#cold case vault

Alexandria "Ali" Joy Lowitzer, born on February 3, 1994, was last seen on April 26, 2010, in Spring, Texas. At the time of her disappearance, she was 16 years old, stood 5'2" tall, and weighed approximately 145 pounds. Ali is a Caucasian female with blue eyes and brown hair that was dyed dark red when she went missing. She has pierced ears and nose, pink braces on her teeth, and a faint chickenpox scar between her eyes. On the day she disappeared, Ali was wearing a white t-shirt or spaghetti-strap top, a gray hooded zip-up sweatshirt, black and white checkered skinny jeans, and black sneakers. She was carrying a blue LG/AT&T slide cellular phone and a multicolored checkered backpack with a dark-colored strap.

Ali was last seen after getting off her school bus near her home at 3:00 p.m. She called her mother to inform her that she planned to walk to her workplace, the Burger Barn on Treaschwig Road, to pick up her paycheck. Although the restaurant was only about a quarter-mile from her home, Ali had never walked there before. She mentioned she didn't have her house key, but her mother told her the house was unlocked. Ali never arrived at the Burger Barn and has not been heard from since.

Initially, Ali's case was classified as a runaway. However, she left behind personal items that a runaway would typically take, such as her makeup, purse, phone charger, clothes, and money. Her cellular phone, which she used frequently, has not been active since her disappearance. Entries in her journal suggested she had thoughts of running away, but her family believes these writings were not recent.

Ali was an artistic and well-behaved teenager involved in softball, choir, and the Girl Scouts. She preferred socializing at home, often inviting friends over. Several weeks after her disappearance, homicide detectives began investigating her case, not necessarily indicating foul play but due to the length of time she had been missing without leads. Her case remains unsolved.

(Amelia in 2009; age-progressed photo of what she may look like in 2013.)

Amelia Jose Antonio was a 16-year-old Hispanic female from Godwin, North Carolina. Born on December 18, 1992, she vanished in the early hours of June 4, 2009, leaving her home around 4:00 a.m. that morning.

Amelia stood approximately 5′1″ tall and weighed about 110 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black shirt and black pants.

Known to have a history of running away, she had just returned from a trip to Florida the previous day before disappearing again around the same time.

Sara Nicole Graham, born on April 1, 1996, was last seen on February 4, 2015, in Fairmont, North Carolina. At the time of her disappearance, she was 18 years old, stood 5'4" tall, and weighed 160 pounds. She is a Native American female with brown hair and brown eyes, and she wears eyeglasses and had braces on her teeth. Sara is a member of the Lumbee Tribe.

On the morning of her disappearance, Sara left her home in the 4000 block of Centerville Church Road at 6:30 a.m. to report for her 7:00 a.m. shift as a cashier and door greeter at a Walmart store in Pembroke, North Carolina. She was driving a white Chevrolet van registered to her father. Sara never arrived at work and has not been heard from since.

Later that day, the van was found locked and abandoned in a wheat field off East McDonald Road between Chicken Road and Centerville Church Road, several feet off the road. There were no indications of a struggle at the scene. Witnesses reported seeing the van parked there as early as 6:45 a.m.

Sara had recently moved to North Carolina from Texas and was described as a responsible and dependable person who was happy with her new life. Her disappearance is considered uncharacteristic, and her case remains unsolved.

Hayde Beatriz Vasquez, born on June 22, 1981, was last seen on May 29, 2004, in Coral Springs, Florida. At the time of her disappearance, she was 22 years old, stood 5'5" tall, and weighed 110 pounds. She is a Hispanic female with brown hair and brown eyes. Vasquez was born in Guatemala.

On the day she went missing, Vasquez was dropped off at a Wal-Mart store in the 6000 block of Coral Ridge Drive around 7:00 p.m., intending to purchase clothes for an upcoming weekend trip. Surveillance footage shows her shopping alone and leaving the store by herself. She was supposed to call a friend for a ride home but never did. At the time, she was wearing dark-colored pants, a red long-sleeved shirt, and carrying a light-colored purse with a shoulder strap and a green computer case containing clothing.

Vasquez had been employed as a nanny for a family in Parkland, Florida, for a year and a half prior to her disappearance. Authorities consider foul play a possibility in her case. Notably, earlier that year, another Hispanic nanny, Monica Valdizan, was murdered in a nearby area. Despite physical similarities between the two women, investigators found no connection between the cases.

eremy Ted Alex, born on April 8, 1976, was last seen in Northport, Maine, on April 24, 2004. At the time of his disappearance, he was 28 years old, standing between 5'5" and 5'7", and weighing approximately 150 pounds. He is a Caucasian male with brown hair and brown eyes. Alex was last seen wearing an olive-green flannel Timberland sweatshirt, blue jeans or brown corduroy pants, and sneakers. He was carrying a red backpack. Notably, he smoked hand-rolled cigarettes.

On the day of his disappearance, Alex was moving items to a new home on Harbor Road in Northport. At around 5:20 p.m., he was spotted running out of the woods near Pound Hill Road, approximately 1.5 miles from his new residence.

Witnesses described his behavior as paranoid and erratic, with Alex claiming that "bad guys" were trying to harm him. Despite attempts to assist him, he fled before authorities could arrive. His van was later found in a small parking area off Pound Hill Road, with his keys and cellphone inside, but there was no sign of Alex himself.

In September 2004, there were unconfirmed but credible sightings of a man matching Alex's description in Jackson, Maine, about 45 minutes from Northport. This individual was seen emerging from the woods, acting strangely, and refusing to communicate. Alex had a history of substance addiction and may have been under the influence at the time of his disappearance.

His family believes he may have met with foul play, although he possessed survival skills suitable for living in the woods. At the time, he worked as a freelance gardener and enjoyed skateboarding, reading, and playing the guitar.

Norvice Landon, a 39-year-old Black male born June 5, 1965, was last seen in Chicago, Illinois on January 5, 2005, near the 1400 block of Kedzie Avenue.

He was approximately 6′1″ tall, weighed around 215 lbs, with black hair, brown eyes, and a distinctive appendectomy scar on his abdomen

At the time, Landon was dealing with business and personal troubles, including a contentious divorce, though his family emphasized he would not have disappeared without warning.

On April 16, 2005, his dark blue 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe was found abandoned in the Midway Airport parking lot. He owned a trucking and exterior cleaning business and had three children.

Troy Whyle Moncrief was 32 years old when he vanished from Oracle, Arizona, on January 11,  2000.

According to The Charley Project, he was last seen at the Oracle Metal Yard, where he worked. He stood approximately 5′10″ tall, weighed around 160 lbs, and was a white male with blond hair and blue eyes.

He had tattoos—a prominent pair of Harley wings on his right arm and another tattoo on the left side of his chest—and was wearing a gold bracelet and necklace at the time.

Later, his empty wallet was discovered outside the metal yard, fueling concerns that foul play may have been involved.

David Leo Graham was born on September 1, 1947, and was 25 years old when he went missing in Los Angeles, California, on December 25, 1972. At the time, he was around 5′5″ tall, weighed approximately 135 lb, and had brown hair and green eyes. He had moved from Mobile County, Alabama, to Los Angeles to attend Los Angeles Valley College.

Graham’s white 1960s vehicle was later discovered at a used car lot in Tijuana, Mexico, in January 1973—sold by a man who was not Graham—leading authorities and his family to believe foul play was involved and that he may have been killed by the person who sold the car .

Sketches of a possible suspect—a Caucasian male around 5′0″, 180 lb, with brown hair and brown eyes—have been released, but no one has been identified.