Missing
Stanford Joseph King
King, approximately 2016
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/14/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Butte, Montana
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/25/1982 (39)
Age at the time of disappearance: 33 years old
Height / Weight : 5'11, 208 pounds
Medical conditions : King has a history of drug abuse.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. King is right-handed, and his two upper front teeth are missing. He may spell his name "Stafford" or "Standford", or use the nickname Joe. King has a half-inch scar on his left hand below his pinky finger, a one-and-a-half-inch scar near his left eye, a five-inch scar on his left leg, and three-quarter-inch scars on both temples. He has the following tattoos: his last name "King" on his back, the name "Tavia" or "Tahja" on one arm, and the name "Tyson" on the other arm. All his tattoos are in Old English script.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : King was last seen in Butte, Montana on April 14, 2016. At the time of his disappearance, he was at the Butte Pre-Release Center after serving time for theft. He has prior convictions for drug possession and assault on a peace officer.
He has never been heard from again and is classified as both a missing person and a fugitive. Few details are available in his case.
Other information and links : ncy
Butte/Silver Bow County Law Enforcement Division
406-497-1120
September 2021 updates and sources
Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse
The Montana Standard
NBC Montana
Rap Sheets
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.
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