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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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Maria Antonia Mauricio
Mauricio, date, approximate 1997
Date Missing 01/20/1997
Missing From
Phoenix, Arizona
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 05/25/1977 (45)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'3 - 5'5, 130 - 140 pounds
Medical Conditions Mauricio was approximately three months pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
Associated Vehicle(s) Small white two-door vehicle
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Mauricio has the following tattoos: three teardrops by her right eye, her last name "Mauricio" across her back, the name "Benavides" vertically down her left calf, and the name "Casper" on her upper right arm. She also tattoos on her left fingers and her right hand. Her ears are pierced and she may have surgical scars as a result of a facial injury she sustained several years before her disappearance. Mauricio's nicknames are Cholla and Little Munchkin, and she may use the last name Valenzuela.
Details of Disappearance Mauricio was last seen by her grandmother at a restaurant in the vicinity of 17th Avenue and Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona at 10:30 a.m. on January 20, 1997. She was seen getting into a small white two-door vehicle driven by an unidentified Caucasian male. She has never been heard from again.
Few details are available in her . Foul play is suspected in Mauricio's disappearance.
Investigating Agency
Phoenix Police Department
602-261-8042
Other
Phoenix Police Department
NamUs
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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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