May 17

John Thomas

John Paul Thomas was 50 years old when he was last reported to have been seen in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 17, 2021. His NamUs case is listed as Missing Person / NamUs #MP89250, with the date of last contact recorded as May 17, 2021, and the listed…

Ryan Larsen

Ryan Larsen, an 11-year-old boy with high-functioning autism, went missing on May 17, 2021, after walking out of La Vista West Elementary School in La Vista, Nebraska. Frustrated with a math problem, Ryan left the classroom unsupervised and was last seen near…

Wilmer Nunez Enamorado

Wilmer Nunez Enamorado, a 43-year-old man, was last seen on May 17, 2021, in the Falfurrias area of Texas. He was attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border when he disappeared, as part of the dangerous migrant routes in Brooks County, known for its extreme…

Tearia Mccloud

In the spring of 2016, a family's life was forever altered when 16-year-old Tearia N. McCloud vanished. A resident of Buffalo, New York, Tearia was last seen on May 17, 2016. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being 5'3' tall and weighing…

Michael Copeland

Michael Ray Copeland was 37 years old when he was last seen in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 17, 2016. He was in the 400 block of Topeka Street at the time of his disappearance and has not been heard from since. At the time he went missing, Copeland was…

Angel Herrera

Angel Herrera, a 41-year-old male, went missing from Miami, Florida, on May 17, 2016. He was last seen leaving his residence in the 4900 block of Southwest 141st Avenue on foot and has not been heard from since. At the time of his disappearance, Angel was…

John Ludolph

John Ray Ludolph, a 20-year-old man, was last seen on May 17, 2011, in Del Valle, Texas, near Austin. Standing at 5'4" and weighing around 145 pounds, John had blond hair styled in a Mohawk and numerous distinctive tattoos, including a star of arrows on his…

Alissa Turney

Alissa Marie Turney was a 17-year-old girl living in Phoenix, Arizona, when she disappeared on May 17, 2001, the final day of her junior year at Paradise Valley High School. Her last independently corroborated sighting came at school, where she briefly spoke…

Sherman Edward Cornette

In the early morning hours of a spring day in Midfield, Alabama, a sense of quiet was shattered by the sound of a single gunshot, a sound that would irrevocably alter the course of several lives. It was just after 1:00 a.m. on May 17, 2021, when police were…

Tavarius Hampton

In the warmth of a Birmingham, Alabama afternoon on Monday, May 17, 2021, a sequence of events tragically culminated in the death of 25-year-old Tavarius Hampton. A U.S. Army sergeant stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Hampton had family ties that…

Bella Claire Callaway

In the quiet community of Maylene, Alabama, a heartbreaking incident unfolded on Monday, May 17, 2021, claiming the life of 6-year-old Bella Claire Callaway. The young girl's life was cut tragically short in what authorities would later describe as a…

Kelly Roach Jr.

In the early hours of May 18, 2021, the life of 19-year-old Kelly Roach, Jr. was tragically cut short in Mesa, Arizona. A male, he was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds at approximately 12:06 a.m. near the 400 block of West Brown Road. Despite the…

Douglas Lee Bennett III

In North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 17, 2021, the life of 27-year-old Douglas Lee Bennett, III, a male, was tragically cut short in a violent encounter that also claimed the life of another young man. The incident unfolded at the Arrowhead Estates…

Joseph Barela

In the spring of 2021, a young man's life was tragically cut short in a quiet community. Joseph Edward Barela Jr., a 22-year-old Hispanic male from Rocky Ford, Colorado, was found with a gunshot wound to his head on May 17, 2021. The incident occurred in the…

Daqual Covington

In the late evening hours of May 17, 2021, a burst of gunfire shattered the night on a street in Southwest Washington, D.C., leaving a family heartbroken and a community shaken. When Metropolitan Police Department officers arrived at the unit block of O…

Aniya Allen

Aniya Allen, a six-year-old girl from Minneapolis, MN, was tragically shot on May 17, 2021, while sitting in the back seat of her family's car near the intersection of 36th and Penn Avenue North. She was eating a McDonald's Happy Meal when a stray bullet…

Unidentified Male

Weathered skeletal remains discovered in remote desert area by humanitarian group.

Unidentified Female

Case of a 60 years old female, who was found sitting in a chair with a syringe in one arm.

Unidentified Male

Body was found lying under a tree in a field by workers cutting grass.

Unidentified Female

These unidentified female remains were found on Lake Erie Beach, appearing to have washed up on shore. Reports differ on race (black vs. white) thus is listed here as Uncertain. A 14k white gold, solitaire diamond ring was found on the third finger of her…

Unidentified Female

Unidentified Female

Unknown female, partially skeletonized, found in an abandoned building at above location, which was a known drug use location.

Unidentified Male

Unknown male found floating in unknown location. No other information available.

Unidentified Female

Neonate found in the garbage can.

Noel Bruff

On May 17, 2021, the body of an unidentified male, who was later identified as Noel Bruff, was discovered in the Bronx, New York. This case, cataloged under Namus ID: UCP81109, remains an unclaimed person scenario, as no next of kin or associated family…

Rosalie Quesnoy

The case of Rosalie Quesnoy remains an unresolved matter of both mystery and sadness. Rosalie, a female, was found deceased in her residence in Reno, Nevada, on May 17, 2021. Her passing has left authorities and the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner's…

William Phillips

On May 17, 2016, the body of William Phillips was discovered in Queens, New York, leading to an unclaimed person case that remains unresolved. The details surrounding Phillips's life prior to this date are sparse, which presents a challenge in uncovering the…

James Hall

On May 17, 2016, a male body was discovered in Queens, New York, and remains unclaimed, identified as James Hall. Despite efforts to locate and notify next of kin, James Hall remains unidentified and his case unresolved. The circumstances surrounding his…

Gaston Cordovi

On May 17, 2016, the male body of Gaston Cordovi was discovered in Brooklyn, New York, under circumstances that have left the individual unclaimed. Identified through the Namus ID UCP2561, the details surrounding Cordovi's case remain a mystery as efforts to…

Thomas Nicolis

On May 17, 2016, authorities discovered the body of Thomas Nicolis in the Bronx, New York, presenting an unresolved case nearly seven years later. Registered under the NamUs ID UCP2814, Thomas Nicolis remains an unclaimed person whose life has left more…

Jimmie Garmany

In Highland Park, Michigan, on May 17th, 2016, the body of Jimmie Gene Garmany was discovered, leading to a complicated and poignant case of an unclaimed person. Found by management, the details surrounding Garmany's death are sparse, contributing to the…

Jesus Fuentes

On May 17, 2016, the body of an unidentified male was discovered at a residence in Houston, Texas. This unclaimed person case has been documented under the name Jesus Saucedo Fuentes, yet the circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in uncertainty.…

Danterrio Cortez Coats

In the early hours of May 17, 2021, the quiet streets of the Raleigh neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, became the final resting place for Danterrio Cortez Coats. The 34-year-old Black/African American man was discovered unresponsive in the road at the…

Danterrio Cortez Coats

In the early hours of May 17, 2021, the quiet streets of the Raleigh neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, became the final resting place for Danterrio Cortez Coats. The 34-year-old Black/African American man was discovered unresponsive in the road at the…

Jodie Samuels

Jodie Samuels was a 15-year-old Black/African American girl living in Los Angeles when she was attacked on the morning of May 17, 1984. At about 6:45 a.m., she was on or near 23rd Street and Longwood when a neighbor, Harold Ray, heard her screaming outside.…

Blanca Isela Arreola Guerrero

On May 17, 1982, 18-year-old Hispanic female Blanca Isela Arreola Guerrero disappeared in Odessa, Texas. She was three and a half months pregnant and had recently married. That morning, she left home to drive her sister-in-law to work, intending to return…

Tony Mendez

Samuel John Dieteman – The Phoenix Serial Shooter Background Samuel John Dieteman, born October 17, 1975, became one of the two principal men associated with the notorious Phoenix-area "Serial Shooter" case. Together with Dale Shawn Hausner, Dieteman…

Fred Burk

Athabaskan Alaska Native. Fred Burk, a 30-year-old male from Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, vanished on May 17, 1984, after joining neighbors at the Tanana River boat landing outside the tiny end-of-the-road community. By evening, none of the group returned, and…

Larry Joe McVey

Larry Joe McVey—male, 38; records—was a Vietnam veteran and trapper living in the tiny Interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs when he vanished on May 17, 1984. That afternoon he drove with 24-year-old carpenter Dale Madajski to the Tanana River boat…

Dale Kevin Madajski

In May 1984, the small community of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, experienced a tragic event involving the disappearance and death of several residents, including 20-year-old Dale Kevin Madajski. On May 17, Madajski, a carpenter and cabin builder originally…

Joyce Klein

She was a White female, thirty years old, known in Manley Hot Springs as Joyce Henifer Klein, and on May 17, 1984, she vanished along the Tanana River during a spasm of violence that would scar the tiny Interior Alaska community. Records place her living and…

Lyman Klein

Male, age 36, Lyman “Lyman Marshall” Klein left his small home in Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, on May 17, 1984, for a casual trip to the Tanana River boat landing with his pregnant wife, Joyce and their two-year-old son, Marshall. The landing was a familiar…

Marshall Klein

Marshall Klein, a 2-year-old white male child, died on May 17, 1984, in Manley Hot Springs, located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska. His brief life ended tragically, and his death has been linked to a disturbing series of events that unfolded in…

Albert Moulton Hagen Jr.

Albert Moulton Hagen, Jr. was a male, age 27, Alaska Native, back in Manley Hot Springs in May 1984, visiting his parents in the tiny river village at the end of the road. By the evening of May 17, 1984, the quiet settlement had become the backdrop for a…