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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.
Missing Person Case Updates with Photos
Anesha Katherine Murnane
Murnane, date, approximate 2019; Kirby Calderwood
Date Missing 10/17/2019
Missing From
Homer, Alaska
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/12/1981 (41)
Age 38 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 155 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue jacket, a light blue shirt and blue jeans. Carrying a pink and black plaid purse with a shoulders strap; it had her wallet, cellular phone and identification.
Medical Conditions Murnane had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder prior to her disappearance and took medication to control her condition. She was stable, but is classified as a dependent adult.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Murnane's nickname is Duffy. She wears eyeglasses. Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Murnane was last seen in Homer, Alaska on October 17, 2019. She lived in Main Tree Supportive Living Facility, a supported housing complex near Main Street and Lee Street. She was last seen leaving the facility at 12:13 p.m., en route to a 1:00 appointment at the SVT Health & Wellness clinic on east End Road. The clinic was a mile away.
She never arrived and has never been heard from again. Search dogs tracked her scent to Pioneer Avenue near Cosmic Kitchen downtown, where she may have been picked up in a vehicle.
Murnane had recently moved back home to Alaska after teaching at schools in Honduras, Alaska and in Seattle, Washington. She had gotten stable on her medication for bipolar disorder and seemed to be doing well. She had not indicated she was suicidal or that she was thinking of leaving on her own. Murnane didn't drive and would walk to where she wanted to go.
Since she went missing she has not used her credit card or phone, followed up on any of the job applications she'd made, or used the airline tickets she'd purchased for planned trips to Oregon and Mexico.
In July 2021, almost two years after Murnane's disappearance, a certificate of presumptive death was issued for her. The court determined she'd been the victim of a homicide.
The got a break in April 2022, when an anonymous tipster named Kirby Foleni Calderwood as the person responsible for Murnane's disappearance. He had long been a person of interest in the investigation, but this fact had not been made public. The tipster knew facts about the that had not been publicized, and said Calderwood still had Murnane's watch.
Calderwood worked at South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services as a direct service provider caring for mentally and medically vulnerable individuals. He admitted he knew Murnane and had worked at the supportive living facility where she lived. According to authorities, multiple women who had dated Calderwood said he violently raped and abused them.
Police searched his Ogden, Utah home in May and found a missing persons flier for Murnane and a watch that closely resembled hers. When they interviewed Calderwood's wife, she admitted she'd sent the anonymous tip and said Calderwood had confessed the murder to her in 2021.
According to the alleged confession, Calderwood had pre-prepared a crawlspace in his girlfriends' parents' house to be a torture site. He had not specifically intended to kill Murnane, but was driving around looking for a victim when he saw her. He offered her a ride to her destination, saying he had to stop somewhere first to get a phone charger.
He then took Murnane to his girlfriends' parents' home, pushed her into the crawlspace, and raped and killed her. He reportedly disposed of her body by wrapping it in thick plastic trash bags, putting it in a fish tote and leaving it in a dumpster.
In May 2022, Calderwood was charged with kidnapping, first- and second-degree murder, and tampering with physical evidence in Murnane's . A photo of him is posted with this summary. He is awaiting trial.
Murnane's body has not been found, but foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Homer Police Department
907-235-3150
Alaska State Troopers
907-269-5511
Other
NamUs
Alaska State Troopers
Anesha Murnane's Facebook Page
The Homer News
Facebook Page for Anesha Murnane
Alaska News Source
NBC News
Homer Police Department
Alaska's News Source
KTOO
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.
Missing Person Case Updates with Photos
