Unsolved disappearances often cause family members and investigators to become frustrated
when there aren’t enough clues or witnesses that can aid in the investigation.
But when there is evidence, such as mysterious disappearances caught on camera, it becomes
even more frustrating when the missing person is still nowhere to be found.
5.
Iwona Wieczorek
The mysterious disappearance of Iwona Wieczorek (Eee Woh Nuh, Wee Tore Eck) is one of the
most widely covered cases by the Polish media in the country’s history.
In 2010, Iwona, was fresh out of high school and she was planning to go on a holiday trip
to Spain in the near future while waiting for information on her university admission.
On Friday, the 6th of July, she attended a party that was being held at an allotment
by one of her friends.
Following that, she went to a nightclub along with her friend, Adria and three colleagues
named Pawel, Marek and Adrian.
While in the club, an argument broke out, though it is unclear what it was about.
Iwona’s friends say that she left the club after losing her temper and walked towards
the seaside promenade, as is evidenced by CCTV footage outside the club.
She had no money on her and her phone’s battery was almost empty.
She stayed on the promenade until the break of dawn at around 4 am, and started to head
home on foot through Seaside Boulevard.
Her house was about 3.5 miles away and her feet were sore from wearing high heels all
night.
On her way home, she texted multiple people, including Adria, saying that she’s upset
that she didn’t follow her out of the club.
She then phoned Adria who says that they managed to settle the argument over the phone.
Just after 4 am, she called Adria again to say that her phone was dying and to tell her
where she was.
She was heading to Adria’s house as she was still intoxicated and didn’t want her
mother to see her in that state.
Adria was almost home and told Iwona that she would leave keys outside for her.
CCTV footage at the beachshows a man in a plaid shirt walking a small distance behind
her, with a towel over his shoulder.
He has never been identified.
The next morning, Adria noticed that the keys that were left out for Iwona were never used
and she never arrived at the apartment.
Iwona remains missing to this day and none of her clothing or possessions from that night
have ever been found.
4.
Lauren Dumolo
Nearly nine months after the strange disappearance of 29-year-old Lauren Dumolo from Cape Coral,
Florida, police released CCTV footage in which she was applying for a job at a gas station.
Lauren was living with her boyfriend, Gabriel Pena at the time in the Coronado Parkway Apartments.
In her teen years, Lauren had been in a car accident which led to her having to take prescribed
medication.
She became addicted, but after giving birth to her daughter, she fought hard to kick the
habit.
She would relapse, however and lose custody of her daughter to her parents.
On the 21st of June, 2020, she checked herself into a mental health facility, but upon being
released on the 18th, she immediately started to look for a second job, which she was applying
for at the gas station.
Lauren’s sister, Cassie said that she spoke to Lauren that night and that she was worried
that she wouldn’t find another job, since the Coronavirus pandemic was in full swing.
Cassie told her to phone back the next day so that she could help Lauren find information
on filing for unemployment if it was needed.
The following morning, Gabriel left for work at 6 am while Lauren was still sleeping.
A maintenance worker saw her at around 8:15 am and she asked if he knew of any apartment
complexes in the area that would be cheaper to stay at, stating that she wanted to get
out of her current situation.
Her family has stated that this conversation doesn’t make sense since she had just borrowed
money from Cassie to pay her rent in full as she liked living there.
At around 10 am, Lauren’s phone was used to make a Facebook video call to Gabriel’s
phone, but he didn’t answer as he was too busy to see the call.
That would be the last known activity from Lauren.
When Gabriel got home that evening, she wasn’t home and he contacted her father, Paul, in
California, but they decided to wait and see if she turned up.
The following day, Cassie asked Gabriel to contact her as soon as he got home to let
her know if Lauren was there, but he stated that he wasn’t going home and would be staying
over at a friend’s house.
Paul asked Gabriel to file a missing persons report and Gabriel stated that he had already
called, but the police hadn’t shown up.
Paul would later learn that there had never been a call made to police.
That weekend, Lauren’s purse was found at the Four Freedoms Park with her wallet, Id
and bank cards inside.
She still remains a missing person.
3.
Prisma Reyes
The last time that Prisma Reyes was seen before her unsolved disappearance was at the Olympus
at Ross Apartments in Old East Dallas on the 17th of April, 2019.
In surveillance footage taken from the apartments, she is seen seemingly stumbling around near
elevators in the building’s garage.
That afternoon, Prisma left her job at a car dealership and travelled to the E Bar Tex
Mex restaurant on North Haskell Avenue.
She had lunch with her ex-boyfriend, during which they got into an argument and he ended
up leaving.
She then phoned her babysitter to inform her that she would be picking her son up at 7:30
pm and stayed at the restaurant for a further 3 hours until the barman refused to serve
her any more drinks.
She then left the restaurant and was involved in a road rage incident which resulted in
police being called.
When they arrived, she had, however, already left the scene.
It is not believed that the incident had anything to do with her mysterious disappearance.
Prisma then drove to her ex’s apartment, where she was captured on CCTV talking on
her phone and getting into the elevator.
Another resident would later tell police that she was crying at the time.
The person that she was speaking to on the phone was also tracked down, but they didn’t
have any useful information.
Her ex wasn’t home at the time and although Prisma was never seen leaving the building,
not all the building’s exits have security cameras.
When she didn’t arrive to pick up her son from the babysitter, they became concerned
and she was reported missing at 9:30 pm.
Her jeep was found abandoned at her ex’s apartment building the following day, blocking
an intersection near the apartment gate, indicating that she didn’t intend to stay there for
long.
No evidence of foul play was ever found, but to this day, no further trace of Prisma has
ever been found.
2.
Jawaher Hejji
26-year-old Jawaher (Juh Wah Her, Hedge Eee) Hejji was last seen in person at 9100 South
Las Vegas Boulevard near Pebble Road on December 22, 2020 at approximately 12:00 pm.
The following day, police found her car parked at Shaded Canyon Drive near Horizon Ridge
Parkway in Henderson after she had mysteriously disappeared.
Surveillance footage would reveal that she was walking next to a construction site near
the Armargosa Trail, close to the base of Black Mountain.
On Christmas day, her family reported her as a missing person when she hadn’t returned
home for three days.
The surveillance footage shows that Jawaher must have been sitting in her car for nearly
2 hours before eventually getting out, putting her keys on the roof of the car and then walking
down the trail before disappearing forever.
Her phone was also found in the car, but the call records had been deleted and no messages
were found that indicated that she was meeting up with anyone at the time.
Jawaher had never been to that site before and her family has stated that they are baffled
as to why she was there in the first place, since she doesn’t ever hike on her own.
During the time that she was sitting in her car, construction was ongoing at the site,
but no one has come forward with any information about where she may have gone.
A police dog was brought to the area and it picked up Jawaher’s scent, leading police
down the trail towards another residential area, but despite several more searches involving
cadaver dogs, Red Rock Search and Rescue volunteers, drones and helicopters, no further clues were
found.
Her family continued to conduct searches for some time after her disappearance, but these
have also proved to be fruitless.
It is believed that, at the time of her disappearance, she may have been under severe emotional distress
and possibly in need of medical attention.
Jawaher’s family has offered a $20, 000 reward for any information that leads to her
whereabouts.
1.
Michael Stewart
Michael Stewart, a 40-year-old man from Staten Island, was a union carpenter who helped rebuild
Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in 2001.
He was reported as a missing person when he didn’t show up on Christmas day, 2018, to
spend time with his 4-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son.
His family knew that something was wrong and contacted police, who started an investigation.
The last time that he was seen is on surveillance footage taken inside the Back 2 Life barbershop
in Port Richmond.
Here, he is seen with a man called Angelo Nesimi, an acquaintance of his.
After entering the barbershop, Michael is seen approaching Nesimi who is seated in a
barber’s chair.
He walks over to him in a playful manner and Nesimi is seen pushing him away, smiling.
He then leans over the chair and grabs Nesimi’s head, embracing him.
The two men seemingly continue to talk while the barber works on Nesimi’s hair and a
short while later, they seem to prepare to leave the shop together.
Some sources close to the case have said that other surveillance footage shows Michael getting
into an argument with two men outside the barbershop.
This is after he left O’Neil’s Irish Pub on Forest Avenue at around 6:30 pm.
The last time that Michael was heard from is in a text message that he sent to his mother
on the 21st of December which simply read: “Please help me, mom”.
On the 31st of December, Nesimi was arrested for an assault on his girlfriend, Zammara
Sanchez.
He was also charged for criminal mischief after he damaged a portion of a detective
room at a precinct in Staten Island.
When police started to fear that Michael’s life may have been ended, both Nesimi and
Sanchez were interrogated.
Sanchez then told police that Nesimi had indeed ended someone’s life and had asked her to
help him get rid of the evidence in New Jersey.
It came to light that Michael had, in fact, been having a relationship with the couple,
though it isn’t clear in exactly what capacity.
In January of 2019, the New York City Police Department joined forces with Pennsylvania
police to search a landfill for any clues as to what may have happened to him.
They believed that he may have been left there after his life was ended.
Michael is described as around 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds.
At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing an army-green jacket and a black winter hat.
Due to police’s concerns that he may have been hurt, the case is being treated as a
homicide.