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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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Kenneth Warren Hager
Kenneth, date, approximate 1947
Date Missing 04/09/1947
Missing From
Baltimore, Maryland
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 05/23/1935 (87)
Age 11 years old
Height and Weight 4'10, 90 - 100 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue/gray overcoat with Kenneth's name and address sewn into it, a brown sweater with green figures on it, a white shirt with "Kenneth" printed on it, brown trousers, gray or brown sneakers and a navy blue and red skullcap.
Medical Conditions Kenneth is mentally disabled and has severe epilepsy. He is unable to talk or take care of himself, and would not have been able to tell anyone his name, which is why his mother sewed his name on all his clothes.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Kenneth has a scar on his head. One of his front teeth is missing.
Details of Disappearance Kenneth was last seen near his residence in the 1600 block of Lansing Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland on April 9, 1947 at 10:00 a.m. He asked for a piece of ice from his mother, then went outside to play. His family realized he was missing about forty-five minutes later.
That afternoon, Kenneth may have been sighted by a streetcar operator at the corner of Dundalk and Eastern Avenues. There were several possible sightings of him in the area shortly after his disappearance, but none were confirmed and Kenneth has never been heard from again.
Kenneth disappeared once before, about two years earlier, and was found by police in downtown Baltimore. He had burn marks on his arm and said a "bad boy" had done it to him.
Before moving to their Lansing Avenue residence in February 1947, the Hager family lived in the 2100 block of east Chase Street. Kenneth knew how to get there and had once wandered away and gone back to his old neighborhood. He likes to ride in cars but his family stated he would not get into one unless he was asked.
A distant relative of the Hager family thought she saw Kenneth at a Dundalk, Maryland grocery store in 1962. This sighting was not confirmed and the man at the store has never been identified. Kenneth's remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Baltimore City Police
443-984-7385
410-396-2359
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The Doe Network
Kenneth Warren Hager
The Baltimore Evening Sun
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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