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
Georgeann Hawkins
Hawkins, date, approximate 1974; Ted Bundy in the 1980s
Date Missing 06/11/1974
Missing From
Seattle, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/20/1955 (67)
Age 18 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 115 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white backless t-shirt, a sheer red, white, and blue floral print long-sleeved shirt, navy blue cotton bell-bottom pants which had one button and were missing three, and white open-toed wedge sandals. She had two rings: one was a rectangular black onyx ring on her left middle finger with a small diamond in the center set in yellow gold, and the other was a cultured pearl ring in a Tiffany setting on her right ring finger with a slender gold band. She was carrying a tan leather sack-type purse with reddish stains on it; the purse contained Hawkins's identification, a small quantity of cash, a small hairbrush, and a bottle of Heaven Sent perfume with angels printed on the label.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Hawkins had a deep tan at the time of her disappearance. She is nearsighted and wears eyeglasses and contact lenses to correct her vision, but had neither with her at the time of her disappearance. Hawkins has slight bumps just below her knees due to an adolescent bout with Osgood-Schlatter's disease, an inflammation of the tibia. She has a skin discoloration on her back and a mole on her neck. Her name is spelled "Georgann" by some agencies.
Details of Disappearance Hawkins was a student at the University of Washington in 1974 and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, an on-campus sorority. She walked to her boyfriend's dormitory room on the night of June 10, 1974. His residence was six houses down from Hawkins's sorority house.
Her roommate became concerned when Hawkins did not return to their room by 2:00 a.m. the following morning and called Hawkins's boyfriend. He said that she had left his residence approximately an hour earlier at 1:00 a.m.
The police were summoned by the later morning hours when there was still no sign of Hawkins. Immediate action was taken, namely because of the disappearances of other young girls in the area at the time.
A campus housemother reported hearing a scream around the time Hawkins left her boyfriend's room in the early morning hours of June 11. She initially believed it was due to students playing a joke and went back to sleep. Hawkins has never been seen again.
Serial killer Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy confessed to Hawkins's murder shortly before his 1989 execution. A photo of Bundy is posted with this summary. He made his claims to Robert D. Keppel, one of the investigators of unsolved crimes believed to be connected to Bundy.
Bundy claimed that he saw Hawkins behind her sorority house during the early morning hours of June 11, 1974. He stated that he asked her for assistance with his brief, as Bundy often wore a fake cast on his arm to coerce victims for help.
Hawkins agreed to assist Bundy and he hit her over her head, knocking her unconscious. He then pulled her into his vehicle and sped away. Bundy said that Hawkins awoke during the drive; he then knocked her unconscious one more time before strangling her to death.
Bundy claimed that one of Hawkins's bones had been discovered on September 6, 1974, approximately two miles from Lake Sammamish State Park in Washington. He stated that her remains were never identified. Other victims of Bundy were discovered in the same area. His statement has never been confirmed and Hawkins is still listed as missing.
She is believed to be another victim of Bundy, along withNancy Baird, Ann Marie Burr, Lynette Culver, Julie Cunningham, Susan Curtis,Vicki Hollar, Rita Jolly, Donna Manson, Denise Oliverson, andNancy Wilcox. The women continue to be listed as missing persons. Their remains have never been recovered.
Investigating Agency
King County Sheriff's Office
206-296-4155
Seattle Police Department
206-684-5455
Other
The Crime Library
CyberSleuths
Crime Web
The Stranger Beside Me
Washington State Missing Persons Search
Ted Bundy: A Visual Compendium
Remembering the Victims of Ted Bundy
Find a Grave
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
