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 hard time talking about her older brother. The time he has been missing has been a drain on the entire family. Jones’ mother, Tabitha Jones, knew something was wrong when her son failed to pick up one of his other sisters, Jotoria Jones, to take her to her job. It is a feeling of dread that has haunted her all...
Read MoreMissing: Brian Hatfield (LA)
http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A//blackandmissing.org/2012/05/missing-brian-hatfield-la/&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light 21-year old Brian Hatfield was last seen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 9, 2004. He had been in Lafayette, Louisiana and was returning home to Baton Rouge that day. He dropped two friends off in different places but never arrived at his own home. His car was found three weeks later on May 21, in the parking lot of a Chevron gas station in Baton Rouge. The license plate was missing and there was no...
Read MoreMissing: Tova Jaileau Barnett (LA)
19-year-old Tova Jaileau Barnett was last seen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on December 2, 2000. She may have been seen at the Mall of Louisiana on December 4, but this has not been confirmed. She has never been heard from again. Tova was reported missing on December 16. Tova is described as a black female, 5’3-5’4 tall and 118-130 pounds. She has brown hair with reddish highlights and brown eyes. Tova was last seen wearing a blue pullover shirt, jeans, sneakers and a shell necklace. If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s...
Read MoreStill 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,” she said. “She is loved by her family, and we want her back.” Kathryn Bene’ Griffin disappeared on Jan. 7. Her former boyfriend saw her at his Portsmouth barbershop. She borrowed his bicycle, he said, then pedaled away. Griffin’s life had been troubled, her mother said. In the early...
Read MoreArticle: Missing children in U.S. nearly always make it home alive
Anxiety over two cases of missing children in the news this week – New York’s Etan Patz and Arizona’s Isabel Mercedes Celis – masks an encouraging development in the search for U.S. boys and girls who disappear: More than 99 percent now return home alive. The likelihood of finding an abducted child has sharply increased in recent years due to technological advances in the way searches are conducted and a greater awareness that fast action saves lives, said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. That has boosted the recovery...
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