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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Lillian Elizabeth Richey
Richey, date, approximate 1964
Date Missing 02/09/1964
Missing From
Nampa, Idaho
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/30/1912 (110)
Age 51 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 118 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly a black cocktail dress.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Richey has a scar on her abdomen and a scar on her neck. Her ears are pierced. She may use her maiden name, Wohlander.
Details of Disappearance Richey was last seen at her home in the 300 block of Sherman Avenue in Nampa, Idaho on February 9, 1964.
The night before, she had visited a nightclub in Garden City, Idaho with a man who was visiting Boise, Idaho from California. They took Richey's car home and he dropped her off sometime between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. on February 9, then drove away in her vehicle back to where he was staying in Boise. A neighbor saw lights on in Richey's kitchen; she was a widow and lived alone.
At 11:00 a.m., Richey's friend from the previous night arrived at her home to return her car. He had brought another man with him; they had been invited to have breakfast with her. When they knocked on the door, no one answered. The door was open and the two men went inside, verified there was no one in the house, and left a note before leaving.
Richey has never been heard from again. She was reported missing at 4:00 p.m. the next day, after she failed to show up for her shift at Bullock's Jewelry at noon. An extensive search of the area turned up no indication of her whereabouts.
When they checked the house, police found the evening wrap she had worn to the nightclub hanging in her closet, but the black cocktail dress she'd worn was missing. A black evening purse, a green and brown plaid dress, a short white cloth coat, a large black purse with brass fittings and a book titled A Man Named Peterwas also missing. Nothing else had been taken, not even toiletries, and nothing was out of place.
Richey had planned to visit her son, who lived in Moscow, Idaho, later that month; police found the plane tickets she'd purchased for the visit in her house.
The two men who went to Richey's house on the morning of February 9 were questioned closely by police; they cooperated fully with the investigation and were cleared as suspects. Authorities aren't sure what caused Richey to disappear. In 1967, one of her sons petitioned to have her declared ly dead.
Investigating Agency
Nampa Police Department
208-465-2257
Other
Idaho Bureau of Criminal Investigation
The Idaho Press Tribune
NamUs
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
