Missing
Regina Renee Cox
Cox, approximately 1997
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/23/1997
Missing location (approx) :
Somerset, Kentucky
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/10/1979 (42)
Age at the time of disappearance: 18 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 115 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A tie-dyed t-shirt, blue jeans and black sandals.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Cox has scars on her right elbow and on her right wrist. Her ears are pierced. Cox's nickname is Reggie.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Cox was last seen leaving the parking lot of the United States Armed Services Recruiting Station in her hometown of Somerset, Kentucky on August 23, 1997 at approximately 11:30 a.m. She has never been heard from again.
Her mother discovered Cox's vehicle abandoned in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart store across the street from the Recruiting Station at approximately 5:30 a.m.on August 24, the following morning. Her car was locked and her purse, identification and money was inside the vehicle. There was no sign of Cox at the scene and her car keys were not located.
Cox was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. She joined the U.S. Navy prior to her disappearance and was scheduled to report to the Great Lakes Recruit Training Center in Illinois on September 9, 1997. Her family believes that she was taken against her will. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Washington D.C. Headquarters
202-433-9225
800-479-9685
NCIS Resident Age at the time of disappearance: ncy
Memphis, Tennessee Office
901-874-5387
Pulaski County Sheriff's Department
606-678-5145
September 2021 updates and sources
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
