The Santa Rosa Police Department’s latest social media push to find missing persons whose trails went cold long ago ended with five of the 25 cases featured being resolved, the department announced this week.
The department’s five-week “Missing Person Monday” campaign, in which police share the photos and last known whereabouts of people that it considers missing with the hopes that community members can provide information on where those people are now, kicked off Aug. 4.
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As with two previous campaigns last year, authorities shared weekly posts on a few of the missing, rather than one long list, to get more attention from the public.
The first six-week campaign, launched in January 2024, featured 30 cases going back to 1984 and helped police locate five people, including one who had been missing since 2005, according to police.
The second seven-week campaign, launched in August 2024, led to the resolution of three additional cold cases, police said last year.
All together, the three campaigns have helped police resolve 13 cold cases, Sgt. Patricia Seffens said in an email Monday to The Press Democrat.
In a separate email Wednesday, Seffens said the latest campaign generated over 300,000 views and more than 60 comments on Facebook. The information was also posted on Nextdoor, Instagram, and X. Authorities did not provide additional information about the solved cases.
In announcing the results of the latest effort, police again shared the photos and information on the 20 unresolved missing persons cases highlighted in the campaign.
John Pressdee Bourne III, 70, was last seen leaving a care facility in Santa Rosa in April and has no known relatives, police said.
Kristopher Alyn Blankenheim, 35, was last in contact with family in late 2021 and was last known to be homeless and frequenting the Sebastopol area, police said.
Carl Russell Barker, 81, did not return to a care facility on Montgomery Dive in Santa Rosa in late 2022 and was previously homeless and has no known relatives, police said.
Andrea Yaretzi Garcia, 23, was last seen in Santa Rosa in 2021 and has connections to the Merced area, police said.
Jose Luis Cruz-Cavero, 30, last contacted family in 2017 and possibly relocated after being an agriculture worker in Sonoma County, police said.
Christopher Daniel Rasella, 38, last contacted family in May 2024 and has connections to Ukiah and San Francisco, police said.
Edgar Barrera Dominguez, 37, was last seen in early 2024 and was last known to be homeless, police said.
Cousins Heydy Lizeet Julajoj Chuj, 26, and Jennifer Julissa Chui Jiats, 23, went to a church on Sebastopol Road and did not return home in July 2016. They had been in the U.S. for about a month at the time and they both have a possible connection to New York, police said.
Terra Lynn Trunick, 33, last contacted family in 2021. She was last known to be homeless in Santa Rosa and Petaluma and has connections in Mendocino County, police said.
Michael James Zevgolis, 58, left his house on Montecito Boulevard in 1996 and did not return, police said. Zevgolis has connections in Florida, police said.
Bradford Lee Haith Jr., 52, last contacted his family in early 2021 and was last known to be homeless in Santa Rosa, police said. Haith has connections in Mendocino County, Virginia and Massachusetts, police said.
Vincente Garcia Jorge, 71, was last seen leaving a Santa Rosa care facility in 2008 and possibly traveled to Mexico, police said.
Donald McKneely, 42, was last known to be at a Santa Rosa health center and is from Oakland, police said.
Barbara Joan Wyatt, also known as Norma Jean Wyatt, 73, was last known to be at a Santa Rosa health center and has a connection to Petaluma, police said.
Lindsay Grant McDougall, 73, left his Santa Rosa home and did not return in September 1984. He was 32 years old at the time, police said.
Anthony Horner, 55, was reported missing by his family in February 1989 when he was 18 years old. Police shared a photo of Horner created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that is age processed to make him look 47 years old.
Miguel Soto, 38, was living with family on Corby Avenue, when he left the residence and did not return in 2004. Soto was living in the U.S. for a month before he was reported missing, police said.
Andres Vasquez, 31, was reported missing in 2008 when he was 14 years old. He had lived in the U.S. for a year and was working at an unknown local winery with his brother to finance a home in Oaxaco, Mexico, police said.
Andrea Altamirano-Rodriguez, 24, was reported missing in 2017. She was believed to be visiting a pen pal in Santa Rosa from Las Vegas at the time, police said.
If you know the whereabouts of any of the people featured, please contact your local law enforcement agency if not in Santa Rosa, or 707-528-5222 if in Santa Rosa. If you have any information that may assist the department in these cases, please contact the SRPD Violent Crimes Investigations Team tip line at 707-543-3590.