Lansing Police Searching for Missing Woman and 5-Month-Old Daughter
UPDATE:
Clarissa and Nevaeh have been located and are Safe!
The Lansing Police Department is asking for the public's help finding 28-year-old Clarissa Patrice McClain along with her 5-month-old daughter.
The family recently reported Clarrissa as a missing/endangered person. She was last seen with her daughter in the 800 block of Westmoreland Ave in Lansing.
According to the Lansing Police Department, She was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light green shirt, and gray leggings. She has a tattoo of “Omar” on her left forearm. She’s 5’6″ 150 lbs.
Clarissa suffers from mental health complications and is need of her medication.
Last year Michigan was listed in the top 20 states of missing persons across the United States. Michigan had the 19th highest number of missing person cases per capita.
Here's a list of the top 20 states of missing persons from 2019 according to Vivint Academy.
State | Total Number of Missing Persons | Missing People per 100,000 Residents |
Alabama | 204 | 4.2 |
Alaska | 309 | 41.8 |
Arizona | 915 | 13.0 |
Arkansas | 200 | 6.7 |
California | 2,133 | 5.4 |
Colorado | 292 | 5.2 |
Connecticut | 197 | 5.5 |
Delaware | 58 | 6.0 |
District of Columbia | 35 | 5.0 |
Florida | 1,252 | 6.0 |
Georgia | 250 | 2.4 |
Hawaii | 107 | 7.5 |
Idaho | 101 | 5.9 |
Illinois | 317 | 2.5 |
Indiana | 174 | 2.6 |
Iowa | 86 | 2.7 |
Kansas | 81 | 2.8 |
Kentucky | 248 | 5.6 |
Louisiana | 266 | 5.7 |
Maine | 108 | 8.1 |
Maryland | 183 | 3.0 |
Massachusetts | 126 | 1.8 |
Michigan | 556 | 5.6 |
Minnesota | 179 | 3.2 |
Thankfully this story ended with a happy ending and the two were found safe. That's not always the case with a missing person. We learned that recently when the body of Karl Marker was found in northern Michigan.