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

Missing Persons 1,153 1,043 still missing

Deaths by Force 1,979 1,751 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 214 169 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 2,112 2,059 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 17

Mass Murders 9

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
Washington WA	1,153	14.96	9.5%	1,979	25.68	11.3%	214	2.78	21%	2,112	27.41	2.5%	17	9	5,484	71.17

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 %
Tacoma	WA	854	801	53	6.2%
Seattle	WA	538	500	37	6.9%
Spokane	WA	405	381	24	5.9%
Vancouver	WA	214	195	19	8.9%
Yakima	WA	212	193	19	9%
Lakewood	WA	149	142	7	4.7%
Puyallup	WA	136	128	8	5.9%
Everett	WA	124	108	15	12.2%
Kennewick	WA	104	92	12	11.5%
Kent	WA	71	62	9	12.7%
Auburn	WA	64	60	4	6.3%
Aberdeen	WA	54	53	1	1.9%
Bellingham	WA	59	52	7	11.9%
Spanaway	WA	53	48	5	9.4%
Bremerton	WA	56	46	10	17.9%
University Place	WA	46	45	1	2.2%
Renton	WA	54	44	10	18.5%
Olympia	WA	48	44	4	8.3%
Federal Way	WA	50	43	7	14%
Gig Harbor	WA	43	43	0	0%
Richland	WA	48	42	6	12.5%
Toppenish	WA	35	33	2	5.7%
Ellensburg	WA	37	32	5	13.5%
Mount Vernon	WA	38	29	9	23.7%
Lynnwood	WA	32	29	3	9.4%
Wenatchee	WA	31	29	2	6.5%
Port Angeles	WA	30	28	2	6.7%
Port Orchard	WA	31	26	5	16.1%
Wapato	WA	28	26	2	7.1%
Pasco	WA	27	24	3	11.1%
Lacey	WA	27	22	5	18.5%
Moses Lake	WA	23	21	2	8.7%
Bellevue	WA	22	20	2	9.1%
Marysville	WA	21	20	1	4.8%
Longview	WA	19	19	0	0%
Concrete	WA	19	17	2	10.5%
Sunnyside	WA	19	17	2	10.5%
Parkland	WA	18	17	1	5.6%
Graham	WA	16	16	0	0%
Arlington	WA	15	15	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. 43 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (39 still missing).

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
Washington	72	60	13	13	11	96

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	1	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	17	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	16	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	9	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	8	0	1	1	0	–	0%	–	0%
1940s	0	1	0	2	0	0	–	0%	–	50%
1950s	2	3	6	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	18	6	10	3	1	0	5.6%	0%	0%	33.3%
1970s	66	37	13	7	1	0	1.5%	2.7%	15.4%	0%
1980s	142	109	29	8	3	0	2.8%	2.8%	13.8%	0%
1990s	179	78	24	69	3	1	3.4%	1.3%	20.8%	1.4%
2000s	191	104	33	241	0	3	4.2%	0%	12.1%	1.2%
2010s	256	699	35	631	1	4	8.2%	0.6%	14.3%	0.5%
2020s	299	891	64	991	0	1	23.1%	24.2%	39.1%	4.4%

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	1	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	17	0	0	2	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	16	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	9	0	0	1	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	8	0	1	1	0	–	0%	–	0%
1940s	0	1	0	2	0	0	–	0%	–	50%
1950s	2	3	6	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1960s	18	6	10	3	1	0	5.6%	0%	0%	33.3%
1970s	66	37	13	7	1	0	1.5%	2.7%	15.4%	0%
1980s	142	109	29	8	3	0	2.8%	2.8%	13.8%	0%
1990s	179	78	24	69	3	1	3.4%	1.3%	20.8%	1.4%
2000s	191	104	33	241	0	3	4.2%	0%	12.1%	1.2%
2010s	256	699	35	631	1	4	8.2%	0.6%	14.3%	0.5%
2020s	299	891	64	991	0	1	23.1%	24.2%	39.1%	4.4%

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	111	156	16	202	0
Feb	88	150	14	161	0
Mar	106	169	17	182	1
Apr	92	170	20	145	1
May	79	158	24	145	1
Jun	105	156	26	158	1
Jul	113	206	20	169	0
Aug	90	191	15	144	0
Sep	96	165	18	111	2
Oct	95	170	16	165	1
Nov	98	147	17	189	1
Dec	80	136	11	182	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: 35.8 missing · 34.3 deaths by force · 40.8 unidentified · 61.6 unclaimed.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	35	2.9%	43	19%	1	0%	0	–
13-17	139	10.1%	175	14.3%	1	0%	0	–
18-24	177	5.1%	437	9.4%	9	11.1%	0	–
25-34	255	11.4%	477	11.1%	27	29.6%	0	–
35-49	309	11.7%	463	11.9%	41	34.1%	2	50%
50-64	153	6.5%	251	9.6%	24	12.5%	8	0%
65+	85	12.9%	105	16.2%	7	14.3%	8	12.5%
Unknown	0	–	28	3.7%	104	17.3%	2,094	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	35	2.9%	43	19%	1	0%	0	–
13-17	139	10.1%	175	14.3%	1	0%	0	–
18-24	177	5.1%	437	9.4%	9	11.1%	0	–
25-34	255	11.4%	477	11.1%	27	29.6%	0	–
35-49	309	11.7%	463	11.9%	41	34.1%	2	50%
50-64	153	6.5%	251	9.6%	24	12.5%	8	0%
65+	85	12.9%	105	16.2%	7	14.3%	8	12.5%
Unknown	0	–	28	3.7%	104	17.3%	2,094	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	712	8%	1,391	11.2%	142	18.3%	1,498	2.7%
Female	441	12%	588	11.6%	40	25%	469	2.6%
Unknown	0	–	0	–	32	28.1%	145	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	712	8%	1,391	11.2%	142	18.3%	1,498	2.7%
Female	441	12%	588	11.6%	40	25%	469	2.6%
Unknown	0	–	0	–	32	28.1%	145	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	869	7.8%	858	9.7%	107	27.1%	1,213	3.6%	55.8%	57.8%
Black	71	16.9%	352	11.6%	7	14.3%	76	3.9%	9.3%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	68	16.2%	319	14.8%	8	12.5%	54	0%	8.2%	18.7%
Asian	42	7.1%	57	8.8%	4	0%	38	0%	2.6%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	72	16.7%	13	0%	1	0%	10	10%	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	5	20%	2	0%	0	–	4	25%	0.2%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	5	40%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	1	0%	4	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	10	20%	2	50%	4	50%	7	0%	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	15	6.7%	367	12.3%	83	14.5%	710	0.6%	21.5%	–

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	869	7.8%	858	9.7%	107	27.1%	1,213	3.6%	55.8%	57.8%
Black	71	16.9%	352	11.6%	7	14.3%	76	3.9%	9.3%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	68	16.2%	319	14.8%	8	12.5%	54	0%	8.2%	18.7%
Asian	42	7.1%	57	8.8%	4	0%	38	0%	2.6%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	72	16.7%	13	0%	1	0%	10	10%	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	5	20%	2	0%	0	–	4	25%	0.2%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	5	40%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	1	0%	4	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	10	20%	2	50%	4	50%	7	0%	0.4%	–
Unknown / not recorded	15	6.7%	367	12.3%	83	14.5%	710	0.6%	21.5%	–

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
WA	0	5	3	4	4	3	2	16

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

Rewards offered 8 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 8 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 (17 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	15	88.2%
Sex: Female	1	5.9%
Sex: Unknown	1	5.9%
Race: White	13	76.5%
Race: Black	2	11.8%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	2	11.8%

Mass murders by year

9 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	8	88.9%
Sex: Unknown	1	11.1%
Race: White	3	33.3%
Race: Hispanic / Latino	1	11.1%
Race: Black	2	22.2%
Race: American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	1	11.1%
Race: Middle Eastern	1	11.1%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	1	11.1%
Age: 13-17	1	11.1%
Age: 18-24	2	22.2%
Age: 25-34	3	33.3%
Age: 35-49	2	22.2%
Age: Unknown	1	11.1%
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 Washington.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Alvin Matlock	Spokane, WA	Mar 1951	75	21	Male
Nancy Anderson	Palmer, WA	Dec 1958	68	60	Female
Ann Burr	Tacoma, WA	Aug 1961	65	8	Female
Duane Winget	Fort Lewis, WA	Feb 1962	64	23	Male
Margaret Peters	Seattle, WA	Mar 1962	64	40	Female
James Hannah	Auburn, WA	May 1962	64	31	Male
Joan Hansen	Des Moines, WA	Aug 1962	64	30	Female
Bernice Selby	Everett, WA	Oct 1962	64	27	Female
Christopher Bridgeman, Jr.	WA	Jan 1963	63	33	Male
Sharon Giusti	Port Townsend, WA	Mar 1963	63	20	Female
Michelle Giusti	Port Townsend, WA	Mar 1963	63	1	Female
Clara Giusti	Port Townsend, WA	Mar 1963	63	0	Female
Bobby Panknin	Colville, WA	Aug 1963	63	4	Male
Celina Lung	Everett, WA	Oct 1964	62	48	Female
David Adams	Issaquah, WA	May 1968	58	8	Male
Verla Winter	Kent, WA	Oct 1968	58	28	Female
Linda Garrison	Sumner, WA	Nov 1968	58	19	Female
Laura Flink	Pacific Beach, WA	Feb 1969	57	21	Female
Dorothy Thompson	Walla Walla, WA	Aug 1969	57	53	Female
Bertha Burke	Port Angeles, WA	Feb 1970	56	29	Female
Gladys Williams	Seattle, WA	Feb 1970	56	19	Female
Jeannette Miller	Arlington, WA	Sep 1970	56	17	Female
Janice Hannigan	Wapato, WA	Mar 1971	55	16	Female
Kevin Conner	Port Angeles, WA	Aug 1971	55	13	Male
Mark Peal	Port Angeles, WA	Aug 1971	55	10	Male

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in Washington.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
William Shanklin	Kelso, WA	Nov 1899	127	–	Male
Cornelius Knapp	Castle Rock, WA	Nov 1900	126	68	Male
Massey Knapp	Castle Rock, WA	Nov 1900	126	56	Female
Silas W. Smith	Cosmopolis, WA	Nov 1901	125	57	Male
Charles Raymond	Everett, WA	Jul 1902	124	42	Male
Enoch Breece	Seattle, WA	Jul 1902	124	45	Male
Cornelius Rowley	Seattle, WA	Jul 1902	124	–	Male
David Morrell	Olympia, WA	Mar 1903	123	56	Male
James Parsons	Centralia, WA	Jun 1903	123	55	Male
Albert Schane	Seattle, WA	Sep 1903	123	36	Male
Henry Stotko	Spokane, WA	Apr 1905	121	–	Male
Michael Glover	Kennewick, WA	Oct 1906	120	–	Male
Forest Perry	Kennewick, WA	Nov 1906	120	–	Male
Joseph Holzhey	Kennewick, WA	Nov 1906	120	35	Male
Harry Miller	Kent, WA	Apr 1908	118	42	Male
John Wright	Colville, WA	May 1908	118	55	Male
Alexander Smith	Tacoma, WA	Feb 1909	117	55	Male
Alfred Waterbury	Spokane, WA	Oct 1909	117	–	Male
Eugene Stanley Wakelin	Olalla, WA	1910	116	26	Male
Adam Hawk	Tahola, WA	Feb 1910	116	–	Male
John Williams	Tahola, WA	Feb 1910	116	–	Male
Jack G. Deitrick	Northport, WA	Mar 1910	116	38	Male
John Sullivan	Spokane, WA	Jan 1911	115	48	Male
Judson Davis	Seattle, WA	Feb 1911	115	–	Male
Clair Williamson	Olalla, WA	May 1911	115	30	Female

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in Washington.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Female	WA	Sep 1954	72	–	Female
Unidentified Male	Tukwila, WA	Dec 1954	72	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Jul 1955	71	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Dec 1955	71	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Aug 1956	70	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Sultan, WA	Oct 1956	70	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Spokane, WA	Jan 1961	65	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Spokane, WA	Jul 1961	65	65	Male
Unidentified Female	Ellensburg, WA	Apr 1962	64	1	Female
Unidentified Male	Spokane, WA	Jun 1963	63	30	Male
Unidentified Male	WA	Jul 1964	62	55	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Sep 1964	62	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Aug 1967	59	33	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Nov 1968	58	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	May 1969	57	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Carnation, WA	Jul 1969	57	24	Female
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Jan 1970	56	60	Male
Unidentified Male	WA	May 1971	55	63	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Jun 1972	54	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Jul 1972	54	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Peshastin, WA	Jan 1975	51	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Seattle, WA	Aug 1975	51	–	Male
Unidentified Female	WA	Dec 1976	50	25	Female
Unidentified Male	Spokane, WA	Jun 1978	48	45	Male
Unidentified Male	Auburn, WA	Jun 1978	48	58	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in Washington.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Ellen Crane	Ellensburg, WA	Dec 1939	87	–	Female
Donald Siliva	Spokane, WA	Dec 1940	86	–	Male
Walter Jorgensen	Ellensburg, WA	Feb 1965	61	–	Male
John Grenko	Cle Elum, WA	Dec 1969	57	–	Male
James Bell	Yakima, WA	Mar 1970	56	–	Male
Thaddeus Rants	Wapato, WA	Apr 1970	56	–	Male
Clara Millsap	White Swan, WA	Nov 1970	56	–	Female
Frank Palmer	Yakima, WA	Dec 1972	54	–	Male
Leroy Johnson	Ellensburg, WA	Mar 1977	49	–	Male
Gem Newkirk	Ellensburg, WA	Feb 1979	47	–	Female
Michael Weins	Brownstown, WA	Mar 1979	47	–	Male
Margaret Treneer	Yakima, WA	Oct 1980	46	–	Female
Gertrude Aston	Yakima, WA	Jan 1981	45	–	Female
Inez Herring	Yakima, WA	Feb 1983	43	–	Female
Rita Jones	Yakima, WA	Dec 1983	43	–	Female
David Ranger	Parker, WA	Nov 1985	41	–	Male
Margaret Harris	Yakima, WA	Jun 1987	39	–	Female
Lester Scott	Ellensburg, WA	Mar 1988	38	–	Male
Bernard Auzada	WA	Mar 1989	37	–	Male
Greg Hals	Yakima, WA	Sep 1990	36	–	Male
James Lewis	Yakima, WA	Dec 1990	36	–	Male
Isidro Jimenez	Finley, WA	Jul 1992	34	–	Male
Bob Neely	Ellensburg, WA	Oct 1992	34	–	Male
Richard Bowman	WA	Jul 1993	33	–	Male
Elsie Klenke	Yakima, WA	Jul 1993	33	–	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. “Washington Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/washington

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.

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	172	236	32	263	1
Tue	139	263	46	280	2
Wed	161	259	37	292	1
Thu	178	272	24	285	0
Fri	192	280	20	311	2
Sat	164	338	31	249	1
Sun	146	322	24	273	2

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	7
6-9	0
10-19	0
20+	1

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1994	1	4	22
1995	0	0	0
1996	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	6	2
2007	0	0	0
2008	1	6	4
2009	1	4	0
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	1	5	1
2013	1	4	0
2014	1	4	3
2015	0	0	0
2016	1	5	0
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1994	1	4	22
1995	0	0	0
1996	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	6	2
2007	0	0	0
2008	1	6	4
2009	1	4	0
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	1	5	1
2013	1	4	0
2014	1	4	3
2015	0	0	0
2016	1	5	0
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0

Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	9	5	0	1	0	0
1978	8	5	5	0	0	0
1979	13	3	1	2	0	0
1980	7	4	3	1	0	0
1981	8	3	2	1	0	0
1982	18	22	2	0	1	0
1983	15	44	4	2	0	0
1984	11	4	2	0	0	0
1985	20	8	1	1	2	0
1986	23	7	1	0	0	0
1987	16	10	4	1	0	0
1988	9	3	5	1	0	0
1989	15	4	5	1	0	0
1990	22	8	1	2	1	0
1991	17	4	3	0	0	0
1992	13	2	2	2	0	0
1993	13	1	0	4	0	0
1994	22	14	2	3	1	1
1995	13	8	4	4	0	0
1996	22	6	2	16	0	0
1997	23	13	6	7	1	0
1998	18	18	1	10	0	0
1999	16	4	3	21	0	0
2000	13	12	2	18	0	0
2001	18	6	2	22	0	0
2002	16	6	4	36	0	0
2003	20	6	4	27	0	0
2004	21	14	4	26	0	0
2005	18	6	0	21	0	0
2006	23	21	2	19	0	1
2007	17	13	6	22	0	0
2008	14	11	6	21	0	1
2009	31	9	3	29	0	1
2010	14	2	5	20	0	0
2011	23	7	2	26	0	0
2012	18	13	5	27	0	1
2013	22	8	2	27	0	1
2014	29	92	6	51	0	1
2015	25	126	3	81	0	0
2016	38	110	2	51	0	1
2017	26	120	3	98	0	0
2018	28	118	3	129	0	0
2019	33	103	4	121	1	0
2020	39	83	7	101	0	0
2021	44	122	6	138	0	0
2022	31	152	9	119	0	0
2023	46	178	14	176	0	0
2024	47	158	14	182	0	0
2025	44	121	8	198	0	1
2026	48	77	6	77	0	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	111	156	16	202	0
Feb	88	150	14	161	0
Mar	106	169	17	182	1
Apr	92	170	20	145	1
May	79	158	24	145	1
Jun	105	156	26	158	1
Jul	113	206	20	169	0
Aug	90	191	15	144	0
Sep	96	165	18	111	2
Oct	95	170	16	165	1
Nov	98	147	17	189	1
Dec	80	136	11	182	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	172	236	32	263	1
Tue	139	263	46	280	2
Wed	161	259	37	292	1
Thu	178	272	24	285	0
Fri	192	280	20	311	2
Sat	164	338	31	249	1
Sun	146	322	24	273	2

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	36	43	54.4%
13-17	169	145	46.2%
18-24	416	207	33.2%
25-34	530	228	30.1%
35-49	568	247	30.3%
50-64	318	116	26.7%
65+	136	69	33.7%

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	1,751	88.5%
Solved	126	6.4%
Charged / in court	63	3.2%
Primary suspect deceased	34	1.7%
Substantiated	1	0.1%
Ruled accidental	1	0.1%
Ruled self-inflicted	3	0.2%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	43	73	4	68
1-4 years	120	399	27	645
5-9 years	143	538	16	580
10-19 years	221	391	36	354
20-29 years	176	106	24	204
30-49 years	286	159	39	41
50+ years	54	85	23	8

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	111	156	16	202	0
Feb	88	150	14	161	0
Mar	106	169	17	182	1
Apr	92	170	20	145	1
May	79	158	24	145	1
Jun	105	156	26	158	1
Jul	113	206	20	169	0
Aug	90	191	15	144	0
Sep	96	165	18	111	2
Oct	95	170	16	165	1
Nov	98	147	17	189	1
Dec	80	136	11	182	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	172	236	32	263	1
Tue	139	263	46	280	2
Wed	161	259	37	292	1
Thu	178	272	24	285	0
Fri	192	280	20	311	2
Sat	164	338	31	249	1
Sun	146	322	24	273	2

Washington 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	111	156	16	202	0
Feb	88	150	14	161	0
Mar	106	169	17	182	1
Apr	92	170	20	145	1
May	79	158	24	145	1
Jun	105	156	26	158	1
Jul	113	206	20	169	0
Aug	90	191	15	144	0
Sep	96	165	18	111	2
Oct	95	170	16	165	1
Nov	98	147	17	189	1
Dec	80	136	11	182	1

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	172	236	32	263	1
Tue	139	263	46	280	2
Wed	161	259	37	292	1
Thu	178	272	24	285	0
Fri	192	280	20	311	2
Sat	164	338	31	249	1
Sun	146	322	24	273	2