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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Amanda Maria Crawford
Crawford, date, approximate 2015; Tattoos on Crawford's chest; Tattoo on Crawford's upper left arm; Tattoo on Crawford's upper right arm; James Pharis in September 2015
Date Missing 08/15/2015
Missing From
Cookeville, Tennessee
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/28/1982 (40)
Age 33 years old
Height and Weight 5'4 - 5'5, 140 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Crawford has the following tattoos: a Celtic knotwork/flower tattoo from shoulder to shoulder on her upper chest, writing on both breasts, butterflies on her upper left arm, and a naked fairy sitting on a mushroom on her upper right arm. Photos of some of her tattoos are posted with this summary. Crawford may use the name Amanda Wilkerson Crawford or Amanda Crawford Wilkerson, or the alias first name Jade.
Details of Disappearance Crawford was last seen in Cookeville, Tennessee on August 15, 2015. She disappeared shortly after she married James Willis Pharis. He was a wanted felon at the time with prior convictions for child molestation and terroristic threats, but it's not clear whether Crawford knew about this. The couple went on a sightseeing trip and she never returned. She has never been heard from again.
On September 11, 2015, Pharis was arrested for drunk driving on Highway 56 near Baxter, Tennessee. Authorities subsequently learned he was wanted in Georgia for failing to register as a sex offender. He was sent to a Georgia prison. Crawford wasn't with him at the time of his arrest and he said they'd been staying in a camper at the Twin Lakes Catfish Farm in Baxter. A photo of him is posted with this summary.
When Pharis's family came to pick up his camper and truck, they found no sign of Crawford and claimed they were unaware she and Pharis were married. Pharis, who was released from prison in September 2017, hasn't been helpful as to her whereabouts. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Putnam County Sheriff's Department
931-528-8484
Other
NamUs
Facebook Page for Amanda Crawford
MyDeathSpace
The Herald-Citizen
Tennessee Arrests
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.
Missing Person Photos
