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

Missing Persons 193 170 still missing

Deaths by Force 726 504 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 59 49 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 31 31 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 5

Mass Murders 1

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
Utah UT	193	5.90	11.9%	726	22.19	29.6%	59	1.80	16.9%	31	0.95	0%	5	1	1,015	31.02

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 %
Salt Lake City	UT	352	272	79	22.5%
Ogden	UT	56	35	21	37.5%
Magna	UT	27	26	1	3.7%
West Valley City	UT	32	25	7	21.9%
West Jordan	UT	23	17	6	26.1%
Provo	UT	18	14	3	17.6%
Midvale	UT	17	13	4	23.5%
Sandy	UT	17	13	4	23.5%
Moab	UT	14	10	4	28.6%
Rural	UT	11	10	1	9.1%
Orem	UT	12	9	2	18.2%
Roy	UT	11	9	2	18.2%
Clearfield	UT	10	8	2	20%
Bountiful	UT	10	8	2	20%
Springville	UT	10	8	2	20%
Salina	UT	9	8	1	11.1%
Duchesne	UT	9	7	2	22.2%
Tooele	UT	8	7	1	12.5%
Cedar City	UT	8	7	1	12.5%
Saint George	UT	10	6	4	40%
Draper	UT	7	6	1	14.3%
Layton	UT	12	5	7	58.3%
Taylorsville	UT	10	5	4	44.4%
South Salt Lake	UT	7	5	2	28.6%
South Jordan	UT	7	5	2	28.6%
Vernal	UT	6	5	1	16.7%
Logan	UT	6	5	1	16.7%
Roosevelt	UT	5	5	0	0%
Fort Duchesne	UT	5	5	0	0%
Salt Lake	UT	5	5	0	0%
St. George	UT	5	5	0	0%
Spanish Fork	UT	10	4	6	60%
Washington	UT	8	4	4	50%
Holladay	UT	6	4	2	33.3%
Murray	UT	5	4	1	20%
Park City	UT	4	4	0	0%
Syracuse	UT	4	4	0	0%
Millcreek	UT	4	3	1	25%
Saratoga Springs	UT	4	3	0	0%
Price	UT	3	3	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.

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
Utah	5	5	13	12	0	18

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 %
1900s	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	28.6%	–	–
1910s	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	1	0	4	0	0	0	0%	–	0%	–
1940s	3	10	5	0	0	0	0%	10%	0%	–
1950s	7	0	6	0	0	0	0%	–	0%	–
1960s	5	1	4	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	9	25	6	0	1	0	11.1%	8%	0%	–
1980s	22	42	9	1	2	0	4.5%	9.5%	11.1%	0%
1990s	15	30	6	1	2	0	0%	3.3%	33.3%	0%
2000s	36	51	3	2	0	1	8.3%	19.6%	0%	0%
2010s	42	265	6	7	0	0	14.3%	23.8%	16.7%	0%
2020s	53	292	10	20	0	0	22.6%	45.3%	60%	0%

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 %
1900s	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	28.6%	–	–
1910s	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	1	0	4	0	0	0	0%	–	0%	–
1940s	3	10	5	0	0	0	0%	10%	0%	–
1950s	7	0	6	0	0	0	0%	–	0%	–
1960s	5	1	4	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1970s	9	25	6	0	1	0	11.1%	8%	0%	–
1980s	22	42	9	1	2	0	4.5%	9.5%	11.1%	0%
1990s	15	30	6	1	2	0	0%	3.3%	33.3%	0%
2000s	36	51	3	2	0	1	8.3%	19.6%	0%	0%
2010s	42	265	6	7	0	0	14.3%	23.8%	16.7%	0%
2020s	53	292	10	20	0	0	22.6%	45.3%	60%	0%

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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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: 31.7 missing · 32.7 deaths by force · 39.4 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	11	0%	51	38.3%	0	–	0	–
13-17	39	15.4%	57	32.1%	1	0%	0	–
18-24	25	8%	166	29.1%	2	50%	0	–
25-34	49	10.2%	165	26.7%	14	21.4%	0	–
35-49	37	16.2%	166	28.4%	12	41.7%	0	–
50-64	23	8.7%	82	29.3%	10	10%	0	–
65+	9	22.2%	39	35.9%	2	0%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	0	–	18	0%	31	0%

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	11	0%	51	38.3%	0	–	0	–
13-17	39	15.4%	57	32.1%	1	0%	0	–
18-24	25	8%	166	29.1%	2	50%	0	–
25-34	49	10.2%	165	26.7%	14	21.4%	0	–
35-49	37	16.2%	166	28.4%	12	41.7%	0	–
50-64	23	8.7%	82	29.3%	10	10%	0	–
65+	9	22.2%	39	35.9%	2	0%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	0	–	18	0%	31	0%

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	131	14.5%	499	30.9%	50	18%	26	0%
Female	62	6.5%	227	26.8%	8	12.5%	5	0%
Unknown	0	–	0	–	1	0%	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	131	14.5%	499	30.9%	50	18%	26	0%
Female	62	6.5%	227	26.8%	8	12.5%	5	0%
Unknown	0	–	0	–	1	0%	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	143	11.9%	452	30.4%	41	22%	23	0%	65.3%	57.8%
Black	7	42.9%	55	38.2%	1	0%	1	0%	6.3%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	28	10.7%	163	25.3%	3	0%	4	0%	19.6%	18.7%
Asian	2	0%	25	37.5%	2	0%	2	0%	3.1%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	5	0%	13	7.7%	0	–	0	–	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1	0%	12	25%	0	–	0	–	1.3%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	2	0%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	0	–	1	100%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	4	0%	0	–	2	0%	1	0%	0.7%	–
Unknown / not recorded	3	0%	3	33.3%	10	10%	0	–	1.6%	–

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	143	11.9%	452	30.4%	41	22%	23	0%	65.3%	57.8%
Black	7	42.9%	55	38.2%	1	0%	1	0%	6.3%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	28	10.7%	163	25.3%	3	0%	4	0%	19.6%	18.7%
Asian	2	0%	25	37.5%	2	0%	2	0%	3.1%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	5	0%	13	7.7%	0	–	0	–	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1	0%	12	25%	0	–	0	–	1.3%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	2	0%	0	–	0	–	0.2%	–
Multiracial	0	–	1	100%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	4	0%	0	–	2	0%	1	0%	0.7%	–
Unknown / not recorded	3	0%	3	33.3%	10	10%	0	–	1.6%	–

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
UT	0	0	8	8	6	14	22	40

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

Rewards offered 7 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 6 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 (5 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	4	80%
Sex: Female	1	20%
Race: White	4	80%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	1	20%

Mass murders by year

1 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	1	100%
Race: White	1	100%
Age: 18-24	1	100%
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 Utah.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Everett Ruess	Escalante, UT	Nov 1934	92	20	Male
Lynn Simmons	UT	Sep 1940	86	25	Male
Frances Sessions	Ogden, UT	May 1946	80	26	Female
Ellsworth Mielke	Salt Lake City, UT	Aug 1947	79	33	Male
Sarah Snow	Springville, UT	Sep 1953	73	33	Female
Calvin Bosen	Duchesne, UT	Jul 1955	71	30	Male
Ruby Bosen	Duchesne, UT	Jul 1955	71	30	Female
Clarence Simons	Duchesne, UT	Jul 1955	71	31	Male
Vilate Young	Widtsoe, UT	Jul 1956	70	1	Female
William Gatehouse	Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 1957	69	47	Male
Thomas Novak	Park Valley, UT	Jul 1958	68	12	Male
Dennise Sullivan	Moab, UT	Jul 1961	65	15	Female
Frank Johnson	Springdale, UT	Sep 1961	65	17	Male
Lana Lynn Lee	Kane County, UT	Sep 1961	65	9	Female
Reed Jeppson	Salt Lake, UT	Oct 1964	62	15	Male
Emerson Farnsworth	Price, UT	Jul 1967	59	50	Male
Darrel Nichols	Park City, UT	Apr 1973	53	19	Male
Jennifer Klein	Moab, UT	May 1974	52	3	Female
Nancy Wilcox	Holliday, UT	Oct 1974	52	16	Female
Susan Curtis	Provo, UT	Jun 1975	51	15	Female
Nancy Baird	Layton, UT	Jul 1975	51	23	Female
Joseph Santi	Salt Lake City, UT	Jan 1977	49	54	Male
Linda Peterson	Murray, UT	Sep 1978	48	29	Female
Mary Miller	Provo, UT	Jun 1979	47	46	Female
Sydnee Porter	Salt Lake City, UT	Jan 1981	45	32	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Utah.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Jesse Tyler	Moab, UT	May 1900	126	43	Male
Thomas Nailey	Scofield, UT	Oct 1902	124	28	Male
Charles S. Ford	Salt Lake City, UT	Dec 1907	119	51	Male
Albert Al Holindrake	Park City, UT	Jan 1908	118	43	Male
Seymore Legrande Clark	Weber, UT	Nov 1908	118	37	Male
John H. Johnston	Salt Lake City, UT	Jul 1911	115	42	Male
William Billie C. Nelson	Midvale, UT	Dec 1912	114	23	Male
James Hatsuaki Wakasa	Topaz War Relocat…, UT	Apr 1943	83	65	Male
Adolf Paul	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	28	Male
Ernst Fuchs	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	24	Male
Friedrich Ritter	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	48	Male
Fritz Stockn	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	24	Male
Georg Liske	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	31	Male
Gottfried Gaag	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	29	Male
Hans Meyer	Salinas, UT	Jul 1945	81	24	Male
Walter Vogel	Salina, UT	Jul 1945	81	32	Male
Fontella Galloway	Roosevelt, UT	Jun 1969	57	62	Female
JoHanna Tabitha Virginia Strong	Magna, UT	Aug 1971	55	17	Female
Sheri Lee Martin	Salt Lake City, UT	Aug 1971	55	17	Female
Carolyn Kingston	Salt Lake City, UT	Sep 1971	55	30	Female
Michael Preston Mike Brown	Salt Lake City, UT	Sep 1971	55	24	Male
Michael Preston Mike Bown	Salt Lake City, UT	Sep 1971	55	24	Male
Carolyn Yvonne Kingston	Salt Lake City, UT	Oct 1971	55	35	Female
Nancy Wilcox	Salt Lake City, UT	Oct 1974	52	16	Female
Melissa Anne Smith	Midvale, UT	Oct 1974	52	17	Female

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Utah.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Male	UT	Aug 1934	92	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Box Elder, UT	Oct 1935	91	35	Male
Unidentified Male	UT	Jan 1939	87	63	Male
Unidentified Male	UT	Aug 1939	87	30	Male
Unidentified Male	Nephi, UT	Apr 1941	85	68	Male
Unidentified Male	Davis County, UT	Sep 1944	82	65	Male
Unidentified Male	Provo, UT	Feb 1947	79	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Corinne, UT	Jul 1948	78	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Spring Glen, UT	Apr 1949	77	51	Male
Unidentified Female	Provo, UT	Oct 1950	76	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Roy, UT	Sep 1951	75	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Vernal, UT	Mar 1952	74	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Salt Lake City, UT	Apr 1953	73	–	Male
Unidentified Male	UT	Jun 1958	68	33	Male
Unidentified Male	Ogden, UT	May 1959	67	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Millcreek, UT	Mar 1963	63	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Brian Head, UT	Jul 1965	61	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Rural Box Elder C…, UT	Aug 1965	61	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Westwater, UT	Sep 1967	59	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Rural, UT	Oct 1970	56	40	Female
Unidentified Male	Rural, UT	Aug 1973	53	28	Male
Unidentified Female	Ogden, UT	Sep 1974	52	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Rural, UT	Feb 1976	50	33	Male
Unidentified Male	Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 1978	48	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Rural, UT	Sep 1978	48	53	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Utah.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Lorenzo Gonzales-Gonzales	Salt Lake City, UT	Oct 1988	38	–	Male
Jesus Rodriguez	Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 1999	27	–	Male
Ricardo Bertin-Alvarez	UT	Nov 2008	18	–	Male
Dervo Hajdarovic	UT	Sep 2009	17	–	Male
Isaias Diaz	UT	Mar 2016	10	–	Male
Barbara Williams	Salt Lake City, UT	Dec 2016	10	–	Female
Ronald Myers	Salt Lake, UT	Dec 2016	10	–	Male
John Malcom	Salt Lake, UT	Jun 2018	8	–	Male
Charles Crest	Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 2019	7	–	Male
Gregory Young	Salt Lake City, UT	Sep 2019	7	–	Male
Grant Snyder	Salt Lake City, UT	Dec 2019	7	–	Male
Donald Harrelson	Salt Lake, UT	Jan 2020	6	–	Male
Pedro Rodriguez	Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 2020	6	–	Male
Robert Huggins	Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 2020	6	–	Male
James Atete	Salt Lake City, UT	Jul 2020	6	–	Male
Amy Andrade	Salt Lake City, UT	Aug 2020	6	–	Female
Michael Johnson	Salt Lake City, UT	Aug 2020	6	–	Male
Robert Hackley	Salt Lake City, UT	Oct 2020	6	–	Male
Scotty Burnett	Salt Lake City, UT	Nov 2020	6	–	Male
Richard Young	Salt Lake City, UT	Apr 2021	5	–	Male
Be Pham	Salt Lake City, UT	Jul 2021	5	–	Male
Thearl Berry	Salt Lake City, UT	Jul 2021	5	–	Male
Thomas Zolka	Salt Lake City, UT	Dec 2021	5	–	Male
James Case	Salt Lake City, UT	Jul 2022	4	–	Male
Lidia Rawska	Salt Lake City, UT	Aug 2022	4	–	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. “Utah Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/utah

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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	1
4-5	3
6-9	1
10-19	0
20+	0

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

Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	1	2	0	0	0	0
1978	1	5	2	0	0	0
1979	1	1	0	0	1	0
1980	0	7	0	0	1	0
1981	2	3	1	0	0	0
1982	1	8	2	0	0	0
1983	0	4	3	0	0	0
1984	3	1	0	0	0	0
1985	7	2	1	0	0	0
1986	6	5	1	0	0	0
1987	1	4	1	0	1	0
1988	0	4	0	1	0	0
1989	2	4	0	0	0	0
1990	0	2	1	0	0	0
1991	1	4	0	0	0	0
1992	1	5	0	0	1	0
1993	2	1	1	0	0	0
1994	3	7	1	0	0	0
1995	3	1	0	0	0	0
1996	0	2	1	0	1	0
1997	2	1	0	0	0	0
1998	1	4	2	0	0	0
1999	2	3	0	1	0	0
2000	3	3	0	0	0	0
2001	4	3	1	0	0	0
2002	2	1	0	0	0	0
2003	4	2	0	0	0	0
2004	5	7	2	0	0	0
2005	2	5	0	0	0	0
2006	6	11	0	0	0	0
2007	5	7	0	0	0	1
2008	1	3	0	1	0	0
2009	4	9	0	1	0	0
2010	3	6	1	0	0	0
2011	3	1	2	0	0	0
2012	6	3	1	0	0	0
2013	2	3	0	0	0	0
2014	1	50	2	0	0	0
2015	6	44	0	0	0	0
2016	5	45	0	3	0	0
2017	9	42	0	0	0	0
2018	4	31	0	1	0	0
2019	3	40	0	3	0	0
2020	6	50	2	8	0	0
2021	9	52	0	4	0	0
2022	11	41	1	3	0	0
2023	7	49	1	3	0	0
2024	6	48	3	0	0	0
2025	8	32	3	1	0	0
2026	6	20	0	1	0	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	20	67	1	1	0
Feb	8	55	5	1	1
Mar	15	49	7	2	0
Apr	14	46	8	2	0
May	18	67	4	0	0
Jun	23	75	7	5	0
Jul	24	67	2	4	0
Aug	15	65	6	4	0
Sep	22	61	8	2	0
Oct	15	50	6	2	0
Nov	10	63	1	4	0
Dec	9	60	4	4	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	30	86	9	6	1
Tue	33	80	11	2	0
Wed	30	96	7	4	0
Thu	27	107	6	6	0
Fri	30	82	7	5	0
Sat	15	137	10	5	0
Sun	28	137	9	3	0

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	35	27	43.5%
13-17	56	41	42.3%
18-24	153	40	20.7%
25-34	163	65	28.5%
35-49	153	62	28.8%
50-64	79	36	31.3%
65+	28	22	44%

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	504	69.4%
Solved	136	18.7%
Charged / in court	29	4%
Primary suspect deceased	46	6.3%
Substantiated	1	0.1%
Ruled accidental	5	0.7%
Ruled self-inflicted	5	0.7%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	6	18	0	1
1-4 years	23	74	2	7
5-9 years	25	151	2	16
10-19 years	32	128	5	5
20-29 years	29	34	4	1
30-49 years	34	66	13	1
50+ years	21	33	23	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	20	67	1	1	0
Feb	8	55	5	1	1
Mar	15	49	7	2	0
Apr	14	46	8	2	0
May	18	67	4	0	0
Jun	23	75	7	5	0
Jul	24	67	2	4	0
Aug	15	65	6	4	0
Sep	22	61	8	2	0
Oct	15	50	6	2	0
Nov	10	63	1	4	0
Dec	9	60	4	4	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	30	86	9	6	1
Tue	33	80	11	2	0
Wed	30	96	7	4	0
Thu	27	107	6	6	0
Fri	30	82	7	5	0
Sat	15	137	10	5	0
Sun	28	137	9	3	0

Utah 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	20	67	1	1	0
Feb	8	55	5	1	1
Mar	15	49	7	2	0
Apr	14	46	8	2	0
May	18	67	4	0	0
Jun	23	75	7	5	0
Jul	24	67	2	4	0
Aug	15	65	6	4	0
Sep	22	61	8	2	0
Oct	15	50	6	2	0
Nov	10	63	1	4	0
Dec	9	60	4	4	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	30	86	9	6	1
Tue	33	80	11	2	0
Wed	30	96	7	4	0
Thu	27	107	6	6	0
Fri	30	82	7	5	0
Sat	15	137	10	5	0
Sun	28	137	9	3	0