of you, please go to work tomorrow ‘cause I will try to call you. I won't call you at home, only at one of y'all's work. Do not call the police. I can easily find out if you do. I may never come back home. Don't tell my friends about this. Just tell them that I'm sick."*

Jenny's brother believed the parents may have had something to do with her disappearance. He says their father was abusive, and he thinks their story is suspicious. He appeared in a documentary about it called *Burden of Proof. Burden of Proof* eventually highlighted another suspect, Jenny's boyfriend at the time, Tony Tobler. Jenny and Tony were said to have a very intense relationship, and in the past, Jenny had got pregnant with his child and had an abortion. Tony said his friend Charlie May confessed to killing Jenny.

## Clothing

* A pink nylon waist-length jacket.
* Pink sweater.
* A nightshirt with the image of a panda.
* Blue jeans.
* White high-top sneakers.

## Sources

* Jenny Pandos at the *Charley Project*
* Jenny Pandos at *NamUs*
* *Variety Magazine*
* *The Guardian*
Heather Teague

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Heather Danyelle Teague** was a young woman who went missing from Spottsville, Kentucky on August 26, 1995. She is suspected to be a victim of Christopher Below.

## Case

Teague was abducted by gunpoint while she was sunbathing. Eventually, fragments of her bathing suit were located.

Christopher Below is listed as a potential suspect in the case. He is also believed to be responsible for the disappearances of Mary Kushto, Shaylene Farrell and Krissi Porco.

Below was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of Kathy Fetzer.

Marvin Ray "Marty" Dill is also a person of interest in her disappearance.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Green eyes.
* Noticeable curvature of the spine due to scoliosis.
* Flat feet.
* Round red birthmark on right buttock.

## Sources

* Heather Teague at the *Doe Network*
* Heather Teague at the *Charley Project*
* Heather Teague at *NamUs*
Giannina Colonna Aponte

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Giannina Maria Colonna Aponte** was a young girl who disappeared alongside her brother, John. Their case remains unsolved, although their mother declared both children to be legally dead in 2012.

## Case

On the day of their disappearances, Giannina and John were supposed to meet up with a family friend and go to the beach with him and his children. However, both children apparently never arrived.

Eights months after their disappearances, a man named Thomas Rodriguez died by suicide in Florida and left a note explaining that he played a role in the kidnapping of both children for $72,000 ransom. Authorities believe this to be a likely possibility, though no arrests have ever been made in the case.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Black eyes.
* A small birthmark on her right cheek.

## Sources

* Giannina Colonna Aponte at the *Charley Project*
* Giannina Colonna Aponte at *NamUs*
Jimmy Hendrickson

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**James A. "Jimmy" Hendrickson** was a 12-year-old boy who went missing in 1991 under suspicious circumstances. Hendrickson's latest age progression depicts him at 43.

## Case

Jimmy spent the night at his babysitter's cousin's house where he was staying while his parents were out of town. The next morning, he said that he was walking home. A witness saw James walking near Oracle Road and Grant Road; it was the last confirmed sighting of him.

Jimmy had no history of running away from home, but he was considered to be a streetwise kid and the police initially believed that he left of his own accord. However, foul play is now suspected. A male suspect was questioned in the years following Jimmy's disappearance, but he was never charged.

## Gallery

Age progressed to 35.Age progression by Carl Koppelman
## Sources

* Jimmy Hendrickson at the *Charley Project*
* Jimmy Hendrickson at *NCMEC*
* Jimmy Hendrickson at the *Doe Network*
* Jimmy Hendrickson at *NamUs*
Gunnel Gummeson

*This article includes content which may be disturbing to some readers, such as excessive violence or sexual assault/abuse. Discretion is advised.*

## Gunnel Gummeson

### Location

Sheberghān, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan

### Classification

Suspected homicide

**Peter Winant** was a Swedish elementary school teacher who was last seen with her American fiannce, Peter Winant, at Sheberghān, Afghanistan on May 20, 1956. Foul play is belived to be involved in their case. They were declared dead on February 8, 1977.

## Sources

* *Sarasota Hrald-Tribune*
* Gunnel Gummeson on Wikipedia (English)
* Gunnel Gummeson on Wikipedia (Swedish)
Gerrit Lagerwij

**Gerrit Nicolaas Lagerwij** (January 15, 1962) was a man who disappeared from Schiedam, The Netherlands on May 5, 2008.

## Case

Gerrit is a heart patient and may have taken his own life.

## Characteristics

* Dark blond hair.
* Green eyes.
* Small built.
* Scar on his right leg, from his ankle to his groin.
* An appendectomy scar.
* Has difficulty walking and limps on his right leg.

## Clothing

* Grey or blue jeans.
* White/beige shirt.
* Sneakers.
Isabella Skelton

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Isabella Skelton** (maiden name **McDowall**), and also known by the nicknames **Isabel** and **Izzy**, was a woman who disappeared from Crumpsall in Manchester, England in 1969. Her latest age progression depicts her at about 87.

## Case

Skelton was last seen in the morning hours of the 6th June 1969 by her daughter at her residence in Crumpsall.

Isabella worked at the courier company Atlas Express, based in Salford.

There were rumors that she may have traveled to the United States of America to work.

## Sources

* Isabella Skelton at the *Doe Network*
* *Manchester Evening News*
	+ Article #1
	+ Article #2
Jan Marsalek

**Jan Marsalek** was a man who disappeared from near Munich, Germany in June 2020. He is on the list of Europe's most wanted criminals.

## Case

 Jan Marsalek, a native of Austria, worked for the Wirecard Group in Aschheim, Germany.

Following a 2019 tax audit, he is suspected of presenting false information to investors. Investigators are looking for him on charges of embezzlement and commercial gang fraud.
It is possible that Marsalek lives under a false name in Belarus or Moscow, Russia.

## Sources

* Marsalek Jan Marsalek on Wikipedia
* *Europol* (German)
* *BKA* (German)
* *Business Insider* (German)
Holly Marie

**Holly Marie Clouse** (born January 24, 1980) was an infant who went missing in 1980 alongside her parents, Tina and Dean, both of whom were later found murdered.

She was found alive in June 2022, having been adopted and later relocating to Oklahoma, marrying, and having five children. Her married name is undisclosed; she has gone by her first and middle name in contemporary media coverage.

## Case

Holly and her parents moved from New Smyrna Beach, Florida to Houston, Texas in the early winter of 1980 after her father found work in the area. Her aunt received a call that same year from an unidentified group saying that they would deliver Dean's car to Florida for $1,000. She agreed and three women dressed in religious robes delivered the car to her. When she asked about the whereabouts of Holly or her parents, she was told that they had joined a religious group and were cutting ties with them.

Both of her parents' bodies were found on January 12, 1981 in a wooded area near Wallisville Road in Houston, both of whom were victims of homicide. They were identified in November of 2021 through genetic genealogy. Their murder remains unsolved.

On what would have been her biological father’s 63rd birthday, Holly was informed by police about the fate of her birth parents and subsequently made contact with relatives on their side of the family.

## Gallery

Age progressionClouse in 2022 after being located
## Media

* Holly Marie authored an upcoming memoir, set to be released in November 2023.
* *ABC 20/20* covered the case in November 2023 in an episode titled “Baby Holly Found.”

## Sources

* *KHOU*
* Forensic Mag
* Press release
* *USA Today*
* Dean and Tina Clouse on Wikipedia
Inger Gaum

**Inger Gaum** was a woman who went missing from Mannheim, Germany on May 3, 1965.

## Case

Inger was from Denmark and had been married to her husband since 1947.

She was last seen on the afternoon of the day of her disappearance: in the stairwell of her apartment building.

On May 8, 1965, relatives opened Inger and Josef's apartment in the presence of the police. It did not appear as if the couple had started a journey. Josef's father also left a large sum of money in the apartment, since he wanted to give it to his son anyway. When he decided to retrieve the money on May 12, it was missing. The janitor of the building then recalled hearing noises and noticing lights in the stairwell on the night of May 9 to May 10, 1965. That night there was an incident related to Inger's husband Josef.

Inger continues to be missing, unlike her husband Josef. She maintained close relations with her relatives in Denmark while she was alive - since she has not contacted them since, the police assume it was a homicide.

Josef Gaum was 46 years old and worked as a securities specialist at a bank. On May 3, 1965, he withdrew 20,000 DM from his bank account. On the morning of the next day, he called his secretary and explained that he was running late because his car had broken down. Contrary to his statement, he did not appear at his workplace.

On the night of May 10, 1965 a car accident occurred in which the driver of a vehicle pretended to be Josef. He then dropped off in Mannheim, about 3 km from the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Gaum. The highway police had no knowledge of the missing person report at that time.

Josef bought a car in Stuttgart on May 11, 1965 under a phonetically similar false name and drove it to Tyrol. After May 16, 1965, he met a waitress and lived with her for the next seven months, traveling around. Finally, Josef said goodbye to her on December 16, 1965, saying that he had to go to Zurich (Switzerland) to have an old accident injury treated.

On December 23, 1965, Josef contacted his girlfriend for the last time, announcing his imminent return. The following night, Josef's car was found burning in a forest near Bregenz.

A fully clothed male corpse was then recovered from the Bodensee harbor in Bregenz on March 28, 1966. The body was found to have been shot in the head, but the cause of death was drowning. There was a high blood alcohol level at the time of death and two chunks of concrete were found in the sac pockets.

The body lay in the water for about 6 to 12 weeks and after an exhumation on the basis of an old war wound Josef Gaum identified.

Accordingly, Josef is found, his wife Inger is since then considered missing.

## Sources

* *Youtube Pt. I* (06:52) & *Youtube Pt. II* (German)
* *XY Wiki* (German)
Inga Perković

**Inga Perković** was a girl from Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 7, 2001. Some sources name June 18 as the day of the disappearance. On the day of her disappearance, Inga was scheduled to retrieve her report card from school and visit her aunt afterward but failed to show up to her aunt's home.

## Case

Perković was a resident of the village Potok near Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to her grandmother, Inga was last seen leaving her house to go and retrieve her report card from school. She was supposed to visit an aunt later that day but failed to turn up. A few days before her disappearance, two men asked her grandmother about Inga's whereabouts, but Inga's father, Ivica, chased them away.

Several months after Inga's disappearance, an anonymous female tipster claiming to be in a loo and in a hurry phoned Inga's grandmother and informed her that Inga had been located in Mostar by a certain man named Fikret. The man had allegedly forced Inga into a green car and had her work at his coffeehouse. The tip yielded no results.

Inga had once eloped with a construction worker from Zavidovići who was employed in Livno. The police easily tracked her to Zavidovići the first time, and her love interest was questioned during the investigation into her second disappearance. The police believe he has nothing to do with the case because the one-time couple hadn't been in contact for a long time.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Brown eyes.

## Sources

* *Blic*
* *Klix*
* Interpol
Guðlaugur Kristmannsson

**Guðlaugur Kristmannsson** (Born January 30, 1924) was a store manager who went missing during his walk to work. Despite an extensive search effort, not a single trace of Guðlaugur was ever found and he would later be declared dead in absentia

## Case

Guðlaugur Kristmannsson was born on January 30, 1924, in 1954 he married his wife and fathered two children together. Guðlaugur later on in life would become the owner and manager of a JBP store in Reykjavik, Iceland where he was well respected by all of his employees.

On February 12, 1980, Guðlaugur left his home to go to work as he had always prefered to walk to work instead of driving. The walk was estimated to take 20 minutes. After he failed to arrive at work his employees called his wife and when they discovered he wasn't at home informed the police.

Granaskjól, the neighborhood that Guðlaugur lived in, was thoroughly searched. Most of Reykjavik was also searched from both land and air, with police examining every back alley they could find. The police also searched the sea with police divers being employed to search Reykjavik, Harbour since he was usually described as walking by the harbour on his way to work. Police deemed it unlikely for him to have fallen into harbour by mistake since the weather was unusually nice for February. The police also put a description of Guðlaugur in the newspaper in hopes that someone may have seen him. He was described as 180 cm tall, flushed, thin with a mustache. And dressed in a brown belted suit with a fur collar, a gray checkered jacket, a gray shirt, brown trousers and brown shoes. However, nobody came forward and the search was called off without a single trace of Guðlaugur, leaving some newspapers to state that it was as if he had "evaporated". The search was eventually called off.

Suicide was ruled out due to everyone's descriptions of him referring to him as happy with his life and energetic. Due to the lack of any discoveries, the police couldn't come up with a theory behind his disappearance. Over the years, his family would receive several phone calls from concerned residents wondering if he had been found and offering their support. In 1983, he was declared dead in absentia. A memorial service was scheduled at a church in his neighborhood. It was intended to be a small memorial but the church ended up being full as numerous residents came to pay their respects.

## Sources

* *Timarit'*:
	+ Article #1 (14/2/1980)
	+ Article #2 (29/5/1995)
* Facebook
Guy Kirby

**Olen "Guy" Kirby** was a man who was last seen in Shelby, Alabama on March 13, 1975.

## Case

Guy was known to sell Mason Shoes on foot throughout Shelby County though he accepted rides when offered.

Before sunset that day, he was seen in Shelby in a truck with a group of people. He was sighted again that evening near the SR 25 near Calera. He had plans that evening to go to revival in the Alabaster area.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Blue eyes.
* Limp in right leg.
* Slurred speech.

## Sources

* Guy Kirby at *NamUs*
* Guy Kirby at the *Doe Network*
Ilonka Cann

**Ilonka Cann** was a woman who vanished from Huntington Mills, Pennsylvania in 1970.

## Case

Ilonka was last seen at her home in Huntington Mills, Pennsylvania on May 26, 1970. She was reportedly last seen by her husband, Charles Cann II, who stated to have seen her for the last time at 7:20 a.m. before leaving for his teaching job. However, when he returned at 3:30 that afternoon, Ilonka was nowhere to be found; the couple's 15 month old son had also been left alone in his crib upstairs. Ilokna was subsequently reported missing by her husband the next day. An extensive search of the area including divers searching a nearby pond, found no trace of her. Ilonka has not been seen or heard from since her disappearance.

In 1971, Charles began a new relationship with a woman named Grace P. Brown. The two lived together, and Grace soon took Charles’s surname. This arrangement continued until 1987 without Charles ever filing for divorce from Ilonka or having her declared legally dead. Despite this, Grace expressed her interest in entering into a de facto common law marriage, but Charles countered this notion by stating that he was still married to Ilonka. The court eventually ruled in Grace’s favor; legally divorcing Charles from his missing wife in 1990. Despite Charles never having Ilonka legally declared dead, she was presumed to be deceased by authorities as of 1977.

## Characteristics

* Blond hair.
* Blue eyes.

## Sources

* Ilonka Cann at the *Charley Project*
* Ilonka Cann at *NamUs*
* Ilonka Cann at the *Doe Network*
Gina Brooks

*This article includes content which may be disturbing to some readers, such as excessive violence or sexual assault/abuse. Discretion is advised.*

## Gina Brooks

* Living photo
* Age progressed

### Classification

Suspected homicide

**Gina Dawn Brooks** was a girl who vanished in 1989. Her age progression depicts what she may look like at 45.

## Case

Gina disappeared after arriving home from her brother’s baseball game on August 5, 1989. Shortly after 10:00 p.m., she left to go on a bike ride. She was reported missing at around 2:00 a.m. after her mother woke up and noticed her absence.

That night Gina was seen talking to the driver of a light blue, grey, or green station wagon. She rode away, but soon the car came to her again, and witnesses heard a scream for help and the sound of a car speeding off. Later that night, Gina’s bike was found abandoned on High Street, 5 blocks from her home.

Nathan D. "Danny" Williams is a suspect in Gina’s disappearance, as well as the 1979 disappearance of Tammy Surdam. He was charged with Gina’s murder in 1999. Another man, Timothy Bellow, who was a friend of Williams, lied to police about the location of Gina’s remains.

Bellow was charged with second-degree murder in Gina’s case, but the charge was later dropped and he was charged with lying to police. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The murder charge against Nathan Williams was dropped in 2003 due to lack of evidence, however, he is still a suspect in Gina’s case. As of 2022, Williams is serving a life sentence for an unrelated rape conviction.

Another friend of Williams, Bryant Squires, who died in 1996, was implicated as the driver of the station wagon by a witness. He allegedly made a deathbed confession admitting to his and Williams’ involvement in Gina’s disappearance, as well as other crimes.

Gina Brooks has never been found and her case remains unsolved.

## Characteristics

* Blonde hair.
* Green eyes.
* Small white scars on her left shin.

## Clothing

* Blue striped shirt.
* White shorts.
* White sneakers.

## Sources

* Gina Brooks at the *Charley Project*
* Gina Brooks at the *Doe Network*
* Gina Brooks at *NamUs*
* Gina Brooks at *NCMEC*
Hajo Burmeister

**Hajo Burmeister** was a man who went missing from Bassum, Germany on August 22, 2004 with his wife Vera Burmeister.

## Case

Hajo lived together with his wife in a house and was a pensioner. He disappeared mysteriously, just like his wife.

The couple's son (47) quickly came under suspicion of having something to do with the disappearance of both of them.

In the summer of 2004, the son was serving a prison sentence for fraud and violence, but was on parole the day his parents disappeared. He returned from this several days late. It is known that after the disappearance of the couple, shovels were missing from the shed of the house.

Witnesses reported that there was a dispute between the son and his parents about inheritance issues. He himself also described the relationship with his parents as "complicated." Neighbors reported that the son had threatened or insulted his parents.

Hajo and his wife owned two apartment buildings that were temporarily registered in the son's name. In 2002, the couple had these houses legally transferred back into their name because the son had stopped taking care of the houses. It is assumed that Hajo and his wife Vera were killed by their son for this reason and disposed of at an unknown location. According to the report, he had acted out of greed and revenge.

The car, a black VW Golf 3 (license plate DH-DV 204) has also disappeared.

## Characteristics

* Subordinate figure.
* Bald head with crown of hair.
* Wearing glasses.
* Disabled and dependent on a walker.

## Sources

* *Du wirst vermisst* (German)
* *Aktenzeichen XY* (03:27) (German)
James Brady

**James Elwood Brady** was a man who vanished from Logan County, West Virginia after boarding a Trailways bus. He left with the intention of going to his sister's house in South Carolina, but never arrived.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Gray/hazel eyes.
* A scar on his head.

## Sources

* James Brady at the *Charley Project*
* James Brady at *NamUs*
Helen Allison

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Helen Irene Allison** was a teenager who was last seen being dropped off at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Fairfax, Virginia on May 11, 1972. She may have travelled to the Washington D.C. area after her disappearance. Her latest age progression depicts her at 61.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Blue eyes.

## Clothing

* White knitted sweater.
* White blouse.
* Pleated blue and gray skirt.

## Exclusions

* Prince George's County Jane Doe (1972)
* Virginia Beach Jane Doe (1976)
* Cape May County Doe (1978)
* Middlesex County Jane Doe (1979)
* Frederick County Jane Doe (1979)
* Rockingham County Jane Doe (1980)
* Hanover County Jane Doe (1981)
* Cheerleader in the Trunk (1982)
* Allegheny County Jane Doe (1985)
* Winchester Jane Doe (1991)
* Isle of Wight County Jane Doe (2001)
* Newport News Jane Doe (2014)

## Source

* Helen Allison at *NamUs*
* Helen Allison at the *Doe Network*
* Helen Allison at the *Charley Project*
* Helen Allison at *NCMEC*
Ina Kuschel

**Ina Kuschel** was a woman who went missing from Gorleben, Germany at the beginning of November 2015.

## Case

    Ina lived with her son in her house in Gorleben. She was unemployed and also had financial difficulties, which is why she wanted to sell her house. Ina did not show up for an arranged notary appointment and she has been considered missing since.

Ina left her house in her car, a light blue Daewoo Matiz (registration number DAN-R 106) in an unknown direction.

Ina had made several appointments shortly before she disappeared, suggesting her disappearance was not voluntary.

## Sources

* *Landeszeitung* (German)
* *Augsburger Allgemeine* (German)
Henry Case

**Henry Burton Case** is an United States Army soldier who went missing in action on July 20, 1918. He enlisted from Arizona and was assigned as a Private to the 91st Division, 363rd Infantry Regiment.

The 91st Division formed on August 5, 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington and departed for England in the summer of 1918. According to the Doughboy MIA Database, he was buried at sea, suggesting he disappeared and presumably died during the overseas trip to England, but few details are available in his case and no images of him are available.

After his disappearance, he was awarded the Purple Heart and presumably the World War I Victory Medal. His name is also memorialized at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial in Suresnes, France.

Case remains part of the 4,223 Americans who remain unaccounted for during World War I. Additionally, he is one of eight Arizonans who are unaccounted for during World War I. Their cases are not under investigation by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

## Sources

* Henry Case at *Find a Grave*
* *Honor States*
* *Doughboy MIA Database*
Henry Pfaff

**Henry Pfaff** (Born February 8, 1989) was a man who disappeared from Eindhoven, The Netherlands on January 27, 2015.

## Case

Henry left his home without his coat, his telephone or bank cards. He was last seen by neighbors walking past their window in the Tweede Terborgstraat towards the Koenraadlaan.

According to police, Henry may have engaged in criminal activities, which may in turn be linked to his disappearance.

## Characteristics

* Dark brown hair.
* Tattoo on his left hand of a rose.
* Tattoo on his right wrist of the name "Pfaffke".
* Tattoo under his right eye of three dots.
* Several tattoos on his right or left arm.

## Clothing

* Blue jeans.
* Black shoes with a silver detail on the side.

## Sources

* *Algemeen Dagblad* (Dutch)
* Politie
* *De Stentor* (Dutch)
Henrietta Millek

**Henrietta Helena Wilhelmina Millek** (Born 1957) was a young mother who was last seen at a local bar. Some sources misspell her surname as **Mille**.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Black eyes.
* A dark complexion.

## Background

Henrietta was from Nain, Newfoundland and relocated to St. John's in her early twenties to attend classes at Memorial University. She worked as an Inuit translator and housekeeper, but wanted to become a nurse.

Henrietta's older son, Chesley, lived with Henrietta's mother in Nain. Her younger son, Byron, was living in a foster home in Makinsons.

## Disappearance

Henrietta left her residence in downtown St. John's on the morning of December 10 and said that she was going to visit family in Makinsons. She did not immediately leave town.

Later that night, Henrietta was at the Key Club at the west end of Water Street. A bartender saw her being bothered by two unidentified men with beige coats. They grabbed Henrietta by her arms and tried to take her out the club, but it is unknown if they actually took her out of the bar.

Henrietta tried to make a call to her friend, Mary Pia Benuen, at some point in the night. Mary's landlord answered instead because she was sleeping. The landlord described Henrietta as "a little bit drunk and upset."

## Investigation

Henrietta's purse was found in the bar. Inside was $8.15, her address book, bank book, and keys. Her landlord reported her as missing two weeks after she disappeared.

An individual who lived on Blackhead Road at the time said that Henrietta knocked on her door on the night of December 10. She was looking for her boyfriend, who lived on the same road. Henrietta was last seen walking out of Blackhead Road toward the direction of Cape Spear. Her boyfriend, friends, and other residents in the area were interviewed by police.

Investigators determined in 1995 that Henrietta might have been murdered. A property on Blackhead Road was excavated, but nothing came out of this search.

Henrietta's purse was tested for DNA in 2013. It is unknown if this brought anything new.

In 2016, a man claimed to have picked Henrietta up while she was hitchhiking around the time of her disappearance. She told him that she planned on visiting a family member in Makinsons and he dropped her off on the Trans-Canada Highway at the Intersection of Roaches Line. Police believe this man is credible.

Verona Ittulak, Henrietta's mother, died at 83 years old in January 2018.

## Sources

* *CBC*
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* CBC's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Database
* Henrietta Millek at *NCMPUR*
* Newfoundland Royal Constabulary
Hubert Johnson

**Hubert Alfred Johnson** is a United States Navy sailor who was last seen on September 22, 1918 when the USS Ticonderoga left New York. The Ticonderoga was shortly destroyed by a German U-Boat SM *U-152*.

## Case

Before joining the United States Navy in December of 1917, Hubert Johnson was living in 1916 L Street Washington D.C. with his wife and young son and was working at a mechanic at the Harper-Overland Garage.

When he joined the USN, he was assigned as a Master at Arms, Second Class to the steamer USS Ticonderoga which was commissioned on January 5, 1918. Between January and September 1918, the *Ticonderoga* took several trips between the United States and Europe, bringing cargo and supplies to the Allies during World War I.

On September 22, 1918, the *Ticonderoga* left New York bound for Europe in a convoy. During the night of September 29th and September 30th, the steamer developed engine trouble and dropped behind the convoy. On 5:20 AM of September 30th, she was spotted by German U-boat SM *U-152*. The steamer and submarine fought for the next two hours and it was at 7:45 AM when the *Ticonderoga* began to sink.

Unfortunately, of the 237 sailors and soldiers on the ship, only 24 of them survived. Twenty-two were rescued by the British steamer SS *Moorish Prince* four days later and the other two were captured by the Germans and transported to Kiel, Germany. Johnson was not among any of the men that were captured or rescued.

Johnsons' disappearance and presumed death was reported by the Evening Star on October 13, 1918. His wife stated to the press that although she was devastated by her husband's death, she was happy that he gave his life to a patriotic cause. Afterwards, he was awarded the Purple Heart and presumably the presumably the World War I Victory Medal and the Navy Expeditionary Medal. His name is also memorialized at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial in Suresnes, France.

Hubert Albert Johnson remains part of the 4,223 Americans who remain unaccounted for during World War I. Additionally, he is one of fifteen servicemen from Washington D.C. who are unaccounted for during World War I. Their cases are not under investigation by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

## Sources

* Hubert Johnson at *Find a Grave*
* *Honor States*
* USS Ticonderoga (1918) on Wikipedia
Iris Brown

**Iris Leslie Brown** was a young woman who vanished from Vermont in 1976. A man has been charged with her kidnapping, and claims to have murdered her.

## Case

Iris was last seen leaving her apartment in Burlington, Vermont on March 15, 1976. She was in the company of a man called William John Posey Jr. at the time. William had offered to drive her to Connecticut to see her boyfriend, Martin Gold, who was incarcerated on drug charges. William told Iris that he was going to be released early although this turned out not to be the case. Iris never arrived in Connecticut and has never been heard from again.

William initially claimed that he had indeed taken Iris to Connecticut as planned but later changed his story and said he left her in Springfield, Massachusetts upon discovering that Martin would not actually be released early. Blood matching Iris's type was found in the seat and on the floor of his car. William was charged and convinced of kidnaping Iris but not murdering her as her body has never been found.

In 1980 William pleaded guilty to abducting and murdering a woman, a crime which he is still in prison for today. He is also considered to be a suspect in the disappearance of Judy Martins who vanished from Kent, Ohio in 1978. William lived in Kent at the time but was using the aliases John T. Scorpione. Judy has never been located and her case remains unsolved.

In 2008, investigators told William that he would not be charged for Iris's murder if he confessed to what happened. As a result, William explained the he had lied to Iris about taking her to Martin in order to lure her into his vehicle. The two got into an argument after he tried to convince her to help him sell cocaine and he strangled her. Unfortunately, William could not remember the exact location were he left Iris's body, although it was over a guardrail somewhere on interstate 89 in Vermont.

Iris's family believe William's story and said that they would hold a memorial service for her. Iris's body has never been found.

## Characteristics

* Dark brown hair.
* Hazel eyes.
* Pierced ears.

## Clothing and accessories

* A long green woollen coat.
* Blue jeans.

## Sources

* Iris Brown at the *Charley Project*
* Iris Brown at *NamUs*
* Iris Brown at the *Doe Network*
Jamie Bordenkircher

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**James Dwyer "Jamie" Bordenkircher** was a toddler who vanished on June 12, 1965 from North Lake Tahoe, California, He was last seen playing on a swing in his family's front yard. James' brother, who had been with him, went inside the cabin and when he returned, James was gone. An extensive search failed to find James and authorities believe he may have drowned in the lake. However, James's family believe that he may have been abducted.

## Characteristics

* Blond hair.
* Blue eyes.

## Clothing and accessories

* A royal blue T-shirt.
* Blue jeans.
* Navy blue socks.
* Red sneakers with white soles.

## Sources

* Jamie Bordenkircher at the *Charley Project*
* Jamie Bordenkircher at *NamUs*
* Jamie Bordenkircher at *NCMEC*
* Jamie Bordenkircher at the *Doe Network*
Hattie Jackson

**Hattie Yvonne Jackson** was a girl who was presumably abducted from Rock Creek Park in 1961.

## Case

Hattie, her brother and some friends went to play at the Rock Creek Park. They got into the creek and swam until a police officer told them the water was polluted and they couldn't swim there.

When the police officer left, an unidentified man approached them and offered to drive them to a place 2 miles away where the water was clean. The children declined his offer and he left. Sometime after, Hattie left the group unnoticed and never returned.

Witnesses came forward saying that they saw two men helping Hattie get into a car. When police got sniffer dogs to track Hattie's scent, the dogs led them to where the witnesses saw her.

The driver of the car was noted to match the description of the man who offered to take Hattie, her brother and their friends to a different creek.

## Characteristics

* Shoulder-length black hair.
* Brown eyes.

## Clothing and accessories

* A white long-sleeved blouse.
* Brown and white checkered shorts.
* Pink sandals.
* A blue hair ribbon.

## Sources

* Hattie Jackson at *NamUs*
* Hattie Jackson at the *Charley Project*
* Hattie Jackson at the *Doe Network*
* Hattie Jackson at *NCMEC*
* *Evening Star*
James Charapko

**James Paul Charapko** was a young man who vanished from Miami Springs, Florida on August 28, 1975. He was a passenger in his sister's car on the way to a doctor's appointment. He asked her to pull over, and when she did, he got out and walked away. He has not been seen or heard from since.

## Characteristics

* Brown hair.
* Brown eyes.
* A scar on his right ankle.
Helene Leyden

**Helene Louise Leyden** (Née **Ratfat**) was a young woman who was last heard from between 1968 to 1972. She is known to use the surname Fortin. Some sources spell her first name as **Helen** and her middle name as **Louisa**.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Brown eyes.
* A medium build.

## Background

Helene was from the Mikisew Cree First Nation. One of her children, Sequin Leyden, was a toddler when her parents separated. Sequin and her sisters were raised by their father, who was non-native and kept them away from their maternal family.

Helene also had a son and daughter with a different man before Sequin was born.

## Disappearance

After Sequin's father died in 2001, she began looking for Helene. She tried seeking help from the Mikisew Cree First Nation, but was told that nobody had seen Helene for years. It is possible Helene may have met a man and travelled to Vancouver, British Columbia.

DNA from Sequin is available for comparison.

## Sources

* *CBC*
* Helene Ratfat at *CBC's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Database*
* Helene Leyden at *NCMPUR*
Harold Covey

**Harold Hiram Covey** was a man who disappeared in 1976. He was last seen getting into a dark blue Chevy truck and had left all his personal belongings behind.

## Characteristics

* Long blond hair.
* Blue eyes.
* Crooked little finger.
* Usually has a beard and sideburns.

## Clothing

* Jeans.
* Eisenhower-style jacket.
* Grey hooded sweatshirt.
* Black platform shoes

## Sources

* Harold Covey at the *Doe Network*
* Harold Covey at *NamUs*