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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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Angela Darcel Cephas
Cephas, date, approximate 1984
Date Missing 05/04/1984
Missing From
Port Norris, New Jersey
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Age 20 years old
Height and Weight 4'3, 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A brown sweater, a white t-shirt, gray maternity pants and blue sneakers.
Medical Conditions Cephas was seven months pregnant with her first child at the time of her disappearance. Her child was due in early August 1984.
Associated Vehicle(s) Pink and white 20-inch Huffy girls' model with a white banana seat, the image of flowers on the frame, and the initials "KC" on the neck near the handlebars
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Cephas has a light complexion and facial freckles. She smoked cigarettes at the time of her disappearance.
Details of Disappearance Cephas was last seen in Port Norris, New Jersey at 12:00 p.m. on May 4, 1984. She lived with her family on Dragston Road near North Avenue, and was last seen riding her bicycle away from the residence. The bike is described as a pink and white 20-inch Huffy girls' model with a white banana seat, the image of flowers on the frame, and the initials "KC" on the neck near the handlebars.
Cephas has never been heard from again. She left her purse, cigarettes and watch behind at home, and her bike has never been recovered.
When Cephas left home, she told her sister she was going to visit her former boyfriend, an older man who lived nearby. Cephas's sisters stated this man was the father of her unborn baby and that he didn't want to take responsibility for the child; they believe he was involved in Cephas's disappearance.
The man refused to cooperate with the police investigation after Cephas vanished. When he was interviewed by The Atlantic City Press in 1998, he said he had never dated her and was not the father of her baby, but only knew her as a neighbor.
Prior to her disappearance, Cephas had said she was thinking of running away from home, but her family doesn't believe she would have left without saying where she was going. She had never lived outside her neighborhood prior to her disappearance. Foul play is suspected in her , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
New Jersey State Police
856-785-0036
Other
NamUs
The Vineland Daily Journal
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ancestry
The Atlantic City Press
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