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Joshua Mahaffey Missing Person Case

Last seen in Centralia, Illinois on Oct 12, 1991

Victim Details

Dec 27, 2009

Nov 08, 2022

Joshua

Mahaffey

49

15

62 inches

120 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Oct 12, 1991

Centralia

Illinois

Marion County

62801

26171

Clinton County Sheriff's Office

Carlyle

Illinois

Clinton County

62231

810 Franklin Street, Illinois

6185944555

County

Law Enforcement

M96B1547

Clinton County Sheriff's Office

7718

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

07/13/2026


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In the autumn of 1991, in the small city of Centralia, Illinois, a family's life was unalterably changed. Fifteen-year-old Joshua 'Josh' Mahaffey was a teenager with brown hair, brown eyes, and a noticeable scar on his left cheek from a dog bite. On the evening of October 12, following an argument with his mother, Joshua climbed out of his bedroom window and vanished into the night, accompanied by another boy. This was not the first time he had run off for a few days, so his mothe ...
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Last Seen: Oct 12, 1991

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