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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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Kyle Andrew Carl Eppler
Eppler, date, approximate 1999; Age-progression to an unknown age
Date Missing 07/29/1999
Missing From
Naples, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/06/1979 (43)
Age 20 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 160 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A short-sleeved brown plaid cotton shirt, brown shorts and Birkenstock shoes.
Medical Conditions Eppler was taking medication for an unspecified condition at the time of his 1999 disappearance. He did not have his medication with him when he was last seen. He had attempted suicide on two prior occasions.
Associated Vehicle(s) Silver 1988 Toyota Camry (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes. Eppler has two tattoos on his right shoulder, and he may have a tattoo on his back. Eppler has a scar near his right eye. He may have long hair and a beard.
Details of Disappearance Eppler was last seen by his mother at approximately 2:00 p.m. on July 29, 1999 in their hometown of Naples, Florida. He went to visit her at her workplace and borrowed $20 for gas. He said he was going to go visit his girlfriend, then go to work for his 4:30 p.m. shift at the Grouper House, where he was a waiter. He also promised his mother he would drop off her dry cleaning.
Eppler never arrived at his girlfriend's house, never did the errand for his mother and has never been heard from again. He left a note on the kitchen counter saying, "Gone to find my river and myself." His mother reported him missing the next day.
Eppler's silver 1988 Toyota Camry was found abandoned in the visitors' parking area at the Coastal Prairie Trail in Flamingo, Florida, about three hours from his home, after his disappearance. This was in the Everglades National Park, in what is described as a wet, boggy, dangerous area. The park receipt was dated July 28.
Authorities found camping gear, a bag full of clothes, a frame backpack, peanut butter, crackers and some journals inside the vehicle. His shirt was found three miles down the trail from where his car was parked. Eppler's mother also stated at least one pair of his hiking boots was missing from home, along with a navy blue hat with a white star on it that he frequently wore.
Eppler graduated from Lely High School in 1997 and was studying zoology at Santa Fe College at the time of his disappearance. He loved animals; he had five pet lizards, seven turtles, a parrot and two dogs, he had volunteered for the Humane Society and Animal Control, and he had worked at several snake farms. He also enjoyed outdoor pursuits and traveling in 1997, and had been to Texas, North Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana.
His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Collier County Sheriff's Department
239-252-9300
Other
Child Protection Education of America
The Missing Persons CyberCenter
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Collier County Sheriff's Department
The Naples Daily News
The Miami Herald
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
