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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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Consuelo R. Vannausdle
Consuelo, date, approximate 1993
Date Missing 04/25/1993
Missing From
Lacey, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Asian
Date of Birth 04/12/1962 (60)
Age 31 years old
Height and Weight 5'3, 110 pounds
Medical Conditions Consuelo may have been pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Consuelo has a birthmark on her left shoulder. She was born in the Philippines, but is an American citizen. Her nickname is Connie.
Details of Disappearance Consuelo was last seen in Lacey, Washington on April 25, 1993. At the time of her disappearance, she lived with her husband, Mark, and their two young children in a residence on 25th Avenue off College Street. She has never been heard from again.
Consuelo kept in close contact with family members in California and the Philippines prior to her disappearance, and was a devoted mother. It's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning.
Mark never reported his wife's disappearance to police. Consuelo's sister in California reported her as a missing person on July 2, 1993, after she was unable to get in touch with her by telephone for months and Mark sent her a letter saying she'd left and abandoned the family. When questioned, Mark claimed Consuelo had simply walked away from their home and never returned.
Authorities believe Consuelo was the victim of a homicide. She moved from the Philippines to the United States in 1987 and lived in Spain and in the American states of Delaware and Idaho prior to moving to Washington state in 1992. Her husband is considered a serious suspect.
Mark and Consuelo's relationship was troubled and Consuelo's mother witnessed at least one violent encounter between them. When investigators checked the house after Consuelo's disappearance, they discovered Mark had installed new carpeting and repainted the walls.
Mark is currently incarcerated, serving a twenty-year sentence for shooting a cab driver and stealing the victim's cab. When he was arrested in that in 2002, police found a 1993-era map of the area in the cab as well as other "suspicious" items.
Mark wrote a seven-page letter about Consuelo's disappearance to the KIRO television station in late 2008. He denied having harmed his wife and wrote he believes she left of her own accord. He also said she suffered from depression, and speculated that she had committed suicide.
Investigators can find no evidence that Consuelo was depressed or suicidal at the time of her disappearance.
Consuelo's disappearance remains unsolved; no one has faced charges in her . In 2008, fifteen years after she vanished, the coroner issued a death certificate for her, saying she could have died from homicidal violence.
Some agencies give her date of disappearance as May 1, 1993.
Investigating Agency
Lacey Police Department
360-459-4333
Other
Washington State Missing Persons
KOMO TV
KCPQ TV
The Olympian
The Seattle Times
Unsolved in the News
KIRO TV Seattle
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
