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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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Christina Carol Burnett-Pitts
Burnett-Pitts, date, approximate 1998
Date Missing 12/25/1998
Missing From
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 04/06/1974 (48)
Age 24 - 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'0 - 5'2, 110 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A sweatshirt, jeans and sneakers.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Sandy blonde hair, blue eyes. Burnett-Pitts has the name "Ashley" tattooed on her right wrist and the name "Tesla" tattooed on her inner right ankle. She may use the nickname Christy and the last names Pitts and/or Young.
Details of Disappearance Burnett-Pitts was involved with drugs, including methamphetamine, at the time of her disappearance and led a transient lifestyle with no fixed address. She was last seen in the Poplar Bluff, Missouri area sometime between 1998 and 2000, but the date and circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.
Her family last saw her at Christmastime in 1998. According to her family, Burnett-Pitts had a habit of dropping out of sight for months at a time. Her two children lived with her parents. Burnett-Pitts was married in 1998 and her husband was reportedly violent and abusive towards her. He was later imprisoned, and he died in 2010.
Authorities believe Burnett-Pitts may have been the victim of a homicide, but little information is available in her . It remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Poplar Bluff Police Department
573-686-8632
573-785-5776
Other
NamUs
Child Protection Education of America
Missouri State Highway Patrol
KAIT 8
KFVS 12
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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
