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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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Cassandra Ann Lalonde
Cassandra, date, approximate 1988; Age-progression to age 43 (date, approximate 2015)
Date Missing 04/01/1988
Missing From
Buras, Louisiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 06/20/1972 (50)
Age 15 years old
Height and Weight 5'3, 130 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Cassandra has a large scar on her leg from a cut that got stitches. Her ears are pierced. Her nickname is Candy. She smoked cigarettes at the time of her disappearance.
Details of Disappearance Cassandra was last seen in Buras, Louisiana on April 1, 1988. She left on a motorbike with a man named David, headed for Alabama. She has never been heard from again.
In July of that year, her loved ones got a phone call from someone named Salvatore. Salvatore said he worked at a seafood boat in Buras, drove a green truck with a camper top, and lived with Cassandra in Mobile, Alabama, in a rural home with no neighbors for miles.
Salvatore stated he and Cassandra had gotten into an argument and she left to take a walk and cool down, leaving her cigarettes and purse behind, and never returned. She has never been heard from again. Westwego, Louisiana police are investigating.
Investigating Agency
Westwego Police Department
504-341-5428
Other
Louisiana Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
Facebook Page for Cassandra Lalonde
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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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