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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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Jarvis LeRoy Sayler
Jarvis, date, approximate 1988; Chris Sayler
Date Missing 06/01/1998
Missing From
Vancouver, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 05/04/1941 (81)
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 5'11 - 6'0, 180 - 200 pounds
Medical Conditions Jarvis is mentally handicapped and visually impaired.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, hazel eyes. Sayler wears prescription eyeglasses with thick lenses.
Details of Disappearance Jarvis traveled from his native Missouri to Vancouver, Washington sometime in the summer of 1988. He planned to only stay there for a visit and then return to Missouri, where he had purchased property he intended to build a house on. He never returned there, however.
His brother who also lived in Missouri reported him missing in March 1989, after they learned his property had been repossessed and put up for auction due to his failure to make payments.
Jarvis had gone to Vancouver to see his brother, Chris Harvey Sayler. A photo of Chris is posted with this summary. Chris told police that Jarvis had moved to an apartment in Vancouver, but they'd had an a disagreement and hadn't seen each other since. Another of their brothers said it was uncharacteristic of Jarvis to be out of touch with his loved ones.
In 2013, a person identifying himself as Jarvis went to a Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) bureau to get a state identification card, and posed for a photo. The photo was flagged by the DOL's automated facial recognition system, because the person who claimed to be Jarvis appeared to be the same person who already had a Washington driver's license under the name Chris Sayler.
In 2015, Chris returned to a DOL office to explain the discrepancy. He said Jarvis was his twin brother and that was why the facial recognition system had triggered the photos. When it was pointed out that Jarvis and Chris are four years apart in age, Chris replied, "It is a rare situation, but it does occur." Chris and Jarvis are not twins; in fact, they're not even biologically related. Chris was adopted.
The issue was referred to the DOL's License Integrity Unit for investigation, then sent to the Social Security Administration (SSA). In 2019, Chris was charged with aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. The SSA had discovered he'd collected between $338,000 and $500,000 in Social Security disability benefits and retirement benefits meant for Jarvis.
In 2021, Chris pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft and was sentenced to two years in prison. He stated he had gotten his brother's identification "under a misunderstanding of circumstances" and only began using it after he incurred financial difficulties.
Investigators believe Chris had been cashing Jarvis's benefit checks since at least 1998; that year, Chris's photo appeared on Jarvis's identification card for the first time. However, Jarvis's checks have been collected and cashed since 1988, the year of his disappearance. He had been receiving the checks since 1977.
He was known to be living in an apartment in the 8000 block of northeast 18th Avenue in Hazel Dell area of Vancouver in 1988; police know this because he called them to report prostitution activity in his apartment complex.
His whereabouts since 1988 have been unknown, and authorities are not sure if he is still alive. Chris was the last person known to have seen him, but hasn't been named as a suspect in his disappearance.
Investigating Agency
Clark County Sheriff's Office
564-397-2120
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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
