Justine Marie Quammiengo-n-Bassomb was 30 years old when she was last known to have contact with her family in Temple Hills, Maryland, on May 26, 2022. Public missing-person summaries described her as a Black woman with black hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing between 100 and 140 pounds. She was also known by other names and nicknames, including Justine Quammie, Bassomb, Miss Q, and Traveling Roots, and she sometimes wore a head wrap or styled her hair
naturally, in braids, or with extensions. The Charley Project reported that she was last seen at her family’s apartment in Temple Hills and that, after that point, she was not heard from, leaving her family and the public with very few details about what happened next.
The information released about Justine’s disappearance was limited, but it suggested that investigators were trying to account for both her movements and her possible circumstances after she was last seen. Public case information associated her with a black Ford Focus bearing Maryland plates, while the NamUs case data also noted Ford Focus vehicles in connection with the file, including a beige Ford Focus that had reportedly been towed from Curtis Drive in December 2021 and a black Ford Focus with incomplete identifying details. Authorities also indicated that Justine may have been unhoused, a detail that would have made locating her more difficult and may have widened the range of places where she could have been staying or traveling. Her case was handled by the Prince George’s County Police Department, and public listings directed information to that agency.
The case entered broader public missing-person awareness after it was added to online missing-person resources. The Charley Project listed the case as added and last updated on August 17, 2024, with NamUs cited as its source, and its archived update page also shows Justine Marie Quammiengo-n-Bassomb among the cases added that day. NamUs itself is described by the National Institute of Justice as a national centralized repository and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases, and Maryland State Police directs families and the public to NamUs as one of the resources available when someone is missing. In Maryland, the Center for Missing and Unidentified Persons assists police departments and families with missing-person cases, public alerts, family resources, and forensic or investigative support when needed.
The available case data now indicates that Justine’s case has a resolution status of Alive, meaning she was found alive and the matter is no longer an active missing-person case. The exact date and circumstances of that resolution are not clear from the publicly available information reviewed here, so the resolution can only be described in general terms. What began as the disappearance of a 30-year-old woman from Temple Hills in May 2022 became a sparse but serious missing-person case involving her family, Prince George’s County authorities, NamUs, and public awareness resources; with the later indication that Justine was found alive, the known overview of the case is that she was reported missing after last being seen at her family’s apartment, limited details were released to help identify and locate her, investigators and public databases carried the case forward, and the case ultimately appears to have been resolved with Justine alive.Last Seen: May 26, 2022
