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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.



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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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Linda Kay Slawson
Slawson, date, approximate 1968; Jerome Brudos in 1969
Date Missing 01/26/1968
Missing From
Portland, Oregon
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/07/1949 (73)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight Unknown
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair.
Details of Disappearance Slawson was last seen in Portland, Oregon on January 26, 1968. She lived with her mother and siblings in Aloha, Oregon and had a job selling encyclopedias door-to-door. She was selling her encyclopedias in southwest Portland the day she vanished.
Slawson was the first confirmed victim of the serial killer Jerome Henry "Jerry" Brudos, who later confessed to murdering four young women between 1968 and 1969. A photograph of Brudos is posted with this summary.
He told investigators that Slawson had approached his home and he offered to buy a set of encyclopedias and invited her inside, then killed her and threw her body into the Willamette River, off the Wilsonville Bridge on Interstate 5. It was never recovered.
Brudos was arrested in June 1969 and subsequently pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in the deaths of Jan Susan Whitney, 23, who disappeared in November 1968; Karen Elena Sprinker, 19, who disappeared in March 1969; and Linda Dawn Salee, who 19, disappeared in April 1969.
He was charged with murder in Slawson's disappearance as well, but the charge was dropped for lack of evidence in July 1969. He was sentenced to three consecutive of life in prison for the other murders. By the time of his death in 2006, he was Oregon's longest-serving prisoner.
Slawson is the only known victim of Brudos whose body was never found. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Portland Police Department
503-796-3400
Other
The Statesman Journal
Murderpedia

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.



Missing Person Photos

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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