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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 Lee Ellsworth
Ellsworth, date, approximate 1982
Date Missing 07/11/1982
Missing From
International Falls, Minnesota
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 09/25/1963 (59)
Age 18 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 180 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white leather Ivy League hat, a gold neck chain, Nike sneakers, white bell-bottom pants and no watch or rings. Carrying false identification with the name Dale Anderson.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue/hazel eyes. Ellsworth has steel pin or screw placed in his right thumb/wrist joint as the result of a motorcycle accident.
Details of Disappearance Ellsworth was last seen in the evening of July 11, 1982 in International Falls, Minnesota. Earlier, he was involved in a disruption at the local Union Hall after he and his friends crashed a wedding reception there. He had used false identification under the name Dale Anderson to buy beer for himself.
A witness reported seeing Ellsworth leaving the hall headed toward the bowling alley at 2:30 a.m. He reportedly said, "Anybody who stays around here is going to jail, come with me to heaven."
Ellsworth had done some janitorial work for his father at the Rex Hotel in International Falls and had a key to the building. The hotel was abandoned at the time, but Ellsworth may have been sleeping in a basement room in the hotel. He was aware that a cot was still down there.
The building caught fire and burned to the ground on July 11. Ellsworth's remains were not found in the rubble, but the car he had been using was found parked across the street from the hotel. A key to the hotel was found nearby, but it is unknown whether it was Ellsworth's.
One witness says she saw Ellsworth walking in International Falls after the fire, but this has not been confirmed. He has never been heard from again. He has ties to Kelso, Washington, where his family members live and where he grew up. He also may have been sighted in Eau Claire, Wisconsin around the time of his disappearance. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Koochiching Country Sheriff's Department
218-283-4416
Other
The Doe Network
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
The Stevens Point Journal
The Minneapolis Star-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.
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