This is a list of solved missing person cases in the 2000s.
2000 DatePerson(s)AgeCountry of disappearanceCircumstancesOutcomeTime spent missing or unconfirmed2000Zebb Quinn18United StatesZebb Quinn was an 18-year-old American male who went missing on January 2, 2000, in Asheville, North Carolina. On July 25, 2022, Quinn's friend, Robert Jason Owens, entered a plea bargain and confessed from prison that his abusive uncle, Walter "Gene" Owens, killed Quinn after forcing Owens to lure Quinn to the forest. Owens and his uncle dismembered and burned Quinn's body in Bent Creek Experimental Forest. The defense claimed that the boyfriend of a girl Quinn liked hired Gene to kill Quinn.MurderedNever found2000Suzette Trouten27United StatesA victim of serial killer John Edward Robinson. Trouten was murdered in Kansas in March 2000; her body was discovered concealed inside a drum upon Robinson's farm three months later.Murdered3 months2000Nikole Bakoles19United StatesBakoles went missing in March 2000, and her skeletal remains were found in October that year; her identity was only confirmed in 2012. The cause of her death was unknown.Died (unknown cause)7 months2000Lena Sløgedal Paulsen10NorwaySløgedal Paulsen and Sørstrønen were two girls who went missing on May 19, 2000, after swimming in a local lake (Stampe 3.) near Baneheia, Norway. Their bodies were found two days later at nearby Stampe 2. There is controversy surrounding the sentencing of one of the alleged perpetrators.Murdered2 daysAustegard Sørstrønen8Murdered2000Nura Luluyeva40RussiaNura Luluyeva was kidnapped in Grozny on 3 June 2000. Her body was found in February 2001.Russian troops raze Grozny's 'guerrilla' market, The Independent, 1 December 2000Murdered8 months2000Lucie Blackman21JapanLucie Blackman was a British woman working in Japan as a hostess who went missing after a paid date with a client on July 1, 2000. Her mutilated body was found buried in a shallow grave in Miura, Kanagawa, on February 9, 2001. Several months later, Joji Obara was arrested for her rape and murder.Murdered7 months2000Sarah Payne8United KingdomSarah Payne was an eight-year-old schoolgirl abducted and murdered in West Sussex, England, by known child sex offender Roy Whiting on July 1, 2000. Her body was discovered in the village of Pulborough on July 17.Murdered16 days2000Iriana DeJesus5United StatesDeJesus was a five-year-old American child who was kidnapped, raped and murdered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by a Honduran national named Alexis Flores in July 2000. Her body was discovered on August 3 in the basement of a deserted apartment building where Flores resided. Later linked to the murder via DNA profiling, Flores was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.Murdered5 days2000Molly Bish16United StatesMolly Bish was an American teenage girl who disappeared from Warren, Massachusetts on 27 June 2000 and was found dead on 9 June 2003. Her death remains unsolved.MurderedLess than 3 years2000Marianne Pedersen36DenmarkOn July 3, 2000, Marianne Pedersen and her two sons disappeared and are victims of serial killer Peter Lundin.Palle Bruus Jensen, "The case Lundin" (2003), page 102/103 as he was convicted of killing them.MurderedNever found2000Ivan Stambolić63YugoslaviaIvan Stambolić was a high ranking Serbian politician who was once both the president and prime minister of Serbia. Stambolić was abducted in Fruška Gora, Serbia, Yugoslavia on 25 August 2000. It was later discovered that he had been killed.Murdered3 years2000Pearl Sevenstar20United StatesSevenstar was murdered by her half-brother, Terry Hankins, on 1 October 2000. Her body was concealed in a car at his father's automotive shop. Her body was discovered at his father's automotive shop the following year.Murdered10 months2000Ernie Hankins75United StatesHankins was murdered by his own son, Terry Hankins, on 8 October 2000. His body was hidden inside an Arlington mobile home.Murdered10 months2000Leanne Tiernan16United KingdomTiernan was a 16-year-old Leeds schoolgirl abducted on 16 November 2000. Her body was discovered in Lindley Woods, North Yorkshire, in August 2001. Tiernan's murderer, John Taylor, pleaded guilty to her murder the following year.Murdered9 months2000Mike Williams31United StatesMike Williams was an American man who disappeared on December 16, 2000, during a hunting trip to Lake Seminole. He remained missing until October 2017, when law enforcement received information on the whereabouts of his body, close to Tallahassee. Florida officials confirmed that Williams was a victim of homicide. Williams' best friend, Brian Winchester, confessed to shooting Williams on the hunting trip and divulged the location of the body. The motive was Winchester's ongoing affair with Williams' wife, Denise, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder in January 2019 (later reduced to 30 years for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder).Murdered17 years
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