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Missing: Julius TaDarius “Punkin” Jones (MS)

Joquasha Samuel misses the smile of her brother and also his sense of style. The 15-year-old sister of Julius TaDarius “Punkin” Jones, who has been missing for eight months, Joquasha Samuel misses a great many things from the person she idolized most. She still has a...

Alexis Patterson: Missing for 10 years (WI)

Ayanna Patterson seldom refers to her daughter Alexis Patterson in the past tense, even though in the 10 years since she last saw her, Alexis’ name and image have come to personify the heartbreak of the term missing children in Milwaukee. She professes a firm belief that...

Still Missing: Kathryn Bene Griffin (VA)

When Linda Archie calls her daughter’s cellphone, she prays she’ll hear her voice. Maybe Bene’ will say she needed to get away. Or that she went on an adventure with a friend. Whatever the reason, Archie wouldn’t mind. “We’re a family,”...

Missing: Anisty “Tic” Markray (LA)

The Bossier Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a runaway juvenile from Haughton. Anisty “Tic” Markray, 16, is from the Tank Farm area of Haughton, and detectives have deemed her a runaway juvenile. Anisty is a black female, stands 5’ 2”,...

Missing: Kamanthe Landry (LA)

Kamanthe Landry describes herself as “a woman of style and class” on the website for the O How Excellent Boutique she owns on Broad Street. Friends say she became a minister in the course of transforming herself from a woman with drug addiction problems to a business...

Missing for 40 years: Solomon Gomile Rose III

More than 40 years ago a three-year-old toddler disappeared from a Baltimore shopping center. Now police are asking for your help finding him. The Maryland Missing Persons Network is reminding the public that they still need help finding Solomon Gomile Rose, III, who is still...

Missing Winston-Salem Man (Dedrick Smith) On Billboard

Long after stories of the missing stop making headlines, the families are left to search and try to maintain hope. A renewed search for a Winston-Salem man, Dedrick Smith, who disappeared in 2006, is giving his family a fresh outlook – that perhaps he may be found. Dedrick...

Missing for 11 months: Dwight Stallings (CA)

Deputies are searching for a baby that has reportedly been missing for the past 11 months. The Sacramento Sheriff’s Departments said 22-month-Old Dwight Stallings was last seen by family members sometime in April 2011. Investigators said the child was born in May...

Bianca Jones’ father charged with murder in disappearance of toddler (MI)

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced murder charges for D’Andre Louis Lane, the father of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, Wednesday in the Detroit toddler’s disappearance case. Worthy announced her decision to charge Lane Wednesday with first-degree felony...

Medical examiner seeks public’s help on IDs (VA)

Do you know these men? All three were found dead in Richmond under suspicious circumstances over a period of years and have never been identified. They are among 220 sets of remains that Virginia’s chief medical examiner hopes to put names to in an initiative seeking the...

Still Missing: Antonio Yarnell Taylor (TN)

It was a Monday morning, and Antonio Taylor, 21, had a job interview just after lunchtime. He ironed his shirt and laid his clothes on the bed. His mother, Rochelle Adams, was going to pick him up later and take him to the appointment. He had big plans, and today was the first...

Missing Mother of Five: April Michelle Pickens (NC)

UPDATE #2: A local family and police are asking for help in locating a woman who’s been missing since December. April Pickens, 29, was last seen Dec. 26 near her home at Pisgah View Apartments. The woman, described by family members as outgoing and humorous, has five...

Jassmyn Carr’s mother pleads for her safe return (NY)

As she wiped away tears, grieving mom Erica Carr made another impassioned plea on Friday, asking for the public’s help in locating her missing 15-year-old adopted daughter, Jassmyn, who disappeared more than two months ago. “It’s been a complete nightmare,” Carr said at...

Missing Hamtramck women did everything together (MI)

From the time they met as children in Hamtramck, Ashley Conaway and Abreeya Brown were together more often than not. The friends — with a penchant for shopping and dressing up — were just as apt to pop into a Sunday morning church service as a late-night dance...

Extensive search unsuccessful for Ashani Creighton (FL)

The body of a girl who disappeared in 1997 and who authorities had said might be buried beneath a Tulsa strip mall was not found Monday despite an extensive search. Orange County, Fla., deputies, Tulsa police officers and scientists began looking on Sunday for signs of Ashani...

Still Missing: Lettie and John Fisher (TX)

These articles are posted in partnership with Crimestoppers of Lufkin to ensure that each case get the publicity it deserves. Please read and share with those that may be able to help. “Missing, Not Forgotten” Crime Stoppers of Lufkin wants your help locating Lettie and...

UPDATE #1: Jhessye Shockley Landfill Search (AZ)

UPDATE: Glendale police spent roughly $180,000 in the first month of the landfill search for 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley’s remains. Police are in the fifth week of their search at the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile. They have yet to recover anything significant to...

UPDATE: Tyler Perry Joins search for Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos (FL)

UPDATE: Actor, director and producer Tyler Perry has joined the efforts in finding two missing Florida men who both disappeared under similar circumstances. The media mogul recently made an appearance on MSNBC’s political talk show “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton” to...

Missing: Genelle Princess Bradford (PA)

Genelle’s mother died when she was only 5 years old and her father was not a presence in her life. She was raised by her grandparents. She has been described as an honor roll student, smart, funny, quiet, meek and mild – a girl who had never been in any kind of...

Missing: Yasmin Acree (IL)

Yasmin was last seen at her family’s Chicago, Illinois home on January 15, 2008. That day she went to the North Lawndale YMCA, where she was involved in sports and other activities. After she came home, she did a load of laundry and went to bed. She was gone by the next...

About BAMBNF

Black and Missing But Not Forgotten is a not for profit organization focused on spotlighting and finding missing African Americans. Established in July 2007, BAMBNF envisions a world in which every missing Black child and adult receives equal attention in the media and resources towards being safely found. BAMBNF seeks to develop relationships with media, government agencies and the public to ensure that missing African Americans receive prompt attention and concern to garner the best possible outcomes for each and every case.

Mission

Black And Missing But Not Forgotten’s mission is to draw more attention to missing African Americans and to help bring them home. BAMBNF offers support to the families and loved ones of missing African Americans by providing an outlet for spreading the word through technology and print. Furthermore, we aim to raise awareness of the racial disparities in mainstream media’s reporting of the missing and seek equal coverage of missing African Americans.

Contact Us

For all questions, comments and volunteer opportunities please email:

info@blackandmissing.org

If you have a loved one missing or know of someone who missing and need our help getting the word out please email us with a clear picture of your loved one and all pertinent information (full name, date of birth, disappearance and contact information)