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2007 Phinizee , Demakia 10-12-2007
Topic Started: Nov 10 2007, 02:52 PM (457 Views)
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Name: Demakia Phinizee
Ethnicity: African American
Height: 5’1
Age: 26
On Friday, October 12th, 2007, the Verona Police Department took a report on a missing woman. The victim, Demakia
Phinizee, was reported missing by her sister. The investigation revealed that the last time anyone saw Phinizee was at
around noon, the day of the 12th, at her place of employment at the Filmore Center in Tupelo.

Phinizee’s red 2005 Pontiac Grand Am (2 door) was recovered later that evening at Warfield Apartments on the 2600
block of Jackson Street in Tupelo. At that time witnesses observed the vehicle enter the apartment complex as a high
rate of speed. The vehicle was being driven by a black male, wearing a white tee-shirt and blue jeans. The driver exited
the vehicle and ran behind the apartments.

Demakia Phinizee is described as a black female, 25 years old. She is 5’1” tall and weighs around 156 pounds. She is
a security guard at the Fillmore Alternative School in Tupelo. She was last seen wearing blue jean Capri’s with pockets
in the sides, red flip-flops and a tan shirt with red around the sleeves and neck.

More Info: http://www.csnems.com/Demakia_Phinizee.html

http://www.crimestoppersnems.com/missing.asp

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Search continues for Verona woman
3/27/2008 7:06:00 AM
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BY DANZA JOHNSON
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TUPELO - Police hope that the digital billboard at Crosstown can help solve a 5-month-old missing person's case.

Verona resident Damakia Phinizee, 26, was first reported missing in October. Even though Verona police said they had very little to go on when the case began, time has only made the trail colder. So Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson and Interim Verona Police Chief J.B. Long thought it'd be a good idea to get her picture out to the public in a big way.

"The investigation is going very slow and we've brought in the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations and the Sheriff's Department to help us," said Long. "We have just ran cold on leads, so we felt if we could get her picture out to more people we may get someone who knows something to help us out.

"This has been going on for five months and this woman just didn't disappear, but we have to have help in finding out what happened to her."

Johnson, who said his department is working as backup for Verona, said the digital billboard can be a great tool in these types of cases.

"The case is at a dead still right now and this billboard can help to give it some life," said Johnson. "The more people that can see her picture and know about it, the more chance we'll have someone to come in with information."

Long said the case is being treated as a missing persons case and not a criminal investigation.

Phinizee, a mother of three, was a security guard at the Fillmore Center in Tupelo, the alternative school. Her sister reported her missing Oct. 12 after she didn't hear from her. She was last seen in her red Pontiac Grand Am dropping someone off at the center.

If you have any information about her whereabouts, call the Verona Police Department at 566-2215 or the Lee county Sheriff's Department at 841-9040.

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New Attempts to Solve Missing Verona Woman's Case

It's a case that has law enforcement scratching their heads.

Damakia Phinizee has been missing for nearly six months, but now investigators are setting up a new approach that could help in the case.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office along with the Verona Police have put up a digital billboard to further spread the word about Phinizee's disappearance.

Sheriff Jim Johnson hopes the new sign located at the intersection of Gloster and Main Streets in Tupelo will be a positive key into getting more clues about the disappearance of the 27 year old.

Phinizee was reported missing in October of 2007.

She was last seen at the Filmore Center in Tupelo where she worked as a security officer.

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Missing Verona woman's mom wants answers

11/21/2007 8:11:49 AM
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TUPELO - Charlene Dillard's daughter Demakia Phinizee has been missing for more than a month and Dillard said police don't seem to have a clue as to what happened to her.

Dillard said Verona Police Chief Chris Barnett has been very cooperative with the family about the investigation into her daughter's disappearance but said they don't seem to have any information about the case.

Phinizee, 26, a mother of three, was a security guard at the Filmore Center in Tupelo, which is the alternative school. Her sister reported her missing Oct. 12 after she didn't hear from her. Barnett said she was last seen in her red Pontiac Grand Am dropping someone off at the center.

Dillard said answers have been hard to find about her daughter's disappearance.

"I talk to the police almost every day," said Dillard. "They tell me the same thing every day, We don't have any new information.' No one can tell me anything about where my daughter is. That's hard for me to swallow."

Barnett said he sympathizes with the family, but cases like this are difficult to solve.

"That family has to be going through a lot right now," said Barnett. "I wish I had some news to tell them, but I don't. As of now we have to treat this like a missing person and not a homicide. We can't just say it's a homicide with no way to prove that."

Barnett said they don't have any suspects in Phinizee's disappearance.

Dillard said she knows her daughter never would have abandoned her children.

"She loved those kids," said Dillard. "She lived for them. Someone needs to let me know where my daughter is. I'm tired of sitting up at night and wondering where she is and if she's OK. No mother should have to go through that."

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Woman still missing after seven months

7/18/2008 5:21:32 AM
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BY DANZA JOHNSON
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VERONA - Its been seven months and still no answers for what happened to Damakia Phinizee.

Phinizee, 26, of Verona, was reported missing Oct. 12 after she failed to pick up her children from her sister's home. She was last seen in her red Pontiac Grand Am after dropping a friend off at the Filmore Center, Tupelo's alternative school.

Police found Phinizee's car on West Jackson Street, but there was no sign of her.

Since she first went missing, J.B. Long has replaced Chris Barnett as Verona police chief, a switch that has complicated solving the mystery.

"When I came into office in January the case was already going on," said Long. "Damakia was already missing and the trail was already cold. I came in on a cold case and that makes it more difficult for me to try to get solved."

That's why Long said he turned the investigation over to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations.

"We just don't have the manpower, resources or training to deal with a case like this," he explained.

An MBI investigator said the case will remain open until Phinizee is found. The investigator said the case is still being treated like a missing person case and not a crime.

As time passes, solving the case could be more difficult.

Catherine Dales, a member of the National Association of Investigative Specialists, said it is often hard to find missing people.

Dales said police databases have the name of the missing person, Social Security number, credit card information and other personal identifiers. But if no paper trails pop up, then there's not much police can do.

"If she doesn't have a paper trail like a credit card use or something like that, then it's going to be hard to find a missing person," said Dale. "They will either have to find a body or find a person alive before they can close their case. Missing person's cases are difficult because police can't say if a crime has been committed or not. It turns into a wait and see."

Long said he is more than willing to wait.

"We are not going to give up on this case," said Long. "We're just going to need a little luck in solving it, but we are not giving up."

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HFTM reports her death record via SS death index
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showth...p?t=3693&page=5

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