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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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Benjamin James Parker
Parker, date, approximate 1980; Kenneth Murwin
Date Missing 01/09/1980
Missing From
Clay County, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 34 - 37 years old
Height and Weight 6'3, unknown weight
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Parker's right hand has been amputated at the wrist.
Details of Disappearance Parker was last seen in Clay County, Florida sometime during the summer of 1980. He has never been heard from again. Parker lived in Lakeland, Florida in 1980, and worked as a self-employed wrecker driver and junk dealer in Jacksonville, Florida. He was never reported missing.
Kenneth Wayne Murwin was charged with first-degree murder in Parker's in June 2009. Photographs of him are posted with this summary. He is Parker's son-in-law.
In the months before she died in 2005, Parker's wife told her three children that Murwin had killed Parker and buried him on the family's ten-acre plot in the 4700 block of Montana Trail in Keystone Heights. She had previously maintained that Parker had abandoned the family. In 2006, following their mother's death, her children went to the police.
In their investigation, authorities discovered all activity on Parker's driver's license, Social Security number and other accounts stopped in mid-1980. They searched the Keystone Heights property for his body, but didn't find any evidence. Authorities stated they had an eyewitness to the murder and Murwin admitted to the crime under questioning.
Murwin was convicted of second-degree murder in 2010. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Foul play is suspected in Parker's disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Clay County Sheriff's Office
Other
First Coast News
The Florida Times-Union
The Gainesville Sun
The Bradford County Telegraph
Florida Department of Corrections
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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