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 W through Z, 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 W-Z
Jalen Whitehead, 18, has been missing from the 30 block of North Cleveland Street since Nov. 11, 2024.
He is 5'7" tall and 140 lbs., and last seen wearing a blue shirt and red pants.
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 Wesby, 41, has been from the 3700 block of Pershing Park Drive since Oct. 28, 2024. Memphis Police said she has mental conditions.
Wesby is 5'10" tall and 320 lbs., and she was last seen wearing a brown shirt, multicolor tights and a black hair bonnet.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Thomas Wilson, 61, was reported missing Aug. 15, 2024. MPD said he had not been seen in more than a month.
Wilson is 6'2" tall and 210 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.
Lesley Patrick Walker, 42, has been missing since June 15, 2024. MPD said he has not contacted family or friends.
Walker is 5'9" tall and 194 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.
Charlotte Zimmerman (Broadway) has been missing since July 30, 2024. MPD said she was last seen leaving for a doctor's appointment about 3 p.m., and her vehicle was later seen on Canada Rd.
Zimmerman is 5'7" and 100 lbs., with brunette and gray hair, and was last seen wearing a white graphic shirt and pink pants. She was driving a tan 2006 Lincoln Town Car with TN license plate BPY-4900.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Sharon Williams, 20, has been missing since July 12, 2024. MPD said she left the 1400 block of Greendale Ave. in an unknown model red 2-door vehicle with an unknown individual and has not returned.
MPD says the victim has a mental condition that requires medication.
Williams is 5'7" tall and 230 lbs. and was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, yellow pants and a black jacket.
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 Williams, 30, has been missing since June 26, 2024. MPD said she is missing from her home in the 2700 block of Harmon Crest Dr. MPD said she left home at 2 p.m. and sent a mass text to her family members saying she could not do life anymore and threatened to kill herself. Williams is a diagnosed mental consumer and is not on her medication, according to Memphis Police.
Williams is 5'3" tall and 160 lbs. and may be wearing all-black clothing.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Jordan Warren, 28, has been missing since June 16, 2024. MPD said he is missing from the 2300 block of Imogene and family has not heard from him.
Warren is 6'2" tall and 175 lbs., and may be in a 2022 black Chevrolet Camaro with Tennessee license plate BLD-7900, or a 2004 black GMC Yukon with Tennessee license plate BHL-5055. MD said the GMC was last spotted in the area of Lamar Ave. and W. Zanola Cir.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Devin Wingo, 25, has been missing from the 6700 block of Landing Way since June 10, 2024. The Memphis Police Department said family members are concerned because he has not contacted them and has a mental condition.
Wingo is 5'3" tall and 121 lbs., and he was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue sweat pants, blue jeans, Black Nike.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
John Wilks, 70, has been missing since June 6, 2024. MPD said he left a facility in the 3800 block of Lamar Ave. and family hasn't heard from him.
Wilks is 5'8" tall and 160 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.
Andrew Patton Young, 50, has been missing from the 300 block of Poplar Avenue since 2021. The Memphis Police Department said he is homeless.
Young is 6'1" tall and 165 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.
Donnishea Young, 28, has been missing from the 2900 block of Princeton Avenue since May 15, 2024.
Young is 5'3" tall and 165 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.
Anquanette Williams, 32, has been missing from the 3800 block of Lamar since March 27, according to MPD. She has brown eyes and black hair that is of medium lenght and braided.
She weighs about 140 pounds, according to MPD. She stands at about 5 feet and 4 inches, they said.
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, 31, has been missing from the 700 block of E. Raines Rd. since March 3, 2024.
Williams is 5'2" tall and 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.
Memphis Police have issued a Silver Alert for James Williamson, 68, who has been missing since Dec. 31, 2023. MPD said he walked away from his home in the 800 block of West Shelby Dr. and needs medication.
Williamson is 5'7" tall and 130 lbs. and was last seen wearing a brown hooded jacket with beige pants, a Memphis Grizzlies scarf, and black shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, 901-636-4450 or 901-545-2677. You can also call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Joshua Willis, 30, has been missing from the 400 block of Malvern Street since Dec. 24, 2022 according to MPD.
Willis has brown eyes, black hair and weighs about 180 pounds, according to MPD. He stands at 5 feet and 11 inches, according to MPD. His family has not been able to communicate with him in a year, MPD said.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Memphis police have released a city alert for missing woman named Tekala Williams who they said does not have her wheelchair.
Williams, 19, has been missing from the 4600 block of Millport Cove since Dec. 7, according to MPD. She left her home with someone who has not been identified by police.
Police said that she has paraplegia and does not have her wheelchair with her. They said she has brown eyes, black hair and weighs about 95 pounds.
She has a tattoo on the right side of her neck and two nasal piercings, according to MPD. She stands at 5 feet and 4 inches, they said.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Gilda Williams, 73, has been missing from the 80 block of Autumn Branch Lane since Nov. 1, according to MPD. She is classified by MPD as an "endangered adult" who is missing.
She has a gray afro, weighs about 195 pounds and stands at about 5 feet and 7 inches, according to MPD. She does not have top teeth and was last seen wearing glasses, a trench coat, a red hat a blue mask and tan shoes, 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.
Jacqulin Vail, 33, has been missing since Nov. 12, 2022. MPD said she was last seen at a business and is missing from the 2200 block of Lamar.
Vail is 5'7" tall and 140 lbs. and was last seen wearing a grey jogging suit with lettering on the front and a grey and yellow hat, with a long burgundy wig.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Gilda Williams, 73, was reported missing Nov. 3, 2023. MPD said family had not seen her since Oct. 31 and a neighbor last saw her Nov. 1. Officers did not find her during a well-being check in the 80 block of Autumn Branch Lane.
Williams is 5'7" tall and 195 lbs., and was last seen wearing glasses, a trench coat, red hat, blue mask, and tan 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.
Barry Walker, 46, has been missing from the 3900 block of Soapstone Drive, according to MPD. He has brown eyes, black hair and weighs about 220 pounds, according to MPD.
Walker stands at about 6 feet and 1 inch, according to MPD. He is diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to MPD. Police said he has been taking his medication at the time of his disappearance, but does not have his medication with him.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Sheilien Natatyana Winters, 24, has been missing since Aug. 25, 2023, from the 6000 block of Ravenoak Court, according to MPD. She has not contacted family or friends since leaving her boyfriend's home.
She is 5' tall and 116 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.
Dewry Wesley Jr., 64, has been missing since Aug. 3, 2023, and his family is concerned. MPD said he left the 1100 block of Union Ave. and never returned.
Wesley is 5'9" tall and 160 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.
Kimberly White, 42, has been missing since June 8, 2023. MPD said the person who reported her missing from the 30 block of E. Gage said White got out of their car and walked away.
White is 5'6" tall and 220 lbs., and was last seen wearing a green floral blouse, black biker shorts and grey 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.
Kerry Glenn Wright, 42, has been missing from the 4000 block of Knight Arnold since May 26, according to MPD. He has blue eyes and brown hair, they said.
He stands at 5 feet and 5 inches, they said. He weighs about 175 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.
Jadrien Cortez Williams, 19, has been missing since May 6, 2023. MPD said he was released from jail and hasn't been seen since. MPD said he is homeless.
Williams is 5'3" tall and 125 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.
Shamique Walker, 27, has been missing since May 9, 2023. MPD said she walked away from a hospital in the 3900 block of Covington Pike and did not return home.
Walker is 4'7" tall and 109 lbs., and was last seen wearing gray joggers and black shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Eudell Wilson, 66, has been missing since May 6, 2023. MPD said someone heard another person threaten Wilson while on the phone with him. They have not been able to contact him since.
Wilson is 5'10" tall and 155 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.
Kamran Westbrook, 22, has been missing since March 25, 2023. MPD said she left home from the 500 block of Highland St. and did not return.
Westbrook is 5'10" tall and 140 lbs., and is possibly wearing a red or black wig.
Anyone with information is asked to call MPD's Missing Persons Bureau at 901-636-4479, or 901-636-4450, or 901-545-2677.
Michael White, 57, has been missing since March 21, 2023. MPD said his mom hasn't seen him since he left her home in the 1200 block of Capital Ave.
White is 5'11" tall and 180 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.
Theotis Washington, 33, has been missing since Dec. 18, 2022. Southaven Police said he left in an Uber to go to a Memphis hotel where he was supposed to be working, and then was to stay at a friend's home.
Police said his employer called his parents when he did not show for work, and his prepaid Tracfone has been turned off.
Washington is 5’5” tall and about120 lbs., and was last wearing blue jeans, light grey hoodie and tan military style boots.
If you have seen Washington or know his whereabouts, please call SPD at 662-393-8652 or email tips@southaven.org.