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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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Michelle Quintana
Quintana, date, approximate 1987
Date Missing 08/08/1987
Missing From
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/18/1963 (59)
Age 23 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 100 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A red shirt, blue jeans and red shoes.
Associated Vehicle(s) Flatbed truck (accounted for); red Jeep
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Quintana was last seen in Santa Fe, New Mexico August 8, 1987. She was at her home in the 300 block of Prince Road in the Rancho de Luna subdivision south of the city when her pager went off and she said she was going to use a pay phone on Cerrillos Road. She has never been heard from again. Her flatbed truck was later found at the De Vargas Center Mall. An unidentified person witnessed her getting into a red Jeep at the mall.
Police have a suspect in Quintana's disappearance, a cocaine dealer who knew her. It was his pager she was carrying that went off the night of her disappearance. Quintana and the dealer were allegedly involved in a $5,000 cocaine transaction. Her husband said $6,000 went missing from the family's safe when she vanished.
The dealer, when questioned, said Quintana did have cocaine debts. He denied having paged her and said he didn't know her whereabouts. The dealer and Quintana's husband were both imprisoned on drug charges in the years after her disappearance.
Quintana worked as a real estate agent at the time of her disappearance, selling condominiums that belonged to her father-in-law. Her remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
Investigating Agency
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department
505-955-5038
Other
The Doe Network
The Santa Fe New Mexican
The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
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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