ROANOKE, Va. – Some have been missing for days, others, decades, on this National Missing Children’s Day, we want to show you the faces of those missing from Southwest and Central Virginia.
Right now, across our area, there are 32 missing children, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
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The most recent missing child is 15-year-old Landon Taylor, who was last seen on Monday in Franklin County.
The oldest case is that of Angela Rader and Tammy Akers, who were last seen in Roanoke in February 1977.
The list below, from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, is in order of most recently missing to whose been missing the longest.
The ages listed for each individual are the ages they would be as of now, not when they were last seen:
- Landon Taylor, 15, has been missing from Franklin County since May 24, 2021
- Shaunkis Glenn, 16, has been missing from Danville since May 24, 2021
- Trevor Hitt, 17, has been missing from Smyth County since May 19, 2021
- Alexis Plunkett, 12, has been missing from Roanoke since May 19, 2021
- Criyiah Greenway, 14, has been missing from Roanoke since May 19, 2021
- Hunter Ponton, 17, has been missing from Nelson County since May 18, 2021
- Dresean Williams, 14, has been missing from Salem since May 3, 2021
- Ember Pack, 16, has been missing from Roanoke since April 16, 2021
- Anthony Snyder, 15, has been missing from Saltville, since April 1, 2021
- Markasia Hamlett, 14, has been missing from Lynchburg since March 31, 2021
- Bronzson Lawson, 17, has been missing from Pulaski since March 28, 2021
- Deandre Steptoe, 17, has been missing from Lynchburg since March 18, 2021
- Najiah Salisbury, 16, has been missing from Roanoke since March 15, 2021
- Angelina Munoz Munoz, 16, has been missing from Roanoke since March 14, 2021
- Alexia White, 17, has been missing from Roanoke since March 8, 2021
- Makayla Campbell, 17, has been missing from Roanoke since Feb. 10, 2021
- Amerionna Kidd, 11, has been missing from Franklin County since Feb. 4, 2021
- Juliana Williams, 16, has been missing from Salem since Feb. 1, 2021
- T’Kaylan Davis, 16, has been missing from Roanoke since Nov. 23, 2020
- Steven Svazo, 15, has been missing from Lynchburg since Oct. 20, 2020
- Shanazja Saunders, 16, has been missing from Roanoke since Sept. 5, 2020
- Logan Fielder, 17, has been missing from Evington since Aug. 14, 2020
- Demonja Davis, 16, has been missing from Amherst since Aug. 6, 2020
- Alyssa Hobson-Henderson, 17, has been missing from Lynchburg since March 6, 2020
- Shimir Dillard, 15, has been missing from Lynchburg since June 29, 2019
- Edson Botzoc, 15, has been missing from Roanoke since May 26, 2019
- Arieanna Day, 2, has been missing from Roanoke since Sept. 11, 2019
- Wendy Lopez Lainez, 19, has been missing from Bedford County since Aug. 15, 2018
- Forest Ferguson, 27, has been missing from South Boston since Dec. 4, 2010
- Logan Bowman, 24, has been missing from Galax since Jan. 7, 2003
- Angela Rader, 58, has been missing from Roanoke since Feb. 8, 1977
- Tammy Akers, 58, has been missing from Roanoke since Feb. 7, 1977
Pictures were not provided for each individual.