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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Carol Ann Smith
Carol, date, approximate 1994
Date Missing 06/06/1994
Missing From
Roanoke, Virginia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 119 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Green full-sized American-made car
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes.
Details of Disappearance Carol was last seen at her home on Richards Boulevard in Roanoke, Virginia on June 6, 1994. Neighbors saw her watering flowers in the yard at 7:15 a.m. This is the last time anyone outside her family saw her.
Carol's husband of twelve years, David L. Smith, says he had been away from home on a business trip between May 25 and May 27. When he returned from his trip, he found an unknown pair of men's boxer shorts in their bedroom, and concluded Carol had had an affair while he was gone. He tried to speak to her about it on June 5, but she refused to discuss it.
At 8:00 a.m. on June 6, after the couple's two children left for school, David confronted Carol again. She made a telephone call and just two minutes later, a green full-sized American-made car with a male driver pulled up at the house. The last thing Carol said to her husband was, "You don't have to worry about me." She took a small bag of clothing and several hundred dollars in cash and left in the green car. She has never been heard from again.
David said he didn't know the vehicle's driver and couldn't describe him. The police weren't notified of her disappearance until five weeks had passed; Carol's sisters were unable to get in touch with her, and finally David told them she had left him. Her sisters then reported her missing.
David filed for divorce a month after Carol disappeared. In court documents, he said he didn't report his wife missing because figured she would return and wouldn't have wanted her parent to know she had left. Carol's sister stated she spoke to Carol by phone on May 28, the day David returned home from his business trip, and Carol said nothing about any affair.
Investigators stated they don't believe Carol left of her own accord, as she had strong ties to her family and her community and there has been no trace of her since her disappearance, and no activity on her bank account. Her family describes her a devoted mother who wouldn't have abandoned her children.
David gave permission for police to search his house and truck; they dug up his recently poured concrete patio, but found nothing. In 1997, authorities excavated an area behind the Pulaski Correctional Unit, where David was the warden, but the search also turned up no evidence.
Some accounts give May 28, 1994 as her date of Carol's disappearance. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Roanoke County Police Department
540-562-3265
Other
Virginia State Police
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
WDBJ 7
The Roanoke Times
Virginia First
Facebook Page for Carol Smith
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
