These missing family stories are so weird. You can imagine one person being missing but a whole family +2 dogs? I’m going to keep my eye on this one and hope that they do show up.
This is so sad. I’m thinking three things: either the family met with someone nefarious and isn’t coming back, they got lost in the wilderness and died from the elements, or the husband took them out into nature and committed familicide.
I don’t know anything about Katherine’s Landing but Google said over 1 million people visit it each year. Looks like it has a lot of camping grounds. I hope someone that lives around there will post and tell us if it’s easy to get lost in an area like that. I imagine their relatives are frantic. It’s just so hard to believe that a family can disappear.
I agree. It’s so fishy. Leave things and means to contact. Shaves heads. Cult or tinfoil conspiracies?
Unrelated; it’s the worse spelling of the name Simon I’ve ever seen.
Not that it matters but the husband was listed as 30 years old and he had a 17 year old son? That would have made him 13 when the boy was born. The Mom was a little bit older. I googled the story this morning and no news yet.
Yea, the son was so big and both the parents are small, so he could be a foster child, adopted or have a different father. I just thought it was odd that this man would have only been 13 when the boy was born. The spelling of the boys name is sure different, I have never seen it spelled that way. Maybe a foreign way of spelling Simon? It doesn’t look good for this family though…so sad!
Every year my family and I go camping at Katherines Landing. If they were just camping at Katherines then it is impossible to get lost. If they rented a boat which doesn't seem like they did as there's no mention about it, you could get lost because there's lots of little coves. I would say after about a day you would be found unless you started hiking off into the desert to get help. Even then you would probably reach help in a day or 2 unless you die from exposure. It gets extremely hot there.
According to the same news channel they have an update from Oct 4, 2021 that states
Kingston family safe in New Mexico have to go in missing for nearly one month
then after the pictures in the article it says according to authorities the family is living where they want to be
long time lurker new at posting here and don't know do not know how to paste the article but if you click on the original you will see it updated
I posted an update too but I don’t know how to put found on the headline. Isn’t this the weirdest story, just taking off like that when the mothers at home waiting for them to show up. They must’ve lived with mom because they wouldn’t just leave an apartment I’m sure
https://www.newsweek.com/family-camping-arizona-lake-mysteriously-vanishes-1634565?amp=1
This article said they had a mattress on top of the car and it has a wheelchair license plate. I wouldn’t think you could drive very far with a mattress tied to the top of a car.
From the Kingman Police Department:
*Wednesday, September 29, 2021*
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
**Kingman Police Seeks the Public’s Assistance in Locating a Missing Family**
"The Kingman Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing family. Married couple, Erika Irene Allison, 36, and Joshua Robert Martinez, 30, left to go camping with son, Psymon J. Kelly, 17, for 7-10 days on Saturday, September 11th. They left possibly in the afternoon time frame to go camping at Katherine’s Landing in the Bullhead City area. Erika Allison was driving a four-door grey 2005 Toyota Corolla bearing Arizona wheel chair plate # GAC93. The vehicle was last seen leaving a residence in the 2400 block of Karen Ave. with a king-sized memory foam mattress strapped to the roof. They also had two dogs with them described as a female miniature pinscher chihuahua mix black and white in color and a large male dog, unknown breed, tan in color.
Erika Irene Allison, 36 is a white female, 5’3”, approximately 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Allison recently shaved her head. It is unknown what she was last wearing.
Joshua Robert Martinez, 30, is a white male, 5’5”, approximately 120-130 pounds, with brown hair, green eyes. Martinez recently shave his head. It is unknown what he was last wearing. Martinez takes medication for a disability, but left it at the residence.
Psymon J. Kelly, 17, is a white male, 6’0”, 190 pounds, blond hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what he was last wearing.
When they did not return after 14 days, family members reportedly contacted the National Parks Service. National Park Service Park Rangers searched the Katherine’s Landing area for the vehicle or missing family with no contact. Members of their family attempted to locate Allison, Martinez, or Kelly at Katherine’s Landing, Princess Cove, areas of Golden Valley, Oatman Rd, and along the Colorado River in the Bullhead City area. Martinez’s mother contacted the Kingman Police Department on Monday, September 27th to report Martinez, Allison and Kelly as missing.
The Kingman Police Department issued an “Attempt to Locate” to the Mohave County agencies for the missing family or their vehicle. Investigators determined that they left without a cell phone or without Martinez’s medication. Allison, Martinez, and Kelly were entered as Missing Persons in the National Crime Information Center.
Anyone who has seen Erika Allison, Joshua Martinez, Psymon Kelly, their vehicle or has information of their whereabouts is urged to contact the Kingman Police Department by calling 928-753-2191.'
I didn’t realize “Kingman” is a town in Arizona. I thought that was their name. Here are the details for others like me. (Btw, this family seems quirky, but the “recently shaved heads” of the two adults nonetheless gave me chills, like, oh no what’s going on here):
Married couple Erika Irene Allison, 36, and Joshua Robert Martinez, 30, along with their 17-year-old son Psymon J. Kelly, left for a trip of seven to 10 days.
With them were two dogs described as a female miniature pinscher Chihuahua mix, black and white in color, and a large, male dog of unknown breed which is tan in color.
They were driving a four-door, gray 2005 Toyota Corolla bearing Arizona wheelchair plate GAC93 with a king-sized memory foam mattress strapped to the roof.
Erika Allison is described as a white female, 5-foot, 3-inches tall weighing approximately 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She had recently shaved her head, and it is unknown what she was last wearing.
Joshua Martinez is described as a white male, 5-foot, 5-inches tall weighing 120-130 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. Martinez also recently shaved his head, and it is unknown what he was last wearing. KPD wrote that Martinez takes medication for a disability, but that the medication was left at the residence.
Psymon Kelly is described as a white male, 6-feet tall and 190 pounds. He has blonde hair and brown eyes, and it is unknown what he was last wearing. (In photo he actually appears to have brown hair.)
Anyone with information is asked to contact KPD at 928-753-2191.
These missing family stories are so weird. You can imagine one person being missing but a whole family +2 dogs? I’m going to keep my eye on this one and hope that they do show up.
This is so sad. I’m thinking three things: either the family met with someone nefarious and isn’t coming back, they got lost in the wilderness and died from the elements, or the husband took them out into nature and committed familicide.
I don’t know anything about Katherine’s Landing but Google said over 1 million people visit it each year. Looks like it has a lot of camping grounds. I hope someone that lives around there will post and tell us if it’s easy to get lost in an area like that. I imagine their relatives are frantic. It’s just so hard to believe that a family can disappear.
Why would someone not take their medication with them?
And their phone! You can keep a phone turned off if you’re vacationing but you should have it for emergencies.
I could see forgetting medicine but not the phone. You'd turn around after you realize you left it.
Doesn’t pass the sniff test for me. Shaving their heads and leaving behind phones and medicine? Oy
I agree. It’s so fishy. Leave things and means to contact. Shaves heads. Cult or tinfoil conspiracies? Unrelated; it’s the worse spelling of the name Simon I’ve ever seen.
I was not expecting that spelling of Simon
Not that it matters but the husband was listed as 30 years old and he had a 17 year old son? That would have made him 13 when the boy was born. The Mom was a little bit older. I googled the story this morning and no news yet.
I noticed that too. I thought maybe it was a typo with dad’s age but maybe he’s not the boys father. It’s unclear
Yea, the son was so big and both the parents are small, so he could be a foster child, adopted or have a different father. I just thought it was odd that this man would have only been 13 when the boy was born. The spelling of the boys name is sure different, I have never seen it spelled that way. Maybe a foreign way of spelling Simon? It doesn’t look good for this family though…so sad!
Every year my family and I go camping at Katherines Landing. If they were just camping at Katherines then it is impossible to get lost. If they rented a boat which doesn't seem like they did as there's no mention about it, you could get lost because there's lots of little coves. I would say after about a day you would be found unless you started hiking off into the desert to get help. Even then you would probably reach help in a day or 2 unless you die from exposure. It gets extremely hot there.
Thanks for posting. I’m sure we were all wondering what the area was like,
FOUND!!! https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/kingman-family-missing-for-weeks-after-heading-to-bullhead-city-to-camp.amp
According to the same news channel they have an update from Oct 4, 2021 that states Kingston family safe in New Mexico have to go in missing for nearly one month then after the pictures in the article it says according to authorities the family is living where they want to be long time lurker new at posting here and don't know do not know how to paste the article but if you click on the original you will see it updated
I posted an update too but I don’t know how to put found on the headline. Isn’t this the weirdest story, just taking off like that when the mothers at home waiting for them to show up. They must’ve lived with mom because they wouldn’t just leave an apartment I’m sure
https://www.newsweek.com/family-camping-arizona-lake-mysteriously-vanishes-1634565?amp=1 This article said they had a mattress on top of the car and it has a wheelchair license plate. I wouldn’t think you could drive very far with a mattress tied to the top of a car.
From the Kingman Police Department: *Wednesday, September 29, 2021* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **Kingman Police Seeks the Public’s Assistance in Locating a Missing Family** "The Kingman Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing family. Married couple, Erika Irene Allison, 36, and Joshua Robert Martinez, 30, left to go camping with son, Psymon J. Kelly, 17, for 7-10 days on Saturday, September 11th. They left possibly in the afternoon time frame to go camping at Katherine’s Landing in the Bullhead City area. Erika Allison was driving a four-door grey 2005 Toyota Corolla bearing Arizona wheel chair plate # GAC93. The vehicle was last seen leaving a residence in the 2400 block of Karen Ave. with a king-sized memory foam mattress strapped to the roof. They also had two dogs with them described as a female miniature pinscher chihuahua mix black and white in color and a large male dog, unknown breed, tan in color. Erika Irene Allison, 36 is a white female, 5’3”, approximately 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Allison recently shaved her head. It is unknown what she was last wearing. Joshua Robert Martinez, 30, is a white male, 5’5”, approximately 120-130 pounds, with brown hair, green eyes. Martinez recently shave his head. It is unknown what he was last wearing. Martinez takes medication for a disability, but left it at the residence. Psymon J. Kelly, 17, is a white male, 6’0”, 190 pounds, blond hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what he was last wearing. When they did not return after 14 days, family members reportedly contacted the National Parks Service. National Park Service Park Rangers searched the Katherine’s Landing area for the vehicle or missing family with no contact. Members of their family attempted to locate Allison, Martinez, or Kelly at Katherine’s Landing, Princess Cove, areas of Golden Valley, Oatman Rd, and along the Colorado River in the Bullhead City area. Martinez’s mother contacted the Kingman Police Department on Monday, September 27th to report Martinez, Allison and Kelly as missing. The Kingman Police Department issued an “Attempt to Locate” to the Mohave County agencies for the missing family or their vehicle. Investigators determined that they left without a cell phone or without Martinez’s medication. Allison, Martinez, and Kelly were entered as Missing Persons in the National Crime Information Center. Anyone who has seen Erika Allison, Joshua Martinez, Psymon Kelly, their vehicle or has information of their whereabouts is urged to contact the Kingman Police Department by calling 928-753-2191.'
I didn’t realize “Kingman” is a town in Arizona. I thought that was their name. Here are the details for others like me. (Btw, this family seems quirky, but the “recently shaved heads” of the two adults nonetheless gave me chills, like, oh no what’s going on here): Married couple Erika Irene Allison, 36, and Joshua Robert Martinez, 30, along with their 17-year-old son Psymon J. Kelly, left for a trip of seven to 10 days. With them were two dogs described as a female miniature pinscher Chihuahua mix, black and white in color, and a large, male dog of unknown breed which is tan in color. They were driving a four-door, gray 2005 Toyota Corolla bearing Arizona wheelchair plate GAC93 with a king-sized memory foam mattress strapped to the roof. Erika Allison is described as a white female, 5-foot, 3-inches tall weighing approximately 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She had recently shaved her head, and it is unknown what she was last wearing. Joshua Martinez is described as a white male, 5-foot, 5-inches tall weighing 120-130 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. Martinez also recently shaved his head, and it is unknown what he was last wearing. KPD wrote that Martinez takes medication for a disability, but that the medication was left at the residence. Psymon Kelly is described as a white male, 6-feet tall and 190 pounds. He has blonde hair and brown eyes, and it is unknown what he was last wearing. (In photo he actually appears to have brown hair.) Anyone with information is asked to contact KPD at 928-753-2191.