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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.



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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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Amanda Kay Jones
Jones, date, approximate 2005
Date Missing 08/14/2005
Missing From
Hillsboro, Missouri
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/06/1978 (44)
Age 36 years old
Height and Weight 5'8, 215 - 225 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A pink sleeveless shirt, a pink and white flowered skirt, pink flip-flop sandals and earrings.
Medical Conditions Jones was eight and a half months pregnant with a boy at the time of her disappearance; she was due to give birth in late August. She also suffers from Graves Disease, an autoimmune disorder of the thyroid.
Associated Vehicle(s) Blue 1997 Pontiac Sunfire (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Jones had blonde highlights in her hair at the time of her disappearance. She wears wire-framed eyeglasses or contact lenses; she was wearing the contacts when she went missing. Her ears are pierced and she has a tattoo of a dolphin on her left breast.
Details of Disappearance Jones met Brian Lee Westfall at the horse show grounds at the Hillsboro Civic Center in the vicinity of the 10300 block of Highway 21 in Hillsboro, Missouri on August 14, 2005. She was last seen in the parking lot of the center at 5:00 p.m. that same day. She has never been heard from again.
Jones's blue 1997 Pontiac Sunfire was later found unlocked and abandoned in the parking lot. Her purse was inside the vehicle, but keys, wallet and cellular phone were missing and have never seen again. The last time her phone was used was when she took an incoming call at 1:15 p.m.
Jones claimed Westfall was the father of her unborn child, a boy whom she planned to name Hayden Lucas. Westfall and Jones had dated briefly after meeting at a party at Christmas in 2004, but their relationship didn't last long and Westfall didn't hear from her again until February 2005, when she told him she was pregnant.
Westfall stated he didn't believe Jones's unborn child was his and he didn't want to continue his relationship with Jones. Jones told friends she was considering seeking child support from Westfall. She met him on the day of her disappearance to find out what role, if any, wanted to play in the baby's life. They were supposed to have lunch together at the Off the Hook restaurant.
Westfall has cooperated with the investigation and maintains his innocence in Jones's disappearance. He stated they met in the parking lot of the Hillsboro Civic Center at 1:00 p.m. and spoke inside their parked cars for about an hour, and when he left sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m., Jones was sitting inside her car and talking to someone on her cellular phone.
Police are skeptical of the story, however, because it was a very hot day and Jones's car's air conditioning was broken, and because Westfall initially told Jones's mother they had lunch together as planned and hadn't just stayed in the parking lot.
Jones is divorced and left behind a young child, whom she had custody of. Her former husband is not considered a suspect in her , and he died in November 2007. After his death, their daughter was placed in the care of her maternal grandparents.
In October 2021, Jones's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Westfall. He died suddenly of natural causes in December, age 53, but the lawsuit is expected to continue in spite of his passing.
Jones was employed as a loan administrator at the Eagle Bank in Festus, Missouri in 2005. Her loved ones stated it was uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning, and she could not walk easily as a result of her pregnancy.
There has been no activity on her cellular phone or credit cards since her disappearance, and no evidence that she checked into any hospital to deliver her baby. Her last known credit card purchase was at a drugstore; she bought a soda and hair spray hours before she went missing. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
636-797-5515
Other
NamUs
America's Most Wanted
KSDK 5
CNN
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
KMOX 1120
The Belleville News-Democrat
MySpace Page for Amanda Jones
Project Jason
Unsolved in the News
CBS News
Fox 2 Now

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.



Missing Person Photos

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.

Missing Person Photos