WA WA - Alyssa McLemore, 21, Kent, 9 April 2009

[KateB]

I went to that FB page, and it is silent. Someone with a name posted a very strong opinion with a very precise name and it is still there. very sad no one cares. she was quite a beautiful girl. I listened to this show and it piqued my interest, he sister was the guest. She says the police came to her about a rape charge regarding her sister: Missing Alyssa Mclemore- The Roth Show - YouTube

Bumping for Alyssa. 6 years now.

 

[SassyBenton]

Greetings – I am new to this case but am familiar with the area she disappeared from. I hope my questions don’t offend anyone. A couple of witnesses said they saw her approached by a man in a truck around Kent-Des Moines Road and 30th Avenue S. This is a seedy area with cheap motels, lots of prostitution going on. When the witnesses said she was approached by a man in a truck, where exactly was she? Standing near the road? Sorry I’m not trying to imply anything nefarious about her but it makes me wonder what she was doing in that area, she obviously was in a spot where others could see her, what was she exactly doing?

 

[hayaletcatcher]

Bump.

 

[WesternArtist]

I'm surprised and disappointed this case is still unsolved. I lived in Seattle when this happened and I remember seeing Alyssa's face on the news. Her father made some very emotional testimony. I remember he was wearing a blue shirt. You could just feel the pain in his voice. I'm positive that the way this case is still unsolved is NOT for a lack of the family caring. The details about the truck are fairly specific so I'm also surprised that didn't lead anywhere.

 

[remail955]

I'm new but wanted to ask... I read someone thought she might be a victim of sex trafficking. Do any of you ever look on Backpage or the other escort sites? I know of a few that you have to be a member to post and they screen their members. You have to be invited basically and in the business. I know an adult woman that posts on a few... Anyway, just curious.

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[doodles1211]

A Kent woman called 911, then disappeared. That was 10 years ago. Her family and police want to find her.

Alyssa McLemore’s family had no idea she had gone missing under suspicious circumstances until Kent police showed up at her grandmother’s house. They said they had received a 911 call from the young woman, who asked for help before her phone went dead.

The 911 call came in at 9:15 p.m. on April 9, 2009.

McLemore’s mother died three days later.

In the decade since McLemore disappeared, her aunt, Tina Russell, has led her family’s efforts to find out what happened to the bold, vivacious 21-year-old who loved dancing and roller-skating and regularly dyed her black hair blonde.

Until last year, it had become an increasingly lonely search as interest in the missing-person case waned. But in January 2018, Russell got a social-media message from a grass-roots activist involved in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement. She has since found new strength through shared heartbreak.

“Dead or alive, my family needs to bring her home,” Russell said of her niece, who would now be 31. “I have a feeling in my spirit something is going to happen.”

McLemore, who is of mixed Aleut and African American heritage, is among the unnumbered Native women and girls who have gone missing or been found violently killed in Canada and the U.S. over the past two centuries.

The MMIW movement began with First Nations in Canada, prompting a Royal Canadian Mounted Police study in 2013 and later compelling the Canadian government to initiate a national inquiry in 2016. A final report is due at the end of this month. The movement spilled into the U.S., and the Washington Legislature passed legislation last spring that requires the Washington State Patrol to compile data and analysis of missing Native American women in the state by June.

A Kent woman called 911, then disappeared. That was 10 years ago. Her family and police want to find her.

 

[doodles1211]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

I keep Alyssa's Case Archive as updated as possible, but there has not been great media coverage.
Family, friends and supporters has a 10-year Vigil on Sunday in Kent.
That's in there, courtesy of Aunt Tina Russell.
Alyssa McLemore -WA- by amanda reckonwith

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

CNN today.

Why are Native American women so much more likely to disappear or be killed? - CNN Video

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Since CNN picked up the story, several local sites are also reporting! Finally.

 

[Cagle]

'Sister, where did you go?': the Native American women disappearing from US cities

 

[CastlesBurning]

‘Please help find me’: Photos of missing Kent woman to hit states’ highways

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Hard to believe this. After 10 years with basically no media, now Alyssa's case is getting a lot of attention.
Case Archive is updated every time there is news.
In 2019 I have added as many files as there were in the first 10 years!

Alyssa McLemore -WA- by amanda reckonwith

 

[PommyMommy]

JUL 23, 2019
Native American women keep disappearing. Here are 4 of their stories.

[...]

Alyssa McLemore disappeared in April 2009, from Kent, Washington, when she was 21 years old.

Her family is still searching for her, and appealed for help on the 10-year anniversary of her disappearance in April.

Her aunt, TR, told KIRO that McLemore told her family she was on her way to the hospital to visit her sick mother on the day she went missing.

Three hours after a phone call to her family, McLemore called 911 in what turned out to be her last phone call. Because the cellphone was not equipped with GPS, it could not be tracked.

"She called 911, and she screamed for help," TR said. "There is no way anyone can convince me she left on her own."

TR believes that someone knows what happened to McLemore.

"It's time for you to come forward," she said. "It's time to tell the truth and get it off your conscience. I used to say tell us before we die, or one of us dies. But you need to tell us before you die. That's how I feel."

 

[sasha17]

Facebook group - Missing Alyssa McLemore

 

[karmaskiss01]

Bump. Alyssa's case needs more visibility.

 

[Blurgle]

Alyssa McLemore's case is mentioned in today's Heavy Casefiles:

 

[Seratonin]

 

[NancyDrewISOclues]

Bump

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up for Alyssa.
Hope someone will have it in their heart to to come forward with information...