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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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LaQuanta Nachelle Riley
Riley, date, approximate 2003; Age-progression to age 34 (date, approximate 2018)
Date Missing 12/07/2003
Missing From
Montgomery, Alabama
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 02/26/1984 (38)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'8, 200 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A yellow and green Ecko shirt, stonewashed blue jeans, green and yellow Reebok sneakers, and a silver chain bracelet.
Associated Vehicle(s) Dark green four-door car, possibly a Ford Taurus or Chevrolet Caprice
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Riley has pierced ears and a pierced tongue; she wore a silver barbell in her tongue at the time of her disappearance. She has a scar on her nose. Riley has the words "RIP Mesha" or "Rest in Peace Mesha" tattooed on one bicep and her first name, LaQuanta, tattooed on her other bicep. Her nicknames are Quanna and Quanta.
Details of Disappearance Riley was last seen by relatives in Montgomery, Alabama at approximately 11:30 p.m. on December 7, 2003. She left home in a dark green four-door car, possibly a Ford Taurus or Chevrolet Caprice. The driver took Riley to her mother's home three miles away, where Riley asked for a jacket.
Her brother, who answered the door, asked who was driving the car. He has never seen it before. Riley told her brother the driver was a friend she met from around the neighborhood. She got back in the car and never returned home, and three days later her mother reported her missing. She left behind her purse and money.
Sometime between a few days and a few weeks after Riley's disappearance, her mother got a message on her telephone answering machine which she believes was from Riley. The message wasn't clear: the caller said either "leave me alone" or "let me go home." A man's voice in the background said Riley's name, then the call disconnected. It has never been traced.
There was a lead after Riley's name was used on an apartment rental in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where she had graduated high school. Riley's mother traveled to Stone Mountain, spoke to the resident of the apartment and showed him a photo of Riley. The resident said Riley had lived down the hall and had asked to use his phone recently after getting into some kind of argument, but that she had moved out a few days before Riley's mother arrived in Stone Mountain.
Up until around Thanksgiving in 2003, Riley lived with a roommate in an apartment in Eufaula, Alabama, but then she decided to move out. On December 5, she returned to the Eufaula apartment to get her belongings. Later that day she called her mother, upset, and asked for a ride to Montgomery where her mother lived. Her mother was unable to get her, so Riley made other arrangements, and moved in with her aunt and cousin in the 1500 block of Hill Street in Montgomery.
Riley's mother was in her teens when she was born, and as a result, Riley was raised by an aunt, but kept in touch with her mother throughout her life and also had a good relationship with her great-aunt. She has five younger siblings, one of whom died in 1996. She enjoyed cooking and music in 2003; she played the clarinet in middle and high school. Her family described her as bubbly and compassionate.
She is a 2002 graduate of Redan High School, where she was an honors student. She had gotten a full college scholarship and wanted to study criminal justice and have a career in forensic science. It's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning and her family believes she was a crime victim. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Montgomery Police Department
334-241-2350
334-241-2078
334-241-2831
Other
NamUs
Texas EquuSearch
Project Jason
The Child Seek Network
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
North American Missing Persons Network
The Montgomery Advertiser
LaQuanta Nachelle Riley | DARK MATTERS #43
LaQuanta Riley's Mother's Facebook Page
Facebook Page for LaQuanta Riley
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
