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
Cynthia Linda Alonzo
Alonzo, date, approximate 2004
Date Missing 11/25/2004
Missing From
Oakland, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Age 48 years old
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female.
Details of Disappearance Alonzo disappeared from was last seen in Oakland, California on November 24, 2004. Her boyfriend, Eric Stewart Mora, was subsequently charged with her murder.
After rejecting a proposed deal where he would plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and lead authorities to Alonzo's remains, Eric was convicted of second-degree murder in February 2012. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. The conviction was overturned in 2016, however, and a second trial was ordered.
In the summer of 2017, Mora confessed to killing Alonzo and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in her . He said he'd buried her body in the general vicinity of Seventh and Maritime Streets in West Oakland, but multiple digs there turned up nothing. He was sentenced to eleven years in prison.
In May 2022, eight years after Mora's conviction and almost eighteen years after Alonzo's disappearance, a work crew found her remains. Her body had been wrapped in tarps and dumped at the Oakland Army Base.
Investigating Agency
Oakland Police Department
510-238-3775
Other
California Attorney General's Office
NBC 11
The Oakland Tribune
The Alameda Times-Star
The San Jose Mercury News
The San Francisco Chronicle
KTVU
The Judicial Branch of California
The New York 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.
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
