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Shemaeah Gunnel Missing Person Case

Last seen in Yuma, Arizona on Feb 10, 1989

Victim Details

Dec 17, 2010

Nov 11, 2022

Shemaeah

Gunnel

42

5

48 inches

50 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Feb 10, 1989

Yuma

Arizona

Yuma County

85364

27281

Yuma Police Department

Yuma

Arizona

Yuma County

85364

1500 South 1st Avenue, Arizona

9283734700

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.yumaaz.gov/police/

890005387

Yuma Police Department

Black

Black

Black

No

08/30/2026


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In the winter of 1989, a five-year-old girl named Shemaeah Gunnel vanished from her home in Yuma, Arizona. She was last seen on February 10, a day that would end in unimaginable tragedy for her family. Shemaeah, a young African American girl with black hair and black eyes, lived in an apartment on North 1st Avenue with her 26-year-old mother, Valerie Gunnell, and her infant sister, nine-month-old Lecresha Kirklin. A distinctive birthmark was noted behind her neck on the right side. The family� ...
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Last Seen: Feb 10, 1989

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  • Shemaeah Gunnel - International Missing Persons Wiki - Fandom
  • Shemaeah Nicole Gunnell - The Charley Project
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