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#1 Kelly

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Posted 03 December 2007 - 02:26 PM

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Name:  John James Morris

Classification:  Endangered Missing Adult 
Date of Birth:  1969-11-07 
Date Missing:  2007-07-30 
From City/State:  Dickerson, MD 
Missing From (Country):  USA 
Age at Time of Disappearance:  37 
Gender:  Male 
Race:  White 
Height:  72 inches 
Weight:  175 pounds 
Hair Color:  Brown 
Hair (Other):  Graying 
Eye Color:  Brown 
Complexion:  Medium 

Identifying Characteristics:  Pierced left ear, tattoo of a "snake" or "dragon" on right forearm, tattoo of a "scorpion" on left shoulder, excema on left ankle, scar on calf of leg, previously broken ankle, caps on teeth. 

Clothing:  Possibly wearing a red fleece jacket, jeans. 

Jewelry:  Gold chain, watch. 

Circumstances of Disappearance:  Unknown. John was last seen at approximately 11:00pm at a friend's residence in the 24000 block of Whites Ferry Rd in Dickerson, MD. John has a medical condition and may need medication. 

Investigative Agency:  Montgomery County Police Department 
Phone: 240-773-6239 
Alternate Phone: 240-773-6237 
Investigative Case #:  G07047238 

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Posted 29 December 2007 - 02:59 PM

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Posted 10 January 2008 - 05:48 PM

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6-month-long search for man continues

Originally published January 10, 2008

By Sonia Boin
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Anyone with information about John Morris or his whereabouts should call Montgomery County Police Detective Roderick Stephens at 301-840-2650.

 
POOLESVILLE -- It's been six months since a 38-year-old man with a history of depression and alcoholism vanished from the Poolesville home he shared with his partner of 14 years.

John Morris left the home in the 24000 block of White's Ferry Road at 11 p.m. July 30, shortly after he broke up with his partner, whom police said was verbally abusive.

"He had an altercation with his boyfriend, and he asked him to leave," said Montgomery County Police Detective Roderick Stephens.

"At this point, there's definitely foul play or possibly suicide," Stephens said. "He could be anywhere between here and New Jersey."

That's where his parents live and where Morris was supposed to be heading. When he didn't show up or call, his mother, Madeline Morris, reported him missing.

That was three weeks after he disappeared from the driveway where he was last seen, apparently waiting for a ride, according to Stephens.

"She thought he might have stayed with friends," Stephens said. "She didn't know when he was leaving."

Police Cpl. Jimmy Robinson is a public information officer at the Montgomery County headquarters. "Morris was estranged from his family, but they spoke on the phone once a week," he said. "His parents told us their son was in a verbally abusive relationship."

Stephens, the lone detective on the case, said "we've checked every place he had been in for alcohol treatment and the hospitals. It's just kind of weird -- six months."

But, the detective said, "If he doesn't want to be found, he won't be."

Robinson said officers went to the home to check on Morris' welfare after a neighbor saw him standing in his driveway. When police got there, Morris was gone, but his white pickup truck bearing New Jersey tags was still there.

Robinson said Morris' significant other was not in town at the time Morris went to the house to gather his belongings.

That done, the spokesman said it looked like Morris was waiting for a ride, but police don't know if he was picked up or took off on foot and possibly hitch-hiked.

Robinson said Morris is suicidal and has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He had no medication for depression with him when he left.

Kylen Johnson, of Clarksburg, Maryland Missing Persons Coordinator, asked for help in publicizing the case.

She said Morris is 6 feet tall and 185 pounds. He has a large tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder. His hair is graying brown and his eyes are light brown.

Johnson said Morris is a talented artist who is very outgoing and makes friends easily. He may be working as a landscaper or a handyman. He is also a glazier who can repair broken car windows.

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Posted 10 January 2008 - 06:52 PM

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Family of missing Dickerson man issues community plea

by Meghan Tierney | Staff Writer

The family of a Dickerson man who has been missing for nearly six months is asking the community to help them find their son.

A neighbor of John James Morris, 38, last saw him on July 30, standing at the edge of the driveway at the home he shared with his boyfriend on Whites Ferry Road around 11 p.m., according to Cpl. Jimmy Robinson, a Montgomery County Police spokesman, and a Maryland Missing Persons Network press release. Morris’ parents, who live in New Jersey, filed a missing person report on Aug. 23 after he began missing their weekly telephone conversations, Robinson said.

According to the statement, Morris had recently ended a 12-year relationship with his live-in boyfriend, who his mother, Madeline Morris, said was staying at the couple’s Washington, D.C., condo at the time.

‘‘It’s not like him not to call,” said Morris in a telephone interview with The Gazette. She described her son as friendly and easy-going.

John Morris had recently returned to Maryland after a weeklong trip to New Jersey, and he was planning to go back after retrieving his belongings, Madeline Morris said. When she last spoke to her son on July 30, he told her that somebody was coming to pick him up. The neighbor who last saw John Morris told police that he appeared to be waiting for a ride, Robinson said.

Morris, who has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and a history of depression, sounded distressed during their last telephone conversation, Madeline Morris said.

‘‘He was just not like himself,” she said. ‘‘He was angry and depressed. He was just hallucinating.”

No one has reported hearing from or seeing Morris since, Robinson said. All of his belongings, including his truck and his dog, were at the home when police checked in, Madeline Morris said.

The Maryland Missing Persons Network, a volunteer organization that helps locate missing persons, describes John Morris as 6 feet tall and 185 pounds with brown eyes, graying brown hair, a tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder. A talented painter, he may be working as a landscaper, a handyman or a glazier, according to the statement.

Anyone with information about Morris is asked to call county police Det. Rod Stephens at 301-840-2650.



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Our hearts and prayers are with you in this most difficult time. Our son went missing out of Las Vegas NV May of 07. We went through 3 days of extensive search of the mountain and desert outside of Las Vegas NV.
The only way to get through it is 1 Second 1 Minute 1 Hour 1 Day and one step after another and pray.
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Posted 16 January 2008 - 07:39 AM

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008

Search intensifies for missing Poolesville man
Morris last seen in July

by Meghan Tierney | Staff Writer

John James Morris, 38, was last seen in the driveway at the home he shared with his boyfriend on Whites Ferry Road on July 30. Morris and his boyfriend had recently ended their 12-year relationship. His family contacted Montgomery County Police and reported Morris missing Aug. 23 after he missed several of their weekly telephone conversations.

Morris is described as white, 6 feet tall and 185 pounds with brown eyes, graying brown hair, a tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder. A talented painter, he may be working as a landscaper, a handyman or a glazier.

The Maryland Missing Persons Network, a Web-based volunteer organization that helps locate missing persons, sent out a press release asking for help in locating Morris on Jan. 9 after getting in touch with his mother over her MySpace page, which is dedicated to finding her son, according to network coordinator Kylen Johnson. The Maryland Missing Persons Network also has a MySpace page.

‘‘I just got to talking to her and was surprised [police] hadn’t sent out a press release or anything,” she said last week. County police sent out a media statement asking for the public’s help in locating Morris on Friday.

In Montgomery County, the investigating detective decides whether a missing person case warrants a press release, said Cpl. Jimmy Robinson, a spokesman for county police. He said there are no criteria for making that determination.

‘‘[Adults] can go where they want to go,” he said. ‘‘In most instances, the person always pops up.” There are currently 36 active missing adult cases in the county, he said. Many times the person is eventually discovered living in another country, he added, and oftentimes a person returns and the police are not informed.

A press release was not initially sent out because police thought that Morris, who is unemployed and frequently left town for weeks at a time, may have entered a drug treatment program, according to Detective Rod Stephens, who is investigating. As time went on, the circumstances of Morris’ disapearance appeared to be more unusual, Robinson said, that there is no evidence indicating foul play or that he may have harmed himself. A K9 search of the woods by his house on Friday did not result in any leads, Stephens said. A cursery search of the property was conducted by officers shortly after Morris was reported missing, Robinson said.

‘‘We had hoped he went on an extended trip after the break-up, but that seems to not be the case,” Stephens said.

Madeline Morris, John’s mother, said she is pleased with the police’s search for her son.

‘‘I think they’re doing a wonderful job,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in New Jersey. ‘‘ ... They are doing a good job; they went far beyond their duty.”

She said it wasn’t like her son to miss their weekly telephone conversations.

‘‘It’s not like him not to call,” she said. She described her son as friendly and easy-going.

Before his disappearance, Morris had recently returned to Maryland after a weeklong trip to New Jersey to retrieve his belongings, his mother said.

According to police statement, he had recently ended his relationship with his live-in boyfriend, who his mother, Madeline Morris, said was staying at the couple’s Washington, D.C., condo at the time. His boyfriend was also verbally abusive, Robinson said.

When she last spoke to her son on July 30, he told her that somebody was coming to pick him up. The neighbor who last saw Morris told police that he appeared to be waiting for a ride, Robinson said.

Morris, who Robinson said has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and a history of depression and suicidal tendencies, sounded distressed during their last telephone conversation, Madeline Morris said.

‘‘He was just not like himself,” she said. ‘‘He was angry and depressed. He was just hallucinating.”

No one has reported hearing from or seeing Morris since, Robinson said. All of his belongings, including his truck and his dog, were at the home when police checked in, Madeline Morris said.

Anyone with information about Morris is asked to call Stephens at 301-840-2650.

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Call with informationJohn James Morris, 38, of Poolesivlle, was last seen July 30. He is described as a white male, 6 feet tall and 185 pounds with brown eyes, graying brown hair, a tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder.

Anyone with information about John James Morris, 38, is asked to call Montgomery County Police Det. Rod Stephens at 301-840-2650.

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Detectives from the Montgomery County Police 5th District Investigative Section have been investigating the disappearance of John James Morris, Jr., and are now asking for the public’s assistance. Mr. Morris was last seen on Monday, July 30, 2007 between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. at his residence in the 24000 block of Whites Ferry Road in Poolesville, Maryland. His personal vehicle was left at his residence. He was reported missing to police on August 23, 2007.

Morris is described as a white male, age 38, 6’1” tall, weighing 180 pounds, with graying brown hair, hazel/brown eyes, and a medium complexion. At the time of his disappearance, he may have been wearing a red fleece jacket. Additional identifying characteristics include: a pierced left ear, a tattoo of a panther on his right forearm, a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder, a scar on the calf of one leg, and he has caps on his teeth.

Morris has a medical condition and may need medication. He has been diagnosed with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and he has exhibited suicidal tendencies in the past. Morris has previously resided in the 4300 block of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington D.C. He has been listed as an endangered missing person in law enforcement’s National Crime Institute Computer (NCIC) system.

Anyone who has information about John James Morris, Jr. is asked to call the 5th District Investigative Section at (301) 840-2347, or the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000.


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Posted 20 April 2008 - 06:02 PM

John has been placed on Project Jason's 18 Wheel Angels campaign. A special poster has been made for him and can be downloaded and printed for placement. More information about the program, and the link for the poster can be found here:

http://projectjason.org/18wheel.shtml

In addition to the campaign, John is also featured in a national trucking publication, Through the Gears. This free magazine is distributed in truck stops nationwide and have a circulation of about 150,000.

Through the Gears and Independent Contractor are two of Target Media Partner's many publications. In partnership with Project Jason, they each feature two missing persons each per month. You can pick up your free copies at a local truck stop, but if it's far from you, you may want to call and ask if they carry that magazine. These are NOT with the regular for purchase magazines.

You can also see the current campaign information on this Target Media Partners site: http://www.thetrucke...ing_Week_3.aspx

We hope this helps in the search for John. Please consider printing and placing a poster in businesses in your community.

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Posted 20 April 2008 - 06:04 PM

John's Story, as written by his mother:

Calling all truckers across the USA, especially in the East.

Mom desperately looking for son and needs poster placement!

John J. Morris went missing from his home on Whites Ferry Road in Dickerson, MD on July 30, 2007 at about 11:00 p.m. after breaking up a 14 year relationship.

John has ADHD and may be bipolar and needs medication. If he does not have his medication, he self medicates with alcohol or drugs. He also gets very depressed.

John is 38 years old, 6' 185 lbs. His birthday is 11/7/69. He has a large tattoo of a panther on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder, he has graying brown hair and hazel eyes. John is very outgoing and makes friends easy and can be very sensitive at times. He loves to help people.

John is a talented artist who paints in oils.  He may be working as a landscaper or may be working as a handyman. John can fix anything.  He is also a glazier who can fix broken car windows.  He is a jack of all trades. John also loves animals and can work as a veterinary assistant where he once worked in the Georgetown District of Washington, DC.

The police used cadaver dogs around John's home.  Nothing was found, so John must still be out there somewhere.

Anyone who has seen John, please call Detective Rod Stephens at the Montgomery County Police Department in the Germantown District in Maryland at (301) 840-2650.

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The Missing - A Weekly exposé of Lost Souls - Issue #10

April 23,2008

In this week's edition of "The Missing," we revisit the sudden and mysterious disappearance of John James Morris, a 38-year-old resident of Dickerson, Maryland, who vanished in July 2007.

"I have been searching for my son since he disappeared after breaking up a 14-year relationship with his partner," John's mother, Madeline Morris, wrote in a recent e-mail. "After the break-up John moved back to his hometown in New Jersey, but after a brief stay he returned to Maryland to pick up his belongings. He has not been heard from since."

According to Madeline, John was last seen on the afternoon of July 30, 2007, in the driveway of his ex-boyfriend's residence on Whites Ferry Road in Dickerson, Maryland. On the day of his disappearance John had a brief telephone conversation with his mother, during which time he expressed his anger and dismay over the situation. Before hanging up, John told his mother he was waiting for someone to come pick him up. A neighbor later confirmed that John had been standing at the end of his ex-boyfriend's driveway. What happened next remains a mystery.

John usually spoke with his mother on a weekly basis; however, when several weeks went by with no contact Madeline became concerned and reported him missing on August 23, 2007. After receiving Madeline's report, the Montgomery County Police Department looked into the case and questioned John's friends and former neighbors.

According to police, John's boyfriend was out of town on the day John stopped to pick up his belongings. Oddly, John had left his pickup truck behind, although it remains unclear if someone picked him up or if he walked away from his ex-boyfriend's residence.

"At this point, there's definitely foul play or possibly suicide. He could be anywhere between here and New Jersey," Detective Roderick Stephens said in a January 10, 2008 interview with Fredericknewspost.com.

Police conducted a K9 search of the woods by John's former residence and conducted a thorough search of the house, but were unable to find any leads suggesting what might have happened to him. The case has slowly gone cold, leaving investigators stumped by his sudden and mysterious disappearance. In an attempt to get new leads, investigators recently added John's case to the National Crime Institute Computer (NCIC) system.

In the 267 days since he disappeared, John has not used his credit card or cell phone. He left all of his belongings behind, including his beloved dog, who is now in his parents' care. John, who suffers from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), did not take his medication with him, adding further concern for his mother, who claims he has been known to self medicate with alcohol and illegal drugs.

"John is a loving and warm person," Madeline said. "Since he disappeared, it has consumed much of my time searching for him. I miss him so very much and I am so worried that he is unsafe or maybe worse."

John's family maintains a web site devoted to the case at  www.myspace.com/mjjm66.

John James Morris is described as 6' and 185 lbs., with grayish brown hair and light brown eyes.  He has a large tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder. John is a talented artist and may be working as a landscaper or handyman. He also has previous experience working as a glazier, repairing broken car windows.

Anyone with information is asked to call the 5th District Investigative Section at 301-840-2347 or Det. Rod Stephens at 301-840-2650.

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Efforts are growing to find a gay Maryland man who disappeared last year following a breakup with his partner.

John Morris was last seen July 30 leaving a friend’s home in Dickerson, Md., a town of about 2,000 people 45 miles northwest of Washington.

His family and friends are working this spring to expand their search along the eastern seaboard. Madeline Morris, the man’s mother, said she’s relying on help from the public.

“I just wish if they knew where he was, just to have him call me to let me know he’s OK,” she said.

Jeanette Wright, a Montgomery County police spokesperson, said investigators consider the case active, but have “no new information” to pursue.

Madeline Morris said her son, who deserted his vehicle and pets following the breakup, has attention deficit disorder and had exhausted his medication the night he disappeared.

“I’m afraid that he might be suicidal,” she said. “And if he doesn’t have his medication, he self-medicates with alcohol or illegal drugs.”

Madeline Morris said her son has not used his credit card or cell phone since he disappeared.

She said her son could be in Maryland, where he lived before disappearing, New Jersey, his home state, Florida, where he has friends, or Arizona, which he visited shortly before his disappearance.

“I have not heard anything,” she said. “And he used to call me at least once or twice a week.”

John Morris is 6 feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. His left ear is pierced, and he has tattoos of a serpentine creature on his right forearm and a scorpion on his left shoulder.

Tips can be reported to Montgomery County investigators at 301-840-2407. More information about John Morris is available online at www.findjohnmorris.com.

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Today 07/30/08 marks the one year anniversary of John's disappearance. Our thoughts and prayers remain with John's  family and loved ones for his safe return... God Bless.

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Additional  profile infomation  added  below about John at the request of his family:

Here's the addition:

John broke his ankle 5 years ago.  He also broke his nose at the age of 15 playing baseball.  The nose was cosmetically fixed. 
John has a degenerative bone disease in one of his middle toes which makes it shorter than the rest. 
He has a cap on his front tooth and sometimes breaks out with eczema on his left ankle.

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Posted 26 August 2009 - 04:19 PM

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Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009

Search continues for missing Dickerson man after two years
Morris disappeared after unusual behavior


by Meghan Tierney | Staff Writer

The family of a Dickerson man who was last heard from more than two years ago is still searching for answers.

John James Morris, 39, was last seen seemingly waiting for a ride in the driveway at the home he had shared with his boyfriend, who he recently ended a 12-year relationship with, on Whites Ferry Road on July 30, 2007. Morris had returned to the house to pick up personal items after a weeklong trip.

"He just disappeared into the night," his mother Madeline Morris of New Jersey said.

Morris' family reported him missing in August after he missed several of his regular weekly phone calls, his mother said. He left all of his belongings, including his truck and dog, behind.

"You pray a lot, you cry a lot, it's just always on your mind," Morris said, describing her son as warm and funny and an animal lover and talented artist. "There's no closure. If he's dead, at least you have closure, at least you know. You're hanging in limbo."

Morris has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a history of depression and had run out of his medication, his mother said. He was "hallucinating," "paranoid" and told his mother the FBI had been watching him, she said.

"He told me he was going back to God and the FBI was picking him up," Morris said, adding that the behavior was unusual for her son "… He said he was going away for a while and that he'd call me to send him some clothes, but he never did."

A secretary for Morris' former boyfriend, a federal government employee, had told Morris she would contact the FBI if he continued calling the office, his mother said she later learned. The boyfriend had been verbally abusive during their relationship, she said.

The North Carolina-based nonprofit CUE Center for Missing Persons, an advocacy group that also assists with search and recovery and specializes in cold cases, recently took up the family's cause and included Morris in the 104 missing person cases it is publicizing this summer. The group focuses mostly on missing adults, whose disappearances are often not given as much attention by police and the media, according to founder Monica Caison.

"The perception people have is that if you're an adult you have the right to go missing, but that needs to be modified — you don't have the right to go missing and not notify someone," Caison said, adding that men who go missing have an especially difficult time getting attention. "…The majority of missing adults don't walk out on their lives, they've been abducted or something's happened. It's not taken as seriously and it creates a lag time where nothing gets done."

Morris' disappearance is one of the center's more serious cases, Caison said, an assessment that's reached after talking to the families since they know the missing person best.

"That's one thing that his mother had shared, that something's really wrong," she said.

Morris is described as white, 6 feet tall and 185 pounds with brown eyes, graying brown hair, a tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder. He has scars on his right calf and his left ear is pierced. For more information, visit www.findjohnmorris.com.

Anyone with information is asked to call Montgomery County Police at 240-773-6239.

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Posted 01 March 2010 - 06:50 AM

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 08:37 AM

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"If you were paid or paid someone to hurt John, remember, money won't buy your way out of the fires of hell."

So writes Madeline Morris, the mother of John Morris, a Montgomery County man who has been missing since 2007, on according to the "Mother's Final Thoughts" section of a Web site devoted to finding him.

Montgomery County detectives have become increasingly concerned Morris may have been killed. Police have called a 12:30 press conference Thursday to draw attention to the case and announce a $1,000 reward.

Morris was last seen on July 30, 2007, between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., at his home in the 24000 block of Whites Ferry Road in the county's western Dickerson/Poolesville area, according to police. He was reported missing to police on August 23, 2007.

At the time, Morris had suffered from Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and had exhibited suicidal tendencies.

The web site devoted to finding him offers more details.

    John was last seen standing at the end of the driveway [and was] believed to be waiting for a ride. He had an altercation with his boyfriend, and he asked John to leave. John was in a very verbal abusive relationship of 14 years. Officers went to the home to check on Morris' welfare after a neighbor saw him standing in his driveway. When police got there, Morris was gone, but his white pickup truck bearing New Jersey tags was still there.

The website shows pictures of Morris with his mother, whose poem "A Mother's Plea" reads, in part:

    I miss his smile, his sense of humor, the way he loves animals with such warmth. I miss watching him paint on canvas and turn that canvas into a beautiful picture.

    I miss how neat he was. About himself, his room and all things around him. I miss the little gifts he used to give me. The phone calls when he made me laugh.

Police described Morris as a white man, 40 years old, 6'1" tall, weighing 180 pounds, with graying brown hair, hazel/brown eyes, and a medium complexion.

He has a pierced left ear, a tattoo of a panther on his right forearm, a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder, a scar on the calf of one leg, and caps on his teeth.

His case can also be seen in the Missing Persons section of the America's Most Wanted web site.

Those know who anything are asked call Detective Rod Stephens at 240-773-6239. Callers who wish to remain anonymous and become eligible for the reward can call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).

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#23 Deborah

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 07:56 PM

Missing after breakup


Md. man went missing after breakup with lover, police say

By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer

March 12, 2010 



John James Morris Jr. was last seen by a neighbor the night of July 30, 2007. He was standing at the end of his former lover's driveway in Poolesville, searching for the keys to his pickup truck. By morning, Morris was gone, but the truck remained. On Thursday, Montgomery County Crime Solvers offered a $1,000 reward for information that leads authorities to Morris, or to the arrest of his possible attackers. Montgomery County police believe he might have been kidnapped or killed, but they have no suspects. The health of the 40-year-old's parents in New Jersey is failing. "There is no closure or peace, we just live in limbo waiting for answers," Morris' mother, Madeline Morris, said in a statement. The 6-feet-1-inch-tall Morris left his parents' home on the morning of July 30, 2007, and drove to the 24000 block of Whites Ferry Road to collect his belongings from the house he shared with his partner for 14 years, Detective Rod Stephens said. The two men had separated a few weeks earlier. "Their relationship was off and on verbally and physically abusive," Stephens said. The partner returned from a trip abroad the day Morris was last seen. He landed in Washington at 4 p.m. but told authorities he spent the night in a condo he owned in D.C. A neighbor, Stephens said, confirmed to police that the partner's car was not in the driveway when she left at 11 p.m. That was when she saw Morris looking for something in the dark. Stephens said he believes Morris was searching for the keys to his truck. Police later found the keys in the truck's bed. Morris' partner has been repeatedly questioned, and police have no reason to suspect him, Stephens said. There were no signs of a struggle in the partner's house, and repeated searches of the property produced no results. Morris had suicidal tendencies in the past, but police don't believe he killed himself. Stephens said if Morris had done that, authorities would likely have found his body by now.


Anyone with information regarding Morris' whereabouts is asked to call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).





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#24 Deborah

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 08:01 PM

Police suspect homicide in case of missing Montgomery man


Police suspect homicide in case of missing Montgomery man


By Dan Morse
Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, March 12, 2010

Madeline Morris, 69 and in a wheelchair, and John Morris, 76, with Parkinson's disease, know they're not going to be around forever. What they want to learn, above all else, is what happened to their son after he disappeared in Montgomery County three years ago.

"That would make us go in peace," Madeline Morris said Thursday by phone from their home in Manchester Township, N.J.

County detectives are stumped, and on Thursday, they announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Police say that because the body of John J. Morris Jr. has not been found, the idea that he committed suicide is growing less likely. And since he has not called his parents, which he did regularly before disappearing, the chances that he started a new life somewhere are remote.

Detectives are increasingly concerned that someone killed Morris, but they have no suspects.

Morris grew up a happy, smiling boy who started to drift off in class during the fourth grade, the first signs of the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder that would affect him the rest of his life, his mother said. He eventually moved to Washington and began a longtime relationship with an older man.

In July 2007, after a contentious 14-year relationship, the pair split up, according to police. At the time, Morris, 37, stayed in a house that the older man leased in the 24000 block of Whites Ferry Road, which is in the Dickerson and Poolesville area of the relatively rural western part of Montgomery County.

Morris was last seen by a neighbor around 11 p.m. July 30, 2007; he was at the end of a long driveway and appeared to be talking on a cellphone. It wasn't until three weeks later that his mother reported him missing.

"That sort of got us behind the eight ball," Detective Rod Stephens said Thursday.

Detectives found Morris's truck, with New Jersey tags, in the driveway, with belongings packed inside as if he were ready to leave. They checked phone and credit card records, spoke to friends and acquaintances, and enlisted cadaver-sniffing dogs to search areas around the house and comb nearby roadways, thinking that he may have been struck by a car.

His longtime partner "has been cooperative," Stephens said, although the man could not fully explain why he didn't call police about the packed truck in the driveway. "He's not considered a suspect at this time," Stephens said.


In New Jersey, Madeline Morris said she tries to talk to her son, mostly at night. "I miss you. Where are you?" she says. "May the angels watch over you."

To learn more about the case, go to www.findjohnmorris.com.


Anyone with information is asked to call Stephens at 240-773-6239. Callers who wish to remain anonymous and become eligible for the reward can call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).



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John James Morris   

'Someone Knows Something'

"Someone Knows Something." Those are the words calling out to visitors to the Web site John Morris’ loved ones maintain as they continue to search for answers into his disappearance.

It was a warm summer night in July 2007 when John Morris was last seen. He had returned to rural Dickerson, Md., to remove his belongings from the home of a friend of 14 years. A neighbor reported seeing him at about 11 p.m. at the end of the long driveway, seemingly waiting for a ride. It is not known whether that ride ever came or if he hitchhiked or walked away. His truck, full of his belongings, was parked near the house. He was packed and ready to move back to New Jersey to stay with his parents.

In more than two years, no bank or cell phone activity has been attributed to John. His mother has waited for his call or the knock at her door, and she’s not giving up hope that someday she will have the answers to what happened to her son.

Let's help end a mother's agony. If you know anything about the disappearance of John Morris, make that call to 1-800-CRIME-TV. Remember, you can remain anonymous.

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