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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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Diane K. Van Reeth
Van Reeth, date, approximate 1995; John Kalhauser
Date Missing 08/10/1995
Missing From
Tucson, Arizona
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/16/1959 (62)
Age 35 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 140 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Ford Aerostar minivan (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair.
Details of Disappearance Van Reeth was last seen during the morning hours of August 10, 1995 in Tucson, Arizona. She departed from her family's residence in the 2800 block of east MacKenzie Street in the Winterhaven area and was en route to her job at Tucson Electric Power, where she was a research coordinator in the tax services office, at the time of her disappearance. Van Reeth never arrived as expected and has never been heard from again.
Van Reeth's Ford Aerostar minivan was discovered abandoned on August 12, two days after her disappearance. The vehicle was parked in the 2800 block of east Fort Lowell Road in Tucson. Van Reeth's keys were inside the minivan, but there was no other evidence of her at the scene. Authorities stated no indication of foul play was discovered.
Van Reeth's husband's fingerprints were located on the vehicle. He had been going by the name Don Stecchi. Investigators learned that he had been residing in Arizona under an assumed identity for years.
His real name was John Joseph Kalhauser and he was wanted in Massachusetts on aggravated assault and attempted murder charges stemming from a 1979 incident; he had allegedly tried to kill his former girlfriend's new boyfriend. He fled to avoid a trial and relocated to Arizona.
Authorities also learned that Kalhauser also pleaded guilty to manslaughter when he was 17 years old; he had shot and killed a man in Massachusetts. A photo of Kalhauser is posted with this summary.
Investigators do not know if Van Reeth was aware of her husband's actual identity or had any knowledge of his criminal past. She was in the process of divorcing Kalhauser at the time of her 1991 disappearance, and was seeking custody of their two sons.
Kalhauser was extradited back to Massachusetts shortly after his wife disappeared and was sentenced to 29 years in prison for the 1979 attempted murder charges. Authorities classified Van Reeth's as a probable homicide afterwards.
Kalhauser pleaded no contest to Van Reeth's homicide in 1999 and was sentenced to 20 additional years in prison, to be served concurrently with the established Massachusetts jail time. In 2015, he was identified as a person of interest in the murder of 20-year-old Brenda Gerow.
She'd left Nashua, New Hampshire with Kalhauser in 1980. Her body was found near the fairgrounds in Pima County, Arizona in April 1981, but it wasn't identified for 34 years. Kalhauser was carrying a photograph of Gerow when he was arrested for Van Reeth's murder.
Van Reeth's remains have never been located. Her cousin ultimately adopted and raised her two children.
Investigating Agency
Tucson Police Department
520-791-5700
520-791-5159
Pima County Sheriff's Department
520-741-4600
Other
The Tucson Weekly
The Arizona Daily Star
The Lowell Sun
WCVB
Fox News
Unidentified Wiki
Find a Grave
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
