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

Missing Persons 731 634 still missing

Deaths by Force 4,930 4,557 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 353 327 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 278 273 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 28

Mass Murders 9

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
Michigan MI	731	7.25	13.3%	4,930	48.92	7.4%	353	3.50	7.4%	278	2.76	1.8%	28	9	6,329	62.80

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 %
Detroit	MI	2,728	2,554	173	6.3%
Flint	MI	356	330	25	7%
Saginaw	MI	216	198	18	8.3%
Lansing	MI	172	153	19	11%
Grand-rapids	MI	158	137	20	12.7%
Kalamazoo	MI	144	129	15	10.4%
Muskegon	MI	102	96	6	5.9%
Pontiac	MI	107	91	16	15%
Jackson	MI	78	70	7	9.1%
Grand Rapids	MI	71	70	1	1.4%
Ypsilanti	MI	62	59	3	4.8%
Inkster	MI	49	45	4	8.2%
Battle-creek	MI	53	43	10	18.9%
Benton-harbor	MI	40	37	3	7.5%
Wyoming	MI	36	33	3	8.3%
Warren	MI	38	30	8	21.1%
Southfield	MI	30	27	3	10%
Highland-park	MI	26	25	1	3.8%
Ann Arbor	MI	25	23	2	8%
Dearborn	MI	25	22	3	12%
Highland Park	MI	23	22	1	4.3%
Westland	MI	23	21	2	8.7%
Big Rapids	MI	21	21	0	0%
Alpena	MI	22	20	2	9.1%
Eastpointe	MI	21	20	1	4.8%
Holland	MI	22	19	3	13.6%
Taylor	MI	20	18	2	10%
Roseville	MI	20	17	3	15%
Battle Creek	MI	18	15	3	16.7%
Burton	MI	16	15	1	6.3%
Niles	MI	16	15	1	6.3%
Albion	MI	16	15	1	6.3%
Redford	MI	15	15	0	0%
Monroe	MI	17	14	3	17.6%
Belleville	MI	16	14	2	12.5%
Clinton-township	MI	15	14	1	6.7%
Romulus	MI	15	14	1	6.7%
Ann-arbor	MI	15	13	2	13.3%
Cadillac	MI	14	13	1	7.1%
Sterling-heights	MI	14	13	1	7.1%

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

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 3 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
Michigan	7	7	3	3	2	12

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 %
1900s	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	6	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1950s	3	3	2	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	10	59	23	0	2	1	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	45	88	32	1	10	0	0%	0%	3.1%	0%
1980s	86	123	48	0	4	0	5.8%	0.8%	6.3%	–
1990s	114	95	60	1	6	1	2.6%	0%	1.7%	0%
2000s	137	118	62	1	2	0	5.1%	0.8%	4.8%	0%
2010s	167	2,725	62	55	1	2	6%	2.5%	4.8%	1.8%
2020s	169	1,688	64	176	1	5	42.6%	17.5%	23.4%	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 %
1900s	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	6	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1950s	3	3	2	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	10	59	23	0	2	1	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	45	88	32	1	10	0	0%	0%	3.1%	0%
1980s	86	123	48	0	4	0	5.8%	0.8%	6.3%	–
1990s	114	95	60	1	6	1	2.6%	0%	1.7%	0%
2000s	137	118	62	1	2	0	5.1%	0.8%	4.8%	0%
2010s	167	2,725	62	55	1	2	6%	2.5%	4.8%	1.8%
2020s	169	1,688	64	176	1	5	42.6%	17.5%	23.4%	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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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	63	379	16	27	0
Feb	46	315	19	17	2
Mar	54	345	28	26	1
Apr	58	411	25	15	0
May	72	455	37	23	0
Jun	60	424	36	22	1
Jul	71	522	42	18	1
Aug	68	446	36	20	1
Sep	53	427	32	15	1
Oct	66	398	32	13	0
Nov	59	373	28	15	2
Dec	61	422	22	23	0

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: 34.0 missing · 32.6 deaths by force · 42.4 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	40	7.5%	154	7.9%	4	0%	0	–
13-17	92	28.3%	296	8.8%	3	0%	0	–
18-24	91	7.7%	1,205	6.8%	27	3.7%	0	–
25-34	185	13%	1,449	6.6%	49	2%	0	–
35-49	183	12%	1,139	7.9%	92	9.8%	0	–
50-64	110	10.9%	478	9.2%	61	6.6%	0	–
65+	30	10%	177	7.3%	24	0%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	32	9.4%	93	11.8%	278	1.8%

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	40	7.5%	154	7.9%	4	0%	0	–
13-17	92	28.3%	296	8.8%	3	0%	0	–
18-24	91	7.7%	1,205	6.8%	27	3.7%	0	–
25-34	185	13%	1,449	6.6%	49	2%	0	–
35-49	183	12%	1,139	7.9%	92	9.8%	0	–
50-64	110	10.9%	478	9.2%	61	6.6%	0	–
65+	30	10%	177	7.3%	24	0%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	32	9.4%	93	11.8%	278	1.8%

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	390	14.6%	3,790	6.7%	233	8.2%	209	1.4%
Female	339	11.5%	1,140	9.8%	94	5.3%	65	3.1%
Unknown	2	50%	0	–	26	7.7%	4	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	390	14.6%	3,790	6.7%	233	8.2%	209	1.4%
Female	339	11.5%	1,140	9.8%	94	5.3%	65	3.1%
Unknown	2	50%	0	–	26	7.7%	4	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	430	12.3%	1,036	8.7%	116	8.6%	179	1.7%	28%	57.8%
Black	246	15%	3,217	7.4%	151	7.3%	37	5.4%	58%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	20	20%	118	7.7%	3	0%	4	0%	2.3%	18.7%
Asian	7	14.3%	20	0%	1	0%	1	0%	0.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	7	0%	3	0%	1	0%	1	0%	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	0%	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	14	21.4%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	3	33.3%	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	7	14.3%	5	0%	0	–	1	0%	0.2%	–
Unknown / not recorded	11	0%	516	4.7%	81	6.2%	54	0%	10.5%	–

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	430	12.3%	1,036	8.7%	116	8.6%	179	1.7%	28%	57.8%
Black	246	15%	3,217	7.4%	151	7.3%	37	5.4%	58%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	20	20%	118	7.7%	3	0%	4	0%	2.3%	18.7%
Asian	7	14.3%	20	0%	1	0%	1	0%	0.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	7	0%	3	0%	1	0%	1	0%	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	0%	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	14	21.4%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	3	33.3%	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	7	14.3%	5	0%	0	–	1	0%	0.2%	–
Unknown / not recorded	11	0%	516	4.7%	81	6.2%	54	0%	10.5%	–

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
MI		0	1	4	1	3	3	18

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

Rewards offered 31 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 29 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 (28 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	23	82.1%
Sex: Unknown	2	7.1%
Sex: Female	3	10.7%
Race: Middle Eastern	1	3.6%
Race: White	14	50%
Race: Black	10	35.7%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	3	10.7%

Mass murders by year

9 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	5	55.6%
Sex: Unknown	4	44.4%
Race: White	4	44.4%
Race: Black	1	11.1%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	4	44.4%
Age: 13-17	1	11.1%
Age: 25-34	2	22.2%
Age: 35-49	1	11.1%
Age: 50-64	1	11.1%
Age: Unknown	4	44.4%
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 Michigan.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Ida Anderson	Ann Arbor, MI	Sep 1958	68	21	Female
Ida Dean Richardson-anderson	Detroit, MI	Sep 1958	68	21	Female
Adele Wells	Flint, MI	Nov 1958	68	7	Female
Juliette Walker	Pontiac, MI	Jun 1963	63	21	Female
Patricia Zentner	Garden City, MI	Aug 1964	62	2	Female
Mildred Zentner	Garden City, MI	Aug 1964	62	28	Female
Mary Mclaughlin	Lake Odessa, MI	Jan 1965	61	26	Female
John Brown	Lansing, MI	Dec 1965	61	29	Male
Charles Pinger	Bergland, MI	May 1968	58	64	Male
Judith Ruggirello	Southfield, MI	Aug 1968	58	29	Female
Pamela Hobley	Oscoda, MI	Oct 1969	57	15	Female
Patricia Spencer	Oscoda, MI	Oct 1969	57	16	Female
Robert Lepsy	Grayling, MI	Oct 1969	57	33	Male
Cynthia Coon	Ann Arbor, MI	Apr 1970	56	14	Female
Sylvia Torgow	Plymouth, MI	Sep 1970	56	18	Female
Joanne Gladys Garr	Dearborn Heights, MI	Nov 1971	55	30	Female
Joanne Thornton	Detroit, MI	Dec 1971	55	31	Female
Kathy Wilcox	Otsego, MI	Jul 1972	54	15	Female
Henry Baltimore Jr.	East Lansing, MI	May 1973	53	21	Male
Catherine Davidson	Sawyer, MI	Sep 1973	53	6	Female
John Harris	Ypsilanti, MI	Sep 1973	53	31	Male
Sandra Horwath	Ann Arbor, MI	Oct 1973	53	33	Female
Victor Credland	Temperance, MI	Feb 1974	52	27	Male
Diane Collins	Detroit, MI	Mar 1974	52	26	Female
Perry Corlew	Grayling, MI	Mar 1974	52	18	Male

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Michigan.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Probationary Clarence Roscoe Cummings	Detroit, MI	Mar 1904	122	25	Male
John F. Daley	Detroit, MI	Nov 1904	122	29	Male
Elisha B. Moore	Algonac, MI	Jan 1905	121	55	Male
Frederick Booth	Jackson, MI	Mar 1906	120	35	Male
John Holzapfel	Jackson, MI	Feb 1907	119	–	Male
Clarence Shockley	Niles-city, MI	Aug 1907	119	34	Male
George Henry Wilson	Detroit, MI	Nov 1907	119	43	Male
Edmond Dull	Monroe, MI	Aug 1910	116	47	Male
Joachim Matthews	Macomb, MI	Dec 1910	116	57	Male
Daniel C. Vreeland	Detroit, MI	Aug 1911	115	43	Male
Henry Waite	Bronson, MI	Apr 1917	109	69	Male
Nick Martin	Albion, MI	Dec 1919	107	46	Male
Clarence Wilkins	Albion, MI	Jan 1923	103	38	Male
Edward Heffron	Detroit, MI	Jan 1923	103	23	Male
Johnny Reid	Detroit, MI	Dec 1926	100	36	Male
Frankie Wright	Detroit, MI	Mar 1927	99	–	Male
George Cohen	Detroit, MI	Mar 1927	99	–	Male
Joseph Bloom	Detroit, MI	Mar 1927	99	–	Male
Abraham Axler	Bloomfield-hills, MI	Nov 1933	93	32	Male
Eddie Fletcher aka Edward	Bloomfield-hills, MI	Nov 1933	93	35	Male
Olen Goodwin	Coldwater, MI	Jun 1936	90	32	Male
John Henry Porter	Bay-city, MI	Sep 1937	89	52	Male
Harry Millman	Detroit, MI	Nov 1937	89	26	Male
Edwin Trzemzalski	Saginaw, MI	Jan 1941	85	16	Male
Helen Trzemzalski	Saginaw, MI	Jan 1941	85	36	Female

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Michigan.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Female	Detroit, MI	Apr 1959	67	90	Female
Unidentified Female	Detroit, MI	Jun 1959	67	30	Female
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Sep 1960	66	63	Male
Unidentified Person	Grosse Isle, MI	Sep 1966	60	–	Unknown
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Nov 1966	60	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Trout Lake, MI	Nov 1966	60	22	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Feb 1967	59	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Mar 1967	59	50	Male
Unidentified Female	Shelby Township, MI	Apr 1967	59	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Shelby Township, MI	Apr 1967	59	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Jun 1967	59	48	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Jun 1967	59	45	Male
Unidentified Female	Detroit, MI	Sep 1967	59	20	Female
Unidentified Male	Dearborn, MI	Sep 1967	59	45	Male
Unidentified Female	Hudsonville, MI	Oct 1967	59	30	Female
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Nov 1967	59	40	Male
Unidentified Female	Detroit, MI	Apr 1968	58	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Sumpter Twp, MI	May 1968	58	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Jun 1968	58	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Grosse Isle, MI	Jun 1968	58	25	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Aug 1968	58	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Aug 1968	58	40	Male
Unidentified Female	Detroit, MI	Dec 1968	58	60	Female
Unidentified Male	Detroit, MI	Apr 1969	57	59	Male
Unidentified Female	Detroit, MI	Jun 1969	57	–	Female

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Michigan.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Carol Yarbrough	Prescott, MI	Jan 1972	54	–	Female
Deborah Lowe	Detroit, MI	Apr 1999	27	–	Female
Jesus Miguel Tapia	Detroit, MI	Dec 2005	21	–	Male
Joy Holloway-Taylor	Kalamazoo, MI	Sep 2010	16	–	Female
Joseph Fischer	Galesburg, MI	May 2011	15	–	Male
Joseph Sapinsky	East Lansing, MI	Jul 2011	15	–	Male
Mark Wall	Kalamazoo, MI	Jul 2011	15	–	Male
Lac Tran	Ionia, MI	Aug 2011	15	–	Male
Boris Jackson	MI	Mar 2015	11	–	Male
Floyd Willoughby	Detroit, MI	May 2015	11	–	Male
Carl Reagan	Detroit, MI	Jul 2015	11	–	Male
Gregory McNair	MI	Mar 2016	10	–	Male
Jimmie Garmany	Highland Park, MI	May 2016	10	–	Male
David Milchak	Romulus, MI	May 2016	10	–	Male
Raymond Ward	Detroit, MI	Jun 2016	10	–	Male
John Black	MI	Jun 2016	10	–	Male
Charles Washington	Detroit, MI	Jul 2016	10	–	Male
Ronald Brown	Detroit, MI	Jul 2016	10	–	Male
Gordon Hodges	Detroit, MI	Oct 2016	10	–	Male
Ralph Jutras	Detroit, MI	Oct 2016	10	–	Male
Donald Slepski	Detroit, MI	Nov 2016	10	–	Male
Marshall Story	MI	Mar 2017	9	–	Male
Walter Hill	Inkster, MI	Apr 2017	9	–	Male
Maurice Coagy	Detroit, MI	Jun 2017	9	–	Male
John Krolczyk	Muskegon, MI	Jun 2017	9	–	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. “Michigan Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/michigan

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	17
6-9	4
10-19	3
20+	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1968	1	7	2
1969	0	0	0
1970	0	0	0
1971	0	0	0
1972	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0
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	0	0	0
1985	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0
1989	0	0	0
1990	0	0	0
1991	1	4	5
1992	0	0	0
1993	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0
1995	0	0	0
1996	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0
2016	1	6	2
2017	0	0	0
2018	1	4	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	1	4	7
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	5	0
2026	3	18	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1968	1	7	2
1969	0	0	0
1970	0	0	0
1971	0	0	0
1972	0	0	0
1973	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0
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	0	0	0
1985	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0
1989	0	0	0
1990	0	0	0
1991	1	4	5
1992	0	0	0
1993	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0
1995	0	0	0
1996	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0
2016	1	6	2
2017	0	0	0
2018	1	4	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	1	4	7
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	5	0
2026	3	18	0

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

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	63	379	16	27	0
Feb	46	315	19	17	2
Mar	54	345	28	26	1
Apr	58	411	25	15	0
May	72	455	37	23	0
Jun	60	424	36	22	1
Jul	71	522	42	18	1
Aug	68	446	36	20	1
Sep	53	427	32	15	1
Oct	66	398	32	13	0
Nov	59	373	28	15	2
Dec	61	422	22	23	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	107	745	54	39	1
Tue	104	646	43	37	2
Wed	80	606	54	39	0
Thu	111	632	56	26	1
Fri	137	678	61	42	2
Sat	98	784	42	27	2
Sun	94	817	43	24	1

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	98	100	50.5%
13-17	262	128	32.8%
18-24	1,010	312	23.6%
25-34	1,292	390	23.2%
35-49	1,058	356	25.2%
50-64	477	169	26.2%
65+	145	86	37.2%

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	4,557	92.4%
Solved	239	4.8%
Charged / in court	94	1.9%
Primary suspect deceased	25	0.5%
Substantiated	7	0.1%
Ruled accidental	4	0.1%
Ruled self-inflicted	4	0.1%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	17	119	2	36
1-4 years	58	664	29	99
5-9 years	69	1,330	41	73
10-19 years	155	1,964	53	18
20-29 years	119	105	63	2
30-49 years	177	234	91	0
50+ years	39	141	48	1

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

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	63	379	16	27	0
Feb	46	315	19	17	2
Mar	54	345	28	26	1
Apr	58	411	25	15	0
May	72	455	37	23	0
Jun	60	424	36	22	1
Jul	71	522	42	18	1
Aug	68	446	36	20	1
Sep	53	427	32	15	1
Oct	66	398	32	13	0
Nov	59	373	28	15	2
Dec	61	422	22	23	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	107	745	54	39	1
Tue	104	646	43	37	2
Wed	80	606	54	39	0
Thu	111	632	56	26	1
Fri	137	678	61	42	2
Sat	98	784	42	27	2
Sun	94	817	43	24	1

Michigan 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	63	379	16	27	0
Feb	46	315	19	17	2
Mar	54	345	28	26	1
Apr	58	411	25	15	0
May	72	455	37	23	0
Jun	60	424	36	22	1
Jul	71	522	42	18	1
Aug	68	446	36	20	1
Sep	53	427	32	15	1
Oct	66	398	32	13	0
Nov	59	373	28	15	2
Dec	61	422	22	23	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	107	745	54	39	1
Tue	104	646	43	37	2
Wed	80	606	54	39	0
Thu	111	632	56	26	1
Fri	137	678	61	42	2
Sat	98	784	42	27	2
Sun	94	817	43	24	1