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
Debra Lynn Criqui
Criqui, date, approximate 1999
Date Missing 11/17/1999
Missing From
Hurst, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/05/1958 (64)
Age 41 years old
Height and Weight 5'4, 110 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Unknown, but she usually wears many pieces of jewelry.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Criqui's ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Criqui was last seen at her family's residence on Glenwood Terrace in Hurst, Texas on November 17, 1999. Her sixteen-year-old daughter told authorities that she saw her mother at approximately 9:30 p.m. before they went to bed. Her daughter stated that she discovered Criqui had vanished the following morning, and the front door was open.
Investigators found blood stains near Criqui's front door and in the alley between her house and a nearby shopping center, as well as on the outside wall of one of the stores at the shopping center. Her keys were located by the door, her car was in the driveway, and she left her purse and pager behind. She has not been seen again.
Criqui had missed a court appearance six weeks before her disappearance, and she associated with drug dealers and drug users, but she doesn't have a history of running away. Investigators believe she was murdered.
Investigating Agency
Hurst Police Department
817-788-7166
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Hurst Police Department
NamUs
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
