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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Jessica Lee Ann Hamby
Hamby, date, approximate 2018; Some of Hamby's tattoos
Date Missing 01/03/2018
Missing From
Hackleburg, Alabama
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 06/15/1993 (29)
Age 24 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 125 pounds
Medical Conditions Hamby had struggled with drug addiction for years prior to her disappearance. She had been clean for several months, but then relapsed and went back into drug treatment.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Hamby may wear eyeglasses, and her ears are pierced. She may use the last name Garrett. Hamby has multiple tattoos, including the following: the word "Hope" on the inside of her right wrist, the word "Bodiqua" on the outside of her wrist, a dark angel with the words "Carpe Diem" on the inside of her right forearm, a baby rattle and the name "Kyzlie" on a banner on her the inside of her left forearm, the word "FOREVER" on her left hand between her thumb and forefinger, flowers with the words "Gypsy Soul" and the date "10-21-16" on her upper right arm at the shoulder, a Cheshire cat on her right bicep, and a cupcake with a skull and crossbones on her right ankle. Photos of some of her tattoos are posted with this summary.
Details of Disappearance Hamby was last seen on January 3, 2018. She and another woman were in a detox program at Lakeland Community Hospital in Haleyville, Alabama when, on January 2, they left after a disagreement with someone there.
Her friend dropped her off at a residence on Elgin Cochran Road in Hackleburg, Alabama. She spent at least part of the night there. Three witnesses, Eric Edwards and siblings Alicia and Derek Motes, reported there was some kind of argument shortly after 6:00 a.m. on January 3, and Hamby left the house to watch the sunrise. She never returned.
The temperature that morning was only six degrees, and Hamby wasn't wearing a coat when she left the house. Her last phone communications were to Edwards while she was on his property that morning. At 7:51 a.m., she sent him a text saying, "Hey, they aint gonna shoot me for walking." She called his phone twice at 7:53 a.m. After that she was never heard from again.
Authorities stated the people who last saw Hamby had given inconsistent statements about the events leading up to her disappearance, and they have no evidence that she ever left Elgin Cochran Road. Multiple search warrants have been executed in her , and Edwards and the Motes siblings have been given polygraphs, but no one has been charged.
Hamby left behind three children who live with her parents in Russellville, Alabama. Her parents stated she was a good mother; she put the children in their care while she got treatment for her drug problem, and visited them regularly. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.
Investigating Agency
Marion County Sheriff's Department
205-486-5201
Other
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Community Information Center
Jessica Hamby's Facebook Page
The Birmingham News
WAFF 48
Pen-N-Sword II
ABC 30 40
Marion County Sheriff's Department
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
