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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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Elizabeth Marriott
Marriott, date, approximate 2012; Tan 2001 Mazda Tribute; Kathryn McDonough; Seth Mazzaglia
Date Missing 10/09/2012
Missing From
Durham, New Hampshire
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 130 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Tan 2001 Mazda Tribute with the New Hampshire license plate number 304-5397 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Marriott's nickname is Lizzi.
Details of Disappearance Marriott was a sophomore marine biology major at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 2012. She lived with her aunt in Chester, New Hampshire, and that city's authorities are investigating her . She attended an evening chemistry class on October 9 and was last seen at 9:00 p.m. that day in Durham, New Hampshire near the hospital.
Marriott sent a text message to a friend at 8:55 p.m., saying she was going to visit someone named Kat and then go home. She was driving a tan 2001 Mazda Tribute with the New Hampshire license plate number 304-5397 at the time; a photo of a similar vehicle is posted with this summary.
She has never been heard from again. Her vehicle was later recovered in a parking lot at the UNH campus on Mast Road in Durham.
On October 13, Seth J. Mazzaglia was charged with Marriott's murder. In December, Kathryn "Kat" McDonough was charged with hindering apprehension and conspiracy to commit the same in connection with the . She is Mazzaglia's girlfriend and had worked together with Marriott at Target. Photos of McDonough and Mazzaglia are posted with this summary.
According to Mazzaglia, Marriott died accidentally during a consensual sex act involving erotic asphyxiation. Neither he or McDonough attempted to call for an ambulance for her or provide aid themselves, although both of them were medically trained.
Mazzaglia stated he dumped Marriott's body and her cellular phone in the Piscataqua River and drove her car to the UNH parking lot where it was later found, and he and McDonough disposed of Marriott's clothes and the rest of her belongings in trash bins. McDonough subsequently lied to the police about the last time she saw Marriott, provided a false alibi for Mazzaglia, and asked a witness who'd seen the body to lie to the police.
In July 2013, McDonough pleaded guilty to all the charges against her and agreed to testify against Mazzaglia. At his trial in June 2014, she spent ten days on the witness stand. Mazzaglia's defense attorney argued it was McDonough, not Mazzaglia, who had killed Marriott by accidentally suffocating her during sex.
The prosecution argued Mazzaglia had intentionally strangled and raped Marriott after she resisted his advances. Mazzaglia was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later, he was sentenced to an additional three and a half to seven years because he'd attempted to escape from jail while awaiting trial.
Marriott's body has never been found and investigators believe it was washed out to sea.
Investigating Agency
Chester Police Department
603-887-2080
Other
CBS News
LostNMissing
The Fosters Daily Democrat
Facebook Page for Elizabeth Marriott
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
