Gloria Walker-46-Missing-5/20/07-OH
Rally for missing grandmother planned for Sunday Posted by Donna J. Miller June 28, 2007 07:21AM There will be another community rally in Cleveland for missing grandmother Gloria Walker, 46, on Sunday. It will begin at 5 p.m. at Hyacinth Park, at East 65th Street and Waterman Avenue. Family and friends are posting and passing out fliers that show a smiling Walker on her birthday in August. Tuesday, Walker's brother, son and boyfriend searched for hours in the area where her car was found, parked in the Harvard/Fleet area. She hasn't been seen since May 20, leaving her Francis Avenue home in the black 1996 Lumina. "We love Gloria. We need help. We want resolution," boyfriend Greg Washington said in an e-mail. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/06/rally_for_missing_grandmother.html

Family, friends to hold vigil for missing Clevelander Posted by Joe Guillen July 01, 2007 16:03PM Categories: Breaking News There will be a rally this evening at Hyacinth Park on the East Side to find a 46-year-old Cleveland woman missing since May 20. Family and friends of Gloria Walker are urging members of the community to aid their search today at 5 p.m. at E. 65th Street and Francis Avenue. Walker was last seen leaving her Cleveland home in a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina. Get fliers and more information at survivorsvictimsoftragedy.org. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/07/volunteers_to_search_for_missi.html

Police: Missing Woman's Car Found POSTED: 12:21 pm EDT July 2, 2007 UPDATED: 12:55 pm EDT July 2, 2007 CLEVELAND -- Gloria Walker disappeared two months ago, but her vehicle was recently found abandoned, police said. Walker, 46, is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds. Her hair and eyes are brown. The black 1996 Chevy Lumina that she was last seen in was found on the city's east side. If you can help officials find Walker, call Cleveland police at 216-621-1234. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13606808/detail.html (includes photo)

Search Resumes For Missing Woman POSTED: 9:58 am EDT July 8, 2007 UPDATED: 10:41 am EDT July 8, 2007 CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The search for a local missing woman resumed Sunday. Searchers gathered at Settlers Bluff off East 49th Street in Cuyahoga Heights to look for 46-year-old Gloria Walker, NewsChannel5 reported. She was last seen in May, near her Francis Avenue home. Police said her car was discovered several weeks later. Walker is 5 feet 2 inches, with brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs 125 pounds and was last seen in a black 1996 Chevy Lumina. Anyone with information is asked to call Cleveland Police http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13641298/detail.html?rss=nn5&psp=news

Texas search firm joins hunt for missing woman Sunday, August 19, 2007 THE SEARCH CONTINUES A Texas search firm assisted a Cleveland family and nearly 75 volunteers Saturday as they looked on the city's East Side for clues into the disappearance of a 46-year-old woman. Texas EquuSearch Director Tim Miller, whose group helped gather thousands of volunteers in Summit County in June to search for Jessie Davis, organized the daylong search for Gloria Walker, a Cleveland grandmother who has been missing since May 20. Volunteers searched within a few miles of her East 65th Street home, but no clues surfaced, officials said. "The support has been tremendous, and I am so thankful for all of the people who came out here today to help out," said Robert Walker, Gloria's older brother. Miller instructed volunteers to look for bones and clothing and to be aware of odd smells. Afterward, volunteers said they wished they could have found clues to help Walker's family and Cleveland police. "My niece has been missing since 2004, and I wanted to come support others who are going through the same situation because it is necessary," said Peggy Arida, 48, of Brunswick. No date has been set for the next search. -- Stan Donaldson http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/118751376465640.xml&coll=2

*From ProjectJason.org* http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/other/1199093460286800.xml&coll=2 Where is Gloria Walker? Monday, December 31, 2007 Cleveland police found Gloria Walker's car, but seven months after her disappearance, they still haven't found her. Walker, 46, was last seen May 20 leaving her Francis Avenue home in Cleveland in a black 1996 Chevrolet Lumina. The car was found two weeks later parked in the Harvard-Fleet area. Relatives, friends and family continue to hope and pray for her safe return. "We haven't heard anything," Robert Walker, Gloria's older brother, said recently. "We are still searching and asking. We have a lot of advocates out there who are still working with us." Cleveland police have no solid leads in the case, according to spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho. The 5-foot, 2-inch tall black woman left her house around 11 p.m. on May 20 to take a friend home, and was seen at the gas station at East 49th Street and Harvard Avenue, according to witnesses. Although the family still hopes for a miracle, they keep in contact with the coroner's office and brace themselves each time a body turns up, said Robert Walker. Walker's case got little attention from the media until after local leaders complained. They compared the little notice that Walker's disappearance got to the national media attention given to the June 15 disappearance of Jessie Davis, a pregnant 26-year-old Stark County woman. Davis' body was found eight days later in a Summit County park. Her boyfriend, Bobby Cutts, a former Canton police officer, has been charged with murder in the death of Davis and her unborn child. In late August, Texas EquuSearch, the same group that gathered thousands to look for Davis, launched a search for Walker. Although the turnout was much smaller and they did not find anything, her family was grateful. -- Jesse Tinsley

Local Families Wonder About Missing Women November 1, 2009 CLEVELAND -- The discovery of six bodies in a home on Cleveland’s east side has led residents to wonder who the victims could be. The families of some missing women in the Cleveland area are paying extremely close attention to the developments in the case. Ceveland Police Lt. Tom Stacho said they are focusing their missing persons search on women missing from the immediate area. Sowell was in prison until 2005 for a rape conviction. Police are checking missing persons reports after that time. Some of the missing women from the area include Gloria Walker, 46, who disappeared in May 2007. Her car was found abandoned. Police said 52-year-old Tonia Carmichael was last seen Nov. 10, 2008. Nancy Cobbs, 43, left her home on April 24, 2009 to go to a neighborhood store and that was the last time anyone saw the Cleveland mother. Police are asking citizens who believe missing persons may be connected to the Anthony Sowell investigation to go the Fourth District Police Headquarters to file a report. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/21490908/detail.html