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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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Lillie Darlene Miller
Miller, date, approximate 1981; Otis Morgan
Date Missing 12/11/1981
Missing From
Riviera Beach, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 09/17/1960 (62)
Age 21 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 130 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark blue dress jacket, a light blue button-down blouse, dark blue or dark pink slacks, black high heels, a Love Story brand yellow gold diamond solitaire engagement ring, a Twin Lakes High School 1977 class ring with her initials "L.D.M." engraved on the inside of the band, a digital Pulsar watch and a yellow gold women's bracelet. Carrying a brown canvas bag with about $60 in cash.
Associated Vehicle(s) Beige or yellow 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix with the Florida license plate number SJU-375 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Miller wears prescription eyeglasses. She has a dark-colored spot on the back of her left leg, and her ears are pierced. At the time of her disappearance, her hair was cut in a short Afro.
Details of Disappearance Miller left her secretarial job at the Riviera Beach City Hall in Riviera Beach, Florida on December 11, 1981 to have lunch with her fiance, Otis Morgan. Morgan stated that they ate at his apartment in the 4300 block of Greenwood Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida. She never returned to work and has never been heard from again.
Morgan said he found Miller's beige or yellow 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix with the Florida license plate number SJU-375 unlocked and parked facing north in a field on Avenue J less than a block from the municipal complex, just south of 29th Street, later that same day. She had purchased the vehicle only the day before.
Morgan dropped out of sight in late January 1982, but later resurfaced, saying he'd left town to get away from the publicity caused by Miller's disappearance. A photo of Morgan is posted with this summary.
After his return he moved to a new apartment in the 1000 block of Eighth Street in West Palm Beach. He said he felt guilty about something he'd done and wanted to tell the police about it, but never confessed to anything. He bought a twelve-gauge shotgun and said he would take his own life. Police told him if he did so, he should leave a note revealing the location of Miller's body.
Morgan died by suicide at home on June 12, 1982, shooting himself in the chest with his new shotgun; the date was supposed to have been his and Miller's wedding day. He didn't leave a note. He was considered a suspect in her disappearance before his death. Caustic acid stains and bloodstains were found in his apartment, but there was not enough blood to test.
Morgan had a history of violence towards women and, at the time of his death, he was also the prime and only suspect in the 1979 death of a 23-year-old woman in Houston, Texas. The victim, 23-year-old Brenda Faye Gallow, was his live-in girlfriend and she had been strangled.
He'd been arrested and charged with her murder, but was released for lack of evidence. He was also investigated in 1980 for beating and choking another live-in girlfriend in Alabama on multiple occasions, but the was dropped after the victim refused to press charges.
Miller lived with her mother in the 1300 block of west 33rd Street in Riveria Beach at the time of her disappearance. She had previously worked for two years at Palm Beach Junior College; she quit her job because she didn't like the long commute, and took the one at City Hall only three weeks before she vanished.
She's described as a religious individual who attended the Peaceful Zion Baptist Church and taught Sunday school there. She had met Morgan through the church. After Miller's disappearance, her family learned Morgan had lied about his background: he told them he was from Texas and was a widower, but he was actually from Auburn, Alabama, and his previous wife was still alive.
Foul play is suspected in Miller's . Her family, which includes five older siblings, held a memorial service for her a year after her disappearance. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Riviera Beach Police Department
561-845-4123
Other
Riviera Beach Police Department
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Miami Herald
NamUs
The Palm Beach Post
CBS 12
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
