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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Jon Michael Dabkowski
Jon, date, approximate 1982; Age-progression to age 47 (date, approximate 2017)
Date Missing 01/14/1982
Missing From
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Missing Classification Non-Family Abduction
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/09/1970 (51)
Age 11 years old
Height and Weight 4'10, 72 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A maroon and tan jacket, a red sweatshirt, jeans, boots and a red and white tasseled cap.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Jon has a small scar under his left eye and he has a deep cleft in the middle of his chin. He is right-handed. There are slight bags beneath Jon's eyes. His nicknames are Dabbo and Jonny.
Details of Disappearance Jon was last seen at approximately 5:30 p.m. on January 14, 1982, in his hometown of Tarentum, Pennsylvania. He and his friend, Gabriel Minarcin, finished dinner at the Jon home and were walking three doors down to Gabriel's family's home. The boys never arrived at the house and have not been seen again.
Authorities believe that Gabriel and Jon may have fallen through thin ice near their residences and drowned, as they were last seen walking together near the Allegheny River. Footprints in the snow led to the riverbank, but there were no prints leading away from the river.
However, Jon had been told by his parents to stay away from the river, and he dependably obeyed this rule. An extensive search of the water turned up no evidence that anyone had fallen in.
Neil B. Hammons stole Jon's identity in 1998. He was stopped by police while driving and showed the officer a driver's license in Jon's name. The officer realized Jon was a missing person, but as the man was a adult, he could not hold him. He let the man go and notified Jon's family, who thought their son had been found.
It turned out Hammons had been looking for a new identity and had chosen Jon off a missing persons' website which gave his information. He had nothing to do with Jon's disappearance which, like Gabriel's, remains unsolved.
Jon's family still resides in the house he lived in. Due to the lack of clues in the boys' s, their disappearances are classified as non-family abductions.
Investigating Agency
Tarentum Police Department
412-224-1515
Other
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Operation Lookout
The Child Seek Network
NewsLibrary
The Doe Network
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
