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A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
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Alejandro Narciso Lago
Lago, date, approximate 2001
Date Missing 11/17/2001
Missing From
Miami Lakes, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/31/1957 (64)
Age 44 years old
Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'8, 200 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black pullover shirt, blue jeans and boots.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Lago's nickname is Alex. He has a tattoo of four roses on his right arm and a tattoo of the phrase "no love like the one of my mother" on his left arm. He was born in Cuba.
Details of Disappearance Lago was last seen at his mother's home in Miami Lakes, Florida on November 17, 2001. He has never been heard from again. He is originally from Cuba and moved to the United States with his family in 1971. They lived in New Jersey.
Lago got into trouble with the law several times and spent a cumulative six and a half years in prison in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, he served a prison term for attempted murder after he shot a man who robbed him and his wife at knifepoint. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, but got time off for good behavior and served only four years.
When he finished his prison sentence in 1997, he was transferred to the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Most immigrants who are convicted of violent crimes get deported, but the United States didn't have diplomatic relations with Cuba at the time and Cuba refused to accept any of their deportees.
Instead, the INS was supposed to hold Lago for 90 days and determine whether he was a threat to society. They kept him in detention for three years and five months. Lago filed a federal lawsuit against the INS in 1999, while still in detention, and his attorney was able to persuade the review panel that he was not dangerous.
He was released in August 2001 and went to live with his wife and two teenage sons. He disappeared a few months later.
It's unclear whether Lago's disappearance had anything to do with his immigration situation. Little information is available in his .
Investigating Agency
Miami-Dade Police Department
305-418-7200
Other
NamUs
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Department of Corrections
The Bradenton Herald
Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
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