Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP125136)
Valentine Fonten Kamajou was 37 years old when he was last known to have contact with others in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on April 22, 2024. The NamUs case information identified him as a Black / African American male, approximately 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing between 160 and 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. His last known location was listed in Upper Marlboro, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the case was associated with NamUs missing person case
MP125136. NamUs is a national clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases in the United States, intended to support law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, and families searching for answers.
The reported circumstances were stark and deeply concerning for those who cared about him: Valentine was released from the Upper Marlboro Detention Facility on April 22, 2024, and afterward he was not seen by family members and had no known contact with them. His absence was eventually reported to the Prince George’s County Police Department, with the agency date reported listed as May 15, 2024. The investigating agency was the Prince George’s County Police Department, Central Region, located in Landover, Maryland, under agency case number 24-0027819. Prince George’s County Police describe themselves as a large county law enforcement agency serving a broad and diverse community, and their publicly listed non-emergency contact number matches the number associated with the investigating agency information in the case data.
The available public details did not list a known vehicle, clothing description, accessories, distinctive physical features, or transportation information connected to Valentine’s disappearance. That lack of detail likely made the search more difficult, because the known public narrative centered mainly on a final point of contact, his physical description, and the painful silence that followed. There was no public indication in the provided case details that he was missing from tribal land, and no tribal affiliation or tribal association was listed. The case data also showed that an actual photograph had been uploaded to the NamUs record on July 2, 2024, the same date the case was created in NamUs, reflecting the effort to make Valentine identifiable to the public and to agencies that might encounter him.
The case data now lists Valentine Kamajou’s case resolution status as Alive, meaning he has been found alive and this is no longer an active missing persons case. The exact date he was located is not provided in the available information, so the timing of his recovery remains vague from the public case data. What is known is that the case began with a 37-year-old man last known to be in Upper Marlboro after release from detention, continued through weeks of uncertainty for family members who reportedly had no contact with him, and was handled by Prince George’s County Police before the NamUs record was ultimately archived with a resolution status indicating he was found alive. In overview, Valentine Fonten Kamajou’s case appears to have moved from a troubling disappearance with limited public clues to a resolved matter, with the most important outcome being that he was located alive.Last Seen: Apr 22, 2024
