Regina Renee Cox, 18, Missing since August 23, 1997 from Somerset, KY [Archive]

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Richard

01-24-2008, 08:15 PM

Regina Renee Cox
Missing since August 23, 1997 from Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: July 10, 1979
Age at Time of Disappearance: 18 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2; 107-115 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown, shoulder length hair; green eyes. Her ears are pierced. She has a light complexion.
Marks, Scars: Scars on her right elbow and on her right wrist.
Clothing: She was last seen wearing a tie dyed t-shirt, blue jeans, and sandals.
AKA: Reggie

Circumstances of Disappearance

Cox was last seen leaving the parking lot of the Armed Services Recruiting Station in Somerset, Kentucky about 11:30 a.m. on August 23, 1997.

Her locked car, containing her purse, driver's license, other identification, and money, was found by her mother in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Somerset, across the street from the Recruiting Station, about 5:30 a.m. on August 24, 1997. The car keys were not found.

Investigators

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

NCIS Headquarters - Washington D.C.
202-433-9225
1-800-479-9685
or
NCIS Resident Agency - Memphis
901-874-5387
or
Pulaski County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Todd Wood -
Email: mailto:todd.wood@pulaskisheriff.com (todd.wood@pulaskisheriff.com)
Detective Scott Trotter -
Email: mailto:mailto:strotter@pulaskisheriff.com (mailto:strotter@pulaskisheriff.com)
606-678-5145

NCIC Number: M-05895856/ M-051895856
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:

NCIS Missing Persons
Pulaski County Sheriff's Department
North American Missing Persons Network
WKYT 27
The Doe Network: Case File 1824DFKY

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1824dfky.html

meggilyweggily

01-25-2008, 07:05 AM

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cox_regina.html

Richard

01-25-2008, 03:08 PM

Regina R. Cox

Sex: Female
Race: Caucasian
Height: 5'02"
Weight: 110 Pounds
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown

Remarks: Regina Cox was last seen leaving the parking lot of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Somerset, Kentucky, about 11:30 a.m. on August 23, 1997. Her locked car, containing her purse, driver's license, other identification, and money, was found by her mother in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Somerset, across the street from the Recruiting Station, about 5:30 a.m. on August 24, 1997. The car keys were not found.

Source:
NCIS Missing Persons

LINK:

http://www.ncis.navy.mil/missing.asp

Richard

08-04-2009, 09:20 PM

bumping this case up.

concreteman

11-09-2009, 07:45 AM

I was 13 or 14 when Regina went missing. We went to the same church, and she was friends with my sister.
I found a similiar case online, that happened in october the same year. I never heard of the other case, but I think they're linked. They're to similiar, and they happened to close together not the be linked.
I remember going to visit her mom, with my sister, and grandmother right after she went missing. No parent should have to go through something like this. I hope this case can be solved for the sake of her family, and for everyone that was lucky enough to have been able to know her. [/I]
http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=839572&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US
I don't remember what part of Ohio she is from, but the other case I found that happened just a few months later, was in Brooksville, Ky. Which is right next to Ohio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooksville,_Kentucky
Somerset is about 45 minutes from Tennessee, so who ever it was, was traveling towards Ohio atleast. If the two cases are linked.

Richard

11-09-2009, 10:22 PM

concreteman

11-12-2009, 07:44 AM

Welcome to Websleuths, concreteman. Thanks for posting. These two cases might very well be connected.

What more do you know about each of the missing girls and the circumstances? These short summaries are often pretty brief.

The only girl I know is the one from Somerset (Regina). She went to Southwestern Highschool, and was a Jehovah's Witness. She joined the Navy, which is against their belief. I think she was in JROTC. She was from Ohio. She was kind of timid/shy. She was a very sweet girl.
If I remember correctly, they had llamas, but that maybe was someone else. It's been 12 years ago.
Not sure if any of this information is relevant.

Richard

11-12-2009, 04:56 PM

For some reason, Regina's case is no longer listed on the NCIS website. I have made an inquiry.

concreteman

11-13-2009, 10:01 AM

Thanks Richard. She's still on the Pulaski County Sheriffs dept website.

http://www.pulaskisheriff.com/new/reginacox.htm.

Richard

11-15-2009, 12:00 AM

Thanks Richard. She's still on the Pulaski County Sheriffs dept website.

http://www.pulaskisheriff.com/new/reginacox.htm.

She was at one time on the NCIS website. When I recently saw that she was no longer listed, I enquired. Here is the quick reply sent to me by NCIS:

"This investigation belongs to the Pulaski County, KY, Sheriff's Office
(PCSO). "

concreteman

11-16-2009, 07:54 AM

She was at one time on the NCIS website. When I recently saw that she was no longer listed, I enquired. Here is the quick reply sent to me by NCIS:

"This investigation belongs to the Pulaski County, KY, Sheriff's Office
(PCSO). "

That bothers me, they're probably just going to sit on this case.

Richard

11-16-2009, 11:14 AM

That bothers me, they're probably just going to sit on this case.

I wonder what her actual status with the military was when she went missing. Since NCIS had enough interest in her case to list her, I would suspect that she had already enlisted in the Navy or Marine Corps.

I know of other cases in which military men or women are simply declared deserters and it is expected that local authorities will take up the job of looking for them. I wonder if those local authorities who supposedly have this case are actually looking for her. I sincerely hope so.