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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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Kathy Sue Haskell
Haskell, date, approximate 2003
Date Missing 10/16/2003
Missing From
Corpus Christi, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 09/16/1962 (60)
Age 41 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 147 - 172 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly blue jeans and a blue or red shirt.
Medical Conditions Haskell is required to take medicine for severe allergies and depression. She left both medications behind when she vanished.
Associated Vehicle(s) Burgundy or maroon 1996 Dodge Caravan (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Red hair, blue eyes. Haskell's maiden name is Paruca and some accounts refer to her as Kathy Paruca Haskell. Some agencies give her hair and eye color as brown. She may use the last name Haskell-Wen.
Details of Disappearance Haskell was last seen between 10:00 and 10:30 p.m. on October 16, 2003, at her residence in the vicinity of the 14000 block of Coquina Bay Avenue in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She told her husband, Andy Young-run Wen, that she was stressed out over their finances and her weight and was leaving their home to unwind. He stayed home to watch their children. Haskell has never been heard from again.
Haskell's burgundy or maroon 1996 Dodge Caravan was later located abandoned with her purse, medication and keys locked inside on a beach south of Bob Hall Pier, near the 14400 block of State Highway 361 and the 1400 block of Gulf Beach Road in Corpus Christi.
There were no footprints in the sand around where the car was parked. One credit card was missing from her purse; no charges were made on it and Wen canceled the account after he learned she was missing. Haskell was reported missing by her husband the day after her disappearance, when he found her car.
Wen had filed for divorce from Haskell on May 6, 2003, five months prior to her disappearance. He changed his mind and withdrew the filing ten days later. Two weeks after Haskell's disappearance, he filed for divorce again and also sought a restraining order to prevent Haskell from returning and taking their son.
Court documents stated Wen believed Haskell had left him for another man and was associating with disreputable people, including prostitutes, strippers and drug addicts, at the time of her disappearance.
Wen said the police had decided Haskell had been having an affair and left voluntarily, but investigators have publicly denied having reached that conclusion and say they have no evidence of her leaving town with anyone.
Police say there is no evidence of suicide in Haskell's , although she was being treated for depression around the time she vanished. Because her car was found abandoned, they are treating her disappearance as suspicious.
An extensive search of the beach area where Haskell's car was found turned up no evidence as to her whereabouts. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Corpus Christi Police Department
361-886-2850
Other
NamUs
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times
The Star-Telegram
Corpus Christi Police Department
Texas Department of Public Safety
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
