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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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Milan Vucurevich Jr.
Milan Jr., date, approximate 1984
Date Missing 06/03/1984
Missing From
Kauai, Hawaii
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 6'5, 230 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) 18-foot catamaran
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair. Milan Jr. may have a beard.
Details of Disappearance Milan Jr. went sailing with two friends, 27-year-old Mary Huston and 35-year-old Jim Chouinard, in Hanalei Bay off of the Hawaiian island of Kauai on June 3, 1984. The group was traveling in an 18-foot catamaran, which was described as "unsinkable" by its manufacturer.
They were scheduled to return to shore in a few hours, but the three friends never arrived on Kauai and have not been seen again. Milan Jr.'s boat has never been located despite an extensive search. He left his wallet behind, and Chouinard left his dog.
Milan Jr. is a former United States Marine, a former lifeguard and an expert boatman. Huston and Chouinard are described as being excellent swimmers. Milan Jr.'s father, Colonel Milan Vucurevich Sr., is retired from the United States Army and has spent years attempting to find out what happened to his son and his friends in 1984.
The United States Navy was conducting military tests off of Kauai on the day of Milan Jr.'s boat ride. The Navy was firing missiles at white styrofoam targets that were approximately the same size and shape as the group's catamaran.
Milan Sr. has said that the Navy did not allow search teams to enter an area near the last known location of his son's boat in Hanalei Bay. He believes that the Navy mistakenly fired a missile at Milan Jr.'s catamaran and killed the persons on board.
The Navy has denied any involvement in the disappearances. Milan Sr. has written numerous politicians and presidents requesting assistance with information related to his son's .
The Navy did accidentally launch a missile at a freighter near Kauai in 1988, four years after Milan Jr. and his friends disappeared. The impact killed one person aboard the boat.
Milan Jr.'s remains unsolved. He was raised in Los Angeles, California and attended University High School and Santa Monica College. At the time of his disappearance, he was living on Kauai and working as a builder and home designer.
Photographs and information for Huston and Chouinard are unavailable.
Investigating Agency
Kauai Police Department
808-241-6739
Other
KCBS-2
David H. Hackworth
The Los Angeles Times
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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