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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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Juliah Karwitha
Karwitha, date, approximate 2015
Date Missing 11/03/2015
Missing From
Los Angeles, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 07/12/1949 (73)
Age 66 years old
Height and Weight 5'3, 120 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A green sweater, black pants, a brown scarf, a brown hat and blue shoes.
Medical Conditions Karwitha takes medication for a blood pressure issue. She doesn't have her medicine with her.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Karwitha is from Kenya and speaks English with a pronounced Kenyan accent. She had a bruise on her cheek at the time of her disappearance.
Details of Disappearance Karwitha is from Kenya and was visiting her son in Los Angeles, California at the time of her disappearance. She had arrived in August 2015 and planned to stay through the holidays. Her son stated she became increasingly forgetful after her arrival in the United States.
Karwitha left her son's apartment on November 3, 2015 to go for her morning walk and never returned. She was last seen outside the VCA Animal Hospital in the 6900 block of Reseda Boulevard, about two blocks from her son's home, at 8:30 a.m. She was walking south toward Bassett Street. She has never been heard from again.
Karwitha left all her belongings behind, including her medication, cellular phone and identification. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear and her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Los Angeles Police Department
213-996-1800
Other
California Attorney General's Office
Facebook Page for Juliah Karwitha
The Los Angeles Daily News
NBC Los Angeles
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
