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Cases by type

Missing Persons 737 679 still missing

Deaths by Force 9,900 9,116 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 112 94 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 207 202 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 36

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
Ohio OH	737	6.25	7.9%	9,900	83.90	7.8%	112	0.95	16.1%	207	1.75	2.4%	36	6	10,998	93.21

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 %
Columbus	OH	2,637	2,424	212	8%
Cincinnati	OH	1,614	1,500	113	7%
Cleveland	OH	1,592	1,484	106	6.7%
Dayton	OH	965	911	54	5.6%
Akron	OH	616	590	25	4.1%
Toledo	OH	482	433	47	9.8%
Youngstown	OH	293	273	20	6.8%
Springfield	OH	152	139	13	8.6%
Canton	OH	137	126	11	8%
Lorain	OH	91	86	5	5.5%
Hamilton	OH	85	80	4	4.8%
Warren	OH	90	79	11	12.2%
Lima	OH	71	62	9	12.7%
Middletown	OH	52	51	1	1.9%
Mansfield	OH	50	42	8	16%
Euclid	OH	44	39	4	9.3%
Elyria	OH	41	36	5	12.2%
Portsmouth	OH	36	31	5	13.9%
Maple-heights	OH	28	24	4	14.3%
Chillicothe	OH	24	20	4	16.7%
Sandusky	OH	21	20	1	4.8%
Whitehall	OH	20	19	1	5%
Lakewood	OH	19	18	0	0%
Reynoldsburg	OH	20	17	3	15%
Barberton	OH	17	17	0	0%
Ashtabula	OH	19	16	3	15.8%
Zanesville	OH	18	16	2	11.1%
Fairfield	OH	17	16	1	5.9%
Lancaster	OH	17	16	1	5.9%
Painesville	OH	17	15	2	11.8%
Massillon	OH	16	15	1	6.3%
Grove City	OH	15	14	1	6.7%
Willoughby	OH	18	13	5	27.8%
Westerville	OH	15	13	2	13.3%
Marion	OH	15	13	2	13.3%
Newark	OH	13	13	0	0%
Bedford	OH	15	12	3	20%
Ashland	OH	15	12	2	14.3%
Ravenna	OH	13	12	1	7.7%
East Cleveland	OH	13	12	1	7.7%

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

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

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
Ohio	0	0	1	1	0	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	3	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	32	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	1	6	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1930s	1	13	0	0	2	0	0%	0%	–	–
1940s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–	–	–
1950s	5	9	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1960s	9	85	7	0	3	0	0%	1.2%	0%	–
1970s	32	336	23	0	11	0	0%	0%	8.7%	–
1980s	55	457	31	0	6	0	7.3%	1.3%	12.9%	–
1990s	83	550	19	0	3	0	0%	1.3%	5.3%	–
2000s	97	965	8	0	3	1	2.1%	3%	25%	–
2010s	145	3,603	6	13	2	2	7.6%	1.6%	16.7%	7.7%
2020s	308	3,831	18	194	1	3	13.3%	17.5%	44.4%	2.1%

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	3	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	32	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	1	6	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1930s	1	13	0	0	2	0	0%	0%	–	–
1940s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–	–	–
1950s	5	9	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1960s	9	85	7	0	3	0	0%	1.2%	0%	–
1970s	32	336	23	0	11	0	0%	0%	8.7%	–
1980s	55	457	31	0	6	0	7.3%	1.3%	12.9%	–
1990s	83	550	19	0	3	0	0%	1.3%	5.3%	–
2000s	97	965	8	0	3	1	2.1%	3%	25%	–
2010s	145	3,603	6	13	2	2	7.6%	1.6%	16.7%	7.7%
2020s	308	3,831	18	194	1	3	13.3%	17.5%	44.4%	2.1%

Decade of the date last seen (missing), date of death (deaths by force), date found (unidentified / unclaimed), first year active (serial killers) or date of the attack (mass murders).

Cases by year (last 50 years)

Recent years include many newly added cases; older years are more likely to be resolved and removed from public databases.

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Cases by month

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

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Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	81	837	3	18	0
Feb	58	667	6	13	0
Mar	68	731	10	19	0
Apr	67	782	10	15	0
May	63	841	13	15	0
Jun	70	859	10	16	0
Jul	59	965	12	19	1
Aug	59	916	9	15	3
Sep	45	848	7	19	0
Oct	47	824	13	17	0
Nov	50	814	9	23	1
Dec	70	807	10	18	1

Cases by day of the week

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

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By age

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

Cases by age group

Average age: 31.6 missing · 32.2 deaths by force · 39.1 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	25	4%	201	8.6%	7	42.9%	0	–
13-17	168	7.1%	549	12.5%	0	–	0	–
18-24	113	6.2%	2,156	8.5%	9	22.2%	0	–
25-34	148	5.4%	2,548	8.7%	16	25%	0	–
35-49	176	10.8%	1,854	8.9%	29	10.3%	0	–
50-64	74	14.9%	757	9.1%	22	4.5%	0	–
65+	33	0%	293	6.9%	7	14.3%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	1,542	1.6%	22	18.2%	207	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	25	4%	201	8.6%	7	42.9%	0	–
13-17	168	7.1%	549	12.5%	0	–	0	–
18-24	113	6.2%	2,156	8.5%	9	22.2%	0	–
25-34	148	5.4%	2,548	8.7%	16	25%	0	–
35-49	176	10.8%	1,854	8.9%	29	10.3%	0	–
50-64	74	14.9%	757	9.1%	22	4.5%	0	–
65+	33	0%	293	6.9%	7	14.3%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	1,542	1.6%	22	18.2%	207	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	395	9.6%	7,771	7.6%	84	14.3%	164	1.8%
Female	341	5.9%	1,969	8.8%	24	20.8%	42	4.8%
Unknown	1	0%	160	5%	4	25%	1	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	395	9.6%	7,771	7.6%	84	14.3%	164	1.8%
Female	341	5.9%	1,969	8.8%	24	20.8%	42	4.8%
Unknown	1	0%	160	5%	4	25%	1	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	472	7.2%	2,261	8.4%	49	20.4%	161	2.5%	26.9%	57.8%
Black	218	8.7%	5,919	7.7%	42	11.9%	37	2.7%	56.7%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	32	9.4%	218	13.3%	2	0%	4	0%	2.3%	18.7%
Asian	5	20%	34	2.9%	1	0%	3	0%	0.4%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	17	23.5%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	0	–	2	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	1	0%	24	4.2%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Unknown / not recorded	9	11.1%	1,424	6.1%	18	16.7%	2	0%	13.3%	–

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	472	7.2%	2,261	8.4%	49	20.4%	161	2.5%	26.9%	57.8%
Black	218	8.7%	5,919	7.7%	42	11.9%	37	2.7%	56.7%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	32	9.4%	218	13.3%	2	0%	4	0%	2.3%	18.7%
Asian	5	20%	34	2.9%	1	0%	3	0%	0.4%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	17	23.5%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	0	–	2	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	1	0%	24	4.2%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Unknown / not recorded	9	11.1%	1,424	6.1%	18	16.7%	2	0%	13.3%	–

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
OH	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	17

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

Rewards offered 15 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 13 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 (36 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	29	80.6%
Sex: Female	3	8.3%
Sex: Unknown	4	11.1%
Race: White	22	61.1%
Race: Black	10	27.8%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	4	11.1%

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	3	50%
Sex: Unknown	3	50%
Race: White	3	50%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	3	50%
Age: 18-24	1	16.7%
Age: 25-34	1	16.7%
Age: 50-64	1	16.7%
Age: Unknown	3	50%
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 Ohio.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Melvin Horst	Orrville, OH	Dec 1928	98	4	Male
Ruth Baumgardner	Delaware, OH	May 1937	89	21	Female
Lola Ada Celli	Grandview Heights, OH	Feb 1946	80	24	Female
Clara Frost	Cleveland, OH	Jan 1950	76	20	Female
Beverly Potts	Cleveland, OH	Aug 1951	75	10	Female
Ronald Tammen	Oxford, OH	Apr 1953	73	19	Male
Beverly Mastny	Broadview Hts, OH	Sep 1953	73	15	Female
Charles Conner	Lima, OH	Aug 1957	69	37	Male
Lula Griffith Briggs	Monroe County, OH	Oct 1961	65	76	Female
Lula Griffith Briggs	Woodsfield, OH	Oct 1961	65	76	Female
Linda Britton	Cambridge, OH	Jun 1963	63	18	Female
John Hundley	Fairfax, OH	Oct 1964	62	9	Male
James Mcqueary	Fairfax, OH	Oct 1964	62	9	Male
Elizabeth Franks	Toledo, OH	Apr 1965	61	17	Female
Darcy Brown	Lakewood, OH	Jan 1966	60	22	Female
Furman Byrd	Cleveland, OH	Jun 1968	58	18	Male
Frank Cerimele	Youngstown, OH	Jul 1969	57	21	Male
James Wilson	Cleveland, OH	Jan 1970	56	48	Male
Gene Stees	Columbus, OH	Feb 1970	56	38	Male
Charlotte Rexroad	Canton, OH	Mar 1970	56	34	Female
Hubert A. Miller	Cleveland, OH	Aug 1971	55	24	Male
Betty Dyer	Mansfield, OH	Dec 1972	54	42	Female
Charlotte Brown	Cleveland, OH	Apr 1973	53	29	Female
Hazel Cross	Toledo, OH	May 1973	53	26	Female
Sharon Pretorius	Dayton, OH	Sep 1973	53	13	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Ohio.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Clement Liard Vallandigham	Lebanon, OH	Jun 1871	155	50	Male
Berta Kaiser	Franklin, OH	Jul 1874	152	40	Female
William Eckley	Dayton, OH	May 1888	138	–	Male
John Shipp	Cleveland, OH	May 1900	126	57	Male
Philip Goeble	Lima, OH	Jun 1900	126	42	Male
William Foulks	Cleveland, OH	Sep 1900	126	38	Male
Luther Brooks	Cincinnati, OH	Nov 1901	125	33	Male
Homer Stone	Canton, OH	May 1902	124	44	Male
Railroad James Moran	Toledo, OH	Sep 1902	124	57	Male
George Elliott	Flushing, OH	Oct 1903	123	–	Male
Louis Weick	Cleveland, OH	Dec 1903	123	–	Male
Charles Collis	Springfield, OH	Mar 1904	122	45	Male
Henry Gearhart	Columbus, OH	May 1904	122	41	Unknown
James Shellenbarger	Knox, OH	May 1905	121	41	Male
Daniel Davis	Columbus, OH	Jun 1905	121	48	Male
Horace Greely Porter	Mcconnelsville, OH	Sep 1905	121	52	Male
Samuel Jacob Haugh	Dayton, OH	Nov 1905	121	65	Unknown
Mary Francis Haugh	Dayton, OH	Nov 1905	121	–	Female
Jesse Lincoln Haugh	Dayton, OH	Nov 1905	121	65	Male
Marshal Thornton	Perrysburg-city, OH	Dec 1905	121	52	Male
Marshal George Basore	Franklin, OH	Oct 1906	120	52	Male
William Satters	Cincinnati, OH	Apr 1907	119	42	Male
Arthur Rutter	New-boston, OH	Apr 1907	119	26	Male
Carl P. Hauck	Cincinnati, OH	Jul 1907	119	24	Male
Anton Bachman	Cincinnati, OH	Oct 1907	119	60	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Ohio.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Female	Avon, OH	Oct 1965	61	24	Female
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Dec 1968	58	58	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Mar 1969	57	48	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	May 1969	57	38	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Jul 1969	57	28	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Aug 1969	57	37	Male
Unidentified Female	Cleveland, OH	Nov 1969	57	40	Female
Unidentified Female	Manchester, OH	Apr 1970	56	65	Female
Unidentified Male	Oakwood Village, OH	Aug 1970	56	30	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Dec 1970	56	50	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	May 1971	55	65	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Jun 1971	55	30	Male
Unidentified Male	Suffield, OH	Mar 1972	54	30	Male
Unidentified Male	OH	Apr 1972	54	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Jul 1972	54	22	Male
Unidentified Male	Chagrin Falls, OH	Oct 1972	54	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Mar 1973	53	61	Male
Unidentified Person	OH	Feb 1974	52	1	Unknown
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Apr 1974	52	38	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Jun 1974	52	58	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Oct 1974	52	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Dec 1974	52	30	Male
Unidentified Male	Cleveland, OH	Apr 1975	51	22	Male
Unidentified Female	OH	Oct 1975	51	25	Female
Unidentified Male	Brecksville, OH	Feb 1976	50	22	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Ohio.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Eual Mitchell	Cleveland, OH	Apr 2015	11	–	Male
Roy Pritchett	Youngstown, OH	Apr 2015	11	–	Male
Frederick Howze	Youngstown, OH	Dec 2016	10	–	Male
John Bracaglia Iii	Youngstown, OH	Aug 2017	9	–	Male
William Patterson	Campbell, OH	Dec 2017	9	–	Male
Michael Kovach	Youngstown, OH	Dec 2017	9	–	Male
Michael Ponzani	Youngstown, OH	Jan 2018	8	–	Male
Michael Ponzani	Youngstown, OH	Jan 2018	8	–	Male
John Johnson	North Jackson, OH	Oct 2018	8	–	Male
Lois Rogers	Youngstown, OH	Jun 2019	7	–	Female
Louis Wright	Coitsville, OH	Oct 2019	7	–	Male
Juan Moreida	Hamilton, OH	Nov 2019	7	–	Male
David Martin	Youngstown, OH	May 2020	6	–	Male
William Peters	Columbus, OH	Sep 2020	6	–	Male
Christopher Duvall	Columbus, OH	Sep 2020	6	–	Male
Bobby Reed	Youngstown, OH	Sep 2020	6	–	Male
Esteban Valero-Hernandez	Columbus, OH	Nov 2020	6	–	Male
John Campana	Lakewood, OH	Jan 2021	5	–	Male
Diane Melling	Columbus, OH	Jan 2021	5	–	Female
Loc Pham	Columbus, OH	Jan 2021	5	–	Female
Stephen Gibson	Columbus, OH	Feb 2021	5	–	Male
Danny Rogers	Columbus, OH	Mar 2021	5	–	Male
Hugo Disla	Columbus, OH	Apr 2021	5	–	Male
Eugene Leach	Youngstown, OH	Apr 2021	5	–	Male
Richard Cutshall	Columbus, OH	May 2021	5	–	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. “Ohio Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/ohio

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	134	95	41.5%
13-17	501	212	29.7%
18-24	1,860	404	17.8%
25-34	2,153	543	20.1%
35-49	1,557	484	23.7%
50-64	636	208	24.6%
65+	218	112	33.9%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	70	280	2	23
1-4 years	148	1,609	6	133
5-9 years	107	2,813	4	43
10-19 years	99	2,347	5	3
20-29 years	100	714	12	0
30-49 years	120	985	39	0
50+ years	35	365	26	0

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	8
4-5	16
6-9	8
10-19	3
20+	1

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
2004	1	4	3
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	1	7	1
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	1	9	27
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	2	8	0
2026	1	4	0

Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	7	36	2	0	3	0
1978	4	39	0	0	1	0
1979	3	50	1	0	0	0
1980	3	52	2	0	0	0
1981	9	67	6	0	2	0
1982	12	41	3	0	0	0
1983	5	34	4	0	0	0
1984	1	32	2	0	1	0
1985	7	29	3	0	0	0
1986	2	55	5	0	0	0
1987	3	61	1	0	1	0
1988	4	34	2	0	1	0
1989	9	52	3	0	1	0
1990	3	58	1	0	1	0
1991	7	77	1	0	0	0
1992	5	62	1	0	0	0
1993	5	55	1	0	0	0
1994	13	59	4	0	0	0
1995	11	51	1	0	0	0
1996	11	54	1	0	0	0
1997	9	58	4	0	1	0
1998	10	38	4	0	0	0
1999	9	38	1	0	1	0
2000	8	67	0	0	0	0
2001	7	81	1	0	0	0
2002	12	88	0	0	1	0
2003	11	87	2	0	0	0
2004	5	81	0	0	0	1
2005	14	89	1	0	0	0
2006	16	97	2	0	1	0
2007	6	121	1	0	1	0
2008	7	156	1	0	0	0
2009	11	98	0	0	0	0
2010	7	113	0	0	0	0
2011	8	134	0	0	2	1
2012	10	132	0	0	0	0
2013	12	135	0	0	0	0
2014	13	445	2	0	0	0
2015	12	500	0	3	0	0
2016	20	568	1	1	0	0
2017	19	635	1	3	0	0
2018	20	470	2	3	0	0
2019	24	471	0	3	0	1
2020	26	612	0	5	0	0
2021	31	668	2	29	0	0
2022	30	653	3	67	1	0
2023	39	638	8	21	0	0
2024	30	522	1	28	0	0
2025	75	436	2	21	0	2
2026	77	302	2	23	0	1

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	81	837	3	18	0
Feb	58	667	6	13	0
Mar	68	731	10	19	0
Apr	67	782	10	15	0
May	63	841	13	15	0
Jun	70	859	10	16	0
Jul	59	965	12	19	1
Aug	59	916	9	15	3
Sep	45	848	7	19	0
Oct	47	824	13	17	0
Nov	50	814	9	23	1
Dec	70	807	10	18	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	104	1,405	12	32	0
Tue	105	1,278	16	30	0
Wed	102	1,265	16	27	2
Thu	126	1,315	13	30	0
Fri	110	1,304	20	39	0
Sat	95	1,591	21	29	0
Sun	95	1,719	14	20	4

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	9,116	92.1%
Solved	517	5.2%
Charged / in court	193	1.9%
Primary suspect deceased	57	0.6%
Substantiated	2	0%
Ruled accidental	8	0.1%
Ruled self-inflicted	7	0.1%

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

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

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	81	837	3	18	0
Feb	58	667	6	13	0
Mar	68	731	10	19	0
Apr	67	782	10	15	0
May	63	841	13	15	0
Jun	70	859	10	16	0
Jul	59	965	12	19	1
Aug	59	916	9	15	3
Sep	45	848	7	19	0
Oct	47	824	13	17	0
Nov	50	814	9	23	1
Dec	70	807	10	18	1

Ohio 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	81	837	3	18	0
Feb	58	667	6	13	0
Mar	68	731	10	19	0
Apr	67	782	10	15	0
May	63	841	13	15	0
Jun	70	859	10	16	0
Jul	59	965	12	19	1
Aug	59	916	9	15	3
Sep	45	848	7	19	0
Oct	47	824	13	17	0
Nov	50	814	9	23	1
Dec	70	807	10	18	1