CA CA - Samantha Mead, 25, last seen in Niland Jan 2023, last phone contact w/ family May 2023

[citizen_sleuth]

Sheriff’s Office searching for missing person - Imperial Valley Press
The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) is looking for a local missing from the Niland area, according to a social media post.

Samantha Alexandra Mead was last seen in the Niland area approximately in January 2023 before losing contact with her family by telephone in May 2023. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

Mead is described as a White 25-year-old female, 5-feet 8-inches in height, 142 pounds with blue eyes and long, blonde, wavy hair. Per the mug shots released by ICSO, she wears a nose ring (septum piercing) and glasses.

“If you have any information, please contact your local law enforcement agency or contact the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch at (442) 265-2120,” the announcement reads.

 

[Caring1]

NamUs modified today. Four new photos added.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[iulia]

Samantha's NamUs page was taken down on Friday. Her case is affected by the Executive Order targeting transgender/gender variant missing/unidentified persons on NamUs. Her case file cannot be found when searching the database at namus.gov but it is still available here:

Missing Person / NamUs #MP60380

View NamUs missing person case MP60380 for Heather Samantha Rowe missing from New Orleans, Louisiana. Date of last contact: Mar 05, 1996. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

 

[sunflowermomma]

Samantha's NamUs page was taken down on Friday. Her case is affected by the Executive Order targeting transgender/gender variant missing/unidentified persons on NamUs. Her case file cannot be found when searching the database at namus.gov but it is still available here:

Missing Person / NamUs #MP60380

View NamUs missing person case MP60380 for Heather Samantha Rowe missing from New Orleans, Louisiana. Date of last contact: Mar 05, 1996. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

How are trans people supposed to ever be found and returned to their loved ones if all their pages are being taken down?

 

[bluestsocks]

Breaks my heart.

 

[iulia]

While most of the transgender MPs profiles are back up, Samantha's is still down at the moment. I have now noticed that I linked the wrong profile earlier, this was the correct one:

Missing Person / NamUs #MP117885

View NamUs missing persons case MP117885, for Samantha Alexandra Mead, missing from Niland, California. Date of last contact: Aug 01, 2022. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

 

[cheemsg]

Hoshiiiii

She reached out to the missing person wiki, she isn't missing