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A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.



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According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

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Keiosha Marie Felix
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
Keiosha, date, approximate 2012; Age-progressions to age 19 (date, approximate 2015); Patricia Andrus; Portia Felix; Leon Wilkerson Jr.; Ronald Wilkerson; Gerald Credeur; Images of possible witness
Date Missing 04/30/2012
Missing From
Duson, Louisiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 04/08/1997 (25)
Age 16 years old
Height and Weight 5'0, 120 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Keiosha's nickname is Red.
Details of Disappearance Keiosha's mother was in prison and she was a ward of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) in 2012. She was living in Maison de Mere, a group home for teenage girls who are pregnant or have young children.
She got a weekend pass to visit her paternal aunt, Patricia Andrus, and was last seen leaving Andrus's Duson, Louisiana home on April 30, 2012.
Keiosha was initially thought to be a runaway and her nineteen-year-old cousin, Portia Felix, claimed she'd heard from her and she was all right. She had run away once before, but only for two days.
Keiosha frequently used her cellular phone and Facebook account prior to her disappearance, but neither of them have been active since she went missing. She also left behind her one-year-old daughter, and her loved ones don't believe she would have abandoned the child.
In July 2012, three months after Keiosha was last seen, authorities charged Leon Wilkerson Jr. with rape and second-degree kidnapping in connection with her disappearance. Leon is Andrus's boyfriend.
Andrus was charged with improper supervision of a minor and accessory to rape, and Portia was charged with obstruction of justice. Police determined she had lied when she said Keiosha got in touch with her after she vanished. Keiosha also allegedly told her aunt Wilkerson sexually assaulted her.
Andrus supposedly confronted Leon with the allegation and he denied it, so she didn't report it to the police or the DCF. In August 2012, Leon's brother Ronald Wilkerson was also charged with kidnapping in Keiosha's .
The Duson Police Department was originally handling Keiosha's , with Lieutenant Gerald Credeur, the Assistant Chief of Police, in charge.
In September 2012, Credeur was removed from the investigation and suspended from duty, and in October he was terminated. He allegedly made two unlawful arrests in Keiosha's disappearance, conducted il search and seizures and provided false testimony. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office took over the investigation.
After Credeur was taken off the , all charges against the Wilkerson brothers and Keiosha's aunt and cousin were dropped; the district attorney said the evidence against them was mostly "unsubstantiated hearsay." Photographs of Credeur, the Wilkerson brothers, Andrus and Portia are all posted with this summary.
Authorities released surveillance images of a man in an AT&T store in Lafayette, Louisiana and asked for the public's help in identifying him. They stated the individual wasn't a suspect in Keiosha's disappearance, but they believed he could have information in her .
He's described as about 5'7 to 5'9 tall with a stocky build, and was wearing a white t-shirt and a rosary-type cross necklace. Photos of the man are posted with this summary. He purchased a cellular phone SIM card at the store, and the card was later used with Keiosha's password.
Investigators believe Keiosha is still alive, but could be in danger. She has frequented the Veazey area of Lafayette and may be in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana or Houston, Texas areas. She may be in the company of an adult male or an adult female.
Authorities are now focusing the investigation on finding Keiosha rather than filing criminal charges against anyone in her disappearance. Her is classified as an endangered missing person and remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
337-232-9211
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NamUs
Find Keiosha Now
KATC
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Baton Rouge Advocate
Facebook Page for Keiosha Felix
News One for Black America

Missing Person Photos

A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.



Missing Person Photos

Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Photos