MEMPHIS, Tenn — Nearly every day, law enforcement agencies from across the Mid-South post reports of missing people in the area. Here's a look at the latest cases in the Greater Memphis area, according to the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and other local authorities.
The list below features adults with last names beginning with R through S, with the most newly reported by local law enforcement at the top. This list will be updated as people are found or more are reported missing.
Other sources for information on missing people in the Mid-South:
Children & Teens:
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names A-C
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names D-G
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names H-J
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names K-M
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names N-Q
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names R-S
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names T-V
- Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names W-Z
Adults:
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names A-C
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names D-G
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names H-J
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names K-M
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names N-Q
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names R-S
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names T-V
- Missing in the Mid-South | Adults, last names W-Z
Missing Adults - Last names R-S
Charles Smith Jr., 46, has been missing since April 19, 2024. MPD said he was last seen at Getaway Sports Bar.
Smith is 6' tall and 190 lbs., and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, white t-shirt, blue jean shorts, and U of M house shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Darica Williams (AKA Darica Shine) has been missing since March 3, 2024. She was last seen on the 700 block of E. Raines Rd.
Darica is 5'2" and weighs 121 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Norman Sowell, 45, has been missing from the 3200 block of Sharpe Avenue since Feb. 7, 2024.
Sowell is 5'8" tall and 143 lbs. and was last seen wearing a green and black shirt, black pants, and black steel toe boots.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Juan Rosas, 21, has been missing from the 200 block of Channel 3 Drive since Dec. 6, 2023. MPD said he was last seen walking in the area.
Rosas is 5'2" tall and 120 lbs., and was last seen wearing a black hat, black pants, and beige hoodie.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Zachary Sanderson, 25, has been missing from the 1000 block of Poplar Avenue since Oct. 30, according to MPD. He has brown eyes, brown hair and weighs about 170 pounds, according to MPD.
He stands at 6 feet and 1 inch, according to MPD. He has long straight hair, according to MPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Antonio Smith, 43, has been missing from the 700 block of North Dunlap since Sept. 1, according to MPD. He has brown eyes, black hair and weighs about 150 pounds, according to MPD.
He stands at 5 feet and 11 inches, according to MPD. He has low cut hair, according to MPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Victoria Springfield, 28, has been missing since Sept. 27, 2023. According to MPD, her mother said Springfield was last seen leaving her house in December and one of Springfield's friends spoke to Springfield a few days before Sept. 28. The mother also said Springfield was in her car, which had been involved in a shooting Sept. 27 and no one has seen her since then.
Springfield is 5'11" tall and 185 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Christopher Michael Robison, 25, has been missing since Sept. 7, 2023. MPD said he ran into the woods at 385 & ridgeway Rd. after being let out of a friend's vehicle, and is a suspect in a mobile phone store break-in.
Robison is 5'9" tall and 135 lbs. and was last seen wearing cowboy boots, gray shirt, and jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Mack Slater, 63, has been missing from the 3300 block of Piedmont since Aug. 14, according to MPD. He has brown eyes, black hair in a low afro and weighs about 189 pounds, according to MPD.
He stands at about 5 feet and 7 inches, according to MPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Reseana Rogers, 25, has been missing since July 14, 2023. MPD said she has not contacted family or friends.
Rogers is 5'6" tall and 210 lbs. and wears glasses.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Dwight Ruffin, 21, has been missing since Jan. 1, 2022. MPD said his father filed a report in June 2023 after not talking to his son in over a year.
Ruffin is 5'11" tall and 145 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Mary Raines, 66, has been missing from the 1200 block of Union since May 29, according to MPD. She has brown eyes and brown hair, according to MPD.
She stands at 5 feet and three inches, they said. She weighs about 115 pounds, according to MPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Chrisma Stokes, 28, has been missing since May 26, 2023. MPD said she called her mother on Tuesday, May 23, threatening to end her life. According to her mother, she is suicidal.
She is 5'2" tall, weighing 100 lbs., and has long, dark brown hair.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
DeRoyce Small, aka Newberry, 42, has been missing since April 23, 2023. MPD said he is homeless and missing from the 2900 block of Lounette St.
Small is 5'5" tall and 178 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Walter Stewart, 67, has been missing from the 400 block of Beale Street since April 29, according to MPD. He stands at five feet and nine inches, according to MPD. He weighs around 198 pounds, according to MPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Ajejandro Salazar, 20, has been missing since April 22, 2023. MPD said he left work from the 1300 block of Tully St. and did not return home.
Salazar is 5'6" tall and 171 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
James Rowland, 63, has been missing since March 30, 2023. MPD said the last time anyone saw him was riding a scooter on Chelsea Ave. near Hollywood.
Rowland is 5'7" tall and 140 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Arthur Russell, 52, has been missing since March 8, 2023. MPD said he left a facility in the 900 block of Court and hasn't been seen since. They said he may be downtown or in the Jackson Ave. corridor area.
Russell is 5'10" tall and 190 lbs., and was last seen wearing pajama pants, white t-shirt, and flip flops.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Timothy D. Sayles, 37, has been missing from the 2900 block of Grenadier since Dec. 3, 2019, according to MPD. He was last seen wearing a black Nike jogging suit and Nike white shoes, according to MPD.
He weighs about 240 pounds and stands at about 5 feet and 9 inches, according to MPD.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Erica Stewart, 22, has been missing since Feb. 23, 2023. MPD said her mother has not been in contact with her since then.
Stewart is 5'4" tall and 140 lbs., and was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and black boots.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Roni Rice, 55, was reported missing since Feb. 14, 2023, according to MPD. They said her family has not seen her in more than a year, and she was last known to have been transported from a mental facility and was living in a hotel.
Rice is 5' tall and 115 lbs.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Jerimiah “Brett” Sterling, 25, has been missing since August 2022, according to the Madison County Tennessee Sheriff's Department. They said his family has not seen him since he left for a trip to Panama City Beach, Florida. According to MCSO, Sterling is from Jackson, Tennessee.
Sterling is 6'1" tall and about 130 to 160 lbs. He has a tattoo that reads “Family First”, that stretches across his chest.
MCSO said anyone who has any information about Sterling’s whereabouts can call 731-423-6098.
Allen Scoggins, 58, has been missing since Jan. 10, 2023. MPD said he went to have a smoke from a facility in the 1600 block of Pope Street and did not return.
Scoggins is 5'10" tall and 215 lbs., and was last seen wearing a gray hat, gray sweatshirt, and brown and black tennis shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Stumpy Stone, 62, has been missing since Dec. 17, 2022. MPD said he left his home in the 1100 block of Florida to go to the store and hasn't returned.
Stone is 5'7" tall and 160 lbs., and was last seen wearing a brown coat, blue jeans, and green Nike shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.