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.
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Heath Riley Reams
Reams, date, approximate 2003; Amanda Sanders-Bolstad
Date Missing 07/27/2003
Missing From
Jennings, Oklahoma
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'8, 150 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) 1997 Toyota 4Runner (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Reams has a tattoo of a large yellow and green leprechaun on his right leg between the knee and ankle.
Details of Disappearance Reams was last seen in Jennings, Oklahoma on July 27, 2003. He had been staying with two friends, Amanda Sanders-Bolstad and Todd Ross, while he was going through a divorce. Reams left his friends' home at 7:00 a.m. He has never been heard from again. He did not take any money, credit cards or clothing when he left. He was reported missing by his mother on August 2.
On November 3, 2003, five months after his disappearance, his 1997 Toyota 4Runner was found locked and abandoned in a pasture three miles east of Jennings. Personal belongings, including Reams's brief and CDs, were inside it, but there was no evidence of foul play. The vehicle is white with silver trim and has a broken antenna, a football-shaped University of Oklahoma plate on the front, and the license plate number PVP 676.
At the time of his disappearance, Reams worked for Skinner Tank. He frequently traveled to other states, including Nebraska, Colorado and Wisconsin, as part of his work. When he disappeared, his family initially thought he just wanted to be alone for awhile as he coped with his divorce. They began to worry as time passed without anyone hearing from him It's uncharacteristic of Reams to be out of touch with his family or to abandon his young son.
In September 2012, Sanders-Bolstad was charged with Reams's murder. A photo of her is posted with this summary. Although Reams's body hasn't been recovered, authorities believe he was beaten to death with a baseball bat.
Sanders-Bolstad has previous convictions for forgery, concealing stolen property, credit card fraud and possession of methamphetamine, and was already in prison when she was charged with murder. In August 2015, she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Reams's .
She was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison, with twenty of them suspended. Prosecutors subsequently filed to have the suspended part of her sentence revoked, as she did not inform authorities when she changed residences. The is still going through the courts; it's possible Sanders-Bolstad could be returned to prison to serve the twenty years.
Foul play is suspected in Reams's disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Payne County Sheriff's Department
405-372-4522
Other
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
The Tulsa World
The Daily Oklahoman
KRMG Radio
The Cleveland American
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
