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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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Gary Alan Larsen
Larsen, date, approximate 2001
Date Missing 09/16/2001
Missing From
Redmond, Oregon
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 28 years old
Height and Weight 6'3, 210 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) White 1995 Dodge pickup truck with the Oregon license plate number XTN945
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Larsen, who lived in the 15000 block of Woodgreen Court in La Pine, Oregon, was last seen with friends in Redmond, Oregon on September 16, 2001. He and his friends had been out all night and spent part of the evening at the Fireside Grille and Lounge. He had breakfast with the group at Shari's Restaurant, then left. The next morning he reportedly checked out of a hotel.
Larsen has never been heard from again. His family reported him missing eleven days after he was last seen. He was unemployed at the time of his disappearance, but he had previously worked at Hap Taylor & Sons Inc. (now called the Knife River Corporation).
He has many friends and acquaintances in the Redmond area but none of them have heard from since his disappearance. He was last seen driving a white 1995 Dodge pickup truck with the Oregon license plate number XTN945; the vehicle has never been located.
Larsen associated with known drug users, but investigators haven't linked any of his friends to his disappearance. Foul play is suspected in his , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Deschutes County Sheriff's Department
541-617-3393
541-693-6911
Other
Bend, Oregon
Traditional Mountaineering
The Bend Bulletin
NamUs
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
