JACKSON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation has created a new website listing all Wyoming missing persons. The site comes in the wake of heightened attention to missing persons cases across the state following widespread media attention surrounding the Gabby Petito case.
Petito went missing while on a cross-country road trip. She was reported missing on Sept. 11. Her body was found at a dispersed campsite in Bridger Teton National Forest, near Grand Teton National Park on Sept. 21. Her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie who she was traveling with is a person of interest in the case but went missing shortly after Petito’s family reported her disappearance. The case drew national media attention and was widely shared and discussed on social media with at-home detectives sharing tips and theories across various platforms.
According to the new site, Wyoming law enforcement agencies are working cooperatively on unsolved missing person cases located throughout the State of Wyoming. The site includes a disclaimer that the page is a work in progress and the “information is not real-time information at this time.”
A brief summary of each missing person case and a photo, if available, is included on the site. Cases range from individuals last seen in 1974 to as recent as Aug. 29, 2021.
Three missing people last seen in Teton County are listed on the site, James Daniels Jr., Cian McLaughlin, and Katherine Schupp Major.
James Daniels Jr., 43, was last seen on Aug. 21, 2021 and was thought to be traveling in Arizona. He is a black male, approximately 5’11”, 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. James has a tattoo on his back that says, Daniels. He is known to wear kilts frequently, and to drive a white box truck with no plates that says “Liberty Distribution” on the sides and “Got Milk” on the back. Anyone with information or contact with James is requested to call the Teton County Sheriff’s Department at (307)733-2331.
Cian John McLaughlin, 27, was last seen in the late afternoon/early evening on June 8, 2021 hiking on the south side of the Bradley/Taggart Moraine, headed south towards Taggart Lake. Cian is a white male, approximately 6’0″, 180 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. His cell phone was last pinged on the Teton Park Road near Cottonwood Creek. Cian was recently diagnosed with a medical condition that requires treatments. The park continues to operate in a limited, continuous mode. Park staff continue to patrol the backcountry and search for signs of McLaughlin’s whereabouts. Additionally, missing person posters have been posted at trailheads, visitor centers, entrance stations, backcountry permit desks, and other locations throughout the park. Anyone with information or contact with Cian is requested to contact the Teton National Park at (307)739-3301 call or text the tip line at 888-653-0009 or submit a tip at www.nps.gov/ISB and click “Submit a Tip” or email nps_isb@nps.gov
Katherine Schupp Major, 53, was last seen on Sept. 19, 2009. She is a white female, approximately 5’5″, with green eyes, brown hair and a scar on her lower right abdomen. She was last seen at a hotel wearing an off-white cloudveil hoodie with embroidery on the left arm. Anyone with information on Katherine is requested to contact the Teton County Sheriff’s Department at (307) 773-2331.
Anyone with information regarding any of these cases is urged to contact the law enforcement agency of jurisdiction or the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation at 307-777-7181.
On Tuesday, Sept. 28, Teton County Search and Rescue recovered the body of missing person Robert “Bob” Stiles Lowery. Lowery was last seen on Aug. 20. An investigation into Lowery’s whereabouts had been ongoing within the Teton County Sheriff’s Office, but new clues recently surfaced that prompted the SAR callout.
“The widespread news coverage of the Gabby Petito search helped bring light to Lowery’s case, and resulted in at least two members of the public calling local authorities this past weekend with new information about his possible last seen point,” said Matt Hansen in a press release released by SAR on Sept. 28.
