Name: Massachusetts Missing Persons and Unsolved Homicide Statistics
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Cases by type

Missing Persons 326 301 still missing

Deaths by Force 1,653 1,522 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 214 197 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 807 783 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 14

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

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
Massachusetts MA	326	4.64	7.7%	1,653	23.51	7.9%	214	3.04	7.9%	807	11.48	3%	14	1	3,015	42.89

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 %
Boston	MA	971	928	43	4.4%
Springfield	MA	222	204	18	8.1%
Brockton	MA	143	133	10	7%
Worcester	MA	106	97	9	8.5%
New Bedford	MA	86	83	3	3.5%
Lawrence	MA	71	64	7	9.9%
Lynn	MA	69	64	5	7.2%
Lowell	MA	62	55	7	11.3%
Cambridge	MA	52	52	0	0%
Holyoke	MA	47	40	7	14.9%
Fall River	MA	45	39	6	13.3%
Chicopee	MA	33	30	3	9.1%
Everett	MA	28	28	0	0%
Framingham	MA	26	26	0	0%
Quincy	MA	27	25	2	7.4%
Dorchester	MA	24	23	1	4.2%
Somerville	MA	23	23	0	0%
Pittsfield	MA	23	20	3	13%
Chelsea	MA	22	19	3	13.6%
Fitchburg	MA	20	18	2	10%
Brookline	MA	18	18	0	0%
Taunton	MA	20	17	3	15%
Revere	MA	18	17	1	5.6%
Malden	MA	17	17	0	0%
Randolph	MA	14	14	0	0%
Salem	MA	15	13	2	13.3%
Methuen	MA	15	13	2	13.3%
Northampton	MA	15	13	2	13.3%
Weymouth	MA	13	13	0	0%
Waltham	MA	14	12	2	14.3%
Leominster	MA	14	12	2	14.3%
Haverhill	MA	13	12	1	7.7%
Dartmouth	MA	12	12	0	0%
Gloucester	MA	12	12	0	0%
Wakefield	MA	14	11	3	21.4%
Medford	MA	10	10	0	0%
Hyannis	MA	10	10	0	0%
Beverly	MA	10	10	0	0%
West Springfield	MA	10	9	1	10%
Provincetown	MA	9	9	0	0%

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

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

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
Massachusetts	0	0	0	0	1	1

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	2	0	0	4	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	9	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1950s	1	3	1	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	3	21	0	0	3	0	0%	0%	–	–
1970s	25	44	2	0	2	0	0%	2.3%	0%	–
1980s	30	49	29	0	3	0	0%	2%	0%	–
1990s	27	76	34	1	2	0	0%	0%	11.8%	0%
2000s	34	203	62	37	0	1	8.8%	1%	6.5%	5.4%
2010s	60	707	56	307	0	0	5%	1.1%	3.6%	2.6%
2020s	146	532	30	459	0	0	13%	22.2%	23.3%	3.1%

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	2	0	0	4	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	9	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1950s	1	3	1	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	3	21	0	0	3	0	0%	0%	–	–
1970s	25	44	2	0	2	0	0%	2.3%	0%	–
1980s	30	49	29	0	3	0	0%	2%	0%	–
1990s	27	76	34	1	2	0	0%	0%	11.8%	0%
2000s	34	203	62	37	0	1	8.8%	1%	6.5%	5.4%
2010s	60	707	56	307	0	0	5%	1.1%	3.6%	2.6%
2020s	146	532	30	459	0	0	13%	22.2%	23.3%	3.1%

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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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	45	139	13	68	0
Feb	27	115	9	65	0
Mar	34	122	23	74	0
Apr	37	100	19	72	0
May	16	122	32	60	0
Jun	21	146	20	58	0
Jul	14	182	22	73	0
Aug	22	166	15	81	0
Sep	23	127	11	62	0
Oct	27	139	18	54	0
Nov	26	146	13	76	0
Dec	34	146	19	61	1

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: 27.4 missing · 30.5 deaths by force · 51.1 unidentified · 73.1 unclaimed.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	20	0%	24	16.7%	2	0%	0	–
13-17	108	9.3%	111	8.1%	5	20%	0	–
18-24	42	2.4%	504	7.3%	6	16.7%	0	–
25-34	69	7.2%	530	7.5%	13	15.4%	0	–
35-49	51	5.9%	317	8.2%	33	3%	0	–
50-64	28	14.3%	99	13.1%	43	2.3%	1	0%
65+	8	25%	49	2%	34	2.9%	6	33.3%
Unknown	0	–	19	0%	78	12.8%	800	2.8%

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	20	0%	24	16.7%	2	0%	0	–
13-17	108	9.3%	111	8.1%	5	20%	0	–
18-24	42	2.4%	504	7.3%	6	16.7%	0	–
25-34	69	7.2%	530	7.5%	13	15.4%	0	–
35-49	51	5.9%	317	8.2%	33	3%	0	–
50-64	28	14.3%	99	13.1%	43	2.3%	1	0%
65+	8	25%	49	2%	34	2.9%	6	33.3%
Unknown	0	–	19	0%	78	12.8%	800	2.8%

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	177	9%	1,355	7.2%	148	9.5%	668	2.7%
Female	147	6.1%	298	11.1%	46	2.2%	139	4.3%
Unknown	2	0%	0	–	20	10%	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	177	9%	1,355	7.2%	148	9.5%	668	2.7%
Female	147	6.1%	298	11.1%	46	2.2%	139	4.3%
Unknown	2	0%	0	–	20	10%	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	196	7.1%	310	6.5%	109	8.3%	579	2.6%	39.8%	57.8%
Black	46	10.9%	796	6.9%	24	8.3%	95	4.2%	32%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	55	7.3%	246	12.2%	7	0%	76	2.6%	12.8%	18.7%
Asian	6	0%	21	14.3%	2	0%	34	8.8%	2.1%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	0%	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	2	50%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	0	–	6	0%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	4.1%
Other	1	0%	2	50%	3	33.3%	5	0%	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	22	9.1%	270	7.4%	69	7.2%	17	0%	12.6%	–

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	196	7.1%	310	6.5%	109	8.3%	579	2.6%	39.8%	57.8%
Black	46	10.9%	796	6.9%	24	8.3%	95	4.2%	32%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	55	7.3%	246	12.2%	7	0%	76	2.6%	12.8%	18.7%
Asian	6	0%	21	14.3%	2	0%	34	8.8%	2.1%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	0%	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	2	50%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	0	–	6	0%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	4.1%
Other	1	0%	2	50%	3	33.3%	5	0%	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	22	9.1%	270	7.4%	69	7.2%	17	0%	12.6%	–

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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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
MA		0	1	1	3	3	2	14

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

Rewards offered 1 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 1 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 (14 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	10	71.4%
Sex: Female	3	21.4%
Sex: Unknown	1	7.1%
Race: White	11	78.6%
Race: Black	2	14.3%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	1	7.1%

Mass murders by year

1 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	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	–

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 Massachusetts.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Gerald Montrio	Plymouth, MA	Sep 1957	69	15	Male
Joan Risch	Lincoln, MA	Oct 1961	65	30	Female
Karen Odonoghue	Springfield, MA	Jul 1969	57	25	Female
Elinor Carnevale	Lowell, MA	Sep 1969	57	28	Female
Wanda Reine	East Falmouth, MA	Mar 1971	55	24	Female
Mary Ann Waite	Brockton, MA	Jun 1971	55	25	Female
Diane Licciardello	Melrose, MA	Oct 1971	55	28	Female
Antone Flores	Westport, MA	Mar 1972	54	32	Male
Russell Williams	Abington, MA	Apr 1972	54	33	Male
Rory Kesinger	Plymouth, MA	May 1973	53	24	Female
Carol Rodriguez	Spencer, MA	Aug 1973	53	29	Female
Edward Zajac Jr.	Greenfield, MA	Nov 1973	53	20	Male
Vicke Lamberton	Worcester, MA	Feb 1974	52	24	Female
Leigh Savoie	Revere, MA	Apr 1974	52	10	Male
Rhonda Labbe	Lawrence, MA	Aug 1974	52	17	Female
Dorothy Goroshko	Brighton, MA	Jun 1975	51	40	Female
Daniel Poirier	Marshfield, MA	May 1976	50	26	Male
Elaine Kwiatkowski	Marshfield, MA	May 1976	50	20	Female
Angelo Puglisi	Lawrence, MA	Aug 1976	50	10	Male
Nelida Del Valle	Boston, MA	Dec 1976	50	9	Female
Ernest Deangelis	Ipswich, MA	Dec 1976	50	28	Male
Deborah Quimby	Townsend, MA	May 1977	49	13	Female
Simone Ridinger	Natick, MA	Sep 1977	49	17	Female
Paul Alwardt	Falmouth, MA	Mar 1978	48	18	Male
Doris Tetreault	Blackstone, MA	Jun 1978	48	34	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Massachusetts.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Crispus Attucks	Boston, MA	Mar 1770	256	47	Male
Gideon Chester	Fall River, MA	Jul 1852	174	35	Male
Garrett Cody	Arlington, MA	Jul 1901	125	36	Male
Thomas Keefe	Everett, MA	Feb 1902	124	42	Male
Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant	Boston, MA	Sep 1904	122	47	Male
Joseph Mcmurray	Brookline, MA	Oct 1904	122	45	Male
John T. Lynch	Boston, MA	Jan 1908	118	27	Male
Charles Emerson	Methuen, MA	Aug 1908	118	–	Male
Francis Mcdermott	Methuen, MA	Aug 1908	118	–	Male
Daniel Donovan	Springfield, MA	Sep 1908	118	35	Male
Albert Miller	Oxford, MA	Jun 1909	117	–	Male
James Carroll	Lynn, MA	Jun 1910	116	55	Male
Emmet Haskins	Greenfield, MA	Jun 1910	116	56	Male
Frederick Schlehuber	Boston, MA	Nov 1910	116	45	Male
Richard J. Gallivan	Boston, MA	Feb 1911	115	35	Male
Elliott Speer	Northfield, MA	Sep 1924	102	35	Male
John Mulcahy	Westford, MA	Sep 1925	101	38	Male
Lewis Benajah Allyn	Westfield, MA	May 1940	86	65	Male
Beryl Atherton	Marblehead, MA	Nov 1950	76	42	Female
Shirley Coolen	Boston, MA	May 1951	75	24	Female
Patricia Wing	Boston, MA	Jun 1958	68	29	Female
Anna Slesers	Boston, MA	Jun 1962	64	55	Female
Mary Mullen	Boston, MA	Jun 1962	64	85	Female
Nina Nichols	Brighton, MA	Jun 1962	64	68	Female
Helen Blake	Lynn, MA	Jun 1962	64	65	Female

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Massachusetts.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	Chelsea, MA	Feb 1951	75	70	Male
Unidentified Male	Westford, MA	Jan 1973	53	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Burlington, MA	May 1975	51	30	Male
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	May 1981	45	35	Male
Unidentified Male	Roxbury, MA	Jul 1981	45	28	Male
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	Oct 1981	45	22	Male
Unidentified Female	Boston, MA	Mar 1982	44	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	Mar 1982	44	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Newton, MA	May 1982	44	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	Jun 1982	44	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Brewster, MA	Jul 1982	44	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	Jul 1983	43	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Freetown, MA	Nov 1983	43	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Medford, MA	Jul 1984	42	30	Male
Unidentified Person	Taunton, MA	Aug 1984	42	–	Unknown
Unidentified Male	Nahant, MA	Oct 1984	42	59	Male
Unidentified Male	Mansfield, MA	Jan 1985	41	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Plymouth, MA	Dec 1985	41	58	Male
Unidentified Female	Needham, MA	May 1986	40	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Lowell, MA	May 1986	40	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	Jun 1986	40	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Sharon, MA	Jun 1986	40	20	Male
Unidentified Male	Maxwell, MA	Jul 1986	40	28	Male
Unidentified Female	Arlington, MA	Mar 1987	39	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Boston, MA	Oct 1987	39	–	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Massachusetts.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Peter Montana	Boston, MA	Nov 1994	32	–	Male
Ramon Vazquez	Chelsea, MA	Aug 2001	25	–	Male
John Komorowski	Springfield, MA	Jul 2002	24	–	Male
Jose Perez	Boston, MA	Jun 2005	21	–	Male
Robert Bessho	Medford, MA	Jul 2005	21	–	Male
Frederick Ledonne, Jr.	Boston, MA	Jan 2006	20	–	Male
Larry Menento	Taunton, MA	Feb 2006	20	–	Male
Rashie Thompson	Boston, MA	Feb 2006	20	–	Female
Roy Keene	Dorechester (Bost…, MA	Apr 2006	20	–	Male
Warren Byrd	Cambridge, MA	Apr 2006	20	–	Male
Tony Gigliotti	Plymouth, MA	May 2006	20	–	Male
Joseph Cabral, Jr.	New Bedford, MA	May 2006	20	–	Male
Armando Ildefonso	Lawrence, MA	Jun 2006	20	–	Male
William Devaney	Quincy, MA	Jun 2006	20	–	Male
William Murphy	Brockton, MA	Jun 2006	20	–	Male
Robert Adams, Jr.	Boston (Jamaica P…, MA	Jul 2006	20	–	Male
Abner Saez Sanchez	Roxbury, MA	Sep 2006	20	–	Male
Clyde Dolloway	Randolph, MA	Oct 2006	20	–	Male
Troy Tinsley	Barnstable, MA	Oct 2006	20	–	Male
Raymond Marquis	Mansfield, MA	Jan 2007	19	–	Male
George Walters	Boston, MA	Feb 2007	19	–	Male
Frank White	Beverly, MA	Mar 2007	19	–	Male
Khan Chea	MA	Mar 2007	19	–	Male
Robert Forss	New Bedford, MA	Jul 2007	19	–	Male
Richard Lowney	Melrose, MA	Jul 2008	18	–	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).

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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.

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

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.

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	4
4-5	5
6-9	2
10-19	3
20+	0

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

Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	2	0	0	0	0	0
1978	4	17	0	0	0	0
1979	2	2	0	0	0	0
1980	1	6	0	0	0	0
1981	5	4	3	0	0	0
1982	4	5	5	0	0	0
1983	0	4	2	0	1	0
1984	3	5	3	0	0	0
1985	3	6	2	0	0	0
1986	3	1	5	0	0	0
1987	2	0	2	0	0	0
1988	5	12	6	0	2	0
1989	4	6	1	0	0	0
1990	2	1	3	0	0	0
1991	3	13	5	0	0	0
1992	8	7	5	0	0	0
1993	1	8	3	0	0	0
1994	0	10	4	1	0	0
1995	3	10	1	0	2	0
1996	2	11	8	0	0	0
1997	4	6	1	0	0	0
1998	2	6	1	0	0	0
1999	2	4	3	0	0	0
2000	4	10	3	0	0	1
2001	5	6	4	1	0	0
2002	2	13	3	1	0	0
2003	1	6	2	0	0	0
2004	7	7	5	0	0	0
2005	4	8	8	2	0	0
2006	2	21	22	16	0	0
2007	5	43	7	5	0	0
2008	1	52	3	1	0	0
2009	3	37	5	11	0	0
2010	6	52	6	6	0	0
2011	4	55	8	20	0	0
2012	4	29	7	17	0	0
2013	5	25	4	23	0	0
2014	8	82	6	35	0	0
2015	7	93	6	32	0	0
2016	9	88	8	40	0	0
2017	5	105	1	43	0	0
2018	6	98	2	32	0	0
2019	6	80	8	59	0	0
2020	7	93	2	62	0	0
2021	10	75	7	61	0	0
2022	14	89	4	60	0	0
2023	8	96	5	71	0	0
2024	8	79	4	76	0	0
2025	31	56	5	85	0	0
2026	68	44	3	44	0	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	45	139	13	68	0
Feb	27	115	9	65	0
Mar	34	122	23	74	0
Apr	37	100	19	72	0
May	16	122	32	60	0
Jun	21	146	20	58	0
Jul	14	182	22	73	0
Aug	22	166	15	81	0
Sep	23	127	11	62	0
Oct	27	139	18	54	0
Nov	26	146	13	76	0
Dec	34	146	19	61	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	47	227	35	143	0
Tue	65	206	22	121	1
Wed	42	233	40	130	0
Thu	39	185	38	100	0
Fri	52	208	30	123	0
Sat	43	318	29	107	0
Sun	38	272	20	80	0

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	19	27	58.7%
13-17	146	75	33.9%
18-24	448	103	18.7%
25-34	508	104	17%
35-49	316	85	21.2%
50-64	127	41	24.4%
65+	59	38	39.2%

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	1,522	92.1%
Solved	82	5%
Charged / in court	32	1.9%
Primary suspect deceased	16	1%
Ruled self-inflicted	1	0.1%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	60	41	3	43
1-4 years	51	207	14	281
5-9 years	32	446	16	251
10-19 years	49	548	58	186
20-29 years	31	87	49	18
30-49 years	57	127	54	1
50+ years	21	66	3	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	45	139	13	68	0
Feb	27	115	9	65	0
Mar	34	122	23	74	0
Apr	37	100	19	72	0
May	16	122	32	60	0
Jun	21	146	20	58	0
Jul	14	182	22	73	0
Aug	22	166	15	81	0
Sep	23	127	11	62	0
Oct	27	139	18	54	0
Nov	26	146	13	76	0
Dec	34	146	19	61	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	47	227	35	143	0
Tue	65	206	22	121	1
Wed	42	233	40	130	0
Thu	39	185	38	100	0
Fri	52	208	30	123	0
Sat	43	318	29	107	0
Sun	38	272	20	80	0

Massachusetts 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

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	45	139	13	68	0
Feb	27	115	9	65	0
Mar	34	122	23	74	0
Apr	37	100	19	72	0
May	16	122	32	60	0
Jun	21	146	20	58	0
Jul	14	182	22	73	0
Aug	22	166	15	81	0
Sep	23	127	11	62	0
Oct	27	139	18	54	0
Nov	26	146	13	76	0
Dec	34	146	19	61	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	47	227	35	143	0
Tue	65	206	22	121	1
Wed	42	233	40	130	0
Thu	39	185	38	100	0
Fri	52	208	30	123	0
Sat	43	318	29	107	0
Sun	38	272	20	80	0