Name: New Jersey Missing Persons and Unsolved Homicide Statistics
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Cases by type

Missing Persons 580 472 still missing

Deaths by Force 2,581 2,484 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 477 454 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 212 207 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 17

Mass Murders 6

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
New Jersey NJ	580	6.24	18.6%	2,581	27.79	3.7%	477	5.14	4.8%	212	2.28	2.4%	17	6	3,873	41.69

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 %
Newark	NJ	667	647	20	3%
Camden	NJ	327	308	19	5.8%
Trenton	NJ	305	291	14	4.6%
Jersey City	NJ	188	172	16	8.5%
Paterson	NJ	183	169	14	7.7%
Atlantic City	NJ	140	134	6	4.3%
Irvington	NJ	81	78	3	3.7%
Elizabeth	NJ	62	59	3	4.8%
East Orange	NJ	59	56	3	5.1%
Plainfield	NJ	53	52	1	1.9%
New Brunswick	NJ	50	49	1	2%
Bridgeton	NJ	47	44	3	6.4%
Orange	NJ	41	40	1	2.4%
Asbury Park	NJ	36	35	1	2.8%
Millville	NJ	34	33	1	2.9%
Vineland	NJ	30	29	1	3.3%
North Bergen	NJ	30	29	1	3.3%
Pleasantville	NJ	22	21	1	4.5%
Edison	NJ	21	20	1	4.8%
Long Branch	NJ	20	20	0	0%
Willingboro	NJ	20	19	1	5%
Neptune	NJ	19	19	0	0%
Salem	NJ	18	18	0	0%
Passaic	NJ	17	17	0	0%
Cherry Hill	NJ	17	16	1	5.9%
Ocean City	NJ	17	16	1	5.9%
Woodbridge Township	NJ	16	16	0	0%
Bayonne	NJ	18	15	3	16.7%
Burlington	NJ	16	15	1	6.3%
Perth Amboy	NJ	16	14	2	12.5%
Carteret	NJ	14	14	0	0%
Freehold	NJ	14	14	0	0%
Linden	NJ	15	13	2	13.3%
Teaneck	NJ	13	13	0	0%
West New York	NJ	13	13	0	0%
Hamilton Township	NJ	13	13	0	0%
Kearny	NJ	13	13	0	0%
Toms River	NJ	12	12	0	0%
Lakewood	NJ	12	12	0	0%
Union	NJ	14	11	3	21.4%

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

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 4 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (3 still missing).

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
New Jersey	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	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	11	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	0	18	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1950s	0	13	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1960s	8	20	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1970s	27	57	23	0	2	2	0%	0%	8.7%	–
1980s	39	38	91	0	3	0	10.3%	0%	3.3%	–
1990s	56	73	107	0	4	1	5.4%	0%	0%	–
2000s	92	75	103	1	1	0	4.3%	0%	3.9%	0%
2010s	132	1,248	68	87	2	2	10.6%	0.2%	2.9%	0%
2020s	226	1,013	85	124	1	1	36.7%	9.2%	14.1%	4%

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	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	11	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	0	18	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1950s	0	13	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1960s	8	20	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1970s	27	57	23	0	2	2	0%	0%	8.7%	–
1980s	39	38	91	0	3	0	10.3%	0%	3.3%	–
1990s	56	73	107	0	4	1	5.4%	0%	0%	–
2000s	92	75	103	1	1	0	4.3%	0%	3.9%	0%
2010s	132	1,248	68	87	2	2	10.6%	0.2%	2.9%	0%
2020s	226	1,013	85	124	1	1	36.7%	9.2%	14.1%	4%

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	51	176	32	19	0
Feb	46	148	45	18	0
Mar	52	190	44	18	1
Apr	49	209	55	18	0
May	54	217	51	25	0
Jun	52	230	34	15	1
Jul	44	232	33	15	0
Aug	50	227	43	8	1
Sep	45	246	37	15	0
Oct	38	242	40	14	1
Nov	51	236	27	27	0
Dec	48	226	36	20	2

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: 34.8 missing · 31.8 deaths by force · 44.0 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	29	3.4%	41	2.4%	9	0%	0	–
13-17	96	27.1%	141	9.2%	12	0%	0	–
18-24	77	11.7%	665	3.2%	36	2.8%	0	–
25-34	114	21.1%	879	3.9%	77	5.2%	0	–
35-49	130	20.8%	601	2.8%	101	4%	0	–
50-64	89	18%	182	3.9%	157	5.1%	0	–
65+	45	11.1%	67	3%	37	10.8%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	5	0%	48	4.2%	212	2.4%

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	29	3.4%	41	2.4%	9	0%	0	–
13-17	96	27.1%	141	9.2%	12	0%	0	–
18-24	77	11.7%	665	3.2%	36	2.8%	0	–
25-34	114	21.1%	879	3.9%	77	5.2%	0	–
35-49	130	20.8%	601	2.8%	101	4%	0	–
50-64	89	18%	182	3.9%	157	5.1%	0	–
65+	45	11.1%	67	3%	37	10.8%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	5	0%	48	4.2%	212	2.4%

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	355	20%	2,159	3.2%	329	6.4%	168	1.8%
Female	225	16.4%	421	5.9%	105	1.9%	44	4.5%
Unknown	0	–	1	0%	43	0%	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	355	20%	2,159	3.2%	329	6.4%	168	1.8%
Female	225	16.4%	421	5.9%	105	1.9%	44	4.5%
Unknown	0	–	1	0%	43	0%	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	275	12.7%	360	4.5%	152	7.2%	134	1.5%	23.9%	57.8%
Black	156	25.6%	1,662	3.9%	102	3.9%	37	2.7%	50.8%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	109	26.6%	227	4.8%	29	13.8%	33	6.1%	10.3%	18.7%
Asian	28	7.1%	15	0%	10	10%	3	0%	1.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	7	0%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	6	33.3%	1	0%	8	0%	0	–	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	6	0%	308	1.3%	175	1.7%	5	0%	12.8%	–

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	275	12.7%	360	4.5%	152	7.2%	134	1.5%	23.9%	57.8%
Black	156	25.6%	1,662	3.9%	102	3.9%	37	2.7%	50.8%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	109	26.6%	227	4.8%	29	13.8%	33	6.1%	10.3%	18.7%
Asian	28	7.1%	15	0%	10	10%	3	0%	1.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	7	0%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	6	33.3%	1	0%	8	0%	0	–	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	6	0%	308	1.3%	175	1.7%	5	0%	12.8%	–

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
NJ	0	0	2	4	1	3	1	13

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

Rewards offered 3 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 (17 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	16	94.1%
Sex: Unknown	1	5.9%
Race: Black	9	52.9%
Race: White	7	41.2%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	1	5.9%

Mass murders by year

6 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	4	66.7%
Sex: Female	1	16.7%
Sex: Unknown	1	16.7%
Race: White	2	33.3%
Race: Black	3	50%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	1	16.7%
Age: 18-24	1	16.7%
Age: 25-34	1	16.7%
Age: 35-49	2	33.3%
Age: 50-64	1	16.7%
Age: Unknown	1	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 New Jersey.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Robert Alexander	Brigantine, NJ	Nov 1962	64	17	Male
William Jones	Vineland, NJ	Dec 1962	64	3	Male
George Bugher	Elizabeth, NJ	Jul 1964	62	38	Male
Jill Rosenthal	Atlantic City, NJ	Jul 1965	61	1	Female
James Zapolski	Princeton, NJ	Jul 1966	60	15	Male
Darlene Polizzi	Lodi, NJ	Apr 1967	59	19	Female
Cellastine Wade	Jersey City, NJ	Apr 1968	58	18	Female
Rosemary Calandriello	Atlantic Highlands, NJ	Aug 1969	57	17	Female
Ann Fulton	Bridgewater, NJ	Apr 1971	55	41	Female
Donald Caldwell	Tuckerton, NJ	Apr 1972	54	12	Male
Charlotte Loomis	Eatontown, NJ	Sep 1972	54	14	Female
Patricia Wagner	Jersey City, NJ	Oct 1972	54	26	Female
Jan Cotta	Wall Township, NJ	Jun 1973	53	19	Female
Allen Warner	North Wildwood, NJ	Aug 1973	53	21	Male
Margaret Fox	Burlington, NJ	Jun 1974	52	14	Female
Nicholas Maschuci	Kearny, NJ	Sep 1974	52	60	Male
Steven Anderson	New Lisbon, NJ	Apr 1975	51	17	Male
David Williams	New Lisbon, NJ	Apr 1975	51	12	Male
Charles R. Fletcher	Glassboro, NJ	May 1975	51	54	Male
William Coyle	Camden, NJ	Jun 1975	51	23	Male
Maria Reyes	Pompton Lakes, NJ	Mar 1976	50	49	Female
Robert Afarian	Edgewater, NJ	Feb 1977	49	45	Male
Randy Johnson	Newark, NJ	Aug 1978	48	16	Male
Michael Mcdowell	Newark, NJ	Aug 1978	48	16	Male
Melvin Pittman	Newark, NJ	Aug 1978	48	17	Male

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in New Jersey.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Alexander Hamilton	Weehawken, NJ	Jul 1804	222	49	Male
James A. Garfield	Elberon, NJ	Sep 1881	145	49	Male
Harry Buck	Greenwich, NJ	Sep 1902	124	48	Male
John Fitzgerald	Trenton, NJ	Jan 1904	122	64	Male
George Cassidy	Lyndhurst, NJ	Sep 1907	119	29	Male
George Gusrang	Burlington City, NJ	Nov 1907	119	49	Male
Charles Schmidt	Carlstadt, NJ	Apr 1910	116	55	Male
Charles Franklin Lippincott	Asbury Park, NJ	Dec 1911	115	36	Male
Andrew Craw	Edgewater, NJ	Dec 1912	114	–	Male
Thomas Mallory	Edgewater, NJ	Dec 1912	114	–	Male
John Gaffney	Newark, NJ	Dec 1912	114	38	Male
James Mcguiness	Bayonne, NJ	Dec 1920	106	37	Male
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills	Somerset, NJ	Sep 1922	104	34	Female
Edward Hall	Somerset, NJ	Sep 1922	104	41	Male
George W Dykeman	West New York, NJ	Jan 1927	99	–	Male
John Gilbert Finiello	Elizabeth, NJ	Sep 1930	96	45	Male
Harry Beasley	Newark, NJ	Jul 1931	95	41	Male
Abe Landau	Newark, NJ	Oct 1935	91	39	Male
Arthur Simon Dutch Schultz	Newark, NJ	Oct 1935	91	34	Male
Bernard Lulu Rosenkrantz	Newark, NJ	Oct 1935	91	33	Male
Louis Amberg	Newark, NJ	Oct 1935	91	37	Male
Otto Berman	Newark, NJ	Oct 1935	91	44	Male
Vincent Tonzello	Duck Island, NJ	Nov 1938	88	30	Male
Mary Mytovich	Trenton, NJ	Nov 1938	88	16	Female
Frank Casper	Duck Island, NJ	Oct 1939	87	28	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in New Jersey.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Female	Mountainside, NJ	Apr 1971	55	2	Female
Unidentified Male	Woodland, NJ	Aug 1971	55	24	Male
Unidentified Female	Brigantine, NJ	Jan 1973	53	35	Female
Unidentified Male	Alpine, NJ	Sep 1973	53	28	Male
Unidentified Female	Burlington Townsh…, NJ	May 1974	52	28	Female
Unidentified Male	Sandy Hook, NJ	Mar 1976	50	35	Male
Unidentified Person	Tinton Falls, NJ	Aug 1976	50	59	Unknown
Unidentified Male	Denville, NJ	Oct 1976	50	35	Male
Unidentified Female	Cranbury, NJ	Feb 1977	49	18	Female
Unidentified Male	Clark Township, NJ	Mar 1977	49	–	Male
Unidentified Person	Sea Isle City, NJ	Aug 1978	48	43	Unknown
Unidentified Male	Teaneck, NJ	Nov 1978	48	38	Male
Unidentified Male	Oldmans, NJ	Dec 1978	48	40	Male
Unidentified Female	Camden, NJ	Apr 1979	47	19	Female
Unidentified Female	Perth Amboy, NJ	Apr 1979	47	22	Female
Unidentified Female	Sea Bright, NJ	Apr 1979	47	22	Female
Unidentified Male	Middletown, NJ	May 1979	47	30	Male
Unidentified Male	East Windsor, NJ	May 1979	47	32	Male
Unidentified Male	Winslow Township, NJ	Oct 1979	47	23	Male
Unidentified Male	Lawrence, NJ	Nov 1979	47	21	Male
Unidentified Male	Shamong Township, NJ	Dec 1979	47	65	Male
Unidentified Female	Atlantic City, NJ	Apr 1980	46	–	Female
Unidentified Female	Montague, NJ	Jun 1980	46	18	Female
Unidentified Person	Middletown, NJ	Jul 1980	46	59	Unknown
Unidentified Female	Neptune, NJ	Jul 1980	46	25	Female

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in New Jersey.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Robert Wallace	North Bergen, NJ	Jan 2000	26	–	Male
William Hargrove	Newark, NJ	Feb 2010	16	–	Male
Susan Glenn	Kearny, NJ	Sep 2011	15	–	Female
John Turner	Newark, NJ	Oct 2012	14	–	Male
Michael Flowers	Newark, NJ	Feb 2013	13	–	Male
Lisa Beal	Newark, NJ	Mar 2013	13	–	Female
Johnnie White Jr	Newark, NJ	Mar 2013	13	–	Male
Charles Dorantes	Paterson, NJ	Mar 2013	13	–	Male
Donald Conseca	New Brunswick, NJ	Dec 2016	10	–	Male
Peter Decillis	Carteret, NJ	Dec 2016	10	–	Male
Doris Reddington	Middletown Townsh…, NJ	Jan 2017	9	–	Female
Walter King	East Brunswick, NJ	Jan 2017	9	–	Male
Theodore Lautenschlager	New Brunswick, NJ	Feb 2017	9	–	Male
John Conklin	Neptune City, NJ	Feb 2017	9	–	Male
Keith Barker	Hamilton Township, NJ	Mar 2017	9	–	Male
Anthony Piechota	Trenton, NJ	Mar 2017	9	–	Male
Theresa Bell	Asbury Park, NJ	Mar 2017	9	–	Female
John Kucinski	Ocean Township, NJ	Apr 2017	9	–	Male
Donald Cottrell	Woodbridge Townsh…, NJ	Apr 2017	9	–	Male
Earl Hardy	East Brunswick, NJ	Apr 2017	9	–	Male
William Clark	Spring Lake, NJ	May 2017	9	–	Male
Terence Cohen	Trenton, NJ	May 2017	9	–	Male
Oscar Garrett	Lawrence Township, NJ	Jun 2017	9	–	Male
Rochelle Rosen	Old Bridge, NJ	Jul 2017	9	–	Female
Felipe Duquesne	Trenton, NJ	Jul 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. “New Jersey Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/new-jersey

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	0
4-5	10
6-9	6
10-19	0
20+	1

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1972	1	6	7
1973	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0
1977	1	6	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	0
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	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	2	8	6
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0
2026	1	4	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1972	1	6	7
1973	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0
1977	1	6	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	0
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	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	2	8	6
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0
2026	1	4	0

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	51	176	32	19	0
Feb	46	148	45	18	0
Mar	52	190	44	18	1
Apr	49	209	55	18	0
May	54	217	51	25	0
Jun	52	230	34	15	1
Jul	44	232	33	15	0
Aug	50	227	43	8	1
Sep	45	246	37	15	0
Oct	38	242	40	14	1
Nov	51	236	27	27	0
Dec	48	226	36	20	2

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	82	354	58	31	0
Tue	80	349	75	25	3
Wed	82	318	69	36	1
Thu	67	310	56	38	1
Fri	99	374	62	33	1
Sat	75	437	72	28	0
Sun	95	433	85	21	0

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	44	35	44.3%
13-17	154	92	37.4%
18-24	644	131	16.9%
25-34	897	172	16.1%
35-49	652	178	21.4%
50-64	327	73	18.3%
65+	94	55	36.9%

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	2,484	96.2%
Solved	11	0.4%
Charged / in court	74	2.9%
Primary suspect deceased	10	0.4%
Ruled self-inflicted	2	0.1%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	19	49	5	10
1-4 years	94	462	46	40
5-9 years	75	978	49	147
10-19 years	103	701	66	9
20-29 years	77	59	104	1
30-49 years	83	127	176	0
50+ years	21	108	8	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	51	176	32	19	0
Feb	46	148	45	18	0
Mar	52	190	44	18	1
Apr	49	209	55	18	0
May	54	217	51	25	0
Jun	52	230	34	15	1
Jul	44	232	33	15	0
Aug	50	227	43	8	1
Sep	45	246	37	15	0
Oct	38	242	40	14	1
Nov	51	236	27	27	0
Dec	48	226	36	20	2

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	82	354	58	31	0
Tue	80	349	75	25	3
Wed	82	318	69	36	1
Thu	67	310	56	38	1
Fri	99	374	62	33	1
Sat	75	437	72	28	0
Sun	95	433	85	21	0

New Jersey 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	51	176	32	19	0
Feb	46	148	45	18	0
Mar	52	190	44	18	1
Apr	49	209	55	18	0
May	54	217	51	25	0
Jun	52	230	34	15	1
Jul	44	232	33	15	0
Aug	50	227	43	8	1
Sep	45	246	37	15	0
Oct	38	242	40	14	1
Nov	51	236	27	27	0
Dec	48	226	36	20	2

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	82	354	58	31	0
Tue	80	349	75	25	3
Wed	82	318	69	36	1
Thu	67	310	56	38	1
Fri	99	374	62	33	1
Sat	75	437	72	28	0
Sun	95	433	85	21	0