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Maryland missing persons & unsolved case statistics

Name: Maryland Missing Persons and Unsolved Homicide Statistics
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Numbers behind 7,025 missing person, death by force, unidentified, unclaimed, serial killer and mass murder cases in Maryland – 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 Maryland

7,025

6,542 open · 469 solved / resolved

Missing Persons

356

305 still missing · 14.3% located

Deaths by Force

6,272

5,871 unsolved · 6.4% solved

Unidentified Remains

380

363 unidentified · 4.5% identified

Unclaimed Persons

3 unclaimed · 0% claimed

Serial killer profiles

by the state where they killed

Mass murders

5 people killed

Added in the last 30 days

165

560 added or updated

Oldest open case

1901

Murphy Flory, Hagerstown, MD · 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 356 305 still missing

Deaths by Force 6,272 5,871 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 380 363 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 3 3 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 13

Mass Murders 1

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

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City	State	Cases	Open	Solved / resolved	Solved / resolved %
Baltimore	MD	4,104	3,917	187	4.6%
Hyattsville	MD	189	173	16	8.5%
Capitol-heights	MD	137	126	11	8%
Temple-hills	MD	110	97	13	11.8%
District-heights	MD	91	81	10	11%
Suitland	MD	85	80	5	5.9%
Upper-marlboro	MD	71	67	4	5.6%
Oxon-hill	MD	68	60	8	11.8%
Laurel	MD	63	60	3	4.8%
Annapolis	MD	64	51	13	20.3%
Salisbury	MD	52	49	3	5.8%
Fort-washington	MD	52	47	5	9.6%
Landover	MD	47	45	2	4.3%
Waldorf	MD	48	43	5	10.4%
Silver-spring	MD	53	41	12	22.6%
Clinton	MD	44	41	3	6.8%
Hagerstown	MD	44	37	7	15.9%
Bowie	MD	39	37	2	5.1%
Lanham	MD	35	32	3	8.6%
Glen-burnie	MD	34	30	4	11.8%
Forestville	MD	30	30	0	0%
Riverdale	MD	29	29	0	0%
Columbia	MD	33	28	5	15.2%
Elkton	MD	32	28	4	12.5%
Essex	MD	30	28	2	6.7%
Bladensburg	MD	27	27	0	0%
Temple Hills	MD	27	25	2	7.4%
Rockville	MD	26	25	1	3.8%
Frederick	MD	31	23	8	25.8%
Greenbelt	MD	26	23	3	11.5%
Gaithersburg	MD	26	23	3	11.5%
Germantown	MD	23	23	0	0%
Parkville	MD	24	21	3	12.5%
Halethorpe	MD	23	21	2	8.7%
Capitol Heights	MD	27	20	7	25.9%
Dundalk	MD	22	20	2	9.1%
Oxon Hill	MD	21	20	1	4.8%
Edgewood	MD	22	19	3	13.6%
Upper Marlboro	MD	20	19	1	5%
Catonsville	MD	20	19	1	5%

Decade	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders	Missing located %	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed claimed %
1900s	0	9	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–
1920s	0	2	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	1	2	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	1	9	1	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	5	3	22	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	15	19	49	0	1	0	0%	5.3%	2%	–
1980s	38	27	48	0	3	0	0%	0%	2.1%	–
1990s	35	44	79	0	4	0	2.9%	2.3%	2.5%	–
2000s	53	710	67	0	2	0	0%	0.7%	6%	–
2010s	70	3,020	43	0	0	1	8.6%	1.9%	4.7%	–
2020s	138	2,427	71	3	0	0	31.9%	13.8%	9.9%	0%

Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	2	2	2	0	0	0
1978	2	3	9	0	0	0
1979	3	6	5	0	0	0
1980	5	3	4	0	1	0
1981	3	3	4	0	0	0
1982	2	2	4	0	0	0
1983	1	3	3	0	0	0
1984	5	2	5	0	0	0
1985	8	1	3	0	0	0
1986	4	9	3	0	2	0
1987	7	1	8	0	0	0
1988	3	2	5	0	0	0
1989	0	1	9	0	0	0
1990	1	2	7	0	0	0
1991	3	5	11	0	2	0
1992	2	6	5	0	1	0
1993	7	5	5	0	0	0
1994	3	5	9	0	0	0
1995	3	5	8	0	0	0
1996	7	5	7	0	0	0
1997	2	4	5	0	0	0
1998	1	3	13	0	0	0
1999	6	4	9	0	1	0
2000	4	3	5	0	0	0
2001	8	13	5	0	0	0
2002	8	12	9	0	1	0
2003	7	5	9	0	0	0
2004	3	5	7	0	0	0
2005	7	10	8	0	0	0
2006	8	60	4	0	0	0
2007	2	234	6	0	0	0
2008	4	192	7	0	1	0
2009	2	176	7	0	0	0
2010	7	187	2	0	0	0
2011	3	209	4	0	0	0
2012	8	141	3	0	0	0
2013	5	156	3	0	0	0
2014	6	247	6	0	0	0
2015	9	406	7	0	0	0
2016	10	435	4	0	0	0
2017	7	492	5	0	0	0
2018	8	348	5	0	0	1
2019	7	399	4	0	0	0
2020	13	416	6	0	0	0
2021	8	411	9	0	0	0
2022	17	458	12	1	0	0
2023	17	429	15	1	0	0
2024	31	344	13	1	0	0
2025	28	237	14	0	0	0
2026	24	132	2	0	0	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	30	536	37	0	0
Feb	29	388	28	0	0
Mar	44	457	40	0	0
Apr	37	491	33	1	0
May	36	589	34	0	0
Jun	21	547	26	0	1
Jul	29	602	20	0	0
Aug	28	572	50	0	0
Sep	26	537	35	0	0
Oct	26	537	24	1	0
Nov	27	496	26	1	0
Dec	23	520	27	0	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	73	855	56	1	0
Tue	46	868	54	0	0
Wed	41	891	48	0	0
Thu	42	860	60	1	1
Fri	46	878	66	0	0
Sat	55	983	44	1	0
Sun	53	935	52	0	0

Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	34	5.9%	60	18.3%	4	0%	0	–
13-17	77	31.2%	296	9.8%	4	0%	0	–
18-24	63	6.3%	1,739	4.9%	48	12.5%	0	–
25-34	72	11.1%	2,127	6.4%	64	3.1%	0	–
35-49	62	12.9%	1,450	6.5%	84	4.8%	0	–
50-64	34	8.8%	462	6.9%	86	2.3%	0	–
65+	14	14.3%	123	10.6%	46	2.2%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	15	0%	44	4.5%	3	0%

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	56	42	42.9%
13-17	286	91	24.1%
18-24	1,669	181	9.8%
25-34	2,004	255	11.3%
35-49	1,359	237	14.8%
50-64	474	104	18%
65+	119	63	34.6%

Sex	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
Male	188	16%	5,535	6%	271	4.1%	3	0%
Female	168	12.5%	736	9.5%	85	7.1%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	1	0%	24	0%	0	–

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	168	8.3%	476	8.8%	113	3.5%	0	–	10.8%	57.8%
Black	146	21.2%	4,656	6.2%	172	7%	0	–	70.9%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	35	17.1%	217	12.9%	10	0%	2	0%	3.8%	18.7%
Asian	6	0%	26	11.5%	4	0%	1	0%	0.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	9	33.3%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	1	0%	4	0%	3	0%	0	–	0.1%	–
Unknown / not recorded	0	–	884	4.2%	78	1.3%	0	–	13.7%	–

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	5,871	93.6%
Solved	295	4.7%
Charged / in court	82	1.3%
Primary suspect deceased	22	0.4%
Substantiated	2	0%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	11	128	2	0
1-4 years	67	1,148	47	3
5-9 years	33	2,038	28	0
10-19 years	55	2,337	48	0
20-29 years	54	117	70	0
30-49 years	70	70	113	0
50+ years	15	33	55	0

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

Victims	Profiles
3 or fewer	2
4-5	11
6-9	0
10-19	0
20+	0

Group	Profiles	Share
Sex: Male	10	76.9%
Sex: Female	2	15.4%
Sex: Unknown	1	7.7%
Race: Black	7	53.8%
Race: White	4	30.8%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	2	15.4%

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	30	536	37	0	0
Feb	29	388	28	0	0
Mar	44	457	40	0	0
Apr	37	491	33	1	0
May	36	589	34	0	0
Jun	21	547	26	0	1
Jul	29	602	20	0	0
Aug	28	572	50	0	0
Sep	26	537	35	0	0
Oct	26	537	24	1	0
Nov	27	496	26	1	0
Dec	23	520	27	0	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	73	855	56	1	0
Tue	46	868	54	0	0
Wed	41	891	48	0	0
Thu	42	860	60	1	1
Fri	46	878	66	0	0
Sat	55	983	44	1	0
Sun	53	935	52	0	0

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

Group	Incidents	Share
Sex: Male	1	100%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	1	100%
Age: 35-49	1	100%
Setting: Urban	105	–
Setting: Rural	48	–
Setting: Suburban	48	–
Setting: Not recorded	68	–

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

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Kenneth Hager	Baltimore, MD	Apr 1947	79	11	Male
Betty Roberts	Baltimore, MD	Nov 1959	67	29	Female
Mary Greene	Edgemere, MD	Dec 1966	60	34	Female
Bob Boyes	Port Republic, MD	Dec 1968	58	9	Male
George Barksdale	Baltimore, MD	Apr 1969	57	4	Male
Lori Peugeot	LaVale, MD	Sep 1969	57	2	Female
Linda Peugeot	LaVale, MD	Sep 1969	57	21	Female
William Ellis	Baltimore, MD	Jun 1971	55	38	Male
Solomon Rose Iii	Baltimore, MD	Apr 1972	54	3	Male
Katherine Lyon	Wheaton, MD	Mar 1975	51	10	Female
Sheila Lyon	Wheaton, MD	Mar 1975	51	12	Female
Leopold Chromak	Wheaton, MD	Jul 1975	51	29	Male
Karen Kamsch	Pasadena, MD	Jun 1976	50	14	Female
Betty Redmond	Pasadena, MD	Sep 1976	50	25	Female
Juanita Oxenrider	Pasadena, MD	Nov 1976	50	28	Female
Nancy Jason	Bethesda, MD	Jul 1977	49	18	Female
Frank Santmyer, Jr.	Baltimore, MD	Dec 1977	49	24	Male
Willie Clark	Baltimore, MD	May 1978	48	21	Male
Telethia Good	Baltimore, MD	Sep 1978	48	7	Female
Gary Moore	Pasadena, MD	Mar 1979	47	26	Male
Katherine Anderson	Chester, MD	Apr 1979	47	24	Female
Lisa Lambert	Baltimore, MD	Oct 1979	47	14	Female
Zita Gutierrez	Bethesda, MD	Aug 1980	46	24	Female
Lawrence Fishman	Silver Spring, MD	Nov 1980	46	29	Male
Nancy Snow	Annapolis, MD	Nov 1980	46	44	Female

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Murphy Flory	Hagerstown, MD	Jun 1901	125	31	Male
Thomas Thompson	Easton, MD	Mar 1902	124	–	Male
Charles Donohue	Baltimore, MD	May 1902	124	27	Male
John Mcnamara	Curtis-bay, MD	Mar 1905	121	45	Male
Thomas Hardy	Weverton, MD	Oct 1905	121	48	Male
John Daugherty	Crisfield, MD	Jul 1907	119	52	Male
August Baker	Cumberland, MD	Oct 1907	119	56	Male
Clara Laimbeer	Baltimore, MD	Dec 1907	119	39	Female
Harry Hinkson Boon	Perryville, MD	Jun 1909	117	33	Male
Charles Rouse	Baltimore, MD	Jun 1927	99	34	Male
Hunter Stotler	Boonsboro, MD	Jul 1927	99	52	Male
Ray Moore	Baltimore, MD	Mar 1944	82	22	Male
Fred Moore	Baltimore, MD	Mar 1944	82	44	Male
John Brady Murphy	Baltimore, MD	Sep 1953	73	36	Male
Frazer Cameron	Capitol-heights, MD	May 1956	70	32	Male
Margaret Harold	Annapolis, MD	Jun 1957	69	35	Female
Mae Hall	Baltimore, MD	Dec 1958	68	38	Female
Lottie Kight	Baltimore, MD	Dec 1958	68	57	Female
Mildred Jackson	Fredericksburg, MD	Jan 1959	67	27	Female
Susan Jackson	Fredericksburg, MD	Jan 1959	67	4	Female
Janet Jackson	Fredericksburg, MD	Jan 1959	67	1	Female
Pearl Weiss	Baltimore, MD	Apr 1959	67	38	Female
Iva Brubaker	Severna-park, MD	Feb 1968	58	48	Female
Daniel Kenneth Henry	Salisbury, MD	May 1968	58	22	Male
Catherine Cesnik	Halethorpe, MD	Nov 1969	57	26	Female

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	Havre de Grace, MD	Nov 1959	67	60	Male
Unidentified Male	West Hyattsville, MD	May 1964	62	50	Male
Unidentified Female	Wayside, MD	Jan 1965	61	50	Female
Unidentified Female	Tuxedo (now Hyatt…, MD	Nov 1965	61	45	Female
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	May 1966	60	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Aug 1966	60	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Aug 1966	60	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Baltimore, MD	Mar 1967	59	33	Female
Unidentified Male	Crownsville, MD	Jun 1967	59	59	Male
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Aug 1967	59	65	Male
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Aug 1967	59	65	Male
Unidentified Female	Baltimore, MD	Sep 1967	59	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Oct 1967	59	60	Male
Unidentified Male	St. Charles City, MD	Mar 1968	58	50	Male
Unidentified Female	Baltimore, MD	Mar 1968	58	68	Female
Unidentified Male	Accokeek, MD	Mar 1968	58	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Apr 1968	58	33	Male
Unidentified Female	Baltimore, MD	May 1968	58	–	Female
Unidentified Female	Baltimore, MD	Jul 1968	58	43	Female
Unidentified Male	Baltimore, MD	Sep 1968	58	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Mitchellville, MD	Nov 1968	58	35	Male
Unidentified Male	Piscataway, MD	Nov 1968	58	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Easton, MD	Nov 1969	57	25	Male
Unidentified Male	Silver Spring, MD	Jan 1970	56	50	Male
Unidentified Male	Cabin John, MD	Feb 1970	56	45	Male

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Rae Park	District Heights, MD	Oct 2022	4	–	Male
Maurico Solozano	Langley Park, MD	Apr 2023	3	–	Male
Francisco Reyes-Hernandez	Prince George's C…, MD	Nov 2024	2	–	Male

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

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Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	30	536	37	0	0
Feb	29	388	28	0	0
Mar	44	457	40	0	0
Apr	37	491	33	1	0
May	36	589	34	0	0
Jun	21	547	26	0	1
Jul	29	602	20	0	0
Aug	28	572	50	0	0
Sep	26	537	35	0	0
Oct	26	537	24	1	0
Nov	27	496	26	1	0
Dec	23	520	27	0	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	73	855	56	1	0
Tue	46	868	54	0	0
Wed	41	891	48	0	0
Thu	42	860	60	1	1
Fri	46	878	66	0	0
Sat	55	983	44	1	0
Sun	53	935	52	0	0

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