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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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David Walter McEntire
McEntire, date, approximate 2005; Edwin Kelly; Anthony Caiby; Lisa Stavish
Date Missing 10/08/2005
Missing From
Polk Township, Pennsylvania
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/08/1962 (59)
Age 42 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 190 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. McEntire has a tattoo of a Celtic cross on his upper right arm.
Details of Disappearance McEntire was last seen leaving his residence in Polk Township, Pennsylvania on October 8, 2005. He was carrying a shotgun at the time. He has never been heard from again.
McEntire's van was later found in the parking lot of his business a few miles away on State Route 209 in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. The keys were locked inside it, stuck in the ignition, and the steering wheel was wiped clean of fingerprints. Since McEntire went missing, he hasn't accessed his bank account, paid any bills or gotten a driver's license anywhere in the United States.
In February 2010, Edwin James "Beans" Kelly was arrested and charged with McEntire's murder. Anthony "Frank" Caiby, Lisa Marie Stavish and James "Buddah" Gaines were later charged also. Photos of Kelly, Caiby and Stavish are posted with this summary.
Authorities believe Caiby, a drug dealer, decided to have McEntire killed after McEntire allegedly stole cocaine and money from him. McEntire came to Kelly's home on Rainbow Lakes Drive in Rainbow Lakes Township, Pennsylvania on the day of his disappearance and Caiby reportedly ordered Kelly, Gaines and Stavish to help murder him.
The murder took place at Kelly's home on Rainbow Lakes Drive in Rainbow Lakes Township, Pennsylvania, at Caiby's orders. According to court testimony, McEntire was beaten in the living room, taken to the basement of the house, shot several times and injected with cocaine and bleach.
His body was then burned in the backyard fire pit, placed in a trash bag and disposed of at the Harry's U Pull It junkyard in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The suspects drove McEntire's van to his workplace, and Kelly repainted his living room and bleached his basement floor to conceal the bloodstains.
Police learned about the killing in 2009, when Stavish was arrested for retail theft and probation violation. Hoping to make a deal, she told authorities she had witnessed McEntire's murder. When questioned, Kelly corroborated Stavish's story.
It wasn't until after a grand jury investigation that Stavish admitted she'd actually played a role in the murder and hadn't just seen it happen. She and Caiby were charged in 2013. Gaines was charged in 2016.
Kelly and Stavish both pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and were sentenced to seven to twenty years in prison each. Stavish would later testify at Caiby's trial.
In April 2016, Caiby was convicted of premeditated murder, conspiracy, evidence tampering, abuse of a corpse and drug possession in McEntire's death; he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Gaines is incarcerated in New York in an unrelated and is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania for his role in the cime.
McEntire's remains have never been located, but foul play is suspected in his due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Pennsylvania State Police
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610-377-4270
Other
Pennsylvania Missing Persons
Pennsylvania State Police
The Pocono Record
The Morning Call
NamUs
The Times News
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
