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

Missing Persons 713 609 still missing

Deaths by Force 7,144 6,970 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 387 363 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 230 224 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 25

Mass Murders 10

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
Pennsylvania PA	713	5.48	14.6%	7,144	54.94	2.4%	387	2.98	6.2%	230	1.77	2.6%	25	10	8,509	65.44

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 %
Philadelphia	PA	3,322	3,224	98	3%
Pittsburgh	PA	955	922	33	3.5%
Chester	PA	609	605	4	0.7%
York	PA	201	195	6	3%
Harrisburg	PA	193	185	8	4.1%
Reading	PA	187	179	8	4.3%
Allentown	PA	133	125	8	6%
Erie	PA	100	88	12	12%
McKeesport	PA	70	67	3	4.3%
Johnstown	PA	63	60	3	4.8%
Lancaster	PA	62	54	8	12.9%
Wilkes-barre	PA	50	49	1	2%
New-castle	PA	39	38	1	2.6%
Scranton	PA	35	35	0	0%
Braddock	PA	34	34	0	0%
Upper-darby	PA	35	33	2	5.7%
Norristown	PA	34	33	1	2.9%
Williamsport	PA	36	32	4	11.1%
Mckees-rocks	PA	33	32	1	3%
Uniontown	PA	30	29	1	3.3%
Easton	PA	35	26	9	25.7%
Pottstown	PA	27	26	1	3.7%
Coatesville	PA	26	25	1	3.8%
Clairton	PA	24	24	0	0%
Media	PA	24	23	1	4.2%
Lebanon	PA	23	23	0	0%
Bethlehem	PA	21	21	0	0%
Washington	PA	21	21	0	0%
Pottsville	PA	21	21	0	0%
Aliquippa	PA	20	19	1	5%
New-kensington	PA	19	19	0	0%
Homestead	PA	19	18	1	5.3%
Darby	PA	17	17	0	0%
Duquesne	PA	18	16	2	11.1%
Butler	PA	17	16	1	5.9%
Sharon	PA	16	16	0	0%
Upper Darby	PA	16	15	1	6.3%
Hazleton	PA	14	14	0	0%
Bensalem	PA	13	13	0	0%
Ridley-township	PA	13	13	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. 5 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (4 still missing).

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
Pennsylvania	0	0	1	1	1	2

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	47	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	10	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	4	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	1	14	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1940s	2	9	2	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1950s	3	8	7	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	9	24	16	0	0	2	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	36	88	50	0	2	0	0%	1.1%	4%	–
1980s	81	192	63	1	6	2	2.5%	0%	3.2%	0%
1990s	82	193	77	4	3	0	2.4%	0.5%	3.9%	0%
2000s	93	696	40	22	5	2	1.1%	1.1%	5%	0%
2010s	152	3,195	45	67	1	2	9.9%	0.9%	6.7%	1.5%
2020s	254	2,658	87	136	1	2	33.1%	5%	13.8%	3.7%

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	47	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	10	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	4	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	1	14	0	0	1	0	0%	0%	–	–
1940s	2	9	2	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1950s	3	8	7	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	9	24	16	0	0	2	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	36	88	50	0	2	0	0%	1.1%	4%	–
1980s	81	192	63	1	6	2	2.5%	0%	3.2%	0%
1990s	82	193	77	4	3	0	2.4%	0.5%	3.9%	0%
2000s	93	696	40	22	5	2	1.1%	1.1%	5%	0%
2010s	152	3,195	45	67	1	2	9.9%	0.9%	6.7%	1.5%
2020s	254	2,658	87	136	1	2	33.1%	5%	13.8%	3.7%

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	67	647	17	29	1
Feb	64	445	24	21	0
Mar	78	566	32	13	1
Apr	54	537	38	19	2
May	61	580	26	19	0
Jun	67	584	44	23	0
Jul	52	649	38	13	2
Aug	49	610	39	20	0
Sep	57	654	26	14	1
Oct	49	674	56	28	3
Nov	52	576	24	15	0
Dec	63	607	23	16	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: 32.2 missing · 31.9 deaths by force · 42.8 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	48	2.1%	128	7%	7	0%	0	–
13-17	171	29.2%	455	4.2%	3	33.3%	0	–
18-24	85	10.6%	1,997	2.3%	17	5.9%	0	–
25-34	126	7.1%	2,127	2%	63	6.3%	0	–
35-49	149	10.7%	1,507	2.5%	91	6.6%	0	–
50-64	89	13.5%	623	2.1%	86	3.5%	0	–
65+	45	15.6%	241	2.5%	22	4.5%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	66	3%	98	8.2%	230	2.6%

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	48	2.1%	128	7%	7	0%	0	–
13-17	171	29.2%	455	4.2%	3	33.3%	0	–
18-24	85	10.6%	1,997	2.3%	17	5.9%	0	–
25-34	126	7.1%	2,127	2%	63	6.3%	0	–
35-49	149	10.7%	1,507	2.5%	91	6.6%	0	–
50-64	89	13.5%	623	2.1%	86	3.5%	0	–
65+	45	15.6%	241	2.5%	22	4.5%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	66	3%	98	8.2%	230	2.6%

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	371	15.6%	5,872	2.2%	252	4.8%	179	2.8%
Female	342	13.5%	1,234	3.5%	93	9.7%	51	2%
Unknown	0	–	38	0%	42	7.1%	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	371	15.6%	5,872	2.2%	252	4.8%	179	2.8%
Female	342	13.5%	1,234	3.5%	93	9.7%	51	2%
Unknown	0	–	38	0%	42	7.1%	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	416	12.5%	1,331	2.1%	138	9.4%	174	3.4%	24.3%	57.8%
Black	201	17.4%	4,026	2.6%	144	2.8%	24	0%	51.9%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	72	20.8%	530	2.1%	4	0%	10	0%	7.3%	18.7%
Asian	13	15.4%	67	4.5%	7	0%	0	–	1%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	1	0%	1	0%	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	9	11.1%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	1	0%	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	0	–	14	0%	6	16.7%	4	0%	0.3%	–
Unknown / not recorded	10	0%	1,164	2.3%	87	6.9%	18	0%	15.1%	–

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	416	12.5%	1,331	2.1%	138	9.4%	174	3.4%	24.3%	57.8%
Black	201	17.4%	4,026	2.6%	144	2.8%	24	0%	51.9%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	72	20.8%	530	2.1%	4	0%	10	0%	7.3%	18.7%
Asian	13	15.4%	67	4.5%	7	0%	0	–	1%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	0	–	1	0%	1	0%	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	9	11.1%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	1	0%	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0%	4.1%
Other	0	–	14	0%	6	16.7%	4	0%	0.3%	–
Unknown / not recorded	10	0%	1,164	2.3%	87	6.9%	18	0%	15.1%	–

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
PA	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	7

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

Rewards offered 60 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 58 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 (25 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: Female	7	28%
Sex: Male	17	68%
Sex: Unknown	1	4%
Race: White	17	68%
Race: Black	6	24%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	2	8%

Mass murders by year

10 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	9	90%
Sex: Unknown	1	10%
Race: White	6	60%
Race: Black	2	20%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	2	20%
Age: 18-24	1	10%
Age: 25-34	4	40%
Age: 35-49	4	40%
Age: Unknown	1	10%
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 Pennsylvania.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Marjorie West	White Gravel, PA	May 1938	88	4	Female
Beverly Sharpman	Philadelphia, PA	Sep 1947	79	16	Female
Dorothy Forstein	Philadelphia, PA	Oct 1949	77	40	Female
Rebecca Triska	Ambridge, PA	Sep 1958	68	15	Female
Marie Coleman	Philadelphia, PA	Jan 1959	67	49	Female
Marcella Krulce	Pittsburgh, PA	Nov 1959	67	30	Female
Martha Mertz	Lancaster, PA	Jun 1961	65	47	Female
Edward Maps	Stroudsburg, PA	Jun 1962	64	39	Male
Mary Ann Verdecchia	Pittsburgh, PA	Jun 1962	64	10	Female
Mary Ann Verdecchia	Bloomfield, PA	Jun 1962	64	10	Female
Kathleen Shea	Tyrone, PA	Mar 1965	61	6	Female
Anthony Tumolo	Philadelphia, PA	Oct 1966	60	14	Male
Benjamin Krupinski	Conyngham Twp, PA	Nov 1968	58	62	Male
William Higgins	McKeesport, PA	Apr 1969	57	35	Male
John Chocha, Jr.	Harrisburg, PA	Jul 1969	57	52	Male
Ilonka Cann	Huntington Mills, PA	May 1970	56	22	Female
Walter Lawton	White Haven, PA	Jun 1971	55	64	Male
Elizabeth Lande	Philadelphia, PA	Dec 1971	55	21	Female
Paul Bilodeau	Elwood City, PA	Feb 1972	54	41	Male
Agnes Seaman	Cheswick, PA	Oct 1972	54	47	Female
Julia Shimkus	Esplen, PA	Dec 1972	54	54	Female
Rosemarie Roginski	Ambridge, PA	Jan 1973	53	21	Female
Sandra Hopler	Scranton, PA	Sep 1973	53	18	Female
Patricia Seelbaugh	Grove City, PA	Oct 1973	53	17	Female
Katherine Jones	Clearfield, PA	Sep 1974	52	29	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Pennsylvania.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
William Davidson	Scrubgrass-townsh…, PA	Apr 1825	201	56	Male
Catherine Muckeroy	Dauphin County, PA	1830	196	9	Female
Nathaniel Thomas Holt Jr.	Philadelphia, PA	Dec 1899	127	40	Male
George Mccammon	West-alexander, PA	Jan 1900	126	45	Male
James Golden	Dunmore-borough, PA	Aug 1900	126	38	Male
Patrick Edward Fitzgerald	Pittsburgh, PA	Apr 1901	125	45	Male
Adam Strunk	Stroudsburg, PA	Sep 1901	125	36	Male
Lillie Gilger	Shamokin, PA	Sep 1901	125	25	Female
Mark Allen	Chester, PA	Feb 1902	124	32	Male
James Sheehy	Pittsburgh, PA	May 1902	124	35	Male
Clarence Lawrence Eaton	Donora-borough, PA	Aug 1902	124	28	Male
Cyrus Shaeffer	Lebanon, PA	Feb 1903	123	38	Male
Harry Bierer	Luxor, PA	Jul 1903	123	42	Male
John Donovan	Philadelphia, PA	Sep 1903	123	24	Male
William Shields	Glassport, PA	Oct 1903	123	41	Male
Andrew Kelly	Pittsburgh, PA	Oct 1903	123	29	Female
Isaac Johnston	Donora-borough, PA	Nov 1903	123	45	Male
James M. Mcdade	Chester, PA	Dec 1903	123	50	Male
P. Joseph Deeghan	Lock-haven, PA	Mar 1904	122	28	Male
Frank Skidmore	New-castle, PA	Aug 1904	122	32	Male
Daniel Obrien	Abington-township, PA	Aug 1904	122	26	Male
Albert M. Teeters	Pittsburgh, PA	Oct 1904	122	52	Male
Matthew Curran	Philadelphia, PA	May 1905	121	28	Male
James Higgins	Erie, PA	May 1905	121	58	Male
Charles Finn	Reading, PA	May 1905	121	28	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Pennsylvania.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	Easttown Township, PA	Dec 1945	81	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Schuylkill Townsh…, PA	Sep 1947	79	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Wallace Township, PA	Dec 1950	76	–	Female
Unidentified Female	Solebury Township, PA	Sep 1951	75	–	Female
Unidentified Male	West Caln Township, PA	Nov 1955	71	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Philadelphia, PA	Dec 1955	71	65	Female
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Jun 1956	70	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Apr 1957	69	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Bedford, PA	Oct 1958	68	33	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Feb 1961	65	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Philadelphia, PA	May 1962	64	5	Female
Unidentified Female	Philadelphia, PA	Feb 1963	63	60	Female
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Mar 1963	63	48	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Mar 1963	63	50	Male
Unidentified Male	East Caln Township, PA	Jan 1964	62	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Apr 1965	61	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Jul 1965	61	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Philadelphia, PA	Feb 1966	60	35	Female
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Jun 1966	60	65	Male
Unidentified Female	Philadelphia, PA	Mar 1968	58	45	Female
Unidentified Female	PA	May 1968	58	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Jun 1968	58	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	Jan 1969	57	63	Male
Unidentified Male	Philadelphia, PA	May 1969	57	43	Male
Unidentified Male	Northumberland, PA	Oct 1969	57	–	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Pennsylvania.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Raymond Martin	Philadelphia, PA	Feb 1984	42	–	Male
Raymond White	Philadelphia, PA	Jul 1991	35	–	Male
Daisy Peterson	Philadelphia, PA	Apr 1992	34	–	Female
Lawrence Amoroso	Philadelphia, PA	Feb 1993	33	–	Male
Robert Clarke	Coatesville, PA	Mar 1999	27	–	Male
Jay Otto	Orwigsburg, PA	Feb 2003	23	–	Male
Eugene Oliver	Reading, PA	Jan 2004	22	–	Male
Miguel Cruz-Rivera	Reading, PA	Feb 2006	20	–	Male
Clarence` Troup	Coatesville, PA	May 2006	20	–	Male
Charles Perry	Reading, PA	Jun 2006	20	–	Male
Emma Cox	New Berlinville, PA	Aug 2006	20	–	Female
John Sapone	Sadsburyville, PA	Oct 2006	20	–	Male
Robert Pursley	Reading, PA	Jan 2007	19	–	Male
Henry Masterson	Honeybrook, PA	Jan 2007	19	–	Male
Patrick Coe	West Reading, PA	Feb 2007	19	–	Male
Allan Kennedy	Honey Brook, PA	Apr 2007	19	–	Male
Donna Sonon-Ulrich	Reading, PA	May 2007	19	–	Female
Raymond Selig	Reading, PA	Nov 2007	19	–	Male
James Baldwin	Reading, PA	Dec 2007	19	–	Male
Israel Carreras	Reading, PA	Feb 2008	18	–	Male
Lennia Smith	Reading, PA	Mar 2008	18	–	Female
Robert Koneski	Wernersville, PA	Jun 2008	18	–	Male
Karl Rebert, Jr.	Springfield, PA	May 2009	17	–	Male
Shiloe Ellis	Reading, PA	Jun 2009	17	–	Female
Kathy Frederick	Reading, PA	Jul 2009	17	–	Female

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. “Pennsylvania Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/pennsylvania

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	97	86	47%
13-17	459	169	26.9%
18-24	1,823	264	12.6%
25-34	1,930	375	16.3%
35-49	1,335	406	23.3%
50-64	577	213	27%
65+	180	125	41%

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	9
4-5	11
6-9	3
10-19	2
20+	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1967	1	6	6
1968	0	0	0
1969	1	4	17
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	1	4	1
1981	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0
1985	1	4	2
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	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	1	5	1
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	5	7
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	2	15	7
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	1	5	4
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1967	1	6	6
1968	0	0	0
1969	1	4	17
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	1	4	1
1981	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0
1985	1	4	2
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	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	1	5	1
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	5	7
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	2	15	7
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	1	5	4
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	67	647	17	29	1
Feb	64	445	24	21	0
Mar	78	566	32	13	1
Apr	54	537	38	19	2
May	61	580	26	19	0
Jun	67	584	44	23	0
Jul	52	649	38	13	2
Aug	49	610	39	20	0
Sep	57	654	26	14	1
Oct	49	674	56	28	3
Nov	52	576	24	15	0
Dec	63	607	23	16	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	100	1,080	99	43	4
Tue	107	944	52	33	0
Wed	93	968	48	26	1
Thu	110	900	64	39	0
Fri	111	953	43	34	1
Sat	109	1,157	40	24	3
Sun	83	1,123	41	31	1

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	6,970	97.6%
Solved	71	1%
Charged / in court	84	1.2%
Primary suspect deceased	15	0.2%
Substantiated	4	0.1%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	48	139	8	0
1-4 years	94	1,466	57	78
5-9 years	91	2,019	24	83
10-19 years	94	2,583	38	51
20-29 years	96	215	53	8
30-49 years	150	376	123	4
50+ years	36	170	60	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

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

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	67	647	17	29	1
Feb	64	445	24	21	0
Mar	78	566	32	13	1
Apr	54	537	38	19	2
May	61	580	26	19	0
Jun	67	584	44	23	0
Jul	52	649	38	13	2
Aug	49	610	39	20	0
Sep	57	654	26	14	1
Oct	49	674	56	28	3
Nov	52	576	24	15	0
Dec	63	607	23	16	0

Pennsylvania 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	67	647	17	29	1
Feb	64	445	24	21	0
Mar	78	566	32	13	1
Apr	54	537	38	19	2
May	61	580	26	19	0
Jun	67	584	44	23	0
Jul	52	649	38	13	2
Aug	49	610	39	20	0
Sep	57	654	26	14	1
Oct	49	674	56	28	3
Nov	52	576	24	15	0
Dec	63	607	23	16	0