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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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Bill Keith Parker
Parker, date, approximate 2020
Date Missing 02/18/2020
Missing From
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 56 years old
Height and Weight 5'10 - 6'0, 150 - 170 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Unknown, but he usually wears a t-shirt and jeans.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Parker's hair was long at the time of his disappearance, and he usually wore it in a ponytail. He also had graying facial hair, including a mustache and a very light beard.
Details of Disappearance Parker's house in the 1100 block of north 37th Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas caught fire at about 3:00 a.m. February 19, 2020, and was completely destroyed. The front door of the house was locked from the inside. Parker's car was parked there, but after the fire was extinguished, firefighters could find no sign of him in the rubble. He was last seen the day before the fire.
According to his loved ones, Parker had lived in the house for about fifteen years and was a very private person who spent most of his free time at home. He normally went to work at 5:00 a.m., and he had a dog whom he took everywhere with him. The dog disappeared at the same time Parker did.
The fire marshal called the fire suspicious, as the home had no working utilities and nothing that could have accidentally ignited a fire. Parker is missing under unclear circumstances and his remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Fort Smith Police Department
479-785-4221
Other
Never Forgotten | Arkansas Missing Persons Campaign
NamUs
4029 TV
Websleuths
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
