A Cleveland nonprofit created a deck of playing cards with information about missing persons 'who went missing without a trace' that are handed out in jails to find the victims
A group of Ohio activists is betting on an unusual tool to help find new leads in missing persons cases – playing-card sets that will be distributed to local jail inmates. Cleveland Missing, a nonprofit focused on helping families of missing persons, created a deck of cards featuring 52 cases from northern Ohio. 'We picked cold cases, and tried to stay between 2000 to 2017 or 2019.
The playing cards are free and given to inmates because they likely either know about crimes that happened in their community, or even got away with a crime, Althen said. 'We all know that inmates love to talk, and so the hope is that while inmates are playing with these cards, it triggers memories that they might have surrounding cases in these cards,' Althen said. 'And a lot of times too, it's not , ‘I know what happened to the girl on Jack of Hearts.
Our hope is that while they're playing these cards, they start talking,' Althen said. 'And then inmates start relaying these messages to law enforcement, and tips are being generated, so we're able to start solving some of these cases that are on these cards.' For Althen, and the volunteer nonprofit's co-founder, Sylvia Colon, finding these missing kids is a personal mission.
Gf 'These families' emotions are very raw. To this day, it's like it happened today,' Colon said. 'They don't stop looking. They don't stop caring. They don't stop being sad. But they also have to keep living life because other people depend on them. 'So it's that great balancing act. And then there's guilt about the fact that you're continuing to live a life. So it's all those crazy emotions.
To leave tips for police on missing persons in and around Cleveland, call 216-623-7697 or email [email protected]. Cleveland Missing is located at 2937 West 25th St. in Cleveland and can be reached at 216-232-6470.
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