This is another follow up post to V for Vanished – Virginia’s Missing Children (2017) where we explored the alarming rates of missing children in the state of Virginia.
Data from 2016 and 2017 show that Virginia has an extremely high rate per 100,000, surpassing the rates for states with much larger populations such as California and New York.
While manually recording the numbers of missing children in Virginia for 2017, over the course of one month, I noticed that many of the profiles were disappearing from the Virginia page.
This post focuses on profiles that were featured on the NCMEC official website that have now completely disappeared from the listings.
Lost and Found?
There are a number of profiles that were counted while compiling the list of missing in Virginia for 2017 that have since disappeared from the NCMEC website.
Although I thought this to be odd, I rationalized that a number of the missing children had probably returned home.
Yet, if this were the case wouldn’t there be some kind of announcement celebrating their return? I didn’t find any such announcements on the website but I also decided to scan their Twitter page as well.
Similarly, there were no Tweets announcing the safe return of any missing children from Virginia. There were, however, half a dozen Missing Child Recovered announcements from Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, Alabama and New Mexico.
Missing NCMEC Profiles of Missing Children
Madyson Adamov
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: September 24th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Janae Ballard
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Virginia Beach, VA
• Missing Since: June 2nd, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017 - Missing Profile
Victoria Blow
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: August 27th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Mackenzie Bolling
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: White
• Missing from: Waynesboro, VA
• Missing Since: September 27th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Lexi Bowden
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14
• Race: White
• Missing from: Fairfax, VA
• Missing Since: September 20th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Tiffany Bowman
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Charlottesville, VA
• Missing Since: September 13th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Nikya Boykins
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Chesapeake, VA
• Missing Since: September 17th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Kalea Bristol
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: September 2nd, 2017
Search November 15th, 2017 - Missing Profile
Emanye Brown
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Portsmouth , VA
• Missing Since: July 19th, 2017
November 15th, 2017 - Missing Profile
Sayda Burgos-Rodriguez
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Alexandria, VA
• Missing Since: May 10th, 2017
November 15th, 2017 - Missing Profile
Tamara Caddell
• Sex: Female
• Age: 13
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Hampton, VA
• Missing Since: August 9th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Olivia Cervantes
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: White
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: August 2nd, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Keyanisti Chattoo
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Virginia Beach, VA
• Missing Since: July 17th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Tanaiya Childress-Burton
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Richmond, VA
• Missing Since: August 13th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Thelma Coreas Cazares
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Herndon, VA
• Missing Since: September 24th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Keishyra Corprew
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: September 21st, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Mia Cox
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15
• Race: White
• Missing from: Fairfax, VA
• Missing Since: September 27th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Semaja Ellis
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Williamsburg, VA
• Missing Since: September 18th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Natalie Escamilla
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15
• Race: White
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: September 1st, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Saida Fagiry
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Henrico, VA
• Missing Since: September 9th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Uniqua Ford
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Chesapeake, VA
• Missing Since: February 25th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Karla Galvez
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Fairfax, VA
• Missing Since: August 2nd, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Katlyn Gray
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14
• Race: White
• Missing from: Luray, VA
• Missing Since: July 12nd, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Saria Gilliam
• Sex: Female
• Age: 12
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Portsmouth, VA
• Missing Since: September 23rd, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Sharadana Harrison
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Prince George, VA
• Missing Since: September 26th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Jyecora Holloway
• Sex: Female
• Age: 12
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: September 19th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Houston-Lee Pingley
• Sex: Male
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Winchester, VA
• Missing Since: October 4th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Nasir Hunter
• Sex: Male
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Missing Since: September 13th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Fasiyyah Jones
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Amelia, VA
• Missing Since: Sep. 27th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Aniyah Joseph
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Chesterfield, VA
• Missing Since: August 14th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Makayla Kucera
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: White
• Missing from: Virginia Beach, VA
• Missing Since: September 8th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Alyssa Lizardi
• Sex: Female
• Age:
• Missing from: Norfolk, VA
• Race:
• Missing Since: September 11, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Janeice Mcnair
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Henrico, VA
• Missing Since: September 29th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Margen Napoles
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Alexandria, VA
• Missing Since: March 7th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Tamyah Quarles
• Sex: Female
• Age: 5
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Henrico, VA
• Missing Since: April 1st, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
Jennifer Jovel Rivas
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: White
• Missing from: Fairfax, VA
• Missing Since: June 23rd, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Juliet Sandoval
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14
• Race: White
• Missing from: Harrisonburg, VA
• Missing Since: September 30th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Karina Henriquez Sandoval
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: Hispanic
• Missing from: Bristow, VA
• Missing Since: August 19th, 2017
Search on November 15th, 2017
Missing Profile
Raea Weaver
• Sex: Female
• Age: 17
• Race: White
• Missing from: Virginia Beach, VA
• Missing Since: August 28th, 2017
Search on November 15th
2017
Missing Profile
39 profiles disappeared/removed from NCMEC website
37 of 39 profiles disappeared/removed from NCMEC website are female
19 of 39 profiles from Norfolk/Virginia Beach region
19 of 39 profiles "No Photo Submitted by Investigative Agency"
There has to be some kind of mistake here, right?
How's it possible that this many profiles have been removed in the last month and a half with NO indication that any of these teens have been found or returned to their families or homes?
Why are there so many missing children without a photograph?
Which Investigative Agencies are not submitting photos, and for what reasons?
Picture Them Home® is the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children®'s ongoing campaign to raise awareness about the power of photos and their importance in the search for missing children. Because photos have such a vital role in the search for missing children, it is NCMEC's goal to distribute posters to as broad an audience as possible.
The familiar saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" is proven true time and again by the return of missing children who have been identified through this campaign.
Searching Names
Searching for the names of the missing teens who have had their profiles removed does give some returns to the NCMEC's own website. However, the links are either dead or we received a Page Not Found notice. When the links to the NCMEC do work those it takes you to the main Virginia profile page BUT the profiles no longer appear on the page.
Furthermore, including "found" in the search query does not bring up any results that would indicate that these individuals have in fact been located.
Discrepancies / Inaccuracies
Along with the disappearance of profiles there are profiles that disappear and reappear with conflicting information. Most notably, the date the child goes missing changes. Sometimes the dates are weeks apart and other times months apart.
Aiyonnah Butler
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Chesterfield, VA
• Missing Since: September 22nd, 2017 | November 3rd, 2017
Dekaiyla Booker
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16
• Race: Black
• Missing from: Prince George, VA
• Missing Since: September 23rd, 2017 | November 9th, 2017
What Does This Tell US?
A very disturbing picture has emerged form the 2017 data collected from Virginia's missing children profiles.
- Rates per 100,000 are extremely high in Virginia (2016 & 2017)
- The Norfolk / Virginia Beach region appears to be the epicenter of missing children in VA
- DHS / ICE / Authorities recognize that the region is a hotbed for human trafficking
- African Americans seem to make up a disproportional number of the missing
- Teenage girls ages 15-17 are high risk
- The number of missing Virginian children / teens in October is off the charts.
- Investigative Agencies are not providing photos of missing children to the public (particularly in VA)
- Young attractive teenagers appear to be targeted
- Profiles of the missing are disappearing from the NCMEC's website
- Since dozens of profiles are disappearing from the website, the total amount of missing children is distorted/inaccurate
- There are no Amber Alerts issued for the alarming number of children reported missing in VA
Images: Wallpapercraft, missingkids.org, Twitter.com
