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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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Kristin Leonetti
Leonetti, date, approximate 2006
Date Missing 09/06/2006
Missing From
Glenolden, Pennsylvania
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 23 years old
Height and Weight 4'11, 100 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue shirt and a denim skirt.
Medical Conditions Leonetti suffers from bipolar disorder and has a history of drug and alcohol abuse. She requires medication for her mental condition, but wasn't taking it at the time of her disappearance.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Leonetti's street name is Little Niki.
Details of Disappearance Leonetti's mother, Jean West, dropped her off at meeting an Alcoholics Anonymous on McDade Boulevard in Glenolden, Pennsylvania at 6:30 p.m. on September 6, 2006. Her mother stated she was in good spirits at the time of her disappearance.
Leonetti had given birth two weeks earlier and was trying to abstain from drugs and alcohol because of the baby. She refused to accept any money from West because she was afraid she'd spend it on alcohol or drugs. She had also stopped taking her bipolar disorder medication due to her pregnancy.
One or two nights after West last saw her, Leonetti's boyfriend called and said she was with him and was "flipping out," screaming and yelling. He said he was going to put her in a cab and send her home. Leonetti's boyfriend usually did this whenever she had a tantrum. She never arrived home and has never been heard from again, and her boyfriend didn't call again to ask about her. West reported her missing on October 26.
Leonetti had a troubled past. She was a habitual runaway as a juvenile and dropped out of Academy Park High School in the tenth grade. She gave birth to a son in 2002, and the baby's father was subsequently murdered. She frequented Front Street and York Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to buy drugs.
She had been arrested in Philadelphia several times for drug-related offenses, and there was an active warrant out for her on a prostitution charge when she went missing. She had been trying to stay clean, however, and had moved in with an aunt.
West discovered Leonetti's boyfriend bought lye, a chainsaw and blood detection kits in the weeks after Leonetti vanished. West believes her daughter was probably murdered by her boyfriend, but he hasn't been publicly identified or charged in her .
Investigators have received several leads from the Philadelphia area since Leonetti's disappearance. It remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Darby Township Police Department
610-583-3245
Other
The Delco Times
Project Jason
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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