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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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Matthew Stephen Wood
Wood, date, approximate 2008; Wood's tattoos
Date Missing 05/30/2008
Missing From
Greenwich, New York
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 35 years old
Height and Weight 6'1, 180 - 200 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A Guinness t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, a green baseball cap and sunglasses.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Wood has dark hair on his chest, arms and legs. He has the following tattoos: a map of Ireland with the word "Guinness" on the outside of his right forearm, the word "EIRE" in large black lettering on the inside of his right forearm, Led Zeppelin band members on the outside of his left forearm, the words "Led Zeppelin" and three Olympic rings in black ink on the inside of his left forearm, and South Park cartoon characters on his right ankle. Photos of the tattoos are posted with this summary.
Details of Disappearance Wood was last seen in Greenwich, New York on May 30, 2008. He left a note for his parents, saying he was going to Saratoga, New York to shop and possibly meet a friend for lunch, and that he would return later that day. He has never been heard from again. His parents later found his car at a Wal-Mart parking lot in Wilton, New York.
Wood's parents reported him missing on June 6. They stated he had left on short trips before, but had never been gone for this long. Few details are available in his .
Investigating Agency
Washington County Sheriff's Office
518-747-4623
Other
NamUs
CBS 6 Albany
The Saratogian
The Albany Times Union
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
