Helen Young Missing Person Case

Dec 13, 2012

Dec 16, 2022

Helen

Young

60

34

66 inches

135 lbs

Black / African American

Female

On a late autumn day, November 21, 1999, 34-year-old Helen J. Young was with relatives in Rochester, New York. After leaving her family member's home, she vanished, and her loved ones have not seen or heard from her since. At the time she went missing, Helen was described as a Black / African American female, standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing around 135 pounds. She had black hair and brown eyes. On the day of her disappearance, she was wearing a waist-length black jacket, black jeans, a burgundy "DePaul" t-shirt, and black boots. Helen's case is marked by a few distinct physical characteristics that her family hoped would make her more easily identifiable. She had a skull plate from a prior head injury. Additionally, due to a hormonal abnormality, she had a facial beard if she did not shave. These details, along with the clothing she was last seen in, were shared with law enforcement in the hopes of generating leads. The Rochester Police Department opened an investigation into her disappearance, assigning it case number 99-407966. For over two decades, the disappearance of Helen Young has remained an active and unsolved missing person case. The circumstances surrounding her leaving her relative's house that day are not publicly detailed, leaving a painful void of information for her family and community. Despite being listed in national missing persons databases like NamUs under case number MP18409, no significant developments have been made public. The investigation, now decades old, continues to be handled by the Rochester Police Department, but with very limited information available, the path to finding answers has been fraught with difficulty, leaving a family to wonder what happened to Helen on that November day.

Nov 21, 1999

Rochester

New York

Monroe County

14619

No

12793

Rochester Police Department

Rochester

New York

Monroe County

14614

Laurie Vanbrederode

MPU Coordinator

185 Exchange Blvd, New York

5854286595

Local

Law Enforcement

99-407966

1999-11-21

Rochester Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

09/13/2026