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 Case Updates with Photos

Pamela Faith Roach
Roach, date, approximate 2019; Some of Roach's tattoos; Kevin Maler; Shianna Turner; Markus Walters
Date Missing 02/04/2019
Missing From
Walhalla, South Carolina
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 06/09/1992 (30)
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 110 pounds
Medical Conditions Roach has a history of polysubstance abuse.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde/red hair, blue eyes. Roach has the following tattoos: a rainbow on her lower abdomen flanked by two stars, words and a cross on her breasts, a smiley face on her ankle, writing and a red heart pierced by an arrow on the inside of her wrist, and an unspecified tattoo on her upper arm at the shoulder. Photos of some of the tattoos are posted with this summary. Roach's nose, lip, tongue, eyebrow and ears (both the lobes and the insides) are pierced. She goes by her middle name, Faith, which she pronounces "Fythe", and she has been known to dye her hair different colors.
Details of Disappearance Roach was last seen in the vicinity of Coffee Road and Corey Road in Walhalla, South Carolina on February 5, 2019. She may have gotten into a burgundy van there. She has never been heard from again. She was reported missing on February 12.
At the time of her disappearance, Roach reportedly did not have stable housing. She was last known to have lived on Flat Rock Road, and was taking GED classes online. She left behind a five-year-old son who is in the care of relatives. She had another son who died in infancy. The anniversary of his death was shortly after Roach disappeared, and her family became concerned when she didn't visit his grave.
Since she went missing, her cellular phone has been turned off and her social media accounts have been inactive. Almost a year after her disappearance, police found some of her clothes and jewelry along Tunnel Road. Her family identified some of the jewelry, including earrings, a feather choker and a bracelet, as items she wore most of the time.
Roach is considered to be missing under suspicious circumstances, and foul play is possible in her . The person last known to have seen her has changed his story several times. Since her disappearance, her family got an anonymous tip that she was being held against her will and was in danger.
In April 2021, authorities named Kevin Wayne "Boston" Maler as a person of interest in Roach's disappearance, after a social media video that implicated him came to their attention.
The video shows two men discussing Roach's . One of them stated Maler told him "we're gonna cut her up and scatter her" and that "all he knows is they cut her up and scatter her and parts of her is in the rock quarry."
In September 2022, there were new developments in the when people were arrested in connection with it.
Shianna Jade Turner was charged with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony; a photo of her is posted with this summary. Investigators allege that in May 2022, she had failed to produce unspecified evidence of a known felony that she was aware of. Markus Vandell Walters was charged with perjury; he allegedly swore "falsely and materially that he was present during the commission of a crime and that he had advance knowledge of a conspiracy to commit said crime."
That same month, Maler was charged with kidnapping and murder in the 2019 death of Kevin Kyle Craig in South Carolina. At the time he was charged, he was already in prison serving a five-year sentence for a drug offense. He has an extensive criminal record and a history of violence towards women and girls.
Craig's death was initially considered accidental. Investigators believe Maler confined him in his own trailer and killed him by injecting him with an unknown substance, possibly insulin, and that the motive was to cover up his and Craig's involvement in Roach's disappearance. Photos of Turner, Walters and Maler are all posted with this summary.
Maler is also a suspect in unsolved disappearance of Jennifer Fay, who was last seen in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1989. Maler was 22 years old at the time. He allegedly bragged to people about burying Fay's body. He is considered a suspect in her disappearance, but hasn't been charged in connection with it.
Authorities are looking to see if Roach's disappearance is also related to some or all of the s of missing persons Laura Anders,Tammy Stubblefield and Joshua Ivester, and the death of Renee King. Anders and Stubblefield disappeared in 2019 and Ivester in 2021; they have never been found. King disappeared in November 2020, and her body was found in a wooded area along Rufus Land Road in February 2021.
There are some similarities in the s, and they had some mutual friends and acquaintances. Investigators haven't decided whether the s are connected, however.
Investigating Agency
Oconee County Sheriff's Department
864-638-4639
Other
NamUs
Crime Stoppers of Oconee County
South Carolina Arrests
Facebook Page for Pamela Faith Roach
Fox Carolina
Pamela Faith Roach's Facebook Page
The AWARE Foundation
Missing & Homeless
The Greenville News
Websleuths
The Podcast
Facebook Page for Joshua Ivester

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 Case Updates with Photos