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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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Jerome Clements Charles
Charles, date, approximate 1984
Date Missing 06/02/1984
Missing From
Eugene, Oregon
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Native American
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 160 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue and tan shirt and tan pants.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Native American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Charles has a tattoo on his upper right arm. He has scars on his forehead, left arm, upper right arm, right hand, and near his right eye. He was previously shot in the left ankle.
Details of Disappearance Charles was last seen in Eugene, Oregon on June 2, 1984. He left his father's west 3rd Street residence, saying he was going for a walk and would be back in about two hours. He has never been heard from again.
Charles was on parole at the time of his disappearance; he had served one year of a four-year sentence for theft and was released from the Oregon State Penitentiary seventeen months before he went missing.
His family was somewhat notorious in the area, and considered among the most dangerous in the state. His nine siblings and now-deceased parents all have substantial criminal records, including convictions for violent crimes. All of them have been in jail, and all of the children have been in prison. Three of his brothers were convicted of murder, two of them while they were still minors.
Investigators believe Charles is deceased. His father believed the police had probably murdered him. His disappearance remains unsolved and no suspects have been named in his .
Investigating Agency
Eugene Police Department
541-682-5165
Other
NamUs
The Eugene Register-Guard
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
