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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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Cheryl Huff
Cheryl, date, approximate 1992; Garry Huff
Date Missing 12/31/1992
Missing From
Glendale Heights, Illinois
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight Unknown
Associated Vehicle(s) Gray 1991 Chevrolet Corsica (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Cheryl's maiden name is Hezja.
Details of Disappearance Cheryl was last seen leaving her part-time job at the Village Center Pharmacy in Glendale Heights, Illinois on December 31, 1992. She was en route to collect $200 in child support from her estranged husband of seven years, Garry F. Huff, at his rented room in the 700 block of Leslie Lane. A photo of Garry is with below this summary.
Cheryl had left Garry in March, taken their two children and moved in with her parents. She filed for divorce in July. In addition to her job as a cashier at the pharmacy, she worked a trucking company in Addison, Illinois.
On the evening of her disappearance, she was supposed to get the money and then pick up the children and take them to a New Years' party at a friend's home. She never collected her children, however, and has never been heard from again.
Two days later, Cheryl's gray 1991 Chevrolet Corsica was found abandoned near the apartment where she had planned to attend the party.
Three weeks after Cheryl's disappearance, Garry was arrested for her murder. He confessed that he shot her to death with a small-caliber handgun at 6:30 p.m. that night, then burned her body with wood and kerosene in a 55-gallon barrel in his backyard early the next morning. He dumped what was left in a garbage bin at Cardinal Industries in St. Charles, Illinois, where he worked as a machinist and cabinet finisher.
The contents of the garbage bin were later taken to a landfill; investigators don't believe Cheryl's remains are recoverable. Three teeth and some bone fragments were located at the dump site in St. Charles, however, and a small piece of human tissue inside the barrel matched Cheryl's DNA.
Garry's roommate stated Garry had said several times that he wanted to kill his wife and burn her body. In his confession, Garry said he got angry over how Cheryl planned to spend the child support money, and demanded that she give it back. She refused, and he shot her multiple times: once in the chest, twice in the face and one in the back of the head.
Garry has a prior criminal record; he served time in a North Carolina prison for a property crime. He pleaded not guilty at his murder trial, which was held before a judge instead of a jury. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 80 years in prison, exceeding the guidelines that recommended 20 to 60 years, because the judge said the murder was "brutal and heinous, indicative of wanton cruelty." His projected release date is 2033.
Cheryl's parents adopted the couple's children after Garry's sentencing. She has never been found, but foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Glendale Heights Police Department
Other
NamUs
The Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Sun-Times
The DuPage County Daily Herald
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
