29 Children Reported Missing In Hudson Valley: Have You Seen Them?

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — In 1977, a Katonah mother and her two small children went missing. Mother Leslie Guthrie and children Julie Guthrie and Timothy Guthrie were last seen Feb. 6, 1977. They haven’t been seen or heard from since.

Julie and Timothy are among dozens of kidnapped and missing children the FBI is working to bring home as part of National Missing Children’s Day on Thursday.

As of Thursday, there were 29 missing children from the Hudson Valley in a long-running database kept by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a national nonprofit started in 1984 by child advocates and the parents of children who had been kidnapped.

Here's a look at some of the children who are currently reported as missing in the Hudson Valley.

• Mason Reichel, missing since May 11, 2023, Kingston, now 16
• Kayla Worilds, missing since March 27, 2023, Pleasantville, now 16
• Elisha Abreu, missing since March 27, 2023, Pleasantville, now 16
• Saryiah Jones, missing since March 14, 2023, Pleasantville, now 16
• Journey Lyles, missing sicne March 4, 2023, Pleasantville, now 14
• Destiny Scott, missing since Feb. 8, 2022, Pleasantville, now 14
• Shakura Webb-Mccullough, missing since Jan. 27, 2023, Yonkers, now 16
• Jaeleen Easington, missing since Jan. 7, 2023, Pleasantville, now 17
• Hope Eley, missing since Dec. 12, 2022, New Rochelle, now 15
• Roselin Angeles Suarez, missing since Oct. 17, 2022, Yonkers, now 17
• Joseph Nickerson, missing since Oct. 7, Port Ewen, now 15
• Vivian Lopez - Pena, missing since Sept. 11, 2022, Newburgh, now 17
• Keira Leon, missing seince Sept. 7, 2022, Yonkers, now 14
• Alexis Omelia, missing since Aug. 7, 2022, Staatsburgh, now 18
• Aaliyah Jennings, missing since April 4, 2022, Poughkeepsie, now 17
• Mariolita Cifuentes Velasquez, missing since Aug. 29, 2021, New Rochelle, now 18
• Jose Marquez Diaz, missing since Aug. 7, 2021, Kingston, now 19
• Kayla Stewart, missing since Oct. 9, 2020, Pleasantville, now 17
• Tatiana Muhammad, missing since Feb. 18, 2020, Pleasantville, now 17
• Aaron Milligan, missing since july 14, 2019, Warwick, now 18
• Tony Strayhorn, missing since Feb. 7, 2016, Pleasantville, now 22
• Samantha Kibalo, missing since Feb. 3, 2001, Suffern, now 24
• Robin Murphy, missing since April 9, 1995, Carmel, now 45
• Joseph Helt, missing since Jan. 16, 1987, Pine Bush, now 53
• Cindy Rowles, missing since Aug. 16, 1986, Kingston, now 54
• Martin Crumblish, missing since May 3, 1981, Dobbs Ferry, now 59
• Julie Guthrie, missing since Feb. 6, 1977, Katonah, now 52
• Timothy Guthrie, missing since Feb. 6, 1977, Katonah, now 49
• Sheryl Tillinghast, missing since Sept. 24, 1973, Wassaic, now 67

For more information on the children, or to report a sighting, go here.

The FBI, in its announcement of National Missing Children’s Day, also released a separate Kidnappings and Missing Persons list.

“Please take a moment to review the list — and if you recognize anyone or have any information in a case, contact the FBI or local law enforcement or submit a tip online,” the FBI said in the statement. “No detail is too small.”

“We as law enforcement never forget these children and never stop looking for them,” Todd Tumbleson, a criminal investigator for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office and an officer on the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, said in a statement.

Tumbleson has been involved in the investigation of a missing 7-year-old in Las Vegas who disappeared in 1999 and never returned home. These kids and their families “deserve nothing less” than a commitment from law enforcement to never stop trying to bring them home, he said.

“The public often knows something they think is not important but which we in law enforcement find very important,” he said.

Sometimes when people hear about the case of a missing child, “it brings back memories of things a suspect said or things the witness saw that might help to locate a child,” Tumbleson said. “Any information the public has should be shared with those investigating the case.”

The FBI said National Missing Children’s Day is also a reminder of the steps parents should take if their child disappears under suspicious circumstances. FBI agents have the authority to immediately begin investigating mysterious disappearances or kidnappings, regardless of jurisdiction.

“Do not wait to report a missing child,” the agency said.

The FBI’s free Child ID app allows parents to quickly share key information with authorities if their child is missing. The app also provides on keeping children safe and guidance on what to do during the first crucial hours after a child disappears.