Missing
Shelayah Renee Gonzalez
Gonzalez, approximately 2005
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/16/2005
Missing location (approx) :
Brooklyn, New York
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 06/23/1984 (37)
Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old
Height / Weight : 5'4, 118 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black shirt, a blue denim miniskirt, black flip-flops, a silver ring with musical notes on her right ring finger and a gold ring with a sapphire on her left middle finger. Carrying a small black handbag with a silver "S"
Medical conditions : Gonzalez has an unspecified medical condition.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Gonzalez's upper teeth on the sides of her jaw are slightly crooked. She has pierced ears, small brown freckles on her face and a tattoo of the word "drip" on the front of her upper left thigh. Gonzalez wears clear contact lenses.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Gonzalez was last seen at approximately 4:00 p.m. on July 16, 2005 at her residence in the 1100 block of Winthrop Street in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. She has never been heard from again.
Gonzalez disappeared less than a month after her two-year-old son died. Few details are available in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
New York Police Department
212-473-2042
September 2021 updates and sources
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 not known. 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�5% 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.
Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s 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.
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