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.
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.
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Koby Daniel Roush
Roush, date, approximate 2020; Roush's tattoos
Date Missing 07/06/2020
Missing From
Coalton, Ohio
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 24 years old
Height and Weight 6'2, 205 pounds
Medical Conditions Roush has a history of addiction issues, but had gone into recovery prior to his disappearance.
Associated Vehicle(s) 2014 Chrysler (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Roush has a scar on top of his head, which is normally hidden by his hair. He has several tattoos, including a large design of angel wings and a cross covering most of his back, two tattoos on the back of his neck, a tattoo on his upper right arm, and a tattoo on his right forearm. Photos of his tattoos are posted with this summary.
Details of Disappearance
Roush was last seen at a party in Coalton, Ohio on July 6, 2020. He called his father at 6:00 a.m. to say his car was stuck. His father lived over an hour away, so Roush said he would call someone else to assist him. He has never been heard from again.
After his disappearance, his 2014 Chrysler was found abandoned on Mount Carmel Road in Gallia County, Ohio, near the city of Gallipolis. His wallet was inside the car, but there was no cash.
A pendant containing his deceased mother's ashes, which Roush wore on a neck chain and never took off, was found on the ground outside the car, without the chain. One of Roush's slippers was sitting near the pendant. His cellular phone was missing, but it has apparently been turned off since his disappearance.
Roush lived in Waverly, Ohio at the time of his disappearance, having recently moved there from Somerset, Ohio. Investigators believe his may have a connection to another missing Waverly man,Raymont Willis, who was also last seen in early July.
Police have the same person of interest in both disappearances, a man named Luke Farmer. A witness told police that Farmer "told him in person that he murdered two people," Roush being one of them.
Only hours after police began searching for Farmer to question him in Willis and Roush's s, however, Farmer died of a drug overdose. He collapsed in front of friends, who attempted without success to revive him with CPR and administration of Narcan, a medication the reverses the effects of narcotic drugs.
A sample of Farmer's blood was collected by the coroner for analysis and he tested positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine, and the designer opioid drugs 4-ANPP, fentanyl, and norfentanyl. His death was ruled an accident.
In June 2022, people searching for Roush and Willis in the Chillicothe, Ohio area found a plastic bag of clothing, which Roush's father identified as belonging to his son. The bag was lying out in the open, not hidden, and it's not clear why it wasn't found earlier, since law enforcement claimed they had previously searched that area. It has been turned over to the police for analysis.
Both Willis and Roush's disappearances remain unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Perry County Sheriff's Office
740-342-4123
Other
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Local 12
Ohio Arrests
Facebook Page for Koby Roush
The Pike County News Watchman
Koby Roush's Facebook Page
Missing Persons s
KFOR 4
NBC4i
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.
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
