124 Children Reported Missing In Pennsylvania: Have You Seen Them?

Editor's note: One name was removed from this article because the individual was reported found.

PENNSYLVANIA —Wendy Eaton was last seen three blocks from her home, walking to town to get a gift for her brother in 1975. Eaton is among dozens of kidnapped and missing children the FBI is working to bring home as part of National Missing Children’s Day on Thursday, no matter how long ago they were reported missing.

As of Thursday, there were 124 missing children from Pennsylvania in a long-running database kept by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a national nonprofit started in 1984 by child advocates and the parents of children who had been kidnapped.

Some of these children were reported missing recently. Others, like Eaton, have been missing for decades.

Here is some information about some of the children who were recently reported as missing in Pennsylvania:

• Ava Jones, reported missing from Philadelphia on May 13. Age 17.
• Isaac Brumbaugh, reported missing from Somerset on May 5. Age 17.
• Semme Woolfolk, reported missing from Royersford on May 2. Age 14.

Some of the Pennsylvania children in the database have been missing for many years. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has age-progressed photos of some of them, and information on when they were last seen.

These include:

• Wendy Eaton, who went missing in Media in 1975, when she was 15 years old. She was last seen three blocks from her home, walking to town. Officials re-opened her disappearance as a homicide investigation in May 2021. Eaton’s 64th birthday is May 26.

• Jeanine Barnwell, who went missing as a three-year-old in Philadelphia in November 1985. Police suspect foul play. She would be 32 today.

• Corey Edkin, who disappeared from his Union County residence at the age of 2 in 1986. He was last seen sleeping in his mother’s bed. He would be 38 now.

The NCMEC database is searchable by state.

The FBI, in its announcement of National Missing Children’s Day, also released a separate Kidnappings and Missing Persons list.

“Please take a moment to review the list — and if you recognize anyone or have any information in a case, contact the FBI or local law enforcement or submit a tip online,” the FBI said in the statement. “No detail is too small.”

“We as law enforcement never forget these children and never stop looking for them,” Todd Tumbleson, a criminal investigator for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office and an officer on the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, said in a statement.

Tumbleson has been involved in the investigation of a missing 7-year-old in Las Vegas who disappeared in 1999. These kids and their families “deserve nothing less” than a commitment from law enforcement to never stop trying to bring them home, he said.

“The public often knows something they think is not important but which we in law enforcement find very important,” said Tumbleson, who has been involved in a multi-year investigation into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a 7-year-old in Las Vegas reported missing by her school in 1999 and never returned home.

Sometimes when people hear about the case of a missing child, “it brings back memories of things a suspect said or things the witness saw that might help to locate a child,” Tumbleson said. “Any information the public has should be shared with those investigating the case.”

The FBI said National Missing Children’s Day is also a reminder of the steps parents should take if their child disappears under suspicious circumstances. FBI agents have the authority to immediately begin investigating mysterious disappearances or kidnappings, regardless of jurisdiction.

“Do not wait to report a missing child,” the agency said.

The FBI’s free Child ID app allows parents to quickly share key information with authorities if their child is missing. The app also provides on keeping children safe and guidance on what to do during the first crucial hours after a child disappears.

This story contains reporting from Patch’s national desk.