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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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Andrea Gail Parsons
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Andrea, date, approximate 1993; Age-progression at age 28 (date, approximate 2011); Claude Davis, date, approximate 2010; Chester Price in 2012
Date Missing 07/11/1993
Missing From
Port Salerno, Florida
Missing Classification Non-Family Abduction
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 05/12/1983 (39)
Age 10 years old
Height and Weight 4'10 - 4'11, 80 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored shirt, blue jeans or blue jean shorts, and clear plastic sandals.
Associated Vehicle(s) Maroon four-door Oldsmobile
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Andrea has pierced ears.
Details of Disappearance Andrea was last seen at approximately 6:00 p.m. on July 11, 1993 near her family's residence in the 4800 block of southeast Ebbtide Avenue in Port Salerno, Florida. Her mother's boyfriend gave her permission to walk to a friend's residence on Flounder Avenue and the Port Salerno Grocery Store on Salerno Road.
Two witnesses observed Andrea walking towards the business shortly afterwards, which was two blocks from her home. An employee at the store told authorities that Andrea purchased potato chips and candy with some change she had, then departed the business.
On her way back, some people she knew drove past her and she waved at them. She may have been collecting empty soda cans near Commerce Avenue and Seward Avenue at the time of her disappearance. Her friend said that Andrea never arrived at her home. She has never been seen again.
Her mother arrived home from work at 10:10 p.m. and realized Andrea wasn't home. She searched the neighborhood, which is known for its drug activity, before reporting the child's disappearance to police at 11:00 p.m.
Claude Davis, a Port Salerno resident who was convicted of child molestation in an unrelated , was considered the prime suspect in Andrea's disappearance. A photo of him is posted with this summary.
He went to the police a few days after the child vanished and claimed he had seen Andrea being forced into a maroon four-door Oldsmobile by four or five Hispanic men. He said he didn't try to intervene because he was too afraid.
Davis later told authorities that Andrea died after an accidental fall on the night she vanished. He claimed that he panicked afterwards and put her body in a dumpster, and never reported the incident until November 1993, four months after Andrea was last seen.
Investigators arrested Davis on a false imprisonment charge as a result of his second statement, but the charges against him were dropped due to a lack of evidence. Davis later claimed he was not involved in Andrea's disappearance and his story about witnessing her abduction by several men was the true account. When police asked him to take a lie detector test, he refused.
A landfill in Martin County, Florida was searched in December 1993, five months after Andrea disappeared. Investigators were looking for her remains at the time, but the search yielded few clues.
The porch of Davis's residence was burned down in April 1994. He claimed that the arsonist was a person who thought he was involved in Andrea's disappearance. Davis was on probation for molestation charges at the time of the fire. In 1999, he was sent to prison for nine years for violating the of his probation by having contact with his victim.
Chester Duane Price was charged with Andrea's kidnapping and murder in November 2012, nineteen years after her disappearance. He was living in Haleyville, Alabama at the time of his arrest. A photo of Price is posted with this summary. He has an extensive criminal record, including convictions for assault and drug-related charges as well as sex crimes.
The crux of the was Davis's testimony: he was cooperating with the investigation and testified before a grand jury that he and Price forced Andrea into Davis's 1978 van and Andrea bit Price in the hand in an unsuccessful attempt to escape. The two men murdered her and disposed of her body the next day.
Davis could not face charges for his alleged role in Andrea's disappearance because his constitutional right to a speedy trial would be violated; the state was ly obliged to either file formal charges against him within 175 days of his false imprisonment arrest in 1993, or let him go. Prosecutors were unable to find enough evidence to try Davis before the time limit ran out, so they were forced to release him.
In the summer of 2013, Davis died suddenly at his home, at the age of 76. His death seriously compromised the against Price, which relied heavily on Davis's testimony. As a result, in 2014, the prosecution offered Price a plea deal. He pleaded no contest to manslaughter and kidnapping a child under 13, and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
With credit for time served, Price will serve less than nine years. A no contest plea means the defendant doesn't admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict him if the should go to trial.
Andrea resided with her mother, her mother's boyfriend and her half-sister at the time of her disappearance; they moved from Dayton, Ohio to Florida in September 1992. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Martin County Sheriff's Office
407-220-7170
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Child Protection Education of America
America's Most Wanted
The Stuart News
The Miami Herald
The Palm Beach Post
The Tampa Tribune
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Child Seek Network
The Dayton Daily News
Florida Department of Corrections
The Huffington Post
WPBF 25
WPTV 5

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 Case Updates with Photos