Missing
Stephanie Dianne Hartwell
Hartwell, approximately 2001
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/28/2001
Missing location (approx) :
Columbia, Mississippi
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 08/16/1976 (44)
Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 145 - 150 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, black eyes. Hartwell has a small scar below her right eye. She has several tattoos: the initials R.J.J.T. on her outer right forearm; a butterfly on her right bicep; the name "Steph" on her left bicep; and a heart with three to four drops below it on her left thigh. Her ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Hartwell was last seen between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m on November 28, 2001, getting into a green four-door Saturn with tinted windows in the vicinity of Harrison-Jefferson Road in Columbia, Mississippi. She has not been seen or heard from since. She left behind three children, whom she walked to the school bus stop shortly before she vanished.
After Hartwell's disappearance, investigators found her purse. Nothing appeared to be Missing location (approx) : it. An extensive search failed to turn up any clue as to Hartwell's whereabouts. Her case is unsolved; the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are unclear.
Other information and links : ncy
Marion County Sheriff's Department
601-731-3782
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.
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