Located Deceased Prior to Current Year
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Matal Zachary Sanchez, 4 years - Milwaukie, Oregon- Missing: 06/30/2005 - Located Deceased: 07/02/2005
Christine Coffman, step-grandmother to Matal, entered a guilty plea to Matal's murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Her motive for the murder - getting back at her husband who was planning to divorce her because he was close to Matal.
Melissa Schmidt-Maser, 15 years - Lincoln, Nebraska- Missing: 09/05/1995- Located Deceased: 01/2007
Todd Baker, 44, already serving a life sentence for another murder committed in the mid 1990's, Baker decided to tell investigators where they could find Melissa's body. He was sentenced to life in prison. No reason was given for the murder.
Olivia Seals, 16 years - North Carolina- Missing: - Located Deceased:
On March 23, 2009 Philip Blankenship entered an Alford plea of guilty to the murder of Olivia Seals. When asked by the judge if he in fact was guilty his reply was "No". Blankenship was sentenced to life without parole.
Brenda Sierra, 15 years - Montebello, California- Brenda Sierra was abducted the morning of 10/18/02 while walking to a friend's home. Her body was found the next day. A $150,000 reward is offered Call WE-TIP at 1-800-78-CRIME, SBSO Homicide Division, Sgt. Stroup/Det. Smith at 909.387.3589 or East LA Sheriff's Station at 323.264.4151.
Rachel Smith, 16 years - North Potomac, Maryland- Missing: 01/19/2007 - Located Deceased: 02/02/2007
Rachel Smith was reported missing with her friend Rachel Crites. They were both found deceased inside Rachel Crites' car. Their deaths were ruled suicides.
Savannah Smith, 8 years - Woonsocket, Rhode Island- Missing: 05/07/2006 - Located Deceased: 05/08/2006
Joshua Davis, 22, a neighbor of Savannah Smith's, pled guilty to her murder, kidnapping and molestation. He was sentenced to three consecutive life terms.
Wyatt Smitsky, 4 years - Georgetown, Pennsylvania- Missing: 09/04/2009 - Located Deceased: 09/05/2009
Wyatt's body was located in a nearby septic tank. His death was ruled axphyxia due to drowning. It has not been determined if the drowning was an accident or criminal negligence.
Benjamin Stanford, 16 years - Alabama- Missing: 2007 - Located Deceased: 2007
Benjamin's death was ruled a suicide.
Candace Lynn Starr, 16 years - Granada Hills, California- Missing: 09/21/1975 - Located Deceased: 2009
Candace was allegedly abducted by her estranged boyfriend Michael Singh from the home of her parents at gunpoint. Her sister witnessed the abduction. Candace's death was solved in 2009.
Avery Lee Stately "Two Winds", 2 years - Redby, Minnesota- Missing: 11/22/2006 - Located Deceased: 04/01/2007
Avery and his brother, Tristan White, disappeared from the front yard of their grandfather's home on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Their bodies were located in the lake a half-mile from the grandfather's home. Their bodies were encased in ice.
Linda Steele, 4 years - Warren, Michigan- Dawn Yorke, 51, is accused of strangling her 4-year-old granddaughter Linda Steele on June 11, 2009. Yorke, a paranoid schizophrenic, was caring for the child at the time of the incident. She was arraigned on murder charges and ordered to undergo a mental status exam.
Shawn Michael Steptoe, 14 years - Bluefield, West Virginia- Missing: 05/13/2004 - Located Deceased: 2006
Shawn's murder remains unsolved.
Paula Ann Stewart, 15 years - Hobart, Indiana- Missing: 06/28/1980 - Remains Located: Late 1980 - Identified: 08/07
Paula's death remains unsolved.
Jeffrey Blake Stone, 15 years - Attalla, Alabama- Missing: 03/24/2008 - Located Deceased: 07/01/2008
Accused: Nathaniel Lee, 20 & Andrew Smiley, 23, Jeffrey's friends
Charges: Murder
Trial Dates: Pending
Jamesha Beatrice Terry, 12 years - California City, California- Missing: 03/19/2007 - Located Deceased: 04/01/2007
Accused: Phillip Ellison, 40 (Rape & Murder)
Relationship to Victim: Uncle
Trial Date: Pending
Shylae Thomas, 9 years - Flint, Michigan- Abuse Report Made: 04/20/2009 - Located Deceased: 04/22/2009
Accused: Lorrie Thomas, 39, Shylae's adoptive mother & Aunt
Charges: Starvation murder
Trial Date: Pending
Somer Renee Thompson, 9 years - Orange Park, Florida- Missing: 10/19/2009 - Located Deceased: 10/21/2009
Police named a person of interest in Somer's murder on February 11, 2010. His name is Jarred Harrell, 24, of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. He used to live in home in Florida that is located one block west of where Somer was last seen alive. Harrell is charged with 29 counts of possession of child pornograpy.
Demond Tunstall, 7; Ivan Tunstall-Collins, 2 1/2; Jinella, 1 1/2; Jimella Tunstall, 23 and Jimella's unborn child. - Saint Louis, Illinois- Tiffany Hall pled guilty to the murder of her childhood friend, cutting her baby from her womb and then drowning her friend's three children. The baby died after being taken from it's mother. Hall was sentenced to four life terms in prison plus 60 years.
Isaiah Amari Vargas, 3 years - Mesa, Arizona- Missing: 03/29/2007 - Located Deceased: 04/01/2007
Accused: Heather Nicole Miller, 22; Father's fiancee
12/08/09: Guilty of first-degree murder & felony child abuse
Court: Maricopa County Arizona - Case Number: CR2007-121129-001 DT
Sentencing Postponed until: 03.05.10 - Possible sentence of 45 years to life
Araceli Vazquez Bazan, 16 years - Concord, North Carolina- Missing: 09/23/2005 - Located Deceased: 2006
Araceli's death remains unsolved.