Mark Ramin Missing Person Case

Dec 12, 2008

Dec 21, 2020

Mark

Ramin

64

40

65 inches

135 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

On the evening of January 18, 2002, 40-year-old Mark Donald Ramin was last seen in Ithaca, New York. He was leaving the Pyramid Mall on North Triphammer Road sometime between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Ramin, a man of routine and dependability, was believed to be making his usual 30-minute walk home to his residence on Winthrop Drive, a walk he never completed. Although it was his day off from the Sunglass Hut, where he worked, he had been at the shopping center. Earlier that month, he had been laid off but was reportedly at the mall seeking a new job. At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a tan jacket, a green golf shirt, blue jeans, and light green sneakers. Ramin was described as being 5'5" tall and weighing about 135 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes, and distinctive gold-rimmed glasses; he was also missing the tip of his right middle finger. Concern grew the following day when Mark, who lived with his brother Paul, did not return home. This deviation from his predictable nature was alarming. His brother contacted their mother, Kathleen Bierce, and together they reported him missing to the authorities. An unconfirmed sighting of Mark was reported three days later, on January 21, 2002, at a Tops Supermarket in the nearby town of Lansing. In the days that followed, law enforcement conducted extensive searches of the areas around his home, the mall, and his typical walking route, including an area near Fall Creek, but these efforts yielded no clues to his whereabouts. His credit cards and bank accounts have remained untouched since the day he vanished. Years have passed, and the case of Mark Ramin remains an unsolved and painful mystery for his family and the Ithaca community. His loved ones have consistently stated that his disappearance was entirely out of character, describing him as a reliable person with strong family ties who would not have left without warning. While investigators have stated there is little evidence to suggest foul play, they do suspect that something may have occurred during his walk home. The absence of any concrete leads has left a void, turning a seemingly ordinary winter night into a decades-long search for answers. The core facts remain hauntingly simple: Mark Ramin left a public place to walk home and vanished somewhere along the way, leaving behind questions that continue to echo more than 20 years later.

Jan 18, 2002

Ithaca

New York

Tompkins County

6604

Tompkins County Sheriff's Office

Ithaca

New York

Tompkins County

14850

Ken Field

Investigator

779 Warren Road, New York

6072571345

County

Law Enforcement

02-0559

Tompkins County Sheriff's Office

5252

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

09/20/2026