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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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Bob Sabaratnam
Sabaratnam, date, approximate 1998
Date Missing 11/27/1998
Missing From
Hawaii County, Hawaii
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 61 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 160 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black t-shirt, a flannel shirt and white pants.
Medical Conditions Sabaratnam may have been suffering from memory loss at the time of his November 1998 disappearance.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying brown hair, blue eyes. Sabaratnam had a goatee at the time of his disappearance. He has a tattoo and a large circular scar on his back. Most or all of Sabaratnam's teeth have been extracted. He is also known as Surya Sabaratnam, Bob Goode, Brock Goode and/or Robert Webb.
Details of Disappearance Sabaratnam was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a two-car collision in Hawaii County, Hawaii during the morning of November 27, 1998. The accident occurred near mile marker 46 on Saddle Road in Waikiki. Witnesses told authorities that Sabaratnam exited the vehicle shortly after the incident and was last seen walking away from the scene with his dog.
Sabaratnam has never been heard from again. He was not reported as a missing person until December 1, 1998. An extensive search of the Waikiki area produced no clues as to his whereabouts. Sabaratnam resided in Leilani Estates in Puna, Hawaii in 1998. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Hawaii County Police Department
Kona Criminal Investigation Section
808-326-4275
808-326-4646
Other
Hawaii County Police Department
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
North American Missing Persons Network
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
