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 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 was 6’1″ and 178 pounds when he was reported missing. His mom, Debra Smith, says Dedrick called her at 2 a.m. on October 2nd, 2006 and explained he wouldn’t be home that night. He was with his girlfriend, according to his mother. Since that night, there’s been no sighting or even one clue to...
Read MoreStill 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 step in making it all happen. He was going to get his GED, go back to school and train to be a professional barber. What was most important to him were his boys. They needed him, and he wanted them to be proud of him someday. He got a phone call from his friend Barry Rippy and waved to his uncle as he left the house....
Read MoreUPDATE #2: Civic Activist Lenwood “Lenny” Harris (MD)
UPDATE #2: An Oxon Hill man charged with killing Alexandria, Va., activist Lenwood “Lenny” Harris, whose body was found dumped in a Fort Washington well in January three months after his disappearance, will continue to be held in prison without bond after a Prince George’s County District Court ruling Tuesday. Linwood Johnson, 49, of the 1400 block of Southview Drive was the first of three suspects arrested in the homicide case and is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Harris, 53. The other two men charged with first-degree murder are Ivan Newman, 20, of Waldorf and...
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