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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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Fred William Conklin
Conklin, date, approximate 1993
Date Missing 06/01/1993
Missing From
Tucson, Arizona
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 30 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 165 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Conklin has a tattoo on his upper left arm.
Details of Disappearance Conklin was last seen in Tucson, Arizona sometime during the summer 1993; his five-year-old son, who lived with his mother, saw him in June or July of that year, when Conklin took him to see a movie and then to the toy store. He has never been heard from again.
In May 1996, authorities got a tip that Conklin's roommate, Jeffrey Davis, had killed him at their residence in the 9000 block of west Picture Rocks Road. He was arrested for the murder in March 1997. Authorities believe he shot Conklin in the back during an argument about money and drugs.
Davis was tried in early 1998. Two witnesses, friends of his, testified that they helped him bury Conklin's body, and a third witness testified that Davis told him about digging up Conklin's remains and re-burying them elsewhere. Despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury deliberated only three hours before convicting him of first-degree murder.
Authorities searched mine shafts in the Silver Bell Mountains for Conklin's body, but found nothing. Foul play is suspected in his due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Pima County Sheriff's Department
520-351-4600
Other
NamUs
The Arizona Daily Star
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
