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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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John Michael Baham Jr.
Baham, date, approximate 1990; Baham's pickup truck
Date Missing 12/23/1990
Missing From
Oakdale, Louisiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/24/1969 (53)
Age 21 years old
Height and Weight 5'8 - 5'10, 190 - 200 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A red and blue flannel shirt, a red undershirt, new blue jeans, cowboy boots and a western-style belt with the name "Mike" on it.
Associated Vehicle(s) Pickup truck (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Dark brown hair, blue eyes. Baham goes by his middle name, Michael, or the nickname Mike. Most accounts refer to him as Michael Baham. He is missing three teeth and has a removable bridge for them.
Details of Disappearance Baham was last seen in Oakdale, Louisiana on December 23, 1990. He was en route to meet a friend at a car wash in town. En route, he stopped the Bayou Store, leaving it and driving away at 7:30 p.m.
He never arrived at the car wash, which was only a short distance away, and has never been heard from again. At 9:30 p.m., a witness saw his pickup truck near the Calcasieu River Bridge on Highway 10, west of Oakdale. The lights were on, and then the witness saw them go out.
The next morning, Baham's father found his truck on a dirt road under the bridge. The keys were in ignition in the "on" position, the battery was dead, and Baham's coat and his shotgun were inside the truck, but there were no signs of a struggle or any other indication as to what had happened. A photo of Baham's truck is posted with this summary. He had just cashed a paycheck, and he was carrying $1,500 in cash. He had been drinking at the night of his disappearance.
Baham's father found Oakdale resident Paul A. Kilgore and another man were sleeping in a car nearby when he found his son's truck. Police immediately questioned them, but both men denied having seen or heard anything. Kilgore moved to Michigan a short time later. In 1998, a jail inmate implicated him in Baham's murder. The inmate had been only thirteen years old at the time of Baham's disappearance and said he went to the authorities because his conscience was bothering him.
He lead police to the Dead Man's Lake area, where he said Baham's body had been buried. Authorities excavated the site and found nothing, but based on the inmate's information, in July of that year, Kilgore was arrested in Michigan for first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. A jury refused found insufficient evidence to indict him, however, and he was released.
Baham is a 1987 graduate of Oakdale High School and has a younger brother and sister. He was working in Texas at the time of his disappearance, but had come back to Louisiana to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. They stated he was not the kind of person who would have run away, particularly without his coat; it was only 17 degrees the night he disappeared. He also left nearly $4,000 behind in his bank account.
Foul play is suspected in his , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Allen Parish Sheriff's Office
337-639-4353
Other
Louisiana Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
The Alexandria Town Talk
The Baton Rouge Advocate
The Dallas Morning News
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
