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Newfoundland and Labrador missing persons & unsolved case statistics

Numbers behind 31 missing person, death by force, unidentified, unclaimed, serial killer and mass murder cases in Newfoundland and Labrador – by state, decade, age, sex, race and how many are solved. Free to read and link to; members get every breakdown, filters, sortable tables and CSV downloads.

Data as of October 29, 2026 · updated daily · How these numbers are counted

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Cases in Newfoundland and Labrador
31
31 open · 0 solved / resolved
Missing Persons
29
29 still missing · 0% located
Deaths by Force
2
2 unsolved · 0% solved
Added in the last 30 days
0
3 added or updated
Oldest open case
1963
Charles Theodore Williams, Cartwright, NL · still missing

“Solved / resolved” means a missing person located, a death by force marked solved or charged, unidentified remains identified, or an unclaimed person claimed. Our homicide records focus on unsolved cases, so these shares are not police clearance rates – see the methodology.

Cases by type

Missing Persons 29 29 still missing
Deaths by Force 2 2 unsolved

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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Top cities by open cases

Missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases, by the city recorded on the case.

CSV
CityStateCasesOpenSolved / resolvedSolved / resolved %
St. JohnsNL9900%
ParadiseNL2200%
Conception BayNL1100%
St. LewisNL1100%
Marys HabourNL1100%
St. AlbansNL1100%
Northwest RiverNL1100%
St. AnthonyNL1100%
Grand Falls- WindsorNL1100%
Black TickleNL1100%
Fox HarbourNL1100%
WabushNL1100%
St. Josephs CoveNL1100%
Patricks CoveNL1100%
St. ShottsNL1100%
Mount PearlNL1100%
Lake MelvilleNL1100%
Grand Falls-WindsorNL1100%
North West RiverNL1100%
StephenvilleNL1100%
HopedaleNL1100%
CartwrightNL1100%

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

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations.

CSV
State / provinceMissingStill missingDeaths by forceUnsolvedUnidentified / unclaimedTotal
Newfoundland and Labrador440004

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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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.

CSV

Cases by month

Seasonality: month of the case date (only cases with a full date).

CSV

Cases by day of the week

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

CSV

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: 34.7 missing · 22.0 deaths by force.

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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.

CSV

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.

CSV

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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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.

CSV

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 Newfoundland and Labrador.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Charles Theodore WilliamsCartwright, NLNov 19636338Male
Lawrence Alton OliverLake Melville, NLJun 19695722Male
Patrick Francis PowerGrand Falls-Winds…, NLMay 19735336Male
Stella Mary RichNorth West River, NLApr 1976504Female
Sharon DroverSt. Johns, NLDec 19784817Female
Arthur James KeefeBlack Tickle, NLApr 19804631Male
John Morris GrovesNorthwest River, NLJul 19814560Male
Jerry TorarakHopedale, NLJul 19814541Male
Henrietta Helena Wilhelmina MilleSt. Johns, NLDec 19824425Female
Pamela Ann AspreySt. Johns, NLNov 19844219Female
George John MyrickSt. Shotts, NLMar 19873916Male
Nicholas LeonardWabush, NLSep 19903628Male
Harrison Edward BrownMarys Habour, NLFeb 19913526Male
Jitinkumar Devchand Karamshi ShahStephenville, NLMay 19913545Male
Hilda Sheila BeaudoinSt. Lewis, NLApr 19923426Female
Trevor ObrienMount Pearl, NLNov 19963011Male
Gordon James MertzSt. Johns, NLSep 19972944Male
James McgrathPatricks Cove, NLMay 20012572Male
Yvonne KingFox Harbour, NLOct 20022440Female
Kevin Gerard LerouxSt. Josephs Cove, NLFeb 20081856Male
Laventus Anthony BurkeSt. Albans, NLAug 20081830Male
Aaron DragonettiSt. Johns, NLAug 20141231Male
Jessica HeppnerParadise, NLMay 20151121Female
David Joseph HowlettParadise, NLDec 20151145Male
Jennifer Lynn Hillier-penneySt. Anthony, NLNov 20161038Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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NamePlaceDateYearsAgeSex
Dana BradleySt. Johns, NLDec 19814514Female
Temistocle CasasConception Bay, NL19972930Male

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
MeasureCount
Cases with member forum discussion: Mass murders19
Cases with member forum discussion: Missing persons379
Cases with member forum discussion: Deaths by force717
Cases with member forum discussion: Serial killers59
Cases with member forum discussion: Unclaimed3
Cases with member forum discussion: Unidentified4
Cases with a MyMemorium memorial5,007
Evidence boards created by members256

Most viewed deaths by force cases

All-time page views.

CSV
CasePlaceViews
Joachim SummerfordAberdeen, NC12,682
Zion TerryRichmond, VA11,602
Travis A. HobbsNew-orleans, LA6,120
Shannon WatkinsJonesboro, GA5,496
Jameal GaudetHarvey, LA4,977
Melanie Lynn BerryWichita-falls, TX4,891
Kiarra Jazzmyn GeorgeSacramento, CA4,732
Romeca MeeksChicago, IL4,147
Shuaib Naz “Shuaiby” AslamStockton, CA3,767
Javon M. BaileyLouisville, KY3,737
Felicito CanalesBaton-rouge, LA3,591
Shawn HudsonThrockmorton County, TX3,563
Eric Tyrone Smith, Sr.Jackson, MS3,334
Benjamin Joseph DeenHattiesburg, MS3,296
David WashingtonPensacola, FL3,279

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. “Newfoundland and Labrador Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/newfoundland-and-labrador

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.