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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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Michael Anthony Womack
Womack, date, approximate 2008
Date Missing 03/31/2008
Missing From
Alton, Illinois
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Black
Age 25 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 160 - 175 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue denim Rocawear pants and jacket set, a brown shirt, brown boots and a brown baseball cap.
Associated Vehicle(s) Dark green 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Womack has a tattoo of praying hands on his forearm, a birthmark below his right eye, and a scar above his left eye. His hair was braided at the time of his disappearance. He has a catheter opening on the left side of his chest due to past treatment for lymphoma.
Details of Disappearance Womack was last seen in Alton, Illinois between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. on March 31, 2008. He didn't make a scheduled appearance in traffic court two days later, and he didn't show up for work at his job at Wal-Mart in Wood River, Illinois. He has never been heard from again.
The last call on his cellular phone was transmitted by a phone tower near the former Godfrey speedway in Godfrey, Illinois. The call could have come from anywhere within a twenty-mile radius of the tower.
About three weeks after his disappearance, Womack's dark green 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck was found in a gas station parking lot in the 2900 block of Camp Jackson Road in Cahokia, Illinois. His keys and his daughter's car seat were locked inside.
The truck was undamaged and had reportedly been cleaned of any evidence. There were no indications of foul play at the scene. Womack didn't know anyone in Cahokia and his family can't think of any reason why he would go go there.
Womack lived in the 2900 block of Watalee Street in Alton at the time of his disappearance. He left behind a fiancee and five young daughters, and his son was born two months after he went missing. His family stated he was close to them and it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Alton Police Department
618-463-3505
Other
MyFox St. Louis
The River Bend Telegraph
Facebook Page for Michael Womack
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.
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