Found Deceased PA - Cassandra Johnston, 26, Philadelphia, 10 July 2021

[charliesgal]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Missing Persons Case Report

Missing Person / NamUs #MP82314 Cassandra Josephine Johnston, Female, White / Caucasian
Status Missing
Date of Last Contact July 10, 2021
Missing From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Missing Age26 Years
Current Age26 Years

Case Information

Demographics
Missing Age 26 Years
Current Age 26 Years
First Name Cassandra
Middle Name Josephine
Last Name Johnston
Nickname/Alias Casey

SexFemale
Height 5' 3" - 5' 4" (63 - 64 Inches)
Weight 185 - 195 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact July 10, 2021
NamUs Case Created July 16, 2021

Last Known Location
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
County Philadelphia County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land--

Circumstances of Disappearance Last seen getting into her car outside of her friend's apartment in Chinatown on Summer and Camac Street. Cassandra and her friends had been partying at Tango Karaoke Bar from Friday night into the early hours Saturday morning. After returning to her friends apartment there was an argument that angered Cassandra and prompted her to leave at 5:51 am.

Physical Description
Hair Color Brown
Head Hair Description Shoulder-length, wavy, thick hair.
Body Hair Description Possibly stubble to short armpit and leg hair.
Facial Hair Description None
Left Eye Color Green
Right Eye Color Green
Eye Description Round eyes, she wears glasses that are black framed, but she may not have them.
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Tattoo
On her right shoulder and upper arm is a floral arrangement.

Tattoo
Her right collarbone has a sunflower with a quote saying "You are my sunshine".

Tattoo
On her right side ribs she has a heart and a quote saying "Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare".

Tattoo
On her left ankle there is a tattoo of a man holding hands with a little girl and a quite saying "My greatest hero".

Tattoo
On her left inner ankle there is a tattoo with a star, moon, and a sun.


Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Accessories
She may have a black and gray Temple University backpack, and if she does she may have put on black leggings.

Clothing
Last seen wearing a white tube top and a cheetah print skirt with a split up the thigh. Shoes unknown. Possibly changed into black leggings, depending in whether she has her backpack with her.

Additional Case Info

Transportation
2016 Ford Focus

Style Hatchback
Color Aluminum/Silver
State Pennsylvania
License Plate KSA8807
Expiration Year--
Comments On the back of the car by the license plate there are 2 decals, both are Temple University Owls decals. Then on the back window behind the driver side rear door is a decal of a heart with a paw print.

Images & Documents

Facial/case ID
Uploaded: July 16, 2021
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Contacts
Investigating Agencies

Philadelphia Police Department

Address 300 East Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19125
County Philadelphia County
Main Phone (215) 686-3093
General Email --
Website URL --

Agency Case Number21-05-009552
Date Reported--
Stephanie Rosenbaum, Police Officer



Lower Southampton Township Police Department

Address 1500 Desire Avenue Feasterville, Pennsylvania 19053
County Bucks County
Main Phone (215) 357-1235
General Email --
Website URL Police | Lower Southampton Township

Agency Case Number--
Date Reported--
No Investigator Entered
Case Contributors
No Information Entered

This is starting to remind me so much of the Toni Sharpless case. Out partying in Center City, went back to a house party, history of mental illness, drives off alone in the early morning hours after an argument, Toni & her car vanish into thin air. It was also speculated in that case Toni may have driven the wrong way into Camden after her license plate was picked up on a license plate reader though the car was never recovered. This is a major US city/highway/expressway. There should be additional surveillance footage. Her car didn’t disappear after turning off Summer and onto Vine. Someone should at least know which direction she headed in by now. Something isn’t right. So sorry this is happening to you Casey.

 

[am80]

So her boyfriend headed to work at 6 am and knew she wasn’t home two hours later and thought something wasn’t right? Who works a 2 hour shift?
Police are asking for no public search? I suspect there is a reason for that.

 

[PommyMommy]

Can somebody make some kind of map based on the info we know? I did some google map searches, but I don't seem to get the right info.

I am not familiar with the area but this is what I'm seeing on Google maps.

Tango Karoake to 12th and Vine
Tango to Vine Street & North 12th Street - walking, .3 miles / 7 min
Tango to Vine Street & North 12th Street - driving, .5 miles / 3 min

Vine Street & North 12th St to Feasterville PA - driving, 20 miles / 30 min

Vine Street & North 12th St to Southampton, PA - driving, 24.4 miles / 37 min

 

[Bit of hope]

According to the Bring Casey Home page, police are no longer allowing public searches.

Bring Casey Home

I miss a sentence here....LE no longer allowing public searches....because??! LE needs to explain this to this very scared family. Maybe they did but it's not "shareable"?

 

[MissUnderstood]

Missing lady, missing car, night out, alcohol? Majority of these end with car in water. Hoping she just left for some time alone, but it rarely ends that way. moo

 

[Shamrock1]

I don’t know much about searches on the LE side. Why are they NOT allowing searches? Is it as simple as they don’t want well-meaning searchers getting injured? I know we’re starting a heat wave, but that can’t be the only reason, right?

Outside immediate 12th & Vine area, assuming she went 95N: all along the detours to 95N, maybe along Roosevelt Blvd (but so many cameras there IMO). If she didn’t…Fairmont Park, maybe all the warehouses en route to Walt Whitman, Camden?

Has it been said that SHE was last seen that morning, or just her car? Where did she park? Those garages & lots can be iffy IMO.

 

[Idon'tneedthesame]

My husband worked at 8th & Arch for years. The parking lots were problematic.

 

[SimplyCass]

I don’t know much about searches on the LE side. Why are they NOT allowing searches? Is it as simple as they don’t want well-meaning searchers getting injured? I know we’re starting a heat wave, but that can’t be the only reason, right?

Outside immediate 12th & Vine area, assuming she went 95N: all along the detours to 95N, maybe along Roosevelt Blvd (but so many cameras there IMO). If she didn’t…Fairmont Park, maybe all the warehouses en route to Walt Whitman, Camden?

Has it been said that SHE was last seen that morning, or just her car? Where did she park? Those garages & lots can be iffy IMO.

Possible they think there's foul play/crime involved and they don't want well-meaning members of the public to accidentally destroy or degrade evidence? Obviously major JMO and speculative.

 

[JayLee#99]

I’m a little older but feel super relatable to Cassie. I’m praying she is found safe very soon but I fear her and her car are in water somewhere.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUL 16, 2021
Temple student missing since Saturday – The Temple News (temple-news.com)
[...]

While Temple Police do not have primary jurisdiction over the case, detectives have assisted in checking if there are any connections to Main Campus, wrote Charles Leone, director of Campus Safety Services, in an email to The Temple News. The detectives have not found any connections and will continue to offer assistance.

[...]

There have been reported sightings, although Johnston’s family and friends have not found her upon arriving at these reported locations, FOX29 reported.

[...]

 

[katydid23]

So you go out with just 25 dollars. Family of woman gone missing last Friday searches for her across city - Isn't that a little? Also days? later there was severe raining and floading in Bucks County....

She probably went out with way more than 25 bucks, but that's all she had left in cash. But her family said she had debit and charge card too, so if she did need gas or something, she should have been OK>

 

[Filly]

Standard Cocktails run $10 to $12 at Tango. The girls probably had a few appetizers as well. $25 including a tip won't get you far. We'll see if Casey paid with a card. If she didn't I'd think she had way more cash the start of the night.

My thought was LE asked the family not to continue search was for their safety. Two places floating around the net where there were sightings aren't the safest. Plus there's so many con, flimflammers they may get swayed in their desperation.

@Shamrock1 the Boulevard can you imagine? Cameras out the wazoo. They'd at least have a blow by blow of the car. Then send a speeding ticket.

Hoping they find Casey today.

 

[thebodyfarm]

Family and friends of Cassandra created a FB page for her called "Bring Casey home"

The link is given below
Log into Facebook | Facebook

 

[Shamrock1]

Possible they think there's foul play/crime involved and they don't want well-meaning members of the public to accidentally destroy or degrade evidence? Obviously major JMO and speculative.

That would mean the evidence is located off the beaten path IMO . Not where she was last seen. Abandoned buildings, sections of Fairmount Park, etc. Is my thinking incorrect?

Maybe it could also mean LE thinks that she’s in a terrible, unmedicated state and will flee if she hears searchers (strangers) calling her name? That doesn’t make much sense, though. I don’t know.

The Fox29 article posted by PommyMommy stated there have been reported sightings. No details I can find. Is it her or just the car? I wonder if any of them are clustered anywhere? The print skirt, tube top, tattoos - she has to stand out, right?

I wish there was some concrete way for public to help. Our family does a lot of hiking.

 

[Shamrock1]

Standard Cocktails run $10 to $12 at Tango. The girls probably had a few appetizers as well. $25 including a tip won't get you far. We'll see if Casey paid with a card. If she didn't I'd think she had way more cash the start of the night.

My thought was LE asked the family not to continue search was for their safety. Two places floating around the net where there were sightings aren't the safest. Plus there's so many con, flimflammers they may get swayed in their desperation.

@Shamrock1 the Boulevard can you imagine? Cameras out the wazoo. They'd at least have a blow by blow of the car. Then send a speeding ticket.

Hoping they find Casey today.

That made me giggle about the Blvd .

 

[StephunnyJane]

• They have Casey on camera getting into her car safely and driving off alone.
• She turned onto Vine from 13th Street, toward 95.

They believe they have traffic cam of her at the entrance to 95 but do not know which way she went.

Any speculation about the boyfriend is moot, based on the timeline of her getting in the car and him going to work at 6am doesn’t add up. UNLESS she did make it home and something happened between them.

 

[Filly]

I’m a little older but feel super relatable to Cassie. I’m praying she is found safe very soon but I fear her and her car are in water somewhere.

Little older? What 30? JayLee I am just kidding. At 61 with a 30 something city living daughter I hear you.

Please keep safe. You are all our future.

If you care to expand that's good too. Only places I've been out to are in Fishtown. Grandma of JB's I feel like. Murph's I've been taking out. Fishtown Tav got a good happy hour. Still you need plenty of loot everywhere to eat and drink.

 

[FauxPerson]

Standard Cocktails run $10 to $12 at Tango. The girls probably had a few appetizers as well. $25 including a tip won't get you far. We'll see if Casey paid with a card. If she didn't I'd think she had way more cash the start of the night.

My thought was LE asked the family not to continue search was for their safety. Two places floating around the net where there were sightings aren't the safest. Plus there's so many con, flimflammers they may get swayed in their desperation.

@Shamrock1 the Boulevard can you imagine? Cameras out the wazoo. They'd at least have a blow by blow of the car. Then send a speeding ticket.

Hoping they find Casey today.

She had $25 in cash and her cards. Cash was most likely just for cover charges.

 

[FauxPerson]

Just some thoughts:

The amount of crime going on in the city right now makes me think foul play. She could’ve been taken getting into her car or carjacked.

If she made it to 95 North and was exiting after the 295E split around Bristol, it’s very possible she ended up in jersey. To get to feasterville she could’ve taken woodhaven, street rd, route 1 to 213 there’s so many possibilities so accidentally going into jersey on the “new 95” is a possibility. Although the police would have her going over that bridge.

if she purposely drove into water, the major flooding we’ve had recently would be a factor in locating her. There’s no way she accidentally drove into water IMO unless she went towards the Schuylkill or Kelly drive which is wayyyyyyyyy out of the way. Not sure where she could even come close to entering water on Delaware side before neshaminy state park.

Praying for a safe return for this beautiful young lady. Maybe she’s having an episode of some sort and just “going through it” right now, somewhere unknown. Even though I’ve gone through all these negative scenarios trying to place her, I’m REALLY hoping for the best.

 

[Shamrock1]

On the 295/95 split - if she commuted from Temple to Feasterville a lot, she’d probably know it quite well? The split is around 2yrs old, right? Easy to veer off into NJ, though, especially if tired and maybe a little rattled from the tiff with her friend. ETA - I drove up 95N in my head just now, and I do think it’s easier to land in NJ than I first thought.

I agree that it’s HARD to get into water. To my recollection, the last person was Shane Montgomery in 2014 - who was inebriated and on foot along the Schuylkill. Jury: Manayunk bar must pay $525K, but Shane Montgomery also culpable in his own drowning