Originally from Richmond, VA, Ian Burnett, 22, was traveling to NYC to visit some friends on December 27, 2011 right before he went missing. Ian was staying at an apartment on 139th St. and Riverside Avenue, and was believed to last be seen on December 30, 2011. Ian’s father, Mike Burnet, stated his last contact with his son was via text message on December 27. Ian’s last known contact was with his roommate on December 30 around 4pm, right before he went missing.
Authorities reported that Ian had left his cell phone before he disappeared, so he had no way of contacting friends or family after December 30. It is believed that Ian does have his ID and credit card on his person, although no transactions have been made.
Background on Ian Burnet
Ian comes from a good background with loving parents and no history of drug or alcohol abuse. He was attending Virgina Commonwealth University on a full engineering scholarship and graduated Valedictorian from his high school. His parents are confident that he can take care of himself, but also state that not hearing from him is out of the ordinary.
Description of Ian Burnet
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 132
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Last Seen: Around 139th St. and Riverside Ave in NYC
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Ian Burnet, contact the NYPD at the 30th Precinct at 212-690-8842
Alexis Mills is a Volunteer for the MissingPersonsNetwork.org and a recent graduate of Purdue University
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Tracy Winslow Disappearance
Tracy Winslow, 30, was reported missing by her family the morning of January 23, 2011 in Oil City, LA. Tracy’s family acknowledges that she did go out with friends, but believe that she returned home no later than midnight that same night. Tracy’s ex boyfriend, 40 year old Eddie Lee Jackson, is said to be a suspect and is believed to have abducted her from outside her apartment after she returned home that night. At 6am, with no sign of Tracy, her family reported her missing.
Police recovered Tracy’s vehicle, a 2006 Silver Dodge Charger, approximately 18 miles from her home. It was reported that the vehicle was on fire around 2:30am the morning Tracy went missing, and had been abandoned near North Lakeshore and Kuhn’s Road.
After multiple interviews and statements resulting in inconsistent information, Eddie Lee Jackson was charged with second-degree kidnapping. Jackson was also charged with arson as he was believed to be the one who set Tracy’s vehicle on fire.
Background on Tracy Winslow
Tracy Winslow, mother of 3, and her ex had been together for 15 years before they broke up just two months before she went missing. According to authorities, Winslow had not mentioned any problems with Jackson prior to the break up.
Description of Tracy Winslow
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Physical: Burn scar by left eye,
Height: 5’2”
Weight: 172
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Last Seen: Wearing a white T shirt, blue jeans, blue jean jacket and white tennis shoes
Alexis Mills is a Volunteer for the MissingPersonsNetwork.org and a recent graduate of Purdue University
Police hope to generate new tips on open missing-person cases.
Melanie Drury yearns for the day when she’ll be able to bring her missing sister home.
It’s been almost 16 years since anyone has heard from Melisa Brady Sloan — a pretty, 23-year-old newlywed who disappeared in Orlando in May 1994. Her husband, Gulf War veteran John Sloan, was the last person to see her alive.
Melisa Sloan’s unsolved disappearance is one of Orlando Police Department’s 16 open, missing-person cases that date back as far as 1982. Half of the missing people are thought to be dead, or foul play is suspected, but police said investigators can’t close the case until it’s solved.
On Wednesday, Orlando police announced its new Missing Persons Tip Line — a 24-hour phone line dedicated solely to receiving tips in cases like Sloan’s.
“Every family needs closure, but closure is not the primary motive for the work that we do,” said Chief Val Demings, who was flanked by investigators and officers. “The driving force behind the work that we do is the victim.”
The announcement came a day after missing 11-year-old Winter Springs girl Nadia Bloom was found, four days after wandering away from home and into the woods. Orlando police did not investigate her case.
But it also came just days after detectives revealed that they had no further leads in the case of missing Orlando woman Jennifer Kesse. The 24-year-old woman disappeared from her condo near the Mall at Millenia in January 2006.
Until just a few weeks ago, a detective worked full time on the Kesse case. Demings met with Kesse’s parents and told them there were no more viable leads.
Homicide detectives Andre Boren, Patrick Schneider and Joel Wright on Wednesday highlighted the department’s 16 open cases. They start with that of Gwendelyn K. Goode, who was reported missing in February 1982 and represents the department’s oldest missing-person case. The 39-year-old woman was a heavy drinker and may have walked away from her life to become a transient, police said.
Investigators believe she is dead.
Another case involves 80-year-old Rayfield Crume, who suffered from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. He never showed up to meet his wife at a store in June 2004. His truck was later found abandoned and stuck in the mud near Fort Myers at the edge of a swamp.
Searches turned up nothing, but he is believed to be dead, Boren said.
Investigators think the Missing Person Tip Line will generate more leads and help close some cases. Detectives urge anyone with information about missing people to call the tip line at 407-246-2916.
For Drury, the tip line renews her hope that her sister’s body will be found.
Detectives said they think Sloan was murdered and her body dumped, likely somewhere near her apartment on Kirkman Road in west Orlando. Search crews have combed the woods on several occasions in recent years, but nothing has turned up. Source
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