Missing
Samantha Ann Clarke
Clarke, approximately 2010; Clarke's tattoos; Randy Taylor
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/13/2010
Missing location (approx) :
Orange, Virginia
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/17/1991 (30)
Age at the time of disappearance: 19 years old
Height / Weight : 5'1, 145 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Clarke's right eyebrow, right nostril and tongue are all pierced. She has multiple ear piercings, including a bar on her right ear. She has the following tattoos: a Playboy bunny on her right arm, a Tigger cartoon figure above her right ankle, a black design and two dolphins on her lower back, and the word "lucky" on her left ankle. Photos of her tattoos are posted with this case summary. Clarke's nickname is Sam. She has long hair and frequently styles it in a bun. She wears eyeglasses. She has had her tonsils removed.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Clarke was last seen in Orange, Virginia shortly after midnight on September 13, 2010. She told her younger brother she was leaving and would be back in the morning. She left their home on Lindsey Drive, taking only her house key, and never returned. Her family reported her missing two days later. She has never been heard from again.
Randy Allen Taylor is considered a possible suspect in Clarke's disappearance. They knew each other, and they spoke on the phone on the day she vanished. In August 2013, Taylor was charged with abducting seventeen-year-old Alexis Murphy, who disappeared that month. In January 2014, he was also charged with first-degree murder in her case. He was convicted in May. It wasn't until December 2020, seven years after Alexis's disappearance, that her body was located in Lovingston, Virginia, and it wasn't until February 2021 that the remains were identified.
Taylor hasn't been charged in Clarke's case and it's unclear whether he was involved. A photograph of him is posted with this case summary.
Clarke graduated from Orange County High School three months before she went missing. She has no cellular phone or driver's license, and it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. She had left her home once before and gone to stay in a nearby town for two weeks, but she kept in daily contact with her family by phone.
Her disappearance is considered suspicious, although there is no evidence of foul play. It remains unsolved.
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