{"id":459423,"date":"2026-10-07T20:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459423\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:40:07","slug":"dallas-couple-listed-missing-seeking-publics-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459423\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Couple Listed Missing, Seeking Public&#8217;s Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas police are asking for the public\u2019s help locating Richard Parker, 81, and Juanita Parker, 79, after the pair were last seen Wednesday morning in southern Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Richard and Juanita Parker were last seen at approximately 7:40 a.m. on October 7 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/3200+E+Kirnwood+Dr,+Dallas,+TX+75237\/@32.6498078,-96.9481591,12z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x864e910e63c62acd:0x69d6a4bae80ecd90!8m2!3d32.6498033!4d-96.8697528?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3200 block of Kirnwood Drive<\/a> in Far South Dallas, the Dallas Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/dpdbeat.com\/2026\/10\/07\/critical-missing-richard-and-juanita-parker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in a critical missing persons alert.<\/p>\n<p>Police said both Richard and Juanita Parker may be lost and in need of assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Descriptions of Richard and Juanita Parker<\/p>\n<p>Richard Parker is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 152 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Police said he was last seen wearing a black shirt, gray pants, and a blue Kangol hat. He was also using a walker.<\/p>\n<p>Juanita Parker is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. Police said she was wearing a yellow jacket and an orange shirt when she was last seen.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas police have not released additional details about the circumstances of their disappearance or indicated where the pair may have been headed.<\/p>\n<p>Critical Missing Classification<\/p>\n<p>Dallas police previously told The Dallas Express that the critical missing classification applies to a person who may face immediate danger because of age, a proven physical or mental health disability, or evidence that the person may be the victim of a crime. Adults age 70 or older would normally receive the classification, as DX previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/national\/missing-teens-often-not-considered-critical\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about Richard or Juanita Parker\u2019s whereabouts should <a href=\"https:\/\/dpdbeat.com\/2026\/10\/07\/critical-missing-richard-and-juanita-parker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">call<\/a> 911 or the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-4268. Callers should reference case number 147730-2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas police are asking for the public\u2019s help locating Richard Parker, 81, and Juanita Parker, 79, after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[157142,102,104,103,4081,55516,157143,157144,2474,157145],"class_list":["post-459423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-critical-missing","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-police-department","tag-dpd","tag-juanita-parker","tag-kirnwood-drive","tag-missing-persons","tag-richard-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}