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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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Mikel Scott Schepke
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
Schepke, date, approximate 2013
Date Missing 11/10/2013
Missing From
Rogers City, Michigan
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 47 years old
Height and Weight 5'10 - 5'11, 175 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A faded navy blue nylon Woolrich jacket with a plaid and maroon lining and a zipper and a snap closure, a long-sleeved navy blue Docker's turtleneck over a hunter green Docker v-neck shirt, black Fruit-of-the-Loom briefs, black Wrangler jeans with a 34-inch waist and a 32-inch inseam, a 34-inch brown leather belt with a nickel buckle, white ribbed crew socks, tan size 9.5 Route 66 boots with heavy tread soles and side zippers, and a black canvas baseball cap with an adjustable plastic strap in the back, an emblem of an eagle, a yellow sun and the word "ALASKA", and two fingerprints in white paint on the visor. Carrying a white handkerchief, a short-handled black plasstic comb and a wooden cross two inches by two and a half inches in size.
Medical Conditions Schepke has severe intellectual disabilities due to brain damage sustained when he was ten years old, when he and his mother were attacked, stabbed, beaten and left for dead by two assailants who were robbing his family's convenience store. He had to have brain surgery and had parts of his brain removed. He is also an insulin-dependent diabetic and he takes seven different medications.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Schepke wears eyeglasses with metal frames. He has a steel plate in his skull.
Details of Disappearance Schepke was last seen walking on Birchwood Drive near Morrill Road outside Rogers City, Michigan on November 10, 2013. This was near the Herman Vogler Conservation Area. He has never been heard from again and an extensive search turned up no indication of his whereabouts.
At the time of his disappearance, Schepke lived with his sister and brother-in-law on Birchwood Drive. They stated his health had improved dramatically in the year and a half since he had moved in with them. He went for walks daily, but he would always return home within a few hours. He had not eaten very much prior to his walk on the day he went missing, and could have become sick.
Little information is available as to Schepke's fate.
Investigating Agency
Presque Isle County Sheriff Department
989-734-2156
Other
NamUs
Michigan Backcountry Search & Rescue
Up North Live
The Presque Isle County Advance
9 & 10 News
The Alpena News

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.

Missing Person Photos