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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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Dana Elaine Becker
Becker, date, approximate 2000
Date Missing 07/17/2000
Missing From
Phoenix, Arizona
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/10/1966 (56)
Age 34 years old
Height and Weight 5'1, 82 - 90 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A silver pinky ring.
Medical Conditions Becker needs medication for unspecified reasons.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, green/hazel eyes. Becker dyes her hair; it is naturally brown. She has a Cesarean section scar on her abdomen, scar under chin and a deep scar on just below her right knee. She wears eyeglasses and her ears are pierced. Becker may use the alias last names Griffin, Harcourt, Mays and/or Thompson.
Details of Disappearance Becker was last seen by friends on July 17, 2000, in the vicinity of north 67th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix, Arizona. She told her grandmother she was going to the store. She never returned home has never been heard from again.
Becker had lived in Texas for about eighteen years prior to her disappearance and was visiting relatives in Phoenix when she went missing; she wasn't familiar with the area. She planned to drive to Nevada to pick up her daughters, who were there visiting other relatives.
Becker has a college degree in administrative accounting. At the time of her disappearance, one of her daughters was pregnant, and Becker was excited about becoming a new grandmother. She has a history of crack cocaine abuse and she usually travels in drug circles. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.
Investigating Agency
Phoenix Police Department
602-262-6141
Other
Missing Persons Cybercenter
Phoenix Police Department
NamUs
The Scottsdale Airpark News
Peter Henderson Jr.
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
