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2009

• Madlin Rodriguez

  

  Madlin Rodriguez, 28, was discovered as a Jane Doe (234UFPA) in a Pennsylvania landfill on June 26, 1998. She was identified via DNA comparison on June 1, 2009.

• Hot Case 1579

  Hot Case 1579 was located on March 21, 1992 in Miami, Florida. He was identified on March 18, 2009. No additional information is available.

• Shirley Elizabeth Stevens

  Shirley Elizabeth Stevens (3003DFCA) was last seen in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California on November 1, 1970. Her case was closed in 2009 after the validity of the missing persons report was questioned. According to LE, it doesn't appear that anyone with the name of Shirley Elizabeth Stevens was ever missing from the area.

• Melanie Hall

  Melanie Hall was last seen in Bath, England on June 9, 1996. She was located deceased in October 2009, on the M5 slip road at junction 14, north of Bristol.

• Lewis Haines

  Lewis Haines was last seen on June 9, 1995 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. She was located deceased in October 2009. Human remains which were found in the River Don shortly after have been identified using forensic techniques, as Haines.

• Henderik Bezembinder

  Henderik Bezembinder was last seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 16, 1995. His remains were found in his car in the Weespertrekvaart Canal in Amsterdam, in August 2009.

• Louann Emma Bowers

  Louann Emma Bowers was last seen on June 8, 1993 from East Berlin, Adams County, Pennsylvania. She was located safe in July 2009.

• William Hart

  William Hart was last seen in Fairfield, South Carolina on October 6, 1999. Human remains found in some Fairfield County woods in 2006 was positively identified as Hart in May 2009. Authorities believe he died of exposure to the elements, and that no foul play was involved.

• Jean Theresa MacDonald

  Jean Theresa MacDonald went May 28, 1999 from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Skeletal remains discovered in Thunder Bay, Ontario in May 2007. She was identified in April 2009 by DNA.

• Crystal Marler

  Crystal Marler was last seen on October 8, 1998 in Whitley City, Kentucky. Her skeletal remains were located in April 2009. She was a victim of homicide.

• Pete James-Ruiz Cadriel

  Pete James-Ruiz Cadriel was last seen on July 17, 1998 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. He was located deceased and identified in April 2009.

• Stephanie Elizabeth Condon

  Stephanie Elizabeth Condon was last seen on October 30, 1998 in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. She was located deceased in March 2009.

• Nikki Ann Trollinger

  Nikki Ann Trollinger disappeared from Garden Grove, California on September 7, 1985. She was located deceased on September 28, 1985 in Riverside, California. She was identified in March 2009.

• Gregory Lowell Linn

  Gregory Lowell Linn disappeared from Garden Grove, California on May 1, 1987. He was located deceased in Riverside County, California on December 16, 1989, and identified by DNA in March 2009.

• Jaycee Lee Dugard

  Jaycee Lee Dugard, age 11, was last seen walking to a bus stop at 8:15 AM on June 10, 1991 near her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. A gray Ford or Mercury 1979 or 1980 two-tone gray sedan with an unidentifed man and a woman were inside the car. The female grabbed Jaycee and pulled her inside the vehicle, then sped away. Jaycee was located safe in August 2009, after being held captive for 18 years by this couple.

• Kathleen Wrinkle

  Kathleen Wrinkle was last seen on February 22, 1956 in Cleveland, Tennessee. In May 2007, divers in Parksville Lake located skeletal remains. These remains were confirmed to be Kathleen Wrinkle in February 2009.

• Linda Mae Johnson

  Linda Mae Johnson was missing since August 1981 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was located safe in 2009.

• Oscar Ortega Vasalo

  Oscar Ortega Vasalo was last seen on June 2, 1988 from Barcelona, Spain. He was identified in 2009, as the victim of a fatal train accident that happened in 1988.

• Everett Ruess

  Everett Ruess was last seen in Escsalante Canyons, Utah in November 1934. His remains were identified in 2009 via DNA.

• Amanda Gail Slaughter

  Amanda Gail Slaughter, 14, ran away from her home in Orangefield, Texas, on April 28, 1991 with her older boyfriend, John Fouts. She took on the identity of Mandy Fouts and gave birth to a daughter in 1992. On August 19, 1993, Mandy Fouts disappeared. Her body was found in a 55-gallon drum on August 21, 1993. Her boyfriend was charged with her murder. In 2009, it was confirmed that Amanda Slaughter and Mandy Fouts were the same person. Read more at Beaumont Enterprise.