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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Arkadiy Tashman
Arkadiy, date, approximate 2005; Age-progression to age 29 (date, approximate 2016)
Date Missing 01/26/2005
Missing From
Staten Island, New York
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/12/1987 (34)
Age 17 years old
Height and Weight 6'0 - 6'2, 170 - 180 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A light gray hooded sweatshirt or sweat jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers, a green baseball cap and a small hoop earring.
Medical Conditions Arkadiy was apparently depressed at the time of his disappearance and may have been suicidal.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond/brown hair, blue/gray eyes. Arkadiy's nickname is Ark. He is a Russian national who emigrated to the United States in 1996, and he's fluent in Russian and English. He has scars on both arms and his right ear is pierced.
Details of Disappearance Arkadiy was last seen in Staten Island, New York on January 26, 2005. He had been visiting a friend and was last seen departing for home at 2:45 a.m. He never arrived and has never been heard from again. His cellular phone was left behind at home when he vanished.
Later that morning, Arkadiy's parents found a message he had written and left beneath a television remote control in his bedroom. It read: "Sorry about this. No wake, no funeral." His parents notified police immediately, but for unknown reasons authorities did not begin an official search for Arkadiy for six days.
Arkadiy's friends and family stated that they had not seen any indication that he was suicidal prior to his disappearance. He had broken up with his girlfriend shortly before his disappearance and was very upset about it, and she says he told her he had considered suicide before.
Nonetheless, Arkadiy's loved ones do not believe he would have taken his own life. His parents stated that his disappearance was completely out of character and they do not know what could have caused him to leave; he had never even visited a friend's home before without parental permission.
Arkadiy was a junior at Port Richmond High School at the time of his disappearance. He resided part time with his parents on Brabant Street in the Mariners Harbor neighborhood of Staten Island, and part time in Bensonhurst with his adult sister, who was vacationing out of the country at the time of his disappearance.
He is an avid skateboarder and investigators have searched for him at skateboard parks in Brooklyn, Greenwich Village, Staten Island and the East Village of Manhattan in New York City.
Some agencies classify Arkadiy as a runaway, but he is considered to be an endangered missing person due to his depression and the note he left. His disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
New York Police Department
212-473-2042
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
New York State Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse
The Crime Library
The Brooklyn Skyline Newspaper
The Times Herald-Record
New York Daily News
The Staten Island Advance
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
