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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 Townley Boshell
Boshell, date, approximate 2012
Date Missing 07/04/2012
Missing From
Tampa, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/01/1974 (48)
Age 38 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 120 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Boshell's ears are pierced multiple times.
Details of Disappearance Boshell was last seen when she and her boyfriend met with her brother in Orlando, Florida on July 4, 2012. She lived in a condominium in the Courtney Palms complex off U.S. 301 near the Leroy Selmon Crosstown Expressway in Tampa, Florida.
Her boyfriend said he dropped Boshell back off at her home and this was the last time he saw her. She has never been heard from again. She wasn't reported missing until October 22, three and a half months after she was last seen.
Boshell kept in regular touch with her mother prior to her disappearance, but no one in her family has heard from her since July 2012. She also hasn't made any withdrawals from her bank accounts since then, and none of her belongings were missing from her home.
She worked as a bartender at different local restaurants at the time of her disappearance, and hoped to finish her degree at the University of South Florida. Her disappearance is considered suspicious and her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
813-247-8703
Other
NamUs
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Tampa Bay Times
Bay News 9
WTSP 10
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.
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