M.I.A

The Missing
Joan E. Conetta
Case #: 2012-1171
Ocean County

Joan Conetta was 74 years old when she was last seen on June 10, 2012 leaving her residence on foot in Whiting, New Jersey. She was last seen wearing a grey sweat suit. Joan is a white female, 5’01”- 5’03” in height, 100-120 lbs. with gray hair and hazel eyes. She also wears reading glasses. Her date of birth is listed as 09/20/1937.  It is believed that she left her home with her .22 caliber Beretta handgun and $7,000 cash.
There has been no bank account activity since she disappeared.
Joan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and had her car taken from her by concerned family members after she had once been found wandering alone by the police. This was a recent occurrence and she had no previous history of leaving for an extended period of time.  
The woods behind her home were searched with police dogs, which yielded nothing.
5 days after she had been reported missing, there was a sighting reported of Joan walking along Route 530 on the day she went missing. 
There have been no confirmed sightings since.

If you have any further information, please contact the Manchester Township Police Department at 732-657-6111.

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The Missing
Kacey Lynn Prim
Case #: 201100258
Camden County

Kacey Prim was 23 years old when she was last seen by her mother, leaving their home to go for a walk, in Audubon, New Jersey on January 3 or 4, 2011. She left her purse behind. She is a white female, 5’09” tall, 130 lbs with Blonde hair and blue eyes. She may have been wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black and white sneakers. Her nose is pierced and wears a diamond stud nose ring. Kacey has a butterfly tattoo on her right hip, an unknown tattoo on her right hand and another on her abdomen. Her mother said nothing seemed to be amiss when she left. Kacey has a history of heroin use dating back to her teens, but she had gotten clean prior to her disappearance. She has been known to frequent Camden New Jersey.
She spoke to her mother on the phone the day after she was seen leaving her home, apologizing for being out so long, and she told her mom she would be home soon. But Kacey abruptly hung up on her, which is uncharacteristic of her behavior. She never came home and never got in touch with her family again. 
Kacey began using heroin in 2006 after her father passed away from Lou Gehrig’s disease. After a couple of years however, she went into recovery and enrolled in Gloucester County College for night classes. She planned to become a physical education teacher.
Some time after vanishing, Kacey was sighted by a friend in the 5800 block of Arch Street in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There have been no confirmed sightings since. 
Kacey’s case remains unsolved. 

If you have any further information, please contact the Audubon Police Department at 856-547-0715.

The Missing
Jamie L. Edsall
Case #: 10051833
Essex County

Jamie Edsall was 37 years old when she was last seen on July 27, 2010 at Hills Boarding Home on Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. This place is a home for mentally and physically disabled individuals. Jamie left to visit an unknown friend and never returned. She was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, green khaki pants and black sandals. She is a white female that is 5’05-5”08” in height, weighing 130 lbs with blonde/ light brown hair and green eyes. Her date of birth is listed as 06/14/1973. Jamie has several tattoos, including a flower on her back, a sun on her buttocks, a rose on her left shoulder and a rose on her right ankle. Her ears are pierced. She has scars on both of her shoulders and down both arms. There are very few details in her case.

If you have any further information, please contact the Newark Police Department at 973-733-6277.

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The Missing
Bernadine Waters Gunner
Case #: 1007121087
Camden County

Bernadine Gunner was last seen at her home in the 1300 block of Park Boulevard on either July 11th or 12th, 2010 in Camden, New Jersey at approximately 12:00 AM. She was last seen wearing a black camisole top and tan khaki capri pants, with black framed glasses. She was wearing medium sized hoop earrings with studs in the remaining three other piercings in each ear. She was also wearing a gold wedding band and a gold chain with a cross. She is a Black female, standing at 5’01” in height, 135 lbs, with black hair and brown eyes. She wore a full set of dentures. Bernadine has an indentation in her skull at her hairline, and a keloid on her upper left arm. She suffers from depression and may have been suicidal at the time of her disappearance. Her date of birth is listed as 12/12/1957. She was last driving a blue four-door 2006 Hyundai Elantra with New Jersey license plate VJN-32T.

If you have any further information, please contact the Camden Police Department at 856-757-7486.

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The Missing
Hazura Singh
Case #: 10002553
Middlesex County 

Hazura Singh was last seen in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey on January 18, 2010. He was last seen wearing a jacket with black pants. He is a male of Indian or Asian descent, standing at 5’8” and weighing 150 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes with a medium skin complexion. He suffers from an unspecified mental illness. 

If you have any further information, please contact the Old Bridge Township Police Department at 732-721-4000.

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The Missing
Maria A Guerrero
Case #: 10-074
Essex County

Maria Guerrero was last seen on September 30, 2009 in East Orange, New Jersey. She is a White/Hispanic female with graying light brown curly hair and brown eyes, standing at 5’05” and 110 lbs. Some sources claim she may have African-American admixture. Her date of birth is listed as 11/14/1964. 

 If you have any further information, please contact the East Orange Police Department at 973-266-5000 or the NJSP Missing Persons Unit at 800-709-7090.

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The Missing
Alex Harold Zamora-Ramos
Case #: 9090384
Hudson County

Alex Zamora-Ramos was last seen in July of 2009 when he moved out of his residence in Union City, New Jersey. His date of last contact with anyone is 8/1/2009. It is not listed whether this was a phone call, text, or otherwise. He is a hispanic male, 6 feet tall and 160 lbs, with black hair and black eyes. His date of birth is listed as 01/03/1969.

If you have any further information, please contact the Union City Police Department at 201-348-5790.

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 The Missing
Julia Madsen
Case #: 091760089
Ocean County

Julia Madsen was 72 years old when she was last seen on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at approximately 7 p.m. at her beach house at 22nd Avenue in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. She left behind keys, her money and identification. She told her husband she was going for a walk on the beach and she never returned.
She was last seen wearing a pink shirt with white Capri pants and either white sneakers or brown leather shoes. She was also wearing a diamond engagement ring and wedding band, a silver watch on her right wrist, and a gold and silver bracelet on her left wrist. She is a white female, 5’6” in height and 175 lbs with light brown hair and brown eyes. She has moles on her nose and on her right temple, and her ears are pierced. Her knuckles are swollen from arthritis and she has bunions on her feet. Her date of birth is listed as 06/21/1937 and her nickname is “Julie.”
Julia’s official residence is in Clifton NJ, but she has a beach house where both her and her husband were staying at the time.
Search parties of hundreds walked up and down the beach, went door-to-door and combed through all 8 miles of vegetation in the wilderness of Island Beach State Park, looking for any signs of Julia. Nothing was found. Even with the assistance of tracking dogs, ATV’s, helicopters, boats and drones, there was no trace of Julia anywhere. The beach was also searched on horseback.
Relatives say that Julia was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, but that doesn’t explain why they can’t find any trace of her. This was a recent diagnosis and Julia was still able to keep up a lively conversation, regardless of her occasional episodes of mild confusion and repetitiveness. Her family stated that she knew who she was, was still able to drive and had never gotten lost before.
When Julia didn’t return from her walk by 8:20 p.m, her husband Edward went outside to look for her. First in the backyard by the swimming pool and then up to the beach. When he still could not locate her, he got in his car and began driving around. Just before 9 p.m. he called the police. Around 20 officers searched the streets and beach, and by morning, a command post was set up at the top of the street and the search was expanded to include more officers and canines from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, along with another helicopter. They checked local motels for suspicious persons and known sex offenders.
Edward recalls his last moments with Julia, she first told him she was going for a walk on the beach. “I’ve got bad legs; I couldn’t walk on the beach.” Edward explained. “She kissed me, we said ‘I love you,’ like we always did, and then she took a walk.”
Edward and Julia were high school sweethearts who had just marked their 50th wedding anniversary just five days earlier, on June 20, 2009, and her 72nd birthday on June 21st. They headed to the shore to spend a week at their summer home. Another celebration for Edward’s 74th birthday was supposed to happen on June 26th, but it never came to fruition. 
Investigators initially thought Julia went in the water, but her family tells them that she wasn’t one to go swimming, plus she was fully clothed and her body did not wash up.
Her son believes she may have stumbled upon something she wasn’t supposed to see and disappeared as a result. Julia was legally declared dead five years after her disappearance. 
In 2015, a skull was found in the area and had undergone DNA testing, but it was determined that it was not a match to Julia. The same thing happened to the skeletal remains that were found in 2018 in the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area, not a match.
Police and witnesses say the beach was not crowded the night Julia vanished. It was determined that there were some surfers, and a family of four on the beach too, along with some fishermen and a few joggers. No one has ever come forward to say that they saw a woman in a pink blouse. 
Julia’s case remains unsolved.

If you have any further information please contact the Berkeley Township Police Department at 732-341-6600.

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