WA WA - Roberta Jean Raines, 37, Toppenish, 2002

[JerseyGirl]

• Roberta Jean Raines, 37, was last seen in 2002 with a man who has told authorities that he last saw her in Mexico. Her missing person case remains open with the Toppenish Police Department.

Missing

‘We have so many missing people’: Coroner tests remains found on Yakima River island as families wait, hope

 

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Murkywaters]

Roberta Jean Raines – The Charley Project

• Missing Since 07/10/2001
• Missing From Toppenish, Washington
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Age 19 years old
• Height and Weight 5'1 - 5'3, 120 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Native American female. Black hair, brown eyes.

Details of Disappearance
Raines was last seen in Toppenish, Washington on July 10, 2001. She was last seen in the company of Jose Merced Zamora, who shot and killed a seventeen-year-old boy in 2002 and fled to Mexico.

In 2007, Zamora was arrested in Idaho. He told police that Raines had gone to Mexico with him after the murder, but then while they were there, she left him and he hadn't seen her since. Raines's whereabouts are still unknown and Zamora's statements about her have not been verified. Her case remains unsolved.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Using numerous sources, including The Vanished the families of some of the missing and murdered Indigenous women, I list here the names of Native women from Yakama homelands who are currently missing: Janice Marie Hannigan; Daisy Mae Tallman; Karen Johnley; Rosalita “Rose” Longee; Roberta Jean Raines; and Freda Knows Gun. bbm
'Have you seen me?': Freda Jane Knowshisgun

The Vanished

 

[imstilla.grandma]

• Roberta "Bertie" Jean Ranes, 37, was last seen in July 2001 with a man who has told authorities that he last saw her in Mexico. Her missing person case remains open with the Toppenish Police Department. Her last name has also been spelled as Raines.

The Vanished: List of those missing, murdered on and near Yakama Reservation

Murdered, missing and mysterious deaths of Indigenous girls and women on or near the Yakama Reservation, in urban areas and in other states:

www.yakimaherald.com

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[Pennysmom1]

Roberta Ranes, Missing from Washington since 2001.

A blog about the many missing, murdered, and unidentified Native/Indigenous/Aboriginal women of the United States and Canada. Say Their Names!

www.justicefornativepeople.com