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

Missing Persons 1,470 1,294 still missing

Deaths by Force 5,304 5,098 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 1,611 1,478 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 8,869 8,162 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 52

Mass Murders 16

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 York NY	1,470	7.28	12%	5,304	26.26	3.9%	1,611	7.97	8.3%	8,869	43.90	8%	52	16	17,322	85.75

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 %
Bronx	NY	3,705	3,454	251	6.8%
Brooklyn	NY	3,157	2,948	209	6.6%
New York	NY	2,609	2,379	230	8.8%
Queens	NY	1,956	1,799	157	8%
Manhattan	NY	932	870	62	6.7%
Buffalo	NY	626	579	47	7.5%
Rochester	NY	486	461	25	5.1%
Syracuse	NY	256	247	9	3.5%
Staten Island	NY	224	191	33	14.7%
New-york	NY	199	185	14	7%
Albany	NY	135	128	7	5.2%
Niagara Falls	NY	106	102	4	3.8%
Far Rockaway	NY	106	102	4	3.8%
Staten-island	NY	96	94	2	2.1%
New York City	NY	79	79	0	0%
Yonkers	NY	67	63	4	6%
Poughkeepsie	NY	57	54	3	5.3%
Flushing	NY	53	50	3	5.7%
Hempstead	NY	51	50	1	2%
Utica	NY	51	49	2	3.9%
Schenectady	NY	45	45	0	0%
Binghamton	NY	47	43	4	8.5%
Niagara-falls	NY	41	40	1	2.4%
Jamaica	NY	40	37	3	7.5%
Newburgh	NY	35	35	0	0%
Elmhurst	NY	33	32	1	3%
Mount-vernon	NY	32	32	0	0%
Troy	NY	30	29	1	3.3%
Elmira	NY	25	24	1	4%
Islip	NY	22	22	0	0%
Amityville	NY	22	22	0	0%
Kingston	NY	21	20	1	4.8%
Wyandanch	NY	20	19	1	5%
Astoria	NY	20	19	1	5%
Roosevelt Island	NY	17	17	0	0%
Riverhead	NY	19	16	3	15.8%
Brentwood	NY	18	16	2	11.1%
Middletown	NY	15	15	0	0%
New-rochelle	NY	15	14	1	6.7%
Rome	NY	14	14	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. 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 York	5	5	3	2	3	11

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	10	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	32	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	1	9	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1920s	2	26	0	0	3	0	0%	0%	–	–
1930s	5	28	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1940s	1	7	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	7	18	0	0	3	0	0%	0%	–	–
1960s	15	42	3	0	7	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	90	169	23	0	12	2	1.1%	0%	13%	–
1980s	180	248	203	1	11	1	1.7%	0.4%	1.5%	0%
1990s	188	208	697	71	8	3	2.7%	1.9%	3.7%	0%
2000s	180	197	252	25	2	1	2.8%	4.6%	2.8%	4%
2010s	327	2,046	159	1,838	2	5	11.9%	1.5%	7.5%	0.5%
2020s	474	2,264	274	6,934	0	4	25.9%	7.1%	29.9%	10.1%

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	10	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	32	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	1	9	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1920s	2	26	0	0	3	0	0%	0%	–	–
1930s	5	28	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1940s	1	7	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	7	18	0	0	3	0	0%	0%	–	–
1960s	15	42	3	0	7	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	90	169	23	0	12	2	1.1%	0%	13%	–
1980s	180	248	203	1	11	1	1.7%	0.4%	1.5%	0%
1990s	188	208	697	71	8	3	2.7%	1.9%	3.7%	0%
2000s	180	197	252	25	2	1	2.8%	4.6%	2.8%	4%
2010s	327	2,046	159	1,838	2	5	11.9%	1.5%	7.5%	0.5%
2020s	474	2,264	274	6,934	0	4	25.9%	7.1%	29.9%	10.1%

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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Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	12	33	0	0	0	1
1978	10	19	5	0	0	0
1979	18	25	4	0	0	0
1980	10	47	4	0	1	0
1981	17	23	1	0	2	0
1982	11	22	1	0	1	0
1983	21	19	5	0	0	1
1984	22	29	6	0	1	0
1985	24	13	5	0	1	0
1986	22	12	5	0	0	0
1987	15	23	5	0	2	0
1988	15	27	83	1	1	0
1989	23	33	88	0	2	0
1990	19	23	125	8	2	0
1991	25	39	98	10	2	0
1992	20	30	70	6	1	1
1993	20	32	87	13	0	1
1994	22	6	85	6	0	0
1995	13	25	71	7	0	1
1996	15	17	41	3	2	0
1997	13	14	38	5	0	0
1998	22	9	48	9	0	0
1999	19	13	34	4	1	0
2000	17	16	38	2	0	0
2001	24	7	38	1	0	0
2002	14	4	23	6	0	0
2003	19	12	23	1	1	0
2004	21	10	26	2	1	0
2005	28	9	29	5	0	0
2006	17	16	18	2	0	0
2007	13	41	29	2	0	0
2008	21	30	20	2	0	0
2009	6	52	8	2	0	1
2010	25	40	19	2	0	0
2011	21	45	13	0	0	1
2012	26	53	8	1	0	0
2013	24	56	9	8	0	1
2014	29	311	15	43	0	0
2015	41	381	12	317	0	0
2016	29	334	19	321	1	0
2017	43	299	17	311	0	3
2018	38	277	19	375	0	0
2019	51	250	28	460	1	0
2020	38	422	32	1,170	0	0
2021	42	453	44	802	0	0
2022	46	413	17	869	0	1
2023	58	309	36	867	0	0
2024	79	275	49	1,052	0	0
2025	132	240	54	1,196	0	2
2026	79	152	42	978	0	1

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	145	362	132	872	0
Feb	112	343	121	811	3
Mar	139	378	138	865	1
Apr	118	433	148	1,039	1
May	112	465	149	694	1
Jun	98	471	158	664	1
Jul	129	575	140	676	1
Aug	119	505	125	683	0
Sep	107	506	115	628	1
Oct	143	452	133	578	2
Nov	128	359	113	611	1
Dec	120	443	139	748	4

Cases by day of the week

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

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Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	226	747	252	1,386	3
Tue	214	651	210	1,301	3
Wed	186	695	230	1,285	3
Thu	222	685	224	1,306	4
Fri	242	711	234	1,241	2
Sat	181	865	239	1,175	1
Sun	199	919	222	1,175	0

By age

Age groups for each case type, solved share by age, average ages and an age / sex pyramid.

Cases by age group

Average age: 33.6 missing · 32.1 deaths by force · 44.8 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	86	11.6%	94	0%	14	7.1%	0	–
13-17	318	18.2%	336	6.5%	6	16.7%	0	–
18-24	197	5.6%	1,309	4%	82	14.6%	0	–
25-34	253	8.7%	1,723	4.5%	266	6.4%	0	–
35-49	277	10.1%	1,190	2.9%	545	6.8%	0	–
50-64	229	14%	452	3.3%	432	7.2%	0	–
65+	110	13.6%	148	2%	178	15.2%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	52	0%	88	8%	8,869	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	86	11.6%	94	0%	14	7.1%	0	–
13-17	318	18.2%	336	6.5%	6	16.7%	0	–
18-24	197	5.6%	1,309	4%	82	14.6%	0	–
25-34	253	8.7%	1,723	4.5%	266	6.4%	0	–
35-49	277	10.1%	1,190	2.9%	545	6.8%	0	–
50-64	229	14%	452	3.3%	432	7.2%	0	–
65+	110	13.6%	148	2%	178	15.2%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	52	0%	88	8%	8,869	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	848	11.6%	4,411	3.9%	1,319	7.7%	6,930	7.8%
Female	621	12.6%	893	3.6%	255	10.6%	1,934	8.7%
Unknown	1	0%	0	–	37	10.8%	5	20%

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	848	11.6%	4,411	3.9%	1,319	7.7%	6,930	7.8%
Female	621	12.6%	893	3.6%	255	10.6%	1,934	8.7%
Unknown	1	0%	0	–	37	10.8%	5	20%

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	763	7.3%	960	2.2%	615	5.2%	2,455	9.5%	27.8%	57.8%
Black	341	12%	2,902	4.7%	499	6.8%	2,988	8.2%	39%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	205	22.4%	566	5.8%	198	18.2%	1,681	7.4%	15.4%	18.7%
Asian	48	4.2%	63	4.8%	77	14.3%	376	6.1%	3.3%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	5	0%	3	33.3%	0	–	3	0%	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	1	0%	0	–	2	0%	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	23	4.3%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	2	0%	9	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	69	39.1%	9	0%	5	40%	139	2.9%	1.3%	–
Unknown / not recorded	37	10.8%	768	1.3%	217	8.3%	1,225	6.3%	13%	–

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	763	7.3%	960	2.2%	615	5.2%	2,455	9.5%	27.8%	57.8%
Black	341	12%	2,902	4.7%	499	6.8%	2,988	8.2%	39%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	205	22.4%	566	5.8%	198	18.2%	1,681	7.4%	15.4%	18.7%
Asian	48	4.2%	63	4.8%	77	14.3%	376	6.1%	3.3%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	5	0%	3	33.3%	0	–	3	0%	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	1	0%	0	–	2	0%	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	23	4.3%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	2	0%	9	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	69	39.1%	9	0%	5	40%	139	2.9%	1.3%	–
Unknown / not recorded	37	10.8%	768	1.3%	217	8.3%	1,225	6.3%	13%	–

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.

CSV

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	69	146	24	794
1-4 years	219	1,118	94	3,482
5-9 years	174	1,655	135	3,104
10-19 years	214	1,314	141	692
20-29 years	191	107	305	36
30-49 years	347	494	763	54
50+ years	80	264	16	0

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
NY	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	11

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

Rewards offered 23 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 20 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 (52 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	45	86.5%
Sex: Unknown	2	3.8%
Sex: Female	5	9.6%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	6	11.5%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	6	11.5%
Race: White	30	57.7%
Race: Black	10	19.2%

Mass murders by year

16 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	10	62.5%
Sex: Unknown	6	37.5%
Race: Black	4	25%
Race: White	3	18.8%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	8	50%
Race: Asian	1	6.3%
Age: 18-24	2	12.5%
Age: 25-34	3	18.8%
Age: 35-49	3	18.8%
Age: 50-64	2	12.5%
Age: Unknown	6	37.5%
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 York.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold	Manhattan, NY	Dec 1910	116	25	Female
Charles White Whittlesey	New York, NY	Nov 1921	105	37	Male
William Gaffney	Brooklyn, NY	Feb 1927	99	4	Male
Joseph Force Crater	Manhattan, NY	Aug 1930	96	41	Male
Joseph Rodriguez	Manhattan, NY	Sep 1936	90	4	Male
Charles Gazzam Hurd	Manhattan, NY	Feb 1937	89	32	Male
Juliet Stuart Poyntz	Manhattan, NY	Jun 1937	89	50	Female
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield	Long Island, NY	Apr 1938	88	28	Male
Edna Kaminski	Maspeth, NY	Aug 1944	82	23	Female
Ruth Jock	Malone, NY	Jan 1950	76	31	Female
Annie Bell Hannah	Syracuse, NY	Apr 1952	74	27	Female
Annie Bell Hannah	Syracuse, NY	Apr 1952	74	27	Female
William Dolan	Sodus Point, NY	Jun 1953	73	27	Male
Frederick Holmes	Grahamsville, NY	May 1955	71	1	Male
Steven Damman	East Meadow, NY	Oct 1955	71	2	Male
Jesus Maria De Galindez	Manhattan, NY	Mar 1956	70	40	Male
Iva Foss	Johnstown, NY	Nov 1960	66	59	Female
David Mines	New York, NY	Dec 1961	65	41	Male
Janet Miller	Wingdale, NY	Jan 1962	64	19	Female
Jerry Liberty	South Glens Falls, NY	Mar 1963	63	20	Male
Katherine Barcomb	Mountainview, NY	Sep 1966	60	47	Female
Bernard Munn	Massapequa, NY	Apr 1967	59	40	Male
John Lake	New York City, NY	Dec 1967	59	37	Male
Bessie Linder	West Brentwood, NY	Feb 1968	58	58	Female
Bessie Lindner	West Brentwood, NY	Feb 1968	58	58	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in New York.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Cornelius Hogeboom	Columbia, NY	Oct 1791	235	53	Male
Isaac Smith	West-farms, NY	May 1792	234	–	Male
Robert Berwick	Manhattan, NY	Jun 1797	229	–	Male
Frederick Mirick	Binghamton, NY	Aug 1870	156	–	Male
Charles Goodrich	Brooklyn, NY	Mar 1873	153	41	Male
Charles Hopkins	Sullivan County, NY	1881	145	–	Male
Artemus Brewer	Greenwich, NY	Aug 1885	141	44	Male
Margaret McQuillan	Sullivan County, NY	1891	135	49	Female
Sarah McQuillan	Burlingham, NY	1891	135	–	Female
Paul Halliday	Mukakating, NY	Aug 1893	133	70	Male
William Baumeister	Manhattan, NY	Nov 1900	126	–	Male
Mathew Wilson	Cobleskill, NY	Nov 1900	126	50	Male
Archibald Benedict	Auburn, NY	Jan 1901	125	53	Male
President William McKinley	Buffalo, NY	Sep 1901	125	58	Male
John Sheridan	Queens, NY	Jul 1902	124	47	Male
Maurice Ahearn	New-rochelle, NY	Jun 1903	123	32	Male
William Henry Rafford	Aquebogue, NY	Dec 1903	123	48	Male
Hugh Enright	Manhattan, NY	Mar 1904	122	–	Male
Charles Cameron	Queens, NY	Jul 1904	122	49	Male
William Carnell Gray	Newfane, NY	Dec 1904	122	56	Male
Ira Kinne	New-york, NY	Jan 1905	121	28	Male
John Cahill	Haverstraw, NY	Aug 1905	121	–	Male
Nicholas Smith	Buffalo, NY	Sep 1905	121	37	Male
Gaetano Costa	Brooklyn, NY	Oct 1905	121	64	Male
Antonio Mazza	Manhattan, NY	Dec 1905	121	–	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in New York.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	Saratoga Springs, NY	May 1966	60	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Tuxedo, NY	Jan 1969	57	50	Male
Unidentified Male	New York, NY	Aug 1969	57	22	Male
Unidentified Male	Saugerties, NY	Feb 1970	56	40	Male
Unidentified Female	Northport, NY	Oct 1973	53	30	Female
Unidentified Female	Huntington, NY	Apr 1974	52	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Somers, NY	Sep 1974	52	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Baldwinsville, NY	Oct 1974	52	35	Male
Unidentified Male	Albany, NY	Mar 1975	51	43	Male
Unidentified Male	Rochester, NY	Apr 1975	51	38	Male
Unidentified Male	Ramapo, NY	Mar 1976	50	35	Male
Unidentified Female	Warwick, NY	Apr 1976	50	50	Female
Unidentified Male	Syracuse, NY	May 1976	50	37	Male
Unidentified Male	Lysander, NY	Jun 1976	50	30	Male
Unidentified Male	Deer Park, NY	Nov 1976	50	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Huntington, NY	Nov 1976	50	–	Female
Unidentified Female	Montauk, NY	Mar 1978	48	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Hastings-on-Hudson, NY	Apr 1978	48	45	Male
Unidentified Female	East Islip, NY	Apr 1978	48	20	Female
Unidentified Male	Henrietta, NY	Oct 1978	48	60	Male
Unidentified Male	NY	Mar 1979	47	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Woodstock, NY	Jul 1979	47	43	Male
Unidentified Female	Manhattan, NY	Dec 1979	47	21	Female
Unidentified Male	Rochester, NY	Mar 1980	46	25	Male
Unidentified Male	Near Sodus Point, NY	Jul 1980	46	30	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in New York.

CSV

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Samuel Rivera	New York, NY	Aug 1988	38	–	Male
Allen Brown	New York, NY	Jan 1990	36	–	Male
Raul Garcia	New York, NY	Apr 1990	36	–	Male
Jose Molina	New York, NY	May 1990	36	–	Male
Herman Hernandez	New York, NY	Jun 1990	36	–	Male
Marios Quesada-Terry	New York, NY	Jun 1990	36	–	Male
Sheldon Lee	New York, NY	Aug 1990	36	–	Male
Jose Rivera	New York, NY	Aug 1990	36	–	Male
George White	New York, NY	Oct 1990	36	–	Male
Janice Roy	Bronx, NY	Jan 1991	35	–	Female
Eugene Hill	New York, NY	Jan 1991	35	–	Male
Lee Cousins	Brooklyn, NY	Feb 1991	35	–	Male
Rudoloph Fowler	Brooklyn, NY	Feb 1991	35	–	Male
John Thomas	Brooklyn, NY	Mar 1991	35	–	Male
Edward Jackson	New York, NY	May 1991	35	–	Male
William Gorman	New York, NY	Jun 1991	35	–	Male
Charles Herb	Queens, NY	Jul 1991	35	–	Male
Arthur Allen	Queens, NY	Dec 1991	35	–	Male
Jesus Figueroa	Bronx, NY	Dec 1991	35	–	Male
Lionel Butler	New York, NY	Mar 1992	34	–	Male
Marcelino Rodriguez	Bronx, NY	Jul 1992	34	–	Male
Anthony Thomas	Bronx, NY	Aug 1992	34	–	Male
John Seten	Bronx, NY	Sep 1992	34	–	Male
Jose Antonio	Brooklyn, NY	Sep 1992	34	–	Male
Muhamad Zamen	Brooklyn, NY	Dec 1992	34	–	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).

CSV

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.

CSV

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 York Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/new-york

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.

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	106	86	44.8%
13-17	384	273	41.6%
18-24	1,307	280	17.6%
25-34	1,839	402	17.9%
35-49	1,660	348	17.3%
50-64	872	236	21.3%
65+	319	117	26.8%

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

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

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	5,098	96.1%
Solved	79	1.5%
Charged / in court	124	2.3%
Primary suspect deceased	2	0%
Ruled self-inflicted	1	0%

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1970	1	4	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	1	5	5
1978	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0
1983	1	4	1
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	0	0	0
1992	1	4	0
1993	1	6	20
1994	0	0	0
1995	1	5	3
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	1	13	4
2010	0	0	0
2011	1	4	0
2012	0	0	0
2013	1	4	2
2014	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0
2016	0	0	0
2017	3	16	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	1	10	3
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	2	8	5
2026	1	4	0

New York 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