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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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Justin Weldon O’Brien
O'Brien, date, approximate 2002
Date Missing 04/29/2002
Missing From
Waco, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/17/1978 (44)
Age 23 years old
Height and Weight 5'9, 170 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. O'Brien may have a mustache, beard or a goatee. He has a tribal band tattooed around his right arm. His last name, O'Brien, is tattooed on his back.
Details of Disappearance O'Brien was last seen at his apartment on Sanger Avenue in Waco, Texas on April 29, 2002. He told family members he was en route to his mother's birthday party, but he never arrived there and has never been heard from again. His apartment was found thoroughly cleaned after his disappearance, and his burgundy pickup truck was found abandoned near a bus stop in Dallas, Texas two days later, also in immaculate condition. Dallas is about 100 miles north of Waco.
Authorities believe O'Brien, a truck driver, was selling methamphetamine to the Aryan Circle, a violet white supremacist gang, in 2002, and they think he was murdered as a result. His disappearance remains under active investigation and police hope to find his body. They theorize multiple people were involved in his disappeared, but they have one primary person of interest whom they think was responsible for his death.
Both of O'Brien's parents died after his disappearance, but his sister is still alive and hopes for answers in her . His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
McLennan County Sheriff's Office
254-757-5095
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
KXXV 25
NamUs
The Waco Tribune
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
