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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.



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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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Daisja Marie Weaver
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
Daisja, date, approximate 2009; Alandus Weaver; Tamaira Creagh
Date Missing 06/10/2009
Missing From
Dallas, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 09/10/2008 (14)
Age 9 months
Height and Weight 2'0, 22 pounds
Medical Conditions According to her family, Daisja was born prematurely and has medical problems as a result.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Daisja was last seen in Dallas, Texas on June 10, 2009. Her mother, Tamaira Creagh, said she was kidnapped by an intruder from their apartment at the Oak Run Apartments complex in the 5800 block of Preston Oaks Road.
Creagh, who was six months pregnant at the time, stated a man came into the apartment at approximately 11:40 p.m. and tried to sexually assault her. She fought him off and he fled, taking Daisja as he went. Creagh was unable to provide a description of the assailant.
The family was in the process of moving at the time, to another apartment seven miles away in the 18900 block of Marsh Lane. Daisja's father, Alandus Kjeman Weaver, wasn't in the apartment when the alleged abduction occured; he had taken some of their belongings to the new apartment. Photos of Alandus and Creagh are posted with this summary.
Police stated Daisja's parents gave conflicting and changing stories about their daughter's disappearance, and as a result an Amber Alert wasn't issued for twelve hours after the alleged kidnapping took place. Creagh soon recanted her story.
On June 15, Alandus was arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence, and a few days later Creigh was arrested on the same charge. Investigators stated they had reason to believe Daisja had not been kidnapped by a stranger but was in fact murdered by her father.
According to court documents, Creagh left the baby in his care on June 8 while she was at work. When he came to pick her up at her job at 9:00 p.m., Daisja wasn't with him and he said he'd given her a bath and left her home alone.
When Creagh and Alandus arrived at their new apartment on Marsh Lane, Daisja was lying on the floor, naked, wrapped in a towel. Her body was cold, she wasn't breathing and she had no heartbeat. She also had several bruises on her face, back and abdomen. Creagh made unsuccessful attempts to revive Daisja and asked Alandus what happened, and he became violent and threatening and refused to answer.
He told her they should make up a story about Daisja being kidnapped, and the next day after Creagh finished work, she and Alandus went to Lewisville Lake. Alandus threw the infant's body, tied to a sandbag, off the Interstate 35 bridge. Alandus punched Creagh several times to make it look like a kidnapper assaulted her.
Creagh said she lied earlier because she was afraid of Alandus. She claims she had been a longtime victim of his abuse.
Alandus at first maintained he was innocent of involvement in Daisja's disappearance and that the baby was alive. On July 2, he changed his story and said he had accidentally drowned his daughter while bathing her in the kitchen sink. He took police to the Interstate 35 bridge to show them the exact spot where he'd thrown Daisja's body over the rail
He was then charged with capital murder. This charge was later withdrawn and he was charged with felony murder.
At Alandus's trial in the spring of 2010, he changed his story again and blamed Creagh for Daisja's death. Alandus stated Creagh smothered the infant and then threw her body in the creek behind their apartment. The jury disbelieved his account, however; he was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Police have made several searches of Lewisville Lake looking for the child's corpse, but found nothing, and they don't plan to search further. The lake is full of debris and visibility underwater is very poor.
Foul play is suspected in Daisja's disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Dallas Police Department
214-744-4444
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The Dallas Morning News
Texas Cable News
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
KBTX Bryant/College Station
CBS 11 TV
The Houston Chronicle
The Denton Record-Chronicle
WFAA-TV

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.



Missing Person Photos

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