Missing Person

Warner Rose

Warner James Rose, 29, disappeared after leaving on an errand. His vehicle was found the next day on St. Philips Street in Selma. A 2016 search based on a burial tip found no remains, and NamUs lists his case as open and unresolved.

Incident date: April 8, year not stated in NamUs; reported as 2009 by the Selma Times-Journal
Location: Selma, Dallas County
Independent sources: 3

The record

Warner James Rose was 29 when he disappeared after telling his girlfriend that he needed to run an errand, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s NamUs database. NamUs says Rose went missing April 8, but the supplied record does not identify the year. The next day, Selma police found the car he had driven on St. Philips Street 1.

NamUs lists the case as open and unresolved and identifies the Selma Police Department as the primary investigating agency 1.

A 2016 search produced no evidence of Rose’s whereabouts. The Selma Times-Journal reported that police received a tip alleging Rose and another missing person were buried near an abandoned building by the Top Class Lounge on the U.S. Highway 80 Bypass. The State Bureau of Investigation coordinated an excavation, and authorities also used ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs. No remains were found 2.

The newspaper described Rose as having been missing since 2009, a year not included in the supplied NamUs text 2. Selma Police Chief John Brock said at the time that Rose’s case remained among the department’s active missing-person investigations and that officers would pursue new leads 2.

The supplied Doe Network page contains general information about the volunteer organization but no case-specific facts about Rose 3.

Timeline

April 8, year not stated in NamUs; reported as 2009 by the Selma Times-JournalDisputed
Rose disappeared after telling his girlfriend he had to go on an errand.
April 9, year not statedConfirmed
Selma police found the car Rose had driven on St. Philips Street.
September 19, 2016Reported
The Selma Times-Journal reported that authorities excavated land near an abandoned U.S. Highway 80 Bypass building after receiving a burial tip; no remains were found.
Current as stated in the supplied NamUs recordConfirmed
NamUs lists MP7380 as open and unresolved.

Documented claims

NamUs case MP7380 is open and unresolved.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Warner James Rose was 29 at the time of his disappearance.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Rose went missing April 8 after telling his girlfriend that he had to go on an errand; the supplied NamUs text does not state the year.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Selma police found the car Rose had driven on St. Philips Street the day after he disappeared.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
The Selma Police Department is the primary investigating agency.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
A 2016 news report said Rose had been missing since 2009, but the supplied NamUs text does not provide a year for his disappearance.
Reported
Source: The Selma Times-Journal · Single-source claim.
In September 2016, authorities searched near an abandoned building by the Top Class Lounge on the U.S. Highway 80 Bypass after receiving a tip that Rose and another missing person were buried there.
Reported
Source: The Selma Times-Journal · Single-source claim.
The 2016 search involved excavation, ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs, but no remains were found.
Reported
Source: The Selma Times-Journal · Single-source claim.
Selma Police Chief John Brock said in 2016 that Rose’s missing-person case was active and that police would investigate future leads.
Reported
Source: The Selma Times-Journal · Single-source claim.
The supplied Doe Network document provides no case-specific information about Warner Rose.
Unknown
Source: Doe Network · Single-source claim.

Sources

NamUs official record MP7380 — U.S. Department of Justice NamUsOpen
Police Department digs for remains, finds nothing — The Selma Times-JournalOpen
Doe Network case page 4797DMAL — Doe NetworkOpen