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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.



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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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missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
Berry, date, approximate 2007
Date Missing 02/14/2007
Missing From
Blanca, Colorado
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/06/1981 (41)
Age 25 years old
Height and Weight 6'1, 150 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Unknown, but he usually wears jeans which are sometimes torn and patched, t-shirts underneath flannel shirts, boots, sneakers or sandals, beanie caps or knitted berets, and a homemade braided hemp and bead necklace.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Berry wore his hair in dreadlocks at the time of his disappearance. His upper teeth are crooked and one upper eyetooth is missing. He has previously broken his nose and his hand, and he had pins or plates surgically implanted in his hand with resulting scarring. Berry has a three-quarter-inch light brown birthmark on his neck, a peace symbol tattooed on each forearm, and the outline of a marijuana leaf tattooed on his shoulder.
Details of Disappearance Berry was last seen at approximately 9:00 a.m. on February 14, 2007. He has never been heard from again.
Berry grew up in central California and attended Reedley High School, where he played football and baseball. Before his disappearance he occasionally got into trouble with the law, sometimes for marijuana-related offenses. He took forestry classes at Reedley College and later joined the Youth Conservation Corps and planted trees in Colorado. He got married and he and his wife had a child together. They lived between Alamosa and San Luis, Colorado with a roommate, Duane Kulakofsky, and Kulakofsky's girlfriend.
According to Kulakofsky, Berry left his home on the morning of his disappearance to visit an acquaintance in Blanca, Colorado. Kulakofsky stated the acquaintance was a Native American man known only as "Bob", and that Bob was violent and always carried a rifle.
When Berry didn't return, Kulakofsky went to Bob's house. He found Berry's body there and a lot of blood, and Bob told him they had gotten into an argument and he had shot Berry five times in the head. Bob forced Kulakofsky at gunpoint to help him clean up the mess and put Berry's body in an old car which was set on fire.
Kulakofsky's didn't report the murder to the police, but he told friends about what happened, and word eventually got back to the police. Authorities tracked down Kulakofsky, who was by then living near the Utah border, and questioned him and his girlfriend. They agreed to assist the investigation, but after their release they left town and haven't been seen or heard from since.
Authorities have been unable to identify Bob or the house where Berry was supposedly shot, and they haven't been able to find Berry's body. Kulakofsky's whereabouts are currently unknown, but he is being sought as a witness to the homicide. Foul play is suspected in Berry's , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Costilla County Sheriff's Office
719-672-3302
Other
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The Denver Post

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.



Missing Person Photos

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