Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention.
NewsOne has partnered with the Black and Missing Foundation and TV One to focus on the crisis of missing African Americans.
To be a part of the solution, NewsOne will profile a missing person weekly and provide tips about how to keep your loved ones safe and what to do if someone goes missing, while TV One‘s newest show, “Find Our Missing,” hosted by award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson, tells these stories in visual form.
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Janteyl Johnson
Case Type: Endangered
DOB: September 8, 1994
Missing Date: February 3, 2010
Age Now: 17
Missing City: Newark
Missing State: Delaware
Case Number: 10012571
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Complexion: Dark
Height: 5’2″
Weight: 120
Hair Color: Brown
Hair Length: Medium
Eye Color: Brown
Wear Glasses or Contacts: Yes
Location Last Seen: 35 Winterhaven Drive near 896 in Newark, DE
Circumstances of Disappearance: Janteyl was last seen at her home in Newark, DE. She was 5 months pregnant at the time she disappeared. Her brother was supposed to pick her up at the family’s apartment. When he arrived, he found the door unlocked and no one home. Janteyl may have been in the company of an adult male. Her mother, Kima Johnson, says she was talking to her daughter by phone one hour and she had disappeared the next hour when she called back. “It’s hard not knowing where she is and how she is,” Johnson told NBC Philadelphia.
Last Seen Wearing: Short black ski jacket with fur around the hood
Identifying Marks or Characteristics: Scar under bottom lip on her chin
If you have information about Janteyl Johnson, please contact the Black and Missing Foundation’s Tip Line.
