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There are thousands upon thousands of persons missing in the United States at any moment. Although 97% will return home within a week, there are many who, unfortunately, will not.
There are so many parents, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, children, friends and more who suffer a terrible loss of not knowing and often do not know where to turn. For these people, missing persons are more than what you read about in the news. They live a never-ending nightmare with days, weeks, months, and years of unresolved grieving.
This web site was launched to promote public awareness of Maryland's missing and unidentified persons, assist in finding missing persons, and to provide support and resources for those dealing with missing person situations. This website has a network of involved persons: police, forensic specialists, Doenetwork volunteers, family members of missing persons, and many more known as the 'Maryland Missing Persons Network.'
This web site does list unidentified homicide victims. I debated at first whether or not to put this here, especially because it could be upsetting to families of missing persons. Being that several unidentifieds found in Maryland are juveniles, I decided that not putting them here would withhold the potential for public recognition. I suggest that those with an emotional intolerance to brutality to not visit this section. This section is not suitable for children to view. There is also a 'Unidentified children' section devoted to the thousands of unidentified juveniles found across the US.
I'm more than happy to add cases of missing persons in Maryland with exception. The case must be filed with a law enforcement agency. I will not add profiles of lost loves, deadbeat parents, missing classmates, and children caught in child custody battles.
If you have any suggestions, inquiries, information or comments please direct them to [email protected].
Sincerely,
Kylen Johnson, Maryland Doenetwork Director |
The following people contribute to this website in various forms: |
Dr. Warren Tewes, DDS, MS, is on the faculty of the University of Maryland Dental School and is lead forensic dentist for the Maryland State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. He is also a member of the Homeland Security's Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team. Dr. Tewes developed the Maryland Dental Database for Missing and Unidentified Persons. Read more about his work at: http://www.oea.umaryland.edu/news/2003/030408-award-ef.htm
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Laurie Gilman - is a retired PG County paramedic and the Asst. Doe Network Director in MD. Laurie resides in Calvert County with her husband, and has an obsession to bring home Maryland's lost.
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| Marion Derossett - the Assistant MD director of the Doenetwork. A former Baltimore resident, she now resides in North Carolina, and has a deep interest in missing persons and cold cases. She has a personal stake in this, as her brother disappeared for 18 years without a clue. She is happy to assist you, as I am, with any questions or concerns. |
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Sgt. Don Stahl of the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Forensic artist providing a valuable resource to Maryland in the way of reconstructions of unidentified victims |
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Investigator Roger Cassell retired recently after running the cold-case unit for the Maryland state police. He and Corporal Linda Lozier, Corporal Tina Becker, Sgt. John Cook, Sgt. Jack McCauley, have really supported the efforts of the Doenetwork and like organizations and always wants to bring the lost home. |
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Carla Proudfoot, Director of Maryland's Center for Missing Children, for her expert advice and devotion to bringing Maryland's missing children home. Susan Hood, caseworker at the Maryland Center for Missing Children. |
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John Worden, Anne Brooks, and Pat Stevenson of Meca. Meca in MD is a support group for families of the missing, an educator on child safety, and a stern force in preventing child abductions. Meca is partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Baltimore Co Police, and the Maryland State police. In Memory Joan Taavon, who was the President of Meca until her untimely death in November of 2004. |
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Investigator David Cordell of the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's office. |
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Wes Neville of Project Edan. Without a moment's hesitation, Wes has made sketches of several Maryland cases and created age-enhancements and given forensic advice. Wes also serves as the South Carolina area director for the doenetwork. |
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Detective Rick Robinson, AA county police, has really supported the efforts of the Doenetwork and like organizations and is always wanting to bring the lost home. The Joseph Demarest case (see memorial page) would never have been solved without his tiresome determination. We would also like to recognize
Detective Sheyn Brezniak, Anne Arundel County Police who was running the missing persons unit. More than one family with missing persons in Anne Arundel county has felt he needs to be honored for his dedication and excellence in finding missing persons. |
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Delegate Jean Cryor, whose concern with vulnerable missing persons led to the Missing and Vulnerable Persons Task Force |
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Sgt. Roger Thomson, who is a homicide investigator for Montgomery County. Also, the Montgomery County Police for listing this site on its website. |
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Gregory Wims who of the Victims Rights Organization in Montgomery County, Maryland. |
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Detective Mingle of the Baltimore City Police Department. |
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Joe Krebs - NBC Cold Case special |
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Detective Jim Trainum of the DC Metropolitan police has really supported the efforts of the Doenetwork and like organizations and is always wanting to bring the lost home. |
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| Garrett County Sheriff's |
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| Washington Co. Sheriff's |
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| Allegany County Sheriff's |
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Kenneth Barnes, Sr. - after his son unfortunately became a victim of a homicide, Kenneth reached his hand out to organizations to make a change to prevent future tragedies like the one he endures. |
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Nancy Monahan, PA director for the Doenetwork. Nancy works tirelessly to find the names of the John/Jane does in PA, and to find the missing in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
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