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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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Kevin Andrew McCarthy Collins
Kevin, date, approximate 1984; Age-progression to age 39 (date, approximate 2013); Dan Therrien in the early 1980s; Therrien, date, approximate 2008
Date Missing 02/10/1984
Missing From
San Francisco, California
Missing Classification Non-Family Abduction
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/24/1974 (48)
Age 10 years old
Height and Weight 4'6, 72 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A San Francisco Giants jacket and his school uniform, which consisted of a white short-sleeved dress shirt, a dark green sweater, brown corduroy pants and beige Nike sneakers.
Medical Conditions Kevin has dyslexia, a learning disability which makes it difficult for him to read.
Associated Vehicle(s) Royal blue four-door 1967 Ford Galaxie
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, gray/green eyes. Kevin has freckles on his face and a small horizontal scar on his tongue.
Details of Disappearance Kevin was last seen at approximately 6:40 p.m. on February 10, 1984 in his hometown of San Francisco, California. He was last seen sitting on a bench at a bus stop on the corner of Oak Street and Masonic Avenue, waiting for a bus to take him home from basketball practice.
He was witnessed talking at the bus stop to a blond man about six feet tall, in his twenties or thirties. The man was accompanied by a large black dog, possibly a Great Dane or similar breed. He has never been heard from again. It is possible that Kevin was abducted by two Caucasian men driving a royal blue four-door 1967 Ford Galaxie, but that report has never been confirmed.
The northern California child killer Jon Dunkle is possible suspect in his . His three known victims physically resembled Kevin and were in roughly the same age group. Dunkel has never been charged in connection with Kevin's , however.
Dan Leonard Therrien was questioned as a possible suspect in Kevin's disappearance in 1984, and police searched his apartment, with his permission. He used several alias dates of birth and alias names, including Raymond William Stewart, Kelly Lee Dawson, and Kelly Sean Stewart, and the San Francisco police knew him as Wayne D. Jackson.
He lived across the street from Kevin's school, had a history of sex crimes against children, he resembled the man with the dog that was seen talking to Kevin before his disappearance, and he owned a large black Doberman dog.
Photographs of Therrien are posted with this summary. Two witnesses at the time failed to pick him out of a lineup, the search of his home yielded nothing, and he was released.
Unbeknownst to the San Francisco police, at the time they questioned him, Therrien was wanted for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two thirteen-year-old boys. He had been arrested for the crime, but skipped bail and fled the country before the was .
Therrien was still in San Francisco and was living under an alias name when he died of natural causes in 2008. In early 2013, authorities renewed the investigation and searched his former residence again. They found some bones under the apartment building's garage, but believe they are animal bones.
Kevin was in the fourth grade at St. Agnes School when he disappeared. The sixth of ten children in an Irish Catholic family, he resided in the 2500 block of Sutter Street in San Francisco. His siblings ranged in age from 7 to 19 years old in 1984. One cousin and one foster child were also living in the Collins residence.
Authorities do not believe Kevin ran away from home, as he got along well with his family and was not having any problems except for being bullied at school. His parents divorced amicably five after his disappearance. In 1994, they held a memorial service for him.
His father founded a missing children's organization, the Kevin Collins Foundation, but it closed in 1996 due to financial constraints. Kevin's remains unsolved. His mother still lives in the local area, but his father has since moved out of the United States. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
San Francisco Police Department
415-558-5500
Federal Bureau of Investigation
202-324-3000
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Child Protection Education of America
Operation Lookout
California Attorney General's Office
KTVU
The Doe Network
MisterSF.com the Heart of the City
The San Francisco Chronicle
Unsolved in the News
The Hutchinson News
Child Quest International Inc.
CBS San Francisco
KGO-TV
The Huffington Post
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
