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: 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 MoreMother of missing girl Bianca Jones, on verge of losing home, gets a helping hand
Banika Jones’ 2-year-old daughter disappeared in December. Four months later, she was going to be evicted from the Detroit home where she had lived all her life. Jones, who was looking for a job when Bianca went missing, had fallen behind on bills. She was set to be evicted April 5 after her grandmother, who owned the home, took out a reverse mortgage, officials said. “I was devastated,” Jones, 32, said Thursday. “I really didn’t know what I was going to do.” But a day before she was to be put out, she got help from Working Homes/Working Families, the...
Read MoreMissing: 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 owner who also ministered other people. “She’s a success story,” said friend Pastor Andrew Van. “She went back to school, she got a GED, she opened up a business, she’s in college right now at Delgado Community College.” Van said Landry works with his ministry, and he helped her get her business...
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