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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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Gregory Downes Howells
Howells, date, approximate 1997; Sherry Glaser, date, approximate 1997
Date Missing 06/17/1997
Missing From
Carmel Valley, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 12/06/1954 (67)
Age 42 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 190 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A Dick's Place t-shirt.
Medical Conditions Howells may have been depressed at the time of his 1997 disappearance. His wife has said he had an alcohol problem.
Associated Vehicle(s) Tan Honda
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Howells may have a mustache, beard or a goatee.
Details of Disappearance Howells was a playwright and director in 1997. He was last seen on the Rancho Canada Golf Course in Carmel Valley, California on June 17, 1997. He has never been heard from again.
Howells's tan Honda was found parked in the course's lot during the morning following his disappearance. His wallet, credit cards, identification and golf bag were inside the vehicle, as was the manuscript of his latest play, Lazarus. His golf cart and clubs were discovered on the 13th tee of the course. A search of the area yielded no clues as to his whereabouts.
Howells was married to actress/playwright Sherry Glaser in 1997. A photo of Glaser is posted with this summary. She told the media that she believed her husband may have staged his disappearance. She stated that Howells may have been envious of her success in the entertainment industry and sought an escape for himself, possibly by suicide.
Howells and Glaser often wrote plays together; Glaser acted in the productions while Howells occasionally directed. The reviews of the couple's work usually focused on Glaser's contributions while ignoring Howells's accomplishments.
Glaser also said that her husband was often the caregiver for their two young daughters while she worked in the theater, and he was unhappy with this arrangement. Prior to his disappearance, Howells told Glaser he showed Lazarus to an agent who liked it, but Glaser subsequently discovered he had not actually talked to the agent.
Howells and Glaser were residing in Carmel Valley in 1997 while she performed her one-woman show, Oh My Goddess. They moved to the area from Mendocino County, California. Several of Howells's friends said that they believed other factors were at work in Howells's disappearance. It is not known if Howells left of his own accord or if he was the victim of foul play.
Glaser said that Howells had been depressed prior to his disappearance. She had their second child in 1996 and quit working to concentrate on being a mother, leaving him as the sole breadwinner of the family; he was stressed as a result. His condition may also have been connected to the death of Glaser's father, which happened shortly before he vanished.
Glaser told him to see a therapist, and he tricked her into believing he was seeing one when in fact he was not. Glaser said that Howells gained weight and seemed to "indulge" himself prior to disappearing, gambling, drinking beer and smoking marijuana.
Glaser continues to believe suicide is a possibility in her husband's disappearance. Howells was declared ly dead in 2002. There is little evidence available in his , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Monterey County Sheriff's Department
831-755-3700
Other
Monterey County Sheriff's Department
The San Jose Mercury News
The Contra Costa Times
The Sonoma County Independent
The Jewish Bulletin Of Northern California Online
The Associated Press
The Doe Network
The New York Times
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
