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Connecticut missing persons & unsolved case statistics

Numbers behind 1,904 missing person, death by force, unidentified, unclaimed, serial killer and mass murder cases in Connecticut – by state, decade, age, sex, race and how many are solved. Free to read and link to; members get every breakdown, filters, sortable tables and CSV downloads.

Data as of October 29, 2026 · updated daily · How these numbers are counted

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Cases in Connecticut
1,904
1,372 open · 516 solved / resolved
Missing Persons
297
227 still missing · 23.6% located
Deaths by Force
1,125
1,031 unsolved · 8.4% solved
Unidentified Remains
49
40 unidentified · 18.4% identified
Unclaimed Persons
417
74 unclaimed · 82.3% claimed
Serial killer profiles
12
by the state where they killed
Mass murders
4
43 people killed
Added in the last 30 days
11
305 added or updated
Oldest open case
1651
Henry Stiles, Windsor, CT · unsolved

“Solved / resolved” means a missing person located, a death by force marked solved or charged, unidentified remains identified, or an unclaimed person claimed. Our homicide records focus on unsolved cases, so these shares are not police clearance rates – see the methodology.

Cases by type

Missing Persons 297 227 still missing
Deaths by Force 1,125 1,031 unsolved
Unidentified Remains 49 40 unidentified
Unclaimed Persons 417 74 unclaimed
Serial Killer Profiles 12
Mass Murders 4

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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Top cities by open cases

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

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CityStateCasesOpenSolved / resolvedSolved / resolved %
HartfordCT3853097619.7%
New HavenCT2532005320.9%
BridgeportCT1961514523%
WaterburyCT120873327.5%
New BritainCT65471827.7%
East HartfordCT41311024.4%
StamfordCT42291331%
ManchesterCT3628822.2%
NewtownCT3228412.5%
HamdenCT3126516.1%
MeridenCT42222047.6%
NorwalkCT3122929%
West HavenCT31211032.3%
StratfordCT2620623.1%
DanburyCT30171343.3%
New LondonCT2017315%
NorwichCT27151244.4%
MilfordCT1412214.3%
NewingtonCT131217.7%
MiddletownCT25111456%
BristolCT1610637.5%
PlainvilleCT1210216.7%
West HartfordCT2491562.5%
Windsor LocksCT119218.2%
GrotonCT118327.3%
WallingfordCT117436.4%
SheltonCT86225%
BloomfieldCT76114.3%
FairfieldCT95444.4%
GuilfordCT5500%
North HavenCT84450%
GreenwichCT84450%
EnfieldCT74342.9%
SeymourCT64233.3%
WestportCT64233.3%
LedyardCT4400%
New CanaanCT4400%
WolcottCT4400%
MiddlefieldCT4400%
WindsorCT4400%

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

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 5 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (2 still missing).

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State / provinceMissingStill missingDeaths by forceUnsolvedUnidentified / unclaimedTotal
Connecticut100001

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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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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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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Cases by month

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

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Cases by day of the week

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

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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: 33.4 missing · 31.9 deaths by force · 34.5 unidentified.

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Solved / resolved share by age group

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

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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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Solved / resolved share by sex

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

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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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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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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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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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State1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
CT0005410746
<2%2–55–1010–2020–3535–5050%+fewer than 10 cases

Rewards offered 2 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 2 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 (12 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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GroupProfilesShare
Sex: Female216.7%
Sex: Male1083.3%
Race: White758.3%
Race: Black433.3%
Race: Unknown / not recorded18.3%

Mass murders by year

4 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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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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GroupIncidentsShare
Sex: Male375%
Sex: Unknown125%
Race: White250%
Race: Black125%
Race: Unknown / not recorded125%
Age: 18-24125%
Age: 25-34125%
Age: 35-49125%
Age: Unknown125%
Setting: Urban105–
Setting: Rural48–
Setting: Suburban48–
Setting: Not recorded68–

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 Connecticut.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Connie SmithSalisbury, CTJul 19527410Female
Constance Christine SmithSalisbury, CTJul 19527410Female
Frances TuccittoPortland, CTJun 19537345Female
Anna KennewayManchester, CTJun 19547242Female
John GaydoshNew Britain, CTJun 19636330Male
Raymond CareyHartford, CTOct 19636316Male
Salvatore RafalaMiddletown, CTNov 19666024Male
Deborah SpicklerVernon, CTJul 19685813Female
Gil LeiteBloomfield, CTDec 19685837Male
Jacqueline KinneyCanton, CTDec 19695735Female
Irene LarosaEllington, CTMar 19715517Female
Warren NiederfringerNewington, CTJun 19725423Male
Janice PockettTolland, CTJul 1973537Female
Leonore MichelHamden, CTAug 19735351Female
Howard W. Veillette Sr.Shelton, CTApr 19745232Male
Lisa WhiteVernon, CTNov 19745213Female
Maria AnjirasNorwalk, CTFeb 19765014Female
Craig ChiarappaMiddlefield, CTApr 19765023Male
Geraldine LisbonEast Hartford, CTMar 19774932Female
Samuel ByrdHamden, CTJun 19774918Male
Charles NapolitanoEast Hartford, CTNov 19774941Male
David RuschStonington, CTOct 19794729Male
Joseph KasakNewington, CTMay 19804643Male
Martin MillerWest Hartford, CTMay 19804618Male
Keith LalimaNorwich, CTMay 19814520Male

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Connecticut.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Henry StilesWindsor, CTNov 165137558Male
Hugh MckeonNew Haven, CTJul 190112540Male
Paul MendelssohnWaterbury, CTMar 190312326Male
Ellsworth DeitzBridgeport, CTMar 191011633Male
Father Hubert DahmeBridgeport, CTFeb 192410256Male
Louis WolfsonHartford, CTMar 19507641Male
Constance Christine SmithLakeville, CTJul 19527410Female
Samuel CohnHartford, CTDec 19567067Male
Daniel JanowskiHartford, CTDec 195670–Male
Edward John KurpiewskiNew Britain, CTDec 19567029Male
Edward KurpewskiNew Britain, CTDec 19567030Male
John RosenthalHartford, CTJan 19576969Male
Bernard Buster SpeyerHartford, CTJan 19576947Male
Ruth SpeyerHartford, CTJan 19576945Female
Richard HoranSuffield, CTApr 19576935Male
Carolyn SykesNew Haven, CTAug 19666024Female
Francine McCleaseNew Haven, CTAug 19666014Female
Mary Alice McCleaseNew Haven, CTAug 19666051Female
Michael SykesNew Haven, CTAug 1966605Male
Neal WhiteNew Haven, CTAug 19666027Male
Richard LeathersNew Haven, CTAug 19666027Male
James Preston OdomGroton, CTMay 1967591Male
Wendy Gail OdomGroton, CTMay 1967592Female
Alex RackleyMiddlefield, CTMay 19695719Male
Diane ToneyNew Haven, CTMay 19695711Female

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Connecticut.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Unidentified FemaleHartford, CTJul 1944829Female
Unidentified FemaleHartford, CTJul 19448235Female
Unidentified MaleHartford, CTJul 19448258Male
Unidentified MaleHartford, CTJul 19448211Male
Unidentified FemaleHartford, CTJul 19448235Female
Unidentified FemaleBloomfield, CTApr 196363–Female
Unidentified MaleNorwalk, CTJul 19735335Male
Unidentified FemaleNorwalk, CTJan 197452–Female
Unidentified FemaleWestport, CTJul 19755128Female
Unidentified FemaleStratford, CTDec 19755140Female
Unidentified MaleNew Britain, CTAug 19834335Male
Unidentified MaleNew Haven, CTFeb 19864035Male
Unidentified MaleFairfield, CTMar 198640–Male
Unidentified MaleWestbrook, CTSep 19864024Male
Unidentified MaleStratford, CTDec 19873925Male
Unidentified FemaleNew Britain, CTOct 19913530Female
Unidentified MaleMilford, CTAug 19923422Male
Unidentified FemaleBridgeport, CTJun 19933330Female
Unidentified MaleMilford, CTMar 19943228Male
Unidentified MaleMilford, CTApr 19953140Male
Unidentified MaleHartford, CTNov 199729–Male
Unidentified MaleOld Saybrook, CTMar 19982833Male
Unidentified MaleEnfield, CTOct 200323–Male
Unidentified MaleHartford, CTMar 200521–Male
Unidentified MaleEast Haddam, CTOct 20062040Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Connecticut.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
George SampieriEast Hartford, CTNov 201610–Male
Allan CottrellMeriden, CTNov 201610–Male
Leroy SmithWaterbury, CTNov 201610–Male
Hector MoralesHartford, CTDec 201610–Male
Kathleen FortunaMiddletown, CTJan 20179–Female
Alfredo DeleonNorwich, CTFeb 20179–Male
Robert JonesBridgeport, CTFeb 20179–Male
Anne ColburnSouth Norwalk, CTMar 20179–Female
Travis AndrewsHartford, CTMar 20179–Male
Elizabeth MattersSterling, CTMar 20179–Female
Marek BuraczykEast Hartford, CTApr 20179–Male
James PetersonMilford, CTApr 20179–Male
Harold KolkerHartford, CTApr 20179–Male
Ross AbellThompson, CTApr 20179–Male
Thomas WilliamsEnfield, CTMay 20179–Male
Clifton PerkinsNorwich, CTMay 20179–Male
Sharyn MancusiStamford, CTMay 20179–Female
Raymond CostaNauguatuck, CTJun 20179–Male
Mary AndersonWilton, CTJun 20179–Female
Kenneth HolbrookNorwich, CTJul 20179–Male
Natalie RitterNew Britain, CTJul 20179–Female
Robert StreckDanbury, CTJul 20179–Male
Fred ByrnesBridgeport, CTAug 20179–Male
Robert CalabreseHartford, CTAug 20179–Male
Kathleen MurphyBristol, CTAug 20179–Female

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).

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MeasureCount
Cases with member forum discussion: Mass murders19
Cases with member forum discussion: Missing persons379
Cases with member forum discussion: Deaths by force717
Cases with member forum discussion: Serial killers59
Cases with member forum discussion: Unclaimed3
Cases with member forum discussion: Unidentified4
Cases with a MyMemorium memorial5,007
Evidence boards created by members256

Most viewed deaths by force cases

All-time page views.

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CasePlaceViews
Joachim SummerfordAberdeen, NC12,682
Zion TerryRichmond, VA11,602
Travis A. HobbsNew-orleans, LA6,120
Shannon WatkinsJonesboro, GA5,496
Jameal GaudetHarvey, LA4,977
Melanie Lynn BerryWichita-falls, TX4,891
Kiarra Jazzmyn GeorgeSacramento, CA4,732
Romeca MeeksChicago, IL4,147
Shuaib Naz “Shuaiby” AslamStockton, CA3,767
Javon M. BaileyLouisville, KY3,737
Felicito CanalesBaton-rouge, LA3,591
Shawn HudsonThrockmorton County, TX3,563
Eric Tyrone Smith, Sr.Jackson, MS3,334
Benjamin Joseph DeenHattiesburg, MS3,296
David WashingtonPensacola, FL3,279

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. “Connecticut Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/connecticut

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.