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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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Jerry M. Gray
Gray, date, approximate 1982
Date Missing 08/13/1982
Missing From
Theodore, Alabama
Missing Classification Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 27 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 175 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A motorcycle helmet.
Associated Vehicle(s) Blue 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000-B1 motorcycle with the Alabama license plate number M14338
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Gray has a scar on his left cheek.
Details of Disappearance Gray was last seen at his home on Hayfield Road in Theodore, Alabama on August 13, 1982. That afternoon, the phone rang. Gray's roommate answered it and a man whose voice he didn't recognize asked to speak to Gray.
Gray took the call and told the person he would see them soon. He then left on his motorcycle, a blue 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000-B1 with the Alabama license plate number M14338, and never returned. He has never been heard from again.
On the night Gray went missing, someone broke into his home and burglarized it. It's unclear whether the burglary is connected to his disappearance.
At the time of his disapperance, Gray worked as a civil engineer. He missed an important work meeting that was scheduled for the day after he was last seen; this is uncharacteristic of his behavior. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Mobile County Sheriff's Office
251-581-1181
Other
NamUs
Fox 10 TV
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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