40+ People Missing from two Adjoining Counties-Montgomery and Liberty
CURRENT COUNT 47
Please note the list of missing is farther down on the page, but please take the time to read the paragraphs before to get a complete understanding of what is going on in the area.
With 40+ people missing, is it something sinister or is it just a coincidence?
Written and researched by Jerrie Dean
Researched and edited by Helen Harriman-Oliver
Please note: A Facebook page for the Missing Texas Forty has been created on 2/14/13. Please stop by and like and bring your support and your thoughts!
You may want to look at this list of unidentified missing from Montgomery County Texas.
Click here to go to Missing Texas Forty Channel on YouTube
Unidentified and identified remains found
Click to watch the story done by KHOU news on The Missing Texas Forty.
I also talked with CHROME for the story at the link below. The both sheriff’s from both counties did not agree with my numbers. I was disappointed that CHROME did not let me respond to their comments, but I can respond here and tell you all you need to do is go to the list to see. What I don’t understand is why both sheriff’s don’t know how many people are really missing from their own counties. Both under reported by 75 percent.
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| Larry Baker |
About 10 months ago, I was contacted by Jerry, the brother of missing Larry Baker that disappeared in Liberty County in 2010. Jerry told me about Larry and he also brought up the name of another person, Rodney Stokely that was missing from the same small town in Texas called Cleveland. Cleveland, Texas has a population under 8,000 people. Two people missing from one small town seemed usual to me, and you would think that the odds would have it that the police would have found at least one of these men.
As Helen did her research, she came up with several more names in Liberty County and several more from the adjacent Montgomery County, and emailed me a map she had put together. As I was looking at it, my son, who is planning on becoming a U.S. Marshal when he grows up, said he saw a pattern, but there were a couple of spots missing. So, I typed in the town along with the word missing person and sure enough a name popped up. I typed in another town where there was a missing spot on the map, and another name of a missing person came up. This new information warranted further investigation to see if there were more in that particular county.
Statistics
I contacted Helen and after her extensive research in the two adjoining counties of Montgomery County (population 450,000) and Liberty County (75,000), she came up with an astounding 39 people missing. Then yesterday another name was added raising the number to 40.
In the whole state of Texas with a population of over 25.5 million people, there are 708 missing persons listed with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse. Texas has the most counties in the U.S. at 254. So if you average it out, that would mean there would be about 2 and ¾ people missing in each county of Texas. If I reduced the counties in half to 137, then the number would rise to about 5 people per county. Still not close enough to what Montgomery and Liberty Counties were showing with 40 missing people, 7 from Liberty and 33 from Montgomery.
While doing the research for this article, I wanted to compare these two counties with others in the U.S., but it was hard to find overall statistical information and listings of missing persons.
I did find some interesting information about Alaska, that is nicknamed the Land of the Lost. Alaska in 2005 had 650,000 people in the whole state, less than the city of San Francisco, but comparable to the combined population of Montgomery and Liberty counties. According to the LA Times, “on average, 5 of every 1,000 people go missing every year, roughly double the national rate…Alaska has the highest percentage of people who stay missing” with a compiled list of 1,100 people who “remain” lost.
Reporting Gaps
This information is interesting but still 6 years old. What was realized during the research is that the information is spread all over and there is no standard—every county and state reports missing persons differently. Law enforcement agencies are faced with personnel shortages to update their databases, and each jurisdiction reports the various classifications of the missing differently.
“A great example of this void is the literal void for Liberty and Montgomery Counties on this map (map is no longer there). As luck would have it, that map has one I hadn’t found elsewhere here (link no longer there) and I just found this listing with Rita Mae Hughes, who I also did not have,” Helen said.
According to the Texas Dept. of Public Safety Clearing House, they show 14 people missing in Montgomery County and 4 in Liberty on their website, which is about half of what Helen found.
Why is this? According to Tara Lindborg from the Clearing House, “Not every person that is reported missing is listed on our site. We do not use a set criteria to put someone on our website. If a family wants someone to be listed all they need to do is call.”An example of this is written up in this article about the missing in Wisconsin.”Entering a missing person into the TIME system does not place the information into the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and Adults. Dana Brueck, communications officer with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, said, “It is up to local law enforcement and the family of missing persons what additional dissemination takes place.”This can be a problem, if there is a serial killer stalking people or some other unknown circumstance that is causing an anomaly. You are not going to see it, if it isn’t put into a database. A police officer in Conroe, may never know there is several people missing in the nearby city of Spring because they were never put into a database.
In Kitsap County,Washington, according to the Central Kitsap Reporter “Parents of teens who have disappeared in the county in the last year are accusing police of using the distinction between missing person and runaway as an “excuse” to not investigate their children’s disappearance.”
Reporting Standards
The majority of police departments in the U.S. go by a standard that is, if the child is under 10-12 and if they think there there is foul play suspected, they them put the child on their missing persons list and/or NCIC. Sadly, in some cases, foul play is not found till there is a thorough investigation or the child has been missing for a lengthy amount of time. And if we are talking about a runaway, although they may be put on the list, getting the police to thoroughly investigate that is very slim. Not just for Texas, but all over the U.S. Police go by stats and the statistics show that the majority of teens eventually come home. So, unless there is foul play known, nothing more than cursory information is taken.In the “Missing, but who searches? article, “…whether the department would involve state and national agencies depends on the circumstances. In most local cases, the child or person is found right away. He said the last missing child the department had was found within 24 hours. However, if not found in a short time, Dorner said the information would be entered into the various computer systems and while the news media might not be notified right away, he would certainly put out a press release. “The more eyes out there the better.” In the article, Parents, authorities won’t help find children, “…Sgt. Jim White, and several other deputies, [said] that since Nopp was classified a runaway, the department did not have the money to look into her case.
List of Missing in Texas So, after several weeks of research, a list of people missing in Montgomery County and Liberty County Texas was created, as shown below. Whether there is something nefarious going on or pure coincidence requires even more research and study.Over a 33-year span, the list shows ages ranging from 12-70, all races and both sexes. The first person missing was in 1979, then 1983, 1986 and so on, but once they went missing they remained missing.What I have found is that there is small similarities. There was a group of seven teens that have gone missing from Montgomery County since 2008 and six of them were on foot. I noted that most people missing were from the towns of Spring and Conroe. But the most interesting is that the majorities were walking when they disappeared.Were these people offered a ride and picked up by someone and were “spirited away?” And if we are to assume that all of these people or even half of them are dead, where are they buried? Could they all be in the same place, like Sam Houston National Park?
Serial Killer?
UPDATE: Is there a connection between alleged killer of Mickey Shunick and the Missing Texas Forty? Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft says a burned truck found in San Jacinto County, Texas, that was registered in Montgomery County and belonged to Brandon Laverne was the key to his arrest. Click here to read.
Interesting Fact: Self-professed Serial Killer Henry Lee Lucas (died in 2001) confessed to many murders in Montgomery County, in 1983 amounting to about 600. DNA is slowly but surely proving that many he confessed to he did not do.
Compare this list with the numbers on the map above, and you have a real understanding of how many missing people that are clustered around one area. Also, each name has several links from where information was obtained. The most recent missing people are at the end of the list, so when you look at the map, numbers 40 and descending will show you the most recent cases. Also, a reader brought this information to my attention regarding Spring, Texas: ” Spring is an UN-incorporated area of both Montgomery and Harris counties. It is a very large area that includes any and everything between the cites of Houston, Tomball, Conroe and Humble.” Allie Lowitzer from Spring is actually Harris county, but she is included in the Missing Texas Forty list. They have remained on the list with their original number even though. ALSO, there are several that are on the list that went missing from a nearby county and are on here either because they lived in Montgomery or Liberty counties or was known to be there before they went missing. Lastly there are a few that have been found and they keep the original number but will show “found” next to their number.
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Note I have recently gone over the list and removed any Harris County. It was a tough decision to make, believe me.
Also, please check out the notes after the list to see some more pertinent information.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/9227/14/
NamUs MP # 8548
NamUs MP # 10867
NamUs MP # 10875
Jane McDonald-Crone left her home near Magnolia, Texas for her job at Baker-Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas the morning of November 12, 1993.
On November 12, 1993, Crone reportedly visited the City Limits Club, Willie’s Night Life Club, and Twigs Club in northwest Harris County. On November 15, 1993, Crone’s husband reported her as a Missing Person. Crone’s 1982 blue Ford Mustang, with Texas license number FXY-01G was found November 16, 1993, in southwest Montgomery County, Texas, a few miles from her home. A work crew in the area reported seeing the car at this location on November 13, 1993, at about 7:00. Her purse and identification were not found in the car and there were no signs of violence, although the textbooks she used at her community college classes were there. Crone was attending North Harris County College, in Tomball, Texas at the time of her disappearance.
Foul play is suspected.
16.05-17-2002: Sandra Koepke, w/f, 38 y/o. Conroe, Montgomery County, TX
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| Rodney Stokley |
A buddy of Rodney’s had picked him up at the family’s home and taken him to Brookhollow Apartments for his buddy’s birthday celebration. What he knows about what happened next is based on the friend’s account and what police have uncovered.“His buddy and girlfriend were arguing so Rodney said he would leave, and left on foot. He made a couple of phone calls including one to his girlfriend. He made a couple more phone calls after that but the battery on his phone was going down,” said his father. The last of the calls he made pinged, or connected, off a cell phone tower on Wells Road off Plum Grove Road. After that, no calls were made from the cell phone and no one ever heard from Rodney again. “Everything was going good and then Rodney disappeared. It’s not like him to be gone and not in contact with us,” said Rodney Sr. “That’s where his trail ends.” The “not knowing” is the worst part of it all for the Stokley family.
NamUs MP # 20355
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/mpdetailsPrintt2.asp?id=%27M8/12/20089:55:52AM%27&Person=Missing%20Personhttp://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1909&page=2
Swinney was diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age, and required constant supervision and medication given by injection. Carl was living with his brother in New Caney TX. At 8:30 AM on December 19, 2008, his brother went to get Carl for his injection and Carl was gone. A search of the area was conducted, but Carl has not been found.
22.01-29-2010: Larry Baker, w/m, 55 y/o. Cleveland, Liberty County, TX
A 54-year-old Cleveland area man remains missing and endangered on Monday. Larry Richard Baker, Sr. suffers from multiple serious health problems including high blood pressure, multiple strokes and the beginning stages of dementia.
Baker, who lives near the intersection of Plum Grove Road (FM 1010) and CR 325 was last seen Thursday night by his sister who lives on the same property when she took food to him.
UPDATE 8/15/13 – The Liberty county Sheriff’s Office announced that the human remains found on Gladstell Road (CR322) on April 12, 2013 do not belong to Rodney Stokley, Larry Baker, Mark Rhineburger, Dennis Rogers, Edwin Rodgers, or Westley Moore. The preliminary forensic tests show that the bones belong to a person who was Hispanic or “a similar popular description,” and was between the ages of 15 and 20 years old and 63.5 to 67 inches tall. Because no DNA match has been found the body remains unidentified.
A skull was found in Dec. 2018 and it was sent to see if it could be identified. It may be a year before anything is known. Read here.
23. May 29, 2010 Joseph Lynn Price missing from Montgomery County, Conroe, TX
Price was known to hangout in the Cleveland, TX area and he has a four inch scar on the bottom right side of his abdomen. Last seen wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans.
Case Number: M1402008
Case Type: Endangered
2011
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| TJ Murray |
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/mpdetailsPrintt2.asp?id=%27M5/5/201011:49:45AM%27&Person=Missing%20Person
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| Mark Rhineburger |
30. 02/15/2012 Mark Larry Rhineburger, 39, from Crosby, Texas Liberty County was last seen at the Shell gas station on FM2w100, Indian Shores subdivision on February 15, 2012 around 5:30 a.m.Mark was driving a 2005, white 4-door Chevy pickup with a crew cab. His truck was found on February 15, near County road 2148 in Liberty County near Romayor, Texas. It was out of gas.Mark is 5’10” tall, 170 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.(New information has come out about this case on March 22, 2012. Click here to read.
31. 03/08/2012 Dennis Rogers, 54, from Plum Grove, Texas Liberty County was last seen going for a walk in the woods near his home on CR 347 South. He called 911 and told them that he had gone too far and was lost. The authorities reported on March 13 that the case was now criminal and would not elaborate any further.
32. 03/13/2012 Dina Weston, 42, Missing from Spring, Texas Montgomery County – Presumed found per arrest 7/10/12
33. 6/12/12 – Melba Sue Lyons, 61, from Cleveland, Texas in Liberty County was last seen the night of June 12, 2012. Her family said that Lyons taken from her Shepherd home by ambulance to Kingwood Medical Center. But hours later, she was gone, leaving the hospital unsupervised. A video shows Lyons leaving the hospital through a side door and running across the parking lot.
2013
34. 6/9/13 – Westley Moore
Westley Moore, 32, (W/M) Westley Allen Moore, 32, has been missing from Liberty County Texas since June 9th, 2013.Authorities searched for him near the pipeline area near the 6800 block of Outlaw Bend where Polk County, Hardin County and Liberty County all merge together and specifically Hardin County where Mr. Moore was last seen.
35.12/13/13 – Joy Upham
Joy Upham, 65, was last seen on December 28, 2013 in the area of East Davis and Loop 336 East in Conroe, Texas, according to Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Joy was last seen wearing black pants, a black jacket and brown boots.
2015
36. 3/21/15 – Danielle Sleeper
Danielle Sleeper, 32, was last seen at home in Magnolia, Texas in Montgomery County. She was on foot and has her purse and phone with her.
37. 5/25/15 – Clint Miller, 26, from Moss Bluff, Tx, located in Liberty County. He has not been seen since his home burned down.
NaMus # 34041
38. 9/24/15 – Ryan Tucker, 30, from Conroe, Tx, located in Montgomery County. Conroe Police are asking for assistance in locating Ryan Tucker, a 30 year old white male who suffers from Asperger Syndrome and seizures. Ryan is approximately 5-10 and weighs 200 pounds, last seen wearing a blue Nike shirt and blue jeans (same shirt pictured in photo). Anyone with information is asked to contact Conroe PD at (936)522-3200.
2016
39. 10/27/16 – Donna Kay Cloud, 19, from Splendora, Texas (Montgomery County) Oct. 27, 2016.
Said she was meeting a date at the Texas Roadhouse in Kingwood. She has not been seen since.
40. 7/25/16 – Andra Bradshaw
Andra Bradshaw, 70, of north Liberty County, last spoke to a relative by phone on July 1, but has not been seen or heard from since. When investigators visited her home south of Cleveland at #53 CR3280 and found a television and lamp were on. There were large holes in the floors and walls, and doors were unsecured. Investigators located bone fragments around the residence and have sent them to a Beaumont lab to determine if they are human or animal.
42. 9/19/16 – Stephanie Melissa Castillo Ramirez, Texas Clearinghouse Case Number R1609010, Missing Since 9/19/2016, Montgomery County (as of 5/31/17 still missing). She may be with Lucio Gabriel Lopez.
2017
41.4/19/17 – Donald James Phillips, 54, Willis, Texas (Montgomery County) April 19, 2017. Last seen by his boss. Car was found in the Sam Houston National Forest on April 20, but sat until May before it was realized it belong to Donald. The rangers believe the car was burglarized as his belongings were missing.
43. Jeremy Sirkel, 24, is from Cleveland (Liberty County) since May 13, 2017. Reported missing from San Jacinto County, but lived in Liberty County. His last whereabouts were given by a friend. He may have gone missing elsewhere.
2018
44. Anne Copeland went missing from Montgomery County on October 2018. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office put out a flyer (below).
45. Melissa Hernandez has been missing from Montgomery County since June 1, 2018. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office released a flyer (below).
2019
Johnny Lowe, 53, went missing in Moss Bluff on June 27, 2019. Lowe was a friend and a relative of Clint Miller.
About a month after he went missing a skull was found. In August a search crew located more bones near where Johnny was last known to be. The authorities believe it is likely him but DNA testing will confirm. Johnny never got a number because I don’t assign numbers till they have been gone for a while. You can read more here.
46. Christopher Michael Kopeski, 47, a disabled resident of Snake River Lake Estates in Liberty County was last seen on March 23, 2019.
47. Steven Dean – Steven Dean, missing since August 15, 2019, out of Dayton, TX, Liberty County, Texas.
End of List
Note: The Clearing House for the Texas Dept of Public Safety, which acts as a liaison between the Texas Dept of Public Safety (Government) and people, contacted me and asked us to let every one know that anyone can call and get their help:“We are here to help all families of missing persons and provide assistance to law enforcement whenever asked. We act as a liaison between families and law enforcement. Not every person that is reported missing is listed on our site. We do not use a set criteria to put someone on our website. If a family wants someone to be listed all they need to do is call. We are here to help. Our website is www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch. You can also reach us at 512-424-5074.”Their criteria for being listed is on their website here. Note: Contact from a family member or law-enforcement officer can get the missing person’s photograph posted on the Texas Dept. of Public Safety Website – If you have a family member missing from the Montgomery or Liberty Counties, please contact them and have them have them add your MP’s photo.
I also believe Israel Keys should be listed also.
Although this is all about missing persons, while doing the research for this article, Helen found a document that summarizes 59 cases of unsolved homicides/deaths in Montgomery County between 1979 and 2007. Many were reported missing persons before they were found. Click here to see the profiles.
Do you think there is a lot of people missing from your city or county. Let us know about it.
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5.FOUND!!!!03-22-1988: Darrell Wayne Cade, w/m, 24 y/o. Conroe, Montgomery County, TX
Darrell Cade was found in the woods at the mont co airport a few years ago shot to death. On March 22, 1988, Darrell Wayne Cade left with associates. The associates later told family members that they had dropped Cade off, at his request, at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds located on FM 1484 outside of Conroe, Texas. Cade has never been seen or heard from again. Foul play is suspected.
http://www.woodlandsonline.com/dbs/sheriff/files/File/COLDCASE.pdf
In 2010, MCSO Cold Case Detectives received DNA database (CODIS) hit with DNA associated with MCSO Missing Person, Darrell Wayne Cade, under MCSO case # 8824419.
- FOUND 05-23-2008: Amber Gallagher, w/f, 15 y/o. The Woodlands, Montgomery County, TX
Texas Equusearch says she was found, although no specifics on when. http://texasequusearch.org/2008/05/found-safe-amber-gallagher-15-yrs-the-woodlands-tx-052308/
Amber Gallagher, age 15, disappeared from her home in the The Woodlands on Friday, May 23, 2008 and has not been seen or heard from since. It is not known what Amber was last wearing.
http://texasequusearch.org/2008/05/missing-amber-gallagher-15-yrs-the-woodlands-tx-052308/ UPDATE 3/19/13 – We were informed that Amber Gallagher was found safe. We believe this was some time ago, and she has confirmed it with this office, per Texas Equusearch.
28.FOUND 11-23-2009: Samantha Schauer, w/f, 15 y/o. Conroe TX
The child went missing on 11/23/2009 from Peet Junior High School. She has pierced ears.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/11071/4/UPDATE: The link above shows that Samantha has been found, but no date when that happened.
- FOUND 08-21-2011: Virgilo Kison, o/m, 73 y/o. Porter, Montgomery County, TX
08/20/12 — The body of Virgilio Kison was positively identified.
Virgilo Kison walked away from nursing home unattended. MP suffers from multiple medical conditions to include Parkinson’s / Schizophrenia and Dementia. He has not been located and remains missing. Investigators believe that Kison was last seen walking north from FM 1314 on the south bound service road of US 59 on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at approximately 7:00 PM not far from the Pine Shadow Retreat Nursing Home.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12456/278/
http://montgomerytx.countymonitor.com/2011/08/30/mcso-press-release-missing-person/
38.FOUND 02-04-2012: Rocky Reynecke, w/m, 27 y/o. Conroe, Montgomery County, TX.
UPDATE: Rocky has been found. I received a message from his family and they say he is safe and is on his way home.Rocky disappeared after he walked to a local Walmart. Video surveillance shows Rocky alone. Rocky is from South African and is in the US on a student visa; he has a strong South African accent.
http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/?p=40241
http://stepmother.blogspot.com/
- FOUND DECEASED 02-27-2012: Reina Janeth Cornejo-Trigueros, o/f, 37 y/o. Sour Lake TX – HARDIN COUNTY
UPDATE: On March 5, it was confirmed that the body found by the San Jacinto River was Reina Janeth Cornejo Trigueros. Her boyfriend is still wanted for her murder and officials have continued to search for him.Cornejo-Trigueros, who is of Honduran descent, was last seen at 8 a.m. Monday when she left for work, according to a news release from Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Rod Carroll. She contacted her employer at around 9 a.m. from a pay phone at theValero Station on Texas105 and Texas 326 in Sour Lake and said she was going to be late for work, Carroll said. Cornejo-Trigueros did not go to work and no one has heard from her since that phone call, Carroll said. The vehicle she was seen driving is a champagne 2007 Nissan Titan four-door pick-up with license plate number 50LSB9. The truck has a dent in the tailgate with a black and white sticker covering it.She could be in the Conroe area, Carroll said.
42. Found – 03/13/2012 Bradley Keith Clark, 32, was last seen mid February in 20704 Pin Oak New Caney, Texas in Montgomery County. Bradley is 6 ft tall, 160 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes. He has tattoos of his children’s names. UPDATE: Montgomery County Police Reporter“MISSING PERSON UPDATE: Bradley Keith Clark has been found!”
43. Found – 03/07/2012 MaKayla Taber, 14, Missing from Spring Texas Montgomery County. Considered a run away – Heidi Search Center
45.FOUND 8/1/2012Marva Sheppard, 28, (B/F) UPDATE: 3/15/13 – I have received calls that Marva has been found, but she is still on the Texas Clearinghouse as missing. A call and an email I made to the Conroe Police Dept. for clarification on her status were never responded to. Area Last Seen: Conroe Montgomery County Notes: Marva was last seen enroute to Houston to look for employment. Her white 2004 Pontiac Grand Am was recovered abandoned. Conroe police stated that Marva was no longer missing on 2/14/13.
46. FOUND 6/27/2012 – Jennifer Poindexter, 15, UPDATE: Jennifer has been removed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, although she is still showing up as missing on the Montgomery County Texas crimestoppers website. 9/22/12 – “Jennifer Poindexter has been recovered. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children”
49. 7/9/14 FOUND – James Buckner, 57 went missing from Montgomery, Texas on July 9, 2014. He was last seen wearing a white 2003, Chevy Silverado 2500 4-door pickup truck with Texas plates 3OHYD9. – UPDATE 8/13/14 – James’ remains were found in a wooded area near a deserted golf course in Livingston.
50. 4/28/14 – FOUNDChristopher Maes, 23, from Hardin, Texas has been missing since Aug. 28. He was last seen leaving his parents’ home in the area of CR 2367 on August 28, 2014. Human remains thought to be those of Christopher, have been found by members of the Texas EquuSearch team in Dec. 2014. However, positive identification of the remains must still be confirmed by law enforcement investigators and medical authorities.
51. 11/19/14– FOUND Brian Orolin, 42, was last seen in The Woodlands part of Spring, Texas on November 19th 2014. According to Texas EquuSearch “Brian is a military veteran that suffers from PTSD, and is disabled from a traumatic brain injury he suffered during his last tour of military duty.” Remains found behind house in Dec. 15 and positively identified in Feb. 2016.
61. FOUND Yamilex Alanis Texas MP Clearinghouse, Missing since 3/5/2017, Case Number R1703002 (as of 5/31/17 no file found) Assume she was found.
DIFFERENT COUNTY
6.ORANGE COUNTY:09-11-1988: Eulan Hodgkinson Jr., w/m, 31 y/o. Pinehurst, Montgomery County, TX
It has been brought to our attention that there are two Pinehurst, one near Conroe in Montgomery County and the other Pinehurst (used to be Pinehurst Heights) is in Orange County near Beaumont. I ran the address and it shows that this Pinehurst is the one near Beaumont, which would be Orange County. So Eulan disappeared from Orange County, not Montgomery County. Hodgkinson was last seen at his mother’s house in the 3800 block of Pheasant Street on September 11, 1988. Hodgkinson was a welder, had came in that afternoon to shower, then headed out to pick up a part for a grinder that needed to be painted. His mother knew he was planning to come back soon, because he left his welding equipment out, something he never did for long periods of time. Hodgkinson told her not to worry about making him anything for supper, because he would eat while he was out. According to reports, Hodgkinson left his mother’s Pinehurst home to visit with his employer and give him the status on a welding job in progress. He disappeared after leaving his boss’ home. His vehicle, a 1988 Dodge Dakota pickup truck, was found abandoned two days later on a dead-end dirt road in a wooded area off of FM 1130, on an old oil field road that led to a soybean field in rural Orange County. The vehicle was locked and the keys were missing. A camera, semiautomatic rifle, a military style rifle (AR15), and a large stereo player were missing from the truck. His jack had been taken out of the cab and thrown in the back of the truck. The truck and its tires were new, and there was no reason for him to have the tire jack out. Four days later, his father walked into the Pinehurst Police Department to report that his son was missing. Intensive searches were conducted by police, deputies, friends, families and civic organizations. Foul play is possible.
NamUs MP # 100337.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10033/13/
7.11-23-1989: Light, Lorraine, w/f, 21 y/o. Spring TX (Harris County)
Light was last seen when her mother-in-law dropped her off in the parking lot of her apartment at about 02:00 am. Earlier that evening, she had gone to get groceries to make Thanksgiving dinner for her 3-year-old daughter. After that Lorraine went out with friends. When her sister came home at around 03.00, to the apartment she’d shared with Lorraine, she wasn’t there. In the kitchen, the sister saw grocery bags on the floor and a turkey defrosting in the sink. The answer machine was blinking, and when the sister played the message, she was confused. The caller said it was Lorraine, but it didn’t sound like her, saying she had met someone and was going to Mexico for a few days. Her sister knew Lorraine would not have left, especially on Thanksgiving. When Lorraine didn’t show up by Thanksgiving evening, her sister called police, and Harris County Precinct 4 Constables responded and took the report.At some point, the case was transferred to the Harris County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Division, and the records have been lost.
Foul play is possible.
NamUs MP # 8649
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/8649/5/
18.07-15-2005: Kenneth Dwayne Ebarb, w/m, 27 y/o. Humble TX HARRIS COUNTY
Kenny was last seen in the vicinity of the 21000 block of Countryside Rd. near FM 1960 East. His vehicle was located abandoned and burned the following day on Huffman Rd. in Huffman, TX.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/942/8/
http://www.lbth.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200503637S
23.06-10-2008: Walter Brawner, w/m, 67 y/o. Shepherd TX (Found him to be missing from San Jacinto County and not Montgomery or Liberty – leaving here for now [7/23/12]) Two of Mr. Brawner’s children had stopped by to visit him for Father’s Day in 2008. Mr. Brawner’s vehicle was in the driveway, but there was no response at the door. The adult children went to a neighbor who had a key that allowed them entry into their father’s home. Mr. Brawner was not there. The children became suspicious of the neighbor upon asking some questions and called the local authorities and reported their father missing. Mr. Brawner has not been found to date. Foul play is suspected and the neighbor is a person of interest in this case.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/2593/23/
http://texasequusearch.org/2009/01/brawner-walter-bo-shepherd-tx-missing-061008/
27.01-29-2009: Faustino Torres, h/m, 38 y/o. Humble TX HARRIS COUNTY
Faustino Torres, age 38, was last seen on January 21, 2009, in Humble, Texas. He was on his way to work when he received a call not to come in. Mr. Torres then called his home at 7:20 a.m. to state that he was on his way back there, but he never returned. He was wearing jeans (torn at the knee), maroon t-shirt and white tennis shoes. Please call if you have any information.
http://texasequusearch.org/2009/01/missing-faustino-torres-38-yrs-humble-tx-012109/
30.04-26-2010: Alexandria “Ali” Joy Lowitzer, w/f, 16 y/o. Spring TX HARRIS COUNTY
Ali Lowitzer got off her school bus at 2:45 PM on April 26th close to her home in Spring, just south of Montgomery County, TX, then walked less than a quarter mile to the Burger Barn where she worked. Ali was excited about her first job working for the Burger Barn and was going there to collect her paycheck and to find out if she could work that evening. Ali did not make it to the Burger Barn, and at 3:00 PM all communication with her cell phone stopped: Ali was avid at text messaging, sending an average of 4000 messages per month. Her family and friends have not have any contact with her after that time.
My classmate Rocky is on your site and I appreciate it so very much I am sickened by this information and have known for a time our county was corrupt but reading this makes me sickened! I want some type of justice for the families of the missing that includes Rocky's family his mother can't even get a call back from the detectives which again this would explain more! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SITE and I HOPE all of the MISSING are FOUND!
I would really like to talk with you about this article. I work in the Missing Persons Clearinghouse at DPS at would like clear some of the information up. We are here to help all families of missing persons and provide assistance to law enforcement whenever asked. We act as a liaison between families and law enforcement. Not every person that is reported missing is listed on our site. We do not use a set criteria to put someone on our website. If a family wants someone to be listed all they need to do is call. We are here to help. Our website is http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch. You can also reach us at 512-424-5074.
At least two others are currently missing from the same area since this story was published. Very Disturbing. Thank you for posting this info and pictures and for all the research you have done. Prayers for all the missing and for the families and loved ones of each.
Yes, Bradley Clark and Dennis Rogers, they will be added today.
Bradley Clark has been found. But there is a missing man from Crosby, Texas. Link to flyer is http://www.lrcf.net/missing/1763/1763.html
You have done some great work here. Pleasse keep it up!
Virgilio Kison has probably been found, but still waiting on DNA.
And today an Amber Alert for 2 yr old Devin Davis has been issued. Missing in Liberty Co.
What about the other 6 girls who disappeared in two months that Alexandria Lowitzer did? I cannot find any information on them
http://www.khou.com/news/Seven-Missing-Girls-In-Two-Months-Worries-Kingwood-Parent-95238394.html
Helen and me are checking in to the missing seven girls. Ali we have on the list and if they are outside the Liberty or Montgomery county area, we would not have them on the list. But, we will double check to make sure.
Ali Lowitzer, still missing
Cynthia Tucker is in Houston and still missing
Sonia Castanon, Blackpool seen in Spring Texas still missing
Chastity Armstrong Harris County, found safe
Vanessa Cisneros, Alvin Texas Found safe
Kalyn Painter Porter, Texas Found safe
Felishia Goodman Cleveland, Texas Found safe
Jordan Johnson, Spring Texas Found safe
Oh, thank YOU very much for posting that. 🙂 I didn't think you'd respond as fast. Keeping the others in my thoughts & prayers.
Unfortunately, there seems to be another one: http://www.click2houston.com/news/Family-searches-for-missing-husband-father/-/1735978/11810976/-/264742/-/index.html
I hope he is found safe! My heart goes out to the missing and their loved ones.
Who is on the road a lot and can easily pick up people who are walking? Who are they likely to trust or not resist? Who is likely to be limited to mainly one county but occasionally drifts into another? Who has access to all areas and has a good working knowledge of the area, the places most likely to get searched and the best way to dispose of bodies?
Am I the only person who sees this pattern pointing at a cop?
I agree with you. That's sick if it is. We're supposed to trust these people and they abuse their power in so many ways. Wouldn't be the first time a cop is guilty of things like this. I really hope those who are still missing are found soon. Makes me sick to hear about missing people. Makes me want to keep my kids inside under my supervision at all times!
A case of a police man abducting and killing has taken place in Kansas City Kansas area in the past year. He had grown up in my area, became a cop here, then moved 150 miles away to KC Kansas. Everyone here was stunned. So YES, it happens, and unfortunately we don't learn much about these cases. Having spent considerable time in the area where these people have gone missing, I am freaked out by this even though it was 20 years ago. I loved this part of TX. Sure hope these people are all found and that no more go missing.
Have you guys seen the way Houston cops treat people? Just check YouTube and do a search for Houston PD and you will get some disturbing videos. The one I just saw was the Houston officers taking a protester and throwing him into one of their car because he refused to give them more than his name and birth date, and when the crowd roared that this abuse was unwarranted, another cop took his shotgun, cocked it and pointed it at the crowd. Sickening to watch. I know without a doubt that if you're that unstable, you're unstable enough to kill innocent people. So it's not only possible, it's plausible.
The Tabor girl was found in OK. Also, I would like to explain something in regards to the “city” Spring. Spring is an UN-incorporated area of both Montgomery and Harris counties. It is a very large area that includes any and everything between the cites of Houston, Tomball, Conroe and Humble. I do not wish to downplay the number of people that have come up missing from Spring, just to point out that figuratively speaking, “Spring” is the equivalent to 4 or 5 separate areas/towns.
Thanks, I have marked her found. Thanks for the clarification of Spring.
#6..Eulan Hodgkinson, Jr. is from ORANGE, TEXAS and was killed in ORANGE County, not Montgomery County. I think this is a great site but hate for something to be in there that doesn't belong. His murder has never been solved but was reported to be drug related.
According to the Texas Historical Society Pinehurst is it near Conroe in Montgomery County and Pinehurst (used to be Pinehurst Heights) is in Orange County near Beaumont. I ran the address and it shows that this Pinehurst is the one near Beaumont, which would be Orange County.
I worked as a sales rep in Montgomery County, in Spring, The Woodlands, Magnolia, Conroe, Willis, Montgomery, Cleveland, New Caney, Porter, Huffman, and Humble/Kingwood. In Liberty County, In Dayton, Crosby, Liberty and sometimes Beaumont.
My point is, I was one of probably hundreds of sales reps working for various companies selling and servicing many businesses. I've stopped at many bars and clubs with co-workers to have a drink or two after work on many occasions. I'm thinking, people in my line of work should be looked at a little closer. They may be assigned to these territories, but don't necessarily live there.
I would be curious to know if anyone has ever done a business sweep to talk with business' owners who see an average of 5 or more reps a day for various reasons. I may be way off base, but I would not care if I was placed on a watch list or investigated. If it could possibly lead to solving some of these missing persons cases. It seems that most of the serial killers who are caught have a red flag somewhere in their background.
I have a gut feeling that law enforcement is actually behind some of these missing person reports. I have lived in Texas and I know how the Police officers are there. In one case a person had been reported missing 08-01-2012. It was reported to the woman's best friend on 02-14-2013 that she had been found by Montgomery county law enforcement. HOWEVER, This has not been confirmed. As the Montgomery County police have refused to accept, or return ANY of the friend's calls. Nor have they removed her from the missing person's list on Texas Clearinghouse! Another case in Spring Texas- The police LOST ALL of the evidence AND records for a 21yr olds missing person's case! I actually heard a police officer in Montgomery County Texas say to another officer how easy it would be to make some one disappear! If you think about it 90% of Conroe police officers are people who were bullied as a child ( For whatever reason), and now they are pissed and only out for revenge and cruelty! They are now on a power trip and ready to do some bullying back!! It is more like ” Hell has no fury like an cop scorned!” I have met WAY MORE corrupted cops than good one's. They are the law and when it comes down to it- it's your word against theirs. In this sense they literally get away with murder! Last example: A black male football player was murdered. He had been dating a white girl, whose father is a cop. The boy was told to stay away from the girl; as the girls father did NOT approve. The father has one of his buddies pull the young boy over. The next thing you know the boy is DEAD! They CLAIM he shot himself – WITH a shotgun when he was pulled over! 1st of all- It is IMPOSSIBLE that at the angle of the bullet wound that it was self inflicted! 2nd- He had just left his girlfriends house- after sneaking to see her- She claims that he was in good spirits when he left her house. 3rd- Family and friends say he was NOT depressed about anything. 4th- He was a star athlete with offered scholarships to college. He was also an honor student. He had NO motive for suicide. — His murder is still under investigation today. And his murder is STILL listed as an unsolved murder!! The COPS WERE the LAST ones to see him alive! That IS a FACT!!!
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http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/august/new-information-released-in-serial-killer-case
They have a timeline chart that goes from 1997 until 2012 with his known locations. They are looking for missing persons in those areas during those timeframes.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/august/new-information-released-in-serial-killer-case/keyes-timeline
Serial killer Israel Keys in the Houston, Shepard and Humble area from February 2, 2012 to March 20, 2012
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A man in san angelo has gone missing also named brandon lawson he broke down on the hwy outside of Bronte tx . ..he made a 911 call in the call he states “I ran outta gas !! I ran into someone im being followed im hiding in a field please send help fast call was den disconnect when 911 operater asked if he was hurt…family member came with gas n brandon wasn't at his truck n was never heatd from again this happened 17 wks ago xops wont help said no sign if foul play..but his family has put in search parties but nothing..
November 2013 outside of jasper tx man was missing same similarity to Brandon lawson however his body was found ..I believe we have a serial killer that is preying on people that brake sown at night on the roads ..
Brandon lawson story needs to be heard his wife has created a facebook page so people can helo donate n follow the story
How is Brandon Lavergne the “alleged” murderer of Mickey? He admitted to it and showed us where her body was… it's why he is in prison. That being said if he is responsible for the disappearance and murder of other people I hope he is brought to justice for every single one of them.
No disrespect intended, Charlene. I use that term often until someone admits or is convicted and that sometimes takes years. I will start a story and add to it, running the storyline backwards and in the beginning there is usually no admittance or conviction and that comes later, but the title remains the same. I do not believe that we will ever know the full scope of what Lavergne did. He holds the answers to many missing people, but I doubt he will ever say.
Bradley Keith Clark was found safe a few weeks after he was reported missing.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10150671119914448&id=233489574447&p=10&_rdr
Yes my brother edwin brown missing since april 2013 has not been seen or found from houston texas . My family has nothing period from harris county police department . We are devastated over this . Its the worst thing a family could ever go through in a life . No answers to anything period !!!!!!
If your not careful, trying to help can make you the criminal. I have found this out. It's all screwed up!
I noticed several mentally handicapped people on the list. I would only expect one or two to turn up for such a small area especially with no remains. I can't imagine there are more than a couple professions that would bring you into these peoples lives….I'm assuming whoever did it would also know that the victim would be high risk for wandering and possibly getting lost due to their mental status. In my mind if I am a caregiver and my relative (or whoever the case may be) wandered off the logical order would be the caregiver staying at home in case they return while an officer (or other person of authority….) searched…..especially if the relative had wandered in the past. Hmmmm…..
The large array of diversity in and of its self speaks volumes. Usually an individual serial killer has a type. With the glaring absence of reoccurring likenesses in age, class, gender, or race I think it looks a lot more like a crime of opportunity. And what type of person finds themselves around bar patrons, stopping for (or pulling over) random vehicles, stopping for lone walkers, talking to school children or at risk teens without raising suspicion. It makes it easy to suspect that it's not your typical faceless monster.
http://www.tribunenews.com/?p=2421
Danielle Sleeper has been missing since March 22, 2015.
Thank you, and she has been added. Her family has raised the reward to $21,000. My only hope is that Danielle's case may help bring attention to all the missing in that area AND media will pick up on it and start reporting on it.