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Cases by type

Missing Persons 3,986 3,114 still missing

Deaths by Force 14,612 13,445 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 2,190 2,018 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 2,563 2,438 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 64

Mass Murders 28

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
Texas TX	3,986	13.68	21.9%	14,612	50.13	7.9%	2,190	7.51	7.9%	2,563	8.79	4.9%	64	28	23,443	80.43

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 %
Houston	TX	5,267	4,616	649	12.3%
Dallas	TX	3,398	2,911	486	14.3%
San-antonio	TX	977	913	64	6.6%
Austin	TX	709	632	77	10.9%
San Antonio	TX	709	601	108	15.2%
Fort Worth	TX	693	591	102	14.7%
Fort-worth	TX	620	572	47	7.6%
Mcallen	TX	247	235	12	4.9%
Arlington	TX	235	220	14	6%
Killeen	TX	229	219	10	4.4%
Lubbock	TX	240	213	27	11.3%
El Paso	TX	227	213	14	6.2%
Laredo	TX	210	195	14	6.7%
El-paso	TX	193	176	17	8.8%
Beaumont	TX	173	163	10	5.8%
Garland	TX	179	161	18	10.1%
Amarillo	TX	177	161	16	9%
Falfurrias	TX	176	159	17	9.7%
Corpus-christi	TX	173	155	17	9.9%
Irving	TX	176	154	22	12.5%
Waco	TX	146	140	6	4.1%
Tyler	TX	147	137	10	6.8%
Spring	TX	148	125	23	15.5%
Mesquite	TX	123	117	6	4.9%
Odessa	TX	123	115	8	6.5%
Brownsville	TX	119	108	11	9.2%
Longview	TX	118	103	15	12.7%
Humble	TX	89	82	7	7.9%
Baytown	TX	84	78	6	7.1%
Abilene	TX	80	76	4	5%
Katy	TX	83	74	9	10.8%
Midland	TX	70	69	1	1.4%
Pasadena	TX	75	68	7	9.3%
Conroe	TX	72	64	8	11.1%
Eagle Pass	TX	69	60	9	13%
Port-arthur	TX	63	60	3	4.8%
Mission	TX	60	57	3	5%
Galveston	TX	57	55	2	3.5%
Temple	TX	56	55	1	1.8%
Texarkana	TX	56	55	1	1.8%

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

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 87 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (42 still missing).

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
Texas	17	13	3	3	5	25

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	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	89	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	24	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	29	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	11	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	1	6	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	6	7	2	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	5	42	13	0	5	1	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	64	154	82	0	19	0	3.1%	0%	2.4%	–
1980s	205	312	266	7	11	5	2%	0%	5.3%	14.3%
1990s	235	288	260	11	9	3	2.1%	0%	4.2%	0%
2000s	382	764	392	178	2	4	2.1%	7.3%	2.8%	0.6%
2010s	841	5,879	637	901	6	6	7.6%	4.1%	2.8%	2.3%
2020s	2,247	6,990	538	1,466	2	9	35.1%	12.3%	21.6%	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	4	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	89	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	24	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	29	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	11	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	1	6	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	6	7	2	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	5	42	13	0	5	1	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	64	154	82	0	19	0	3.1%	0%	2.4%	–
1980s	205	312	266	7	11	5	2%	0%	5.3%	14.3%
1990s	235	288	260	11	9	3	2.1%	0%	4.2%	0%
2000s	382	764	392	178	2	4	2.1%	7.3%	2.8%	0.6%
2010s	841	5,879	637	901	6	6	7.6%	4.1%	2.8%	2.3%
2020s	2,247	6,990	538	1,466	2	9	35.1%	12.3%	21.6%	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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Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	5	9	14	0	2	0
1978	6	22	16	0	2	0
1979	9	27	14	0	3	0
1980	12	34	30	1	1	2
1981	15	20	34	1	0	0
1982	16	47	14	0	1	1
1983	20	44	20	1	0	1
1984	17	28	31	0	2	1
1985	26	28	32	2	2	0
1986	30	32	29	1	3	0
1987	23	29	27	1	1	0
1988	20	22	23	0	0	0
1989	26	28	26	0	1	0
1990	22	21	20	1	2	0
1991	17	62	17	0	0	1
1992	23	24	16	1	0	0
1993	23	22	27	1	1	0
1994	25	32	24	1	1	0
1995	26	30	26	2	0	1
1996	13	25	26	2	1	0
1997	31	24	33	1	3	0
1998	22	20	43	1	0	0
1999	33	28	28	1	1	1
2000	26	26	35	3	2	1
2001	41	44	29	1	0	1
2002	35	17	39	3	0	0
2003	30	14	27	1	0	0
2004	33	78	31	6	0	0
2005	30	28	54	12	0	1
2006	52	29	31	31	0	0
2007	56	217	47	39	0	0
2008	44	175	51	50	0	0
2009	35	136	48	32	0	1
2010	52	225	32	20	0	0
2011	61	107	53	66	0	0
2012	54	120	100	61	1	0
2013	69	155	71	68	0	0
2014	78	759	87	101	0	0
2015	88	832	47	114	0	1
2016	92	1,035	45	132	1	1
2017	132	929	100	95	1	1
2018	110	724	63	115	2	1
2019	105	993	39	129	1	2
2020	98	1,104	40	172	1	0
2021	290	1,251	150	211	0	0
2022	373	1,191	138	227	1	1
2023	407	1,094	60	283	0	1
2024	453	940	87	203	0	0
2025	346	852	40	183	0	2
2026	280	558	23	187	0	5

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	340	1,204	220	227	1
Feb	273	1,077	162	206	3
Mar	310	1,187	142	200	3
Apr	321	1,210	156	194	1
May	408	1,279	210	193	4
Jun	424	1,208	244	199	2
Jul	413	1,242	174	237	1
Aug	359	1,266	195	265	5
Sep	310	1,265	183	199	1
Oct	259	1,228	186	199	3
Nov	286	1,166	141	220	4
Dec	283	1,253	177	224	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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Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	598	2,221	333	416	5
Tue	560	1,870	353	399	3
Wed	532	1,741	330	352	3
Thu	588	1,902	339	387	2
Fri	600	1,878	294	341	2
Sat	555	2,364	282	324	7
Sun	553	2,596	259	344	6

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: 30.7 missing · 33.3 deaths by force · 37.1 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	105	21%	361	5.6%	7	0%	0	–
13-17	1,162	39.3%	1,010	9%	29	17.2%	0	–
18-24	542	12%	3,354	8.8%	209	2.9%	0	–
25-34	781	12.9%	3,901	7%	446	4%	0	–
35-49	787	15.4%	3,523	8.7%	468	4.1%	0	–
50-64	430	18.1%	1,591	7.6%	243	8.2%	0	–
65+	179	15.6%	546	7.5%	48	6.3%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	326	1.8%	740	13.6%	2,563	4.9%

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	105	21%	361	5.6%	7	0%	0	–
13-17	1,162	39.3%	1,010	9%	29	17.2%	0	–
18-24	542	12%	3,354	8.8%	209	2.9%	0	–
25-34	781	12.9%	3,901	7%	446	4%	0	–
35-49	787	15.4%	3,523	8.7%	468	4.1%	0	–
50-64	430	18.1%	1,591	7.6%	243	8.2%	0	–
65+	179	15.6%	546	7.5%	48	6.3%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	326	1.8%	740	13.6%	2,563	4.9%

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	2,357	18.2%	11,011	7.8%	1,586	7%	2,127	4.7%
Female	1,625	27.3%	3,465	8.1%	390	8.5%	436	5.7%
Unknown	4	0%	136	11.9%	214	13.1%	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	2,357	18.2%	11,011	7.8%	1,586	7%	2,127	4.7%
Female	1,625	27.3%	3,465	8.1%	390	8.5%	436	5.7%
Unknown	4	0%	136	11.9%	214	13.1%	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	1,540	15.3%	2,659	6.2%	923	5.1%	1,452	4.8%	28.2%	57.8%
Black	934	35.1%	5,103	8.6%	159	9.4%	539	6.7%	28.8%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	1,390	20.8%	3,928	9.4%	437	8.2%	458	2.8%	26.6%	18.7%
Asian	48	22.9%	183	12%	22	0%	88	4.5%	1.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	17	23.5%	3	0%	3	0%	2	50%	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	2	0%	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	29	3.4%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	6	0%	7	42.9%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	17	17.6%	70	8.6%	9	11.1%	2	0%	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	32	6.3%	2,630	5.7%	637	11.5%	22	4.5%	14.2%	–

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	1,540	15.3%	2,659	6.2%	923	5.1%	1,452	4.8%	28.2%	57.8%
Black	934	35.1%	5,103	8.6%	159	9.4%	539	6.7%	28.8%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	1,390	20.8%	3,928	9.4%	437	8.2%	458	2.8%	26.6%	18.7%
Asian	48	22.9%	183	12%	22	0%	88	4.5%	1.5%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	17	23.5%	3	0%	3	0%	2	50%	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	2	0%	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	29	3.4%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	6	0%	7	42.9%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	17	17.6%	70	8.6%	9	11.1%	2	0%	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	32	6.3%	2,630	5.7%	637	11.5%	22	4.5%	14.2%	–

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	189	508	15	164
1-4 years	959	3,374	233	826
5-9 years	610	4,827	373	704
10-19 years	609	3,522	565	671
20-29 years	324	308	334	59
30-49 years	368	586	447	14
50+ years	55	308	51	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
TX	0	0	1	2	2	4	4	17

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

Rewards offered 74 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 54 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 (64 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	53	82.8%
Sex: Female	7	10.9%
Sex: Unknown	4	6.3%
Race: White	35	54.7%
Race: Black	17	26.6%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	6	9.4%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	6	9.4%

Mass murders by year

28 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	21	75%
Sex: Unknown	7	25%
Race: White	10	35.7%
Race: Black	3	10.7%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	3	10.7%
Race: Middle Eastern	2	7.1%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	9	32.1%
Race: Asian	1	3.6%
Age: 13-17	1	3.6%
Age: 18-24	4	14.3%
Age: 25-34	7	25%
Age: 35-49	7	25%
Age: 50-64	2	7.1%
Age: Unknown	7	25%
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 Texas.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Mary Virginia Carpenter	Denton, TX	Jun 1948	78	21	Female
Floradean Walker	Hext, TX	Jan 1951	75	25	Female
William Patterson	El Paso, TX	Mar 1957	69	52	Male
Margaret Patterson	El Paso, TX	Mar 1957	69	42	Female
Myrisha Campbell	Goliad, TX	Sep 1958	68	3	Female
A Campbell, Jr	Goliad, TX	Sep 1958	68	0	Male
A.J. Campbell Jr.	Goliad, TX	Sep 1958	68	11	Male
Avis Mooney	Mabank, TX	Sep 1961	65	33	Female
Scott Sims	Wichita Falls, TX	Dec 1961	65	11	Male
Georgia Blevins	Austin, TX	Jul 1962	64	22	Female
Lorenzo Ramirez	El Paso, TX	Oct 1964	62	0	Male
Robert Fisher	El Paso, TX	Mar 1969	57	18	Male
Joyce Brewer	Grand Prairie, TX	Sep 1970	56	15	Female
Pamela Huebner	Houston, TX	Jun 1971	55	22	Female
David Waggoner	Pasadena, TX	Oct 1971	55	23	Male
Bodvar Gregersen	Freeport, TX	Feb 1972	54	51	Male
James Hugghins	Freeport, TX	Feb 1972	54	57	Male
Lawrence Rediess	Freeport, TX	Feb 1972	54	43	Male
Mark Scott	Houston, TX	Apr 1972	54	17	Male
Georgia Allen	Lake Jackson, TX	Aug 1972	54	23	Female
Robert Sparks	McAllen, TX	Nov 1972	54	45	Male
Edward Harlan	San Antonio, TX	Jul 1973	53	34	Male
Janet Hollingsworth	San Antonio, TX	Aug 1973	53	25	Female
Janice Baze	El Paso, TX	Jul 1974	52	36	Female
Mark Bachelder	Freeport, TX	Sep 1974	52	17	Male

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Texas.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Davy Crockett	San-antonio, TX	Mar 1836	190	49	Male
Gustav Gus Krempkau	El-paso, TX	Apr 1881	145	25	Male
John William Johnny Hale	El-paso, TX	Apr 1881	145	–	Male
John Wesley Hardin	El-paso, TX	Aug 1895	131	42	Male
Levi Neal	Bryan, TX	Feb 1900	126	49	Male
Newton Stewart	El-paso, TX	Feb 1900	126	25	Male
George W. Wall	San-augustine, TX	Apr 1900	126	45	Male
Rube T. Mattox	Quitman, TX	Jun 1900	126	52	Male
George William Will Hardin	Greenville, TX	Jul 1900	126	25	Male
Archibald Mcneill	San-diego, TX	Jul 1900	126	25	Male
William Mitchell	Waco, TX	Oct 1900	126	36	Male
T. L. Fuller	Orange, TX	Oct 1900	126	–	Male
William M. Lacey	San-antonio, TX	Nov 1900	126	38	Male
Daniel Jenkins	Smithville, TX	Nov 1900	126	–	Male
John Lighter Frost	Chambers, TX	Nov 1900	126	38	Male
Henry J. Schnabel	San-antonio, TX	Jun 1901	125	39	Male
Richard M. Glover	San-antonio, TX	Jun 1901	125	39	Male
W. T. Brack Morris	Karnes-city, TX	Jun 1901	125	40	Male
Leslie N. Patrick	Dallas, TX	Jun 1901	125	29	Male
William Weiss	Houston, TX	Jul 1901	125	31	Male
George M. Leftwich	Jacksboro, TX	Aug 1901	125	46	Male
Hill J. Cates	Huntsville, TX	Sep 1901	125	51	Male
John Crane	Denison, TX	Nov 1901	125	37	Male
James W. Murray	Burnet, TX	Dec 1901	125	47	Male
Herman Youngst	Houston, TX	Dec 1901	125	58	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Texas.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Jul 1957	69	33	Male
Unidentified Male	TX	Nov 1958	68	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Dec 1961	65	55	Male
Unidentified Female	TX	Nov 1962	64	50	Female
Unidentified Male	Richmond, TX	Jun 1964	62	50	Male
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Nov 1965	61	55	Male
Unidentified Male	Kennedale, TX	Nov 1966	60	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Fort Worth, TX	Dec 1966	60	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Pearland, TX	Jan 1967	59	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Canton, TX	Jan 1967	59	53	Male
Unidentified Female	Houston, TX	Sep 1968	58	40	Female
Unidentified Male	Fort Worth, TX	Jun 1969	57	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Fort Worth, TX	Oct 1969	57	–	Male
Unidentified Person	Fort Worth, TX	Nov 1969	57	–	Unknown
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Dec 1969	57	49	Male
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Apr 1970	56	59	Male
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	May 1970	56	55	Male
Unidentified Male	Fort Worth, TX	Dec 1970	56	–	Male
Unidentified Male	TX	Jul 1971	55	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Sep 1971	55	60	Male
Unidentified Male	TX	Sep 1971	55	14	Male
Unidentified Female	Houston, TX	Nov 1971	55	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	Nov 1971	55	–	Male
Unidentified Male	TX	Feb 1972	54	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Houston, TX	May 1972	54	53	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Texas.

CSV

Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Matthew Conway	West Columbia, TX	Jun 1980	46	–	Male
Thomas Jones Jr.	Fort Worth, TX	Jul 1981	45	–	Male
Jose Machado Requeno	League City, TX	Feb 1983	43	–	Male
Jose Sanchez Galvez	Saginaw, TX	Sep 1985	41	–	Male
Jose Reyes-ortega	Fort Worth, TX	Oct 1986	40	–	Male
Jairo Moreno-Mosquela	Houston, TX	Dec 1987	39	–	Male
Bernard Thomas	Dallas, TX	Mar 1990	36	–	Male
Eleazor Navarette	TX	Nov 1992	34	–	Male
Paul Neiman	Houston, TX	May 1993	33	–	Male
Guillermo Chavez	Houston, TX	Sep 1994	32	–	Male
John Christensen	Fort Worth, TX	May 1995	31	–	Male
Alberto Agilar	Houston, TX	Oct 1995	31	–	Male
Felipe Torres	Houston, TX	Oct 1996	30	–	Male
Jose Pereira	Houston, TX	Dec 1996	30	–	Male
Antonio Campos-Hernandez	Houston, TX	Dec 1997	29	–	Male
Mauricio Espinosa	Houston, TX	Nov 1998	28	–	Male
Michelle Birdsall	Houston, TX	Jun 1999	27	–	Female
John Harmon	Brookshire, TX	May 2000	26	–	Male
John Jones	Houston, TX	Aug 2000	26	–	Male
Marco Gonzalez-contreras	Duncanville, TX	Dec 2001	25	–	Male
James Smith	Fort Worth, TX	Apr 2002	24	–	Male
Juan Delgado-Garcia	Dallas, TX	Jul 2002	24	–	Male
Steven Armendariz	Gainesville, TX	Oct 2002	24	–	Male
Jien Liang	Carrollton, TX	Feb 2003	23	–	Male
Jorge Diaz	Houston, TX	Mar 2004	22	–	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. “Texas Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/texas

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	244	225	48%
13-17	1,261	932	42.5%
18-24	3,169	904	22.2%
25-34	3,905	1,170	23.1%
35-49	3,545	1,196	25.2%
50-64	1,677	560	25%
65+	473	296	38.5%

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	13,445	92%
Solved	500	3.4%
Charged / in court	593	4.1%
Primary suspect deceased	62	0.4%
Substantiated	3	0%
Ruled accidental	4	0%
Ruled self-inflicted	5	0%

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1966	1	15	31
1967	0	0	0
1968	0	0	0
1969	0	0	0
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	2	10	14
1981	0	0	0
1982	1	6	5
1983	1	6	0
1984	1	6	1
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	23	27
1992	0	0	0
1993	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0
1995	1	5	0
1996	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0
1999	1	7	7
2000	1	5	1
2001	1	4	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	1	4	0
2006	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0
2009	1	13	32
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	1	6	0
2016	1	5	11
2017	1	25	22
2018	1	10	13
2019	2	30	49
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	1	21	18
2023	1	8	7
2024	0	0	0
2025	2	8	0
2026	5	22	0

Texas 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