Unsolved R.I.

04/03/2024

Congratulations to our friends at RICSAR for this wonderful feature in today’s Providence Journal! We certainly hope this spotlight will help raise awareness about RICSAR’s free, 24/7 services to all law enforcement and emergency agencies across Rhode Island.

Was this how a Labrador retriever named Toby, saved from a hoarding situation, would find a new home and a new purpose?

01/28/2024

A “pawsitive” update from our RICSAR friends. We’re so happy to see the Rawley family welcome this handsome addition to their home.

06/30/2023

Today is day 17 in the search for Adam Wacholder of Falmouth, MA. Here are photos of him from 2022, an update on the investigation and a message from his mom.

We are supporting TK1 Investigations and in contact with Adam’s family. His last known location was at his residence at 587 Gifford St. and he does not have his phone or vehicle. His vital epilepsy medication may be running out.

Adam’s family is highly concerned for his safety. They are also asking any Massachusetts media groups to please consider sharing his case to the public. At this stage, the greatest way to assist is getting his name and face out to as many people as possible.

If you have ANY info that can help find , call Falmouth PD at 774-255-4527.

If you are w/ media and would like to get in touch with Adam’s family, please let us know and we’ll be happy to relay details.

Trust Know 1 Investigations

04/10/2023

Today we wanted to spotlight a special community member, Debbie Rebello, and her beloved daughter Amanda.

Amanda Rebello attended Westport High School and was active with the Diabetes Association (Camp Kyle). In 2013, Amanda went missing for 10 days. She was a diagnosed schizophrenic and completed su***de on her second attempt. Amanda was full of life and touched all those she met with her kindness and good heart.

Amanda’s mother, Debbie, never fails to reshare missing persons posts in memory of her and is a passionate advocate within our community for mental health awareness and missing persons.

We were touched by Amanda’s story and wanted to take a moment to recognize her life and her mother’s efforts.

We encourage our community members to do something kind in Amanda’s memory and send positive words of encouragement to her wonderful mother.

RIP Amanda Rebello
January 18, 1988 — August 24, 2013

04/07/2023

🚨SCAM ALERT: Missing child post 🚨

Hi folks, we were made aware of this fraudulent post, which was shared to several community groups today. An example of the post is below, along with the original poster’s profile.

**Please note this is NOT a legitimate missing minor post and the original post should NOT be shared.**

Here are some tips to help spot a fake post and what you can do to help.

🟦 How to tell if a missing child/pet post is fake:

1. The poster turns off comments in the group. This is done so community members cannot comment to say the post is fraudulent. The poster relies on blind shares, then later updates their post to sell a product or commit financial fraud.

2. The poster has a new profile. This “Marlene Collins” profile was created today. You will also usually notice the profile is for some sort of business. Marlene’s profile is set up as a health/beauty business.

3. The poster’s shared group photo does not match their profile photo. In this instance, the minor children shown in the missing post are completely different from those on their profile.

🟦 What you can do to help:

1. Click the 3 dots at the top right corner of the original post and select the option to report it to group admins.

2. Go to the poster’s profile and click the 3 dots next to “message,” then select “Find support or report.” Report the profile as fraud.

We have blurred the children’s faces as they are still someone’s kids.

Please ALWAYS share missing minor posts made by verified law enforcement pages.

As a reminder, Unsolved RI will only shared confirmed missing minor profiles and has committed to removing personal details about minors within 24-48 hours after they are located. We will always use the “everyone” tag to send alerts to community members about missing minors or urgent/endangered missing adults.

Thank you!

04/04/2023

📢 Hello all, our friends at Rhode Island Canine Search and Rescue are seeking support from the community! ⚓️

Please consider contributing to the “Funny 4 Funds” fundraiser! Donations in any denomination are appreciated and tickets are still available for the June 10 event. 🎭

RICSAR is also still accepting event sponsors — please see below for details. We will give a special shout-out to any Unsolved RI community members who step up to sponsor! 🙌

Proceeds from this paws-itively special event benefit ongoing RICSAR volunteer efforts to save lives. 🐾

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.RICSAR.org. 💙

Thank you! 🐕

01/29/2023

**✅UPDATE: SAM LOCATED SAFE!!** All details about Sam will be removed from our platforms in 24-48 hours to respect his privacy and family’s request. Media - please update your posts as well. Thank you all! ✅**

🟥 DETAILS:

Sam has been located. This post will be removed in 24-48 hours.

🟥 IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION:

Sam has been located. Thanks to all who supported this effort!

FOUND SAFE!

**Note: this post will be removed in 24-48 hours.**

01/29/2023

**UPDATE: Ms. Lanam was located deceased. We are so sorry to hear this outcome and extend our deepest condolences to her loved ones. May she rest in peace. 🖤

We are removing the “missing” flyer out of respect but will keep Ms. Lanam’s original and enhanced pictures below. **

ORIGINAL:

We saw our friends at Missing People In America shared an endangered missing poster for Ms. Patricia Lanam of Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

Though she is not from RI, we couldn’t just scroll past after seeing the blurry image of Ms. Lanam and took a moment to support. Our community members may remember a recent incident involving an elderly gentleman with dementia — we hope to see the same ‘found safe’ outcome in Ms. Lanam’s case. 🙏

Updated flyer, enhanced image and original image for comparison below.

Please ☎️ 911 or Plattsmouth Police Department if you have any information that can help locate Ms. Lanam.

Many thanks to the team at MPIA for all their hard work. 💙

🚨Please share!

01/28/2023

We are working with our friends at Uncovered to visualize the case of Lyla Jean Poitras.

Lyla disappeared from her Tiverton, RI home on June 29, 1977, and was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head two weeks later, on July 13, in underbrush just 3.3 miles away. She was only 28 years old.

While we continue to research and help build out Lyla’s case page, we wanted to take a moment to share these images of her. Our team always enjoys enhancing photos of cold case victims and we’ve included a couple of our “before and after” shots below. Lyla was known as an independent, outgoing, popular woman who loved animals and would save any stray she saw. She was mourned by many.

This July marks 46 years since Lyla was killed. We’d love to see her case solved and her many loved ones given answers after so many years. Lyla deserves justice, and there are people in our community who can help make that happen.

It’s going to take us a bit more time to get Lyla’s case added to the RI map on Uncovered, but until then we wanted to share her face and ask any community members with information about her murder to please come forward.

If you know what happened to Lyla, please call Tiverton Police Department at 401-625-6717. You may remain anonymous.

If you have any memories or other photos of Lyla you’d like to share, please feel free to add them in the comments below.

We extend our deepest condolences to those who knew and loved Lyla.

Thank you.