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Cases by type

Missing Persons 5,486 4,997 still missing

Deaths by Force 18,176 17,761 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 3,117 2,980 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 4,048 3,999 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 144

Mass Murders 36

By state & province

Cases per state and per 100,000 residents, a shaded state-by-state list, top cities, and Indigenous missing and murdered (MMIP) by state.

Cases by state and province

Click a state or province to see its statistics. All case types.

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State / province	Missing	Missing per 100k	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force per 100k	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified per 100k	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed per 100k	Unclaimed claimed %	Serial killer profiles	Mass murders	All cases	All per 100k
California CA	5,486	13.88	8.9%	18,176	45.97	2.3%	3,117	7.88	4.4%	4,048	10.24	1.2%	144	36	31,007	78.42

Per 100,000 residents: 2020 U.S. Census / 2021 Canadian Census populations. "%" columns are the share of that type's cases marked located / solved / identified / claimed.

Top cities by open cases

Missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases, by the city recorded on the case.

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City	State	Cases	Open	Solved / resolved	Solved / resolved %
Los Angeles	CA	3,342	3,192	150	4.5%
Los-angeles	CA	2,639	2,616	23	0.9%
Oakland	CA	1,263	1,224	39	3.1%
San Francisco	CA	867	813	54	6.2%
San Diego	CA	784	753	31	4%
Fresno	CA	711	676	35	4.9%
Sacramento	CA	715	661	54	7.6%
San Bernardino	CA	563	545	18	3.2%
Stockton	CA	439	421	18	4.1%
Bakersfield	CA	419	402	17	4.1%
Long Beach	CA	401	375	26	6.5%
Compton	CA	328	324	4	1.2%
San-bernardino	CA	252	247	5	2%
San-diego	CA	252	245	7	2.8%
Anaheim	CA	260	237	23	8.8%
Long-beach	CA	250	237	13	5.2%
San-francisco	CA	236	233	3	1.3%
Lancaster	CA	221	217	3	1.4%
Inglewood	CA	214	210	4	1.9%
Pomona	CA	188	184	4	2.1%
Riverside	CA	169	164	5	3%
Victorville	CA	167	160	7	4.2%
Santa Ana	CA	164	155	9	5.5%
Salinas	CA	158	152	6	3.8%
Richmond	CA	156	152	4	2.6%
Modesto	CA	154	146	7	4.6%
Santa Cruz	CA	150	142	8	5.3%
San-jose	CA	144	139	5	3.5%
Palmdale	CA	132	132	0	0%
Calexico	CA	132	127	5	3.8%
Winterhaven	CA	130	124	6	4.6%
Oxnard	CA	128	124	4	3.1%
Fontana	CA	123	121	2	1.6%
Colton	CA	116	115	1	0.9%
Paramount	CA	107	107	0	0%
San Jose	CA	108	103	5	4.6%
Pasadena	CA	107	103	4	3.7%
Carson	CA	102	101	1	1%
Gardena	CA	100	100	0	0%
Ontario	CA	105	99	6	5.7%

Indigenous missing and murdered (MMIP), by state / province

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 48 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (45 still missing).

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
California	51	44	8	8	16	75

By decade & year

Cases by decade and year, the solved share by decade (the “cold case curve”), and seasonality by month and day of the week.

Cases by decade

Stacked by case type.

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Decade	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders	Missing located %	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed claimed %
Before 1900	0	22	0	0	3	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	35	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	30	1	0	1	0	–	0%	0%	–
1920s	0	30	1	0	2	0	–	0%	0%	–
1930s	0	17	3	1	3	0	–	0%	0%	0%
1940s	7	20	5	1	3	0	14.3%	0%	0%	0%
1950s	19	35	43	0	3	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	52	83	51	0	9	0	1.9%	1.2%	3.9%	–
1970s	251	474	281	3	51	2	1.2%	0.4%	2.1%	0%
1980s	559	668	801	19	44	3	2.5%	0.7%	3.1%	0%
1990s	716	607	756	26	12	7	1%	0.7%	4.2%	3.8%
2000s	785	2,930	550	1,018	3	3	1.3%	0.7%	2%	0.1%
2010s	1,365	7,084	335	864	5	13	4.7%	1.1%	2.7%	0.7%
2020s	1,732	6,121	290	1,817	3	8	22.5%	4.9%	17.9%	2.3%

Decade of the date last seen (missing), date of death (deaths by force), date found (unidentified / unclaimed), first year active (serial killers) or date of the attack (mass murders).

Solved / resolved share by decade

The “cold case curve”: the share of each decade’s cases now marked solved, located, identified or claimed (decades with fewer than 10 cases are left out).

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Decade	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders	Missing located %	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed claimed %
Before 1900	0	22	0	0	3	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	35	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	30	1	0	1	0	–	0%	0%	–
1920s	0	30	1	0	2	0	–	0%	0%	–
1930s	0	17	3	1	3	0	–	0%	0%	0%
1940s	7	20	5	1	3	0	14.3%	0%	0%	0%
1950s	19	35	43	0	3	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	52	83	51	0	9	0	1.9%	1.2%	3.9%	–
1970s	251	474	281	3	51	2	1.2%	0.4%	2.1%	0%
1980s	559	668	801	19	44	3	2.5%	0.7%	3.1%	0%
1990s	716	607	756	26	12	7	1%	0.7%	4.2%	3.8%
2000s	785	2,930	550	1,018	3	3	1.3%	0.7%	2%	0.1%
2010s	1,365	7,084	335	864	5	13	4.7%	1.1%	2.7%	0.7%
2020s	1,732	6,121	290	1,817	3	8	22.5%	4.9%	17.9%	2.3%

Decade of the date last seen (missing), date of death (deaths by force), date found (unidentified / unclaimed), first year active (serial killers) or date of the attack (mass murders).

Cases by year (last 50 years)

Recent years include many newly added cases; older years are more likely to be resolved and removed from public databases.

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Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	38	54	27	0	7	0
1978	40	73	46	0	8	0
1979	47	67	63	0	7	0
1980	42	89	61	2	6	0
1981	55	66	78	3	6	0
1982	60	42	61	3	2	0
1983	56	46	70	2	5	0
1984	63	107	69	1	5	1
1985	51	70	86	1	5	0
1986	63	76	93	1	8	0
1987	55	62	82	3	2	0
1988	66	57	103	2	1	1
1989	48	53	98	1	4	1
1990	51	40	85	2	2	0
1991	65	52	82	0	1	0
1992	57	105	60	1	3	2
1993	77	69	67	1	1	3
1994	79	57	88	3	0	0
1995	79	60	81	1	0	1
1996	81	46	66	4	0	0
1997	81	51	72	1	3	1
1998	72	61	91	5	1	0
1999	74	66	64	8	1	0
2000	66	280	62	8	0	0
2001	82	289	76	53	1	1
2002	62	314	66	70	0	0
2003	70	278	62	144	1	0
2004	55	264	47	111	0	0
2005	96	238	54	112	0	0
2006	79	267	52	132	0	1
2007	87	319	48	111	0	0
2008	97	368	43	133	1	1
2009	91	313	40	144	0	0
2010	89	254	33	61	1	1
2011	99	275	31	9	1	1
2012	89	337	37	16	0	1
2013	104	307	37	29	2	1
2014	95	965	40	55	1	2
2015	121	896	42	159	0	2
2016	156	1,023	28	166	0	0
2017	164	1,069	32	122	0	1
2018	215	1,035	24	122	0	4
2019	233	923	31	125	0	0
2020	262	1,159	36	113	0	0
2021	270	1,302	41	107	1	2
2022	211	965	43	201	0	0
2023	256	713	53	269	2	2
2024	312	748	59	437	0	0
2025	297	809	32	402	0	1
2026	124	425	26	288	0	3

Cases by month

Seasonality: month of the case date (only cases with a full date).

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Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	581	1,593	260	360	5
Feb	405	1,292	272	314	2
Mar	436	1,405	264	340	5
Apr	422	1,520	269	304	2
May	448	1,488	228	328	5
Jun	442	1,556	215	297	1
Jul	535	1,698	307	297	4
Aug	504	1,663	247	276	0
Sep	394	1,513	278	270	2
Oct	438	1,537	306	271	2
Nov	419	1,388	244	322	4
Dec	462	1,468	227	370	4

Cases by day of the week

Day of the week of the case date (only cases with a full date).

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Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	827	2,467	422	580	7
Tue	778	2,275	426	591	5
Wed	745	2,307	404	517	10
Thu	774	2,211	400	546	5
Fri	890	2,547	462	499	3
Sat	769	3,063	477	496	4
Sun	703	3,193	526	520	2

By age

Age groups for each case type, solved share by age, average ages and an age / sex pyramid.

Cases by age group

Average age: 35.1 missing · 34.1 deaths by force · 38.7 unidentified · 73.8 unclaimed.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	340	10.3%	388	2.3%	50	4%	0	–
13-17	704	10.9%	1,072	3.2%	56	1.8%	0	–
18-24	743	4.6%	4,166	2.3%	311	5.1%	0	–
25-34	1,198	8.6%	4,774	2.2%	716	3.8%	0	–
35-49	1,272	9.8%	4,411	2.4%	747	4.3%	0	–
50-64	798	9.3%	1,996	1.6%	491	4.5%	2	0%
65+	430	9.3%	859	2%	190	3.7%	3	0%
Unknown	1	100%	510	2.7%	556	5.4%	4,043	1.2%

Age when last seen (missing), age at death (deaths by force), middle of the estimated age range (unidentified), possible age (unclaimed).

Solved / resolved share by age group

Share of each age group’s cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	340	10.3%	388	2.3%	50	4%	0	–
13-17	704	10.9%	1,072	3.2%	56	1.8%	0	–
18-24	743	4.6%	4,166	2.3%	311	5.1%	0	–
25-34	1,198	8.6%	4,774	2.2%	716	3.8%	0	–
35-49	1,272	9.8%	4,411	2.4%	747	4.3%	0	–
50-64	798	9.3%	1,996	1.6%	491	4.5%	2	0%
65+	430	9.3%	859	2%	190	3.7%	3	0%
Unknown	1	100%	510	2.7%	556	5.4%	4,043	1.2%

Age when last seen (missing), age at death (deaths by force), middle of the estimated age range (unidentified), possible age (unclaimed).

Age and sex

Male (left) and female (right) by age group – missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed together.

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By sex

Male / female split for each case type and solved share by sex.

Cases by sex

Share of each case type that is male, female or not recorded.

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Sex	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
Male	3,491	7.9%	14,711	2.2%	2,394	3.8%	2,524	1.4%
Female	1,986	10.7%	3,341	2.5%	579	6.4%	625	2.1%
Unknown	9	11.1%	124	4%	144	5.6%	899	0%

Solved / resolved share by sex

Share of male and female cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed.

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Sex	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
Male	3,491	7.9%	14,711	2.2%	2,394	3.8%	2,524	1.4%
Female	1,986	10.7%	3,341	2.5%	579	6.4%	625	2.1%
Unknown	9	11.1%	124	4%	144	5.6%	899	0%

By race & ethnicity

Race and ethnicity compared with the U.S. population, and the solved share for each group.

Cases by race / ethnicity

Share of each case type, compared with the U.S. population in the table.

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Race / ethnicity	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %	Share of these cases	Share of U.S. population (2020)
White	2,788	7.9%	2,679	2%	1,685	5.3%	1,820	1.2%	29.1%	57.8%
Black	670	15.8%	4,075	2.6%	213	5.6%	401	2%	17.4%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	1,513	8.1%	5,720	2.7%	554	2.5%	694	2.2%	27.5%	18.7%
Asian	274	6.6%	464	1.3%	84	4.8%	116	1.7%	3%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	51	13.7%	8	0%	7	0%	9	11.1%	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	16	18.8%	6	0%	1	0%	1	0%	0.1%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	29	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	14	0%	5	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	75	14.7%	68	7.4%	20	15%	27	0%	0.6%	–
Unknown / not recorded	85	1.2%	5,122	1.7%	553	2.7%	980	0.1%	21.9%	–

Race and ethnicity as recorded by the source (NamUs, police and news reports). U.S. population shares are from the 2020 Census (Hispanic of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic, one race). Unidentified remains are often recorded as “uncertain”.

Solved / resolved share by race / ethnicity

Share of each group’s cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed (groups with fewer than 10 cases are left out).

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Race / ethnicity	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %	Share of these cases	Share of U.S. population (2020)
White	2,788	7.9%	2,679	2%	1,685	5.3%	1,820	1.2%	29.1%	57.8%
Black	670	15.8%	4,075	2.6%	213	5.6%	401	2%	17.4%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	1,513	8.1%	5,720	2.7%	554	2.5%	694	2.2%	27.5%	18.7%
Asian	274	6.6%	464	1.3%	84	4.8%	116	1.7%	3%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	51	13.7%	8	0%	7	0%	9	11.1%	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	16	18.8%	6	0%	1	0%	1	0%	0.1%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	29	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	14	0%	5	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	75	14.7%	68	7.4%	20	15%	27	0%	0.6%	–
Unknown / not recorded	85	1.2%	5,122	1.7%	553	2.7%	980	0.1%	21.9%	–

Race and ethnicity as recorded by the source (NamUs, police and news reports). U.S. population shares are from the 2020 Census (Hispanic of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic, one race). Unidentified remains are often recorded as “uncertain”.

Solve rates & how long cases stay open

Case status for deaths by force, how many years open cases have been open, and a state-by-decade solved-share heatmap.

Deaths by force: case status

How each case is recorded. “Charged / in court” counts as solved in the solved share; accidental and self-inflicted deaths are left out of it.

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How long open cases have been open

Years since the case date, for cases still unsolved, missing, unidentified or unclaimed.

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Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	104	397	22	278
1-4 years	764	3,002	146	1,279
5-9 years	1,046	5,414	155	583
10-19 years	1,001	4,993	369	882
20-29 years	729	2,106	623	642
30-49 years	1,154	1,283	1,421	31
50+ years	199	549	244	5

Solved / resolved share by state and decade

Percent of missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases now solved, located, identified or claimed. Hover a cell for the count.

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State	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s
CA	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	8

<2%2–55–1010–2020–3535–5050%+fewer than 10 cases

Rewards offered 98 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 94 of them are still unsolved.

Possible matches

Possible missing person / unidentified remains matches by score.

Possible missing person / unidentified matches

102,241 possible matches scoring 75% or higher, involving 13,698 missing persons and 7,876 unidentified remains. Browse the matches.

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Serial killers & mass murders

Serial killers by victims and decade; mass murders by year, place, firearms, attacker and victims.

Serial killers by number of victims

Confirmed victims listed on each profile (144 profiles).

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Serial killers by decade they started

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Serial killers by sex and race

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Group	Profiles	Share
Sex: Male	136	94.4%
Sex: Female	4	2.8%
Sex: Unknown	4	2.8%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	14	9.7%
Race: White	82	56.9%
Race: Black	38	26.4%
Race: Multiracial	3	2.1%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	5	3.5%
Race: Asian	1	0.7%
Race: American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	1	0.7%

Mass murders by year

36 incidents. Killed per year is in the table and the next chart.

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People killed in mass murders, by year

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Mass murders by type of place

All incidents in the database (not affected by the filters).

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Place	Incidents	Killed
Not recorded	64	308
Retail / grocery / mall	38	255
Restaurant / bar / nightclub	28	221
Office / workplace	28	162
Factory / warehouse / plant	25	146
Outdoors / street / park	19	156
K-12 school	16	153
Home / residence	16	89
Government / military	12	90
House of worship	11	87
College / university	9	91
Other	3	18

Firearms used in mass shootings, by type

Firearms recorded in the Violence Project data for incidents up to its last update (90 with 1 firearms, 52 with 2 firearms, 28 with 3 firearms, 31 with 4 or more firearms). All incidents (not affected by the filters).

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Mass murderers: age, sex and race

The attacker in each incident, where recorded.

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Group	Incidents	Share
Sex: Male	27	75%
Sex: Female	3	8.3%
Sex: Unknown	6	16.7%
Race: White	17	47.2%
Race: Black	1	2.8%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	3	8.3%
Race: Asian	5	13.9%
Race: Middle Eastern	3	8.3%
Race: American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	1	2.8%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	6	16.7%
Age: 18-24	7	19.4%
Age: 25-34	6	16.7%
Age: 35-49	12	33.3%
Age: 50-64	3	8.3%
Age: 65+	2	5.6%
Age: Unknown	6	16.7%
Setting: Urban	105	–
Setting: Rural	48	–
Setting: Suburban	48	–
Setting: Not recorded	68	–

Mass murder victims: relationship to the killer

1,728 victims listed; 33.4% female. All incidents (not affected by the filters).

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Longest-open cases

The oldest unsolved, missing, unidentified and unclaimed cases, linked to each case file.

Longest-open missing persons

The 25 oldest still missing cases in California.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Gertrude Vreeland Tompkins Silver	Inglewood, CA	Oct 1944	82	32	Female
Thora Chamberlain	Campbell, CA	Nov 1945	81	14	Female
Lorraine Chance	Sacramento, CA	Jan 1948	78	26	Female
Mimi Boomhower	Los Angeles, CA	Aug 1949	77	48	Female
Jean Elizabeth Spangler	Los Angeles, CA	Oct 1949	77	26	Female
Jean Spangler	Los Angeles, CA	Oct 1949	77	26	Female
William Biocca	Santa Rosa, CA	Jan 1950	76	67	Male
Barbara Kelley	Fortuna, CA	Jun 1950	76	17	Female
Geneva Long	Bakersfield, CA	Jul 1950	76	27	Female
Carl Moody	San Francisco, CA	Oct 1951	75	20	Male
Mary Hudgins	Santa Cruz, CA	Oct 1954	72	23	Female
Frances Groves	Palm Springs, CA	Jan 1955	71	39	Female
Evelyn Scott	Los Angeles, CA	May 1955	71	63	Female
Harry Weldon Kees	San Francisco, CA	Jul 1955	71	41	Male
Brenda Howell	San Gabriel Canyon, CA	Aug 1956	70	12	Female
Don Baker	Glendora, CA	Aug 1956	70	12	Male
Donald Lee Baker	Los Angeles County, CA	Aug 1956	70	12	Male
Emily Williams	Crescent City, CA	Mar 1957	69	31	Female
Thomas Bowman	Altadena, CA	Mar 1957	69	8	Male
Charles Jones	Chowchilla, CA	May 1957	69	25	Male
Michael Griffin	San Pedro, CA	Mar 1958	68	18	Male
Donnis Redman	San Pedro, CA	Mar 1958	68	14	Female
Glenn Morris	Pasadena, CA	Jan 1959	67	22	Male
Jesse Work	Hemet, CA	Feb 1959	67	20	Male
Nellie Tibbitts	Watsonville, CA	Oct 1959	67	26	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in California.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Elaine Davis	Santa Cruz, CA	Dec 1696	330	17	Female
William R. Johnson	Oakland, CA	Jul 1852	174	34	Male
William Phoenix	Tuolumne, CA	Aug 1855	171	32	Male
John Leary	Columbia, CA	Nov 1858	168	–	Male
Joel Mcdonald	Columbia, CA	Nov 1858	168	–	Male
David Smith Terry	San-francisco, CA	Sep 1859	167	39	Male
Miles Huntsman	Amador, CA	Jul 1860	166	–	Male
Leroy Holding	Davisville, CA	Sep 1869	157	25	Male
John A. Mcclain	Colusa, CA	Sep 1870	156	38	Male
Charles Lehman	Anaheim, CA	Jul 1872	154	44	Male
Jacob Fueg	Davisville, CA	Oct 1874	152	–	Male
Juana Lopez	Davisville, CA	Jul 1885	141	–	Female
Lamon Martinez	Davisville, CA	Jul 1885	141	–	Male
Albert Crigler	Cloverdale, CA	Apr 1888	138	40	Male
Charles Philliber	Davisville, CA	Nov 1888	138	–	Male
David Smith Terry	Lathrop, CA	Aug 1889	137	66	Male
Kate Morgan	Coronado, CA	Nov 1892	134	24	Female
H. M. Eaton	Davisville, CA	Nov 1893	133	–	Male
Andrew Olsen	Davisville, CA	Jan 1895	131	–	Male
James Wells	Campbell, CA	May 1896	130	22	Male
Robert McGlincy	Campbell, CA	May 1896	130	56	Male
Han Si Sing	Oakland, CA	Jul 1898	128	–	Male
Georgie Woodman	Davisville, CA	Mar 1901	125	–	Male
Samuel Dorsey Holman	San-andreas, CA	Mar 1901	125	33	Male
Herbert Scott Walker	Alturas, CA	May 1901	125	31	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in California.

CSV

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	Colton, CA	May 1915	111	50	Male
Unidentified Male	San Bernardino, CA	Mar 1927	99	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Verdamont (San Be…, CA	Oct 1930	96	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Parker Dam, CA	Feb 1936	90	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Indio, CA	May 1936	90	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Calico, CA	Jan 1947	79	20	Female
Unidentified Male	Beaumont, CA	May 1949	77	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Blythe, CA	Aug 1949	77	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Blythe, CA	Aug 1949	77	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Blythe, CA	Aug 1949	77	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Los Angeles, CA	Apr 1950	76	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Pomona, CA	Jun 1950	76	80	Male
Unidentified Male	Burbank, CA	Oct 1950	76	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Half Moon Bay, CA	Mar 1951	75	59	Male
Unidentified Male	Los Angeles, CA	Oct 1951	75	55	Male
Unidentified Male	Half Moon Bay, CA	Jan 1952	74	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Indio, CA	Jun 1952	74	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Indio, CA	Jan 1953	73	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Wilmington, CA	Feb 1953	73	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Wilmington, CA	Feb 1953	73	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Wilmington, CA	Feb 1953	73	50	Male
Unidentified Male	Wilmington, CA	Feb 1953	73	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Indio, CA	Feb 1953	73	–	Male
Unidentified Male	San Juan Capistra…, CA	Mar 1953	73	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Palm Springs, CA	Mar 1953	73	–	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in California.

CSV

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Elizabeth Zabala	CA	Jul 1938	88	–	Unknown
William Cowie	Adelanto, CA	May 1942	84	–	Unknown
Borgaro Peralta	Truckee, CA	Sep 1974	52	–	Male
John Jaramillo	Oakland, CA	Jan 1975	51	–	Male
Robert Secrest	Long Beach, CA	Mar 1976	50	–	Male
Maria Lopez	Marina Del Rey, CA	May 1980	46	–	Female
Joel Boies	Los Angeles, CA	Dec 1980	46	–	Male
Andres Loandes-Filico	Studio City, CA	Sep 1981	45	–	Male
Eddy Camacho Gomez	Los Angeles, CA	Dec 1981	45	–	Male
Robert Pelcher	Santa Monica, CA	Dec 1981	45	–	Male
Jesus Segura-mendez	Fresno, CA	May 1982	44	–	Male
Pedro Recio-sanchez	Los Angeles, CA	Jun 1982	44	–	Male
Albert Mccartt, Jr.	Los Angeles, CA	Jul 1982	44	–	Male
Robert Lobato	CA	Aug 1983	43	–	Unknown
Ruben Vargas	Los Angeles, CA	Sep 1983	43	–	Male
Natalio Mena Hernandez	Los Angeles, CA	Sep 1984	42	–	Male
Benny Gomez	San Diego, CA	Mar 1985	41	–	Male
Santos Gomez	Raisin City, CA	Mar 1986	40	–	Male
Gonzalo Ventura-Cruz	Los Angeles, CA	Jan 1987	39	–	Male
Karen Ball	CA	Jul 1987	39	–	Female
Samuel Lee III	Oakland, CA	Dec 1987	39	–	Male
Emilio Sandoval	San Bernardino, CA	Jun 1988	38	–	Unknown
Ramiro Rivera	Union City, CA	Dec 1988	38	–	Male
Johnny Puentes	San Jose, CA	Sep 1989	37	–	Male
Benjamin Cockrill	Long Beach, CA	Feb 1990	36	–	Male

Community activity

Forum discussion, memorials, evidence boards and the most viewed cases.

Community activity

Real member activity on case pages (all cases, not affected by the filters).

CSV

Measure	Count
Cases with member forum discussion: Mass murders	19
Cases with member forum discussion: Missing persons	379
Cases with member forum discussion: Deaths by force	717
Cases with member forum discussion: Serial killers	59
Cases with member forum discussion: Unclaimed	3
Cases with member forum discussion: Unidentified	4
Cases with a MyMemorium memorial	5,007
Evidence boards created by members	256

Most viewed deaths by force cases

All-time page views.

CSV

Case	Place	Views
Joachim Summerford	Aberdeen, NC	12,682
Zion Terry	Richmond, VA	11,602
Travis A. Hobbs	New-orleans, LA	6,120
Shannon Watkins	Jonesboro, GA	5,496
Jameal Gaudet	Harvey, LA	4,977
Melanie Lynn Berry	Wichita-falls, TX	4,891
Kiarra Jazzmyn George	Sacramento, CA	4,732
Romeca Meeks	Chicago, IL	4,147
Shuaib Naz “Shuaiby” Aslam	Stockton, CA	3,767
Javon M. Bailey	Louisville, KY	3,737
Felicito Canales	Baton-rouge, LA	3,591
Shawn Hudson	Throckmorton County, TX	3,563
Eric Tyrone Smith, Sr.	Jackson, MS	3,334
Benjamin Joseph Deen	Hattiesburg, MS	3,296
David Washington	Pensacola, FL	3,279

Methodology & how to cite

These statistics count the cases in the Crime Solvers Central database as of October 29, 2026. They are rebuilt every night.

What is counted

Missing persons – NamUs, NCMEC and Canadian police cases. “Located” means the case is marked resolved (found alive or deceased). Age is the age when last seen.
Deaths by force – homicides and other violent deaths from police, news, court and public records. “Solved” includes cases marked solved, charged / in court, primary suspect deceased or substantiated. Deaths ruled accidental or self-inflicted are counted but left out of solved shares.
Unidentified remains and unclaimed persons – NamUs cases. Unidentified ages use the middle of the medical examiner’s estimated range.
Serial killer profiles are placed in the state where they killed and the first year they were active; victims are the confirmed victims listed on the profile. Mass murders are incidents, dated by the attack; attacker and firearm details come from The Violence Project coding where available.
Race and ethnicity are as recorded by the source and grouped into broad categories; “Multiracial” is used when more than one is listed.
Per-100,000 rates use 2020 U.S. Census and 2021 Canadian Census populations.

Limits

This is not a complete count of all crime. Our homicide records lean heavily toward unsolved cases, so the solved share is much lower than official police clearance rates and should not be reported as one.
Coverage differs by state and by year: some cities and states have been imported in full, others only partly, and recent years include many newly added cases.
Cases without a date, age, state or race are left out of that breakdown only (they still count in the totals).

How to cite

Crime Solvers Central. “California Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/california

You’re welcome to link to this page or to any state’s page (for example /statistics/texas). Each chart’s Cite button copies a citation that links straight to that chart.

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	442	328	42.6%
13-17	1,105	714	39.3%
18-24	4,201	976	18.9%
25-34	5,434	1,205	18.2%
35-49	5,099	1,266	19.9%
50-64	2,569	697	21.3%
65+	1,014	458	31.1%

Match score	Possible matches
90% and higher	13
85–89%	1,595
80–84%	26,628
75–79%	74,005

Type	Firearms
Handgun	248
Assault weapon	103
Shotgun	49
Rifle	49
Not recorded	7

Relationship	Victims
No known relationship	793
Not recorded	330
Coworker / work-related	269
Other acquaintance	143
Classmate / school-related	136
Romantic partner / ex	29
Family member	28

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	17,761	97.7%
Solved	133	0.7%
Charged / in court	254	1.4%
Primary suspect deceased	22	0.1%
Substantiated	4	0%
Ruled accidental	1	0%
Ruled self-inflicted	1	0%

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1975	1	5	1
1976	1	7	2
1977	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0
1984	1	21	19
1985	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0
1988	1	7	4
1989	1	5	32
1990	0	0	0
1991	0	0	0
1992	2	10	12
1993	3	16	13
1994	0	0	0
1995	1	4	0
1996	0	0	0
1997	1	4	2
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	1	5	2
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	7	0
2007	0	0	0
2008	1	4	0
2009	0	0	0
2010	1	4	2
2011	1	8	1
2012	1	7	3
2013	1	5	3
2014	2	10	16
2015	2	28	42
2016	0	0	0
2017	1	5	18
2018	4	29	21
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	2	13	1
2022	0	0	0
2023	2	18	10
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0
2026	3	13	0

California missing persons & unsolved case statistics

Cases by type

By state & province

By decade & year

By age

By sex

By race & ethnicity

Solve rates & how long cases stay open

Possible matches

Serial killers & mass murders

Longest-open cases

Community activity

Methodology & how to cite

What is counted

Limits

How to cite