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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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Angelica Esperanza Sandoval
Sandoval, date, approximate 2011; Two of Sandoval's tattoos; Jose Luis Meraz
Date Missing 02/23/2011
Missing From
Alamosa, Colorado
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 10/19/1989 (32)
Age 21 years old
Height and Weight 4'11, 105 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A turquoise tank top, light-colored jeans and white high-top shoes.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Sandoval has several tattoos, including pawprints on the left side of her torso, the words "Sad Girl" across her knuckles, the word "Faith" behind her right ear, the name "Lariah" on her left shoulder, a butterfly on her right shoulder, and tattoos on her neck and right wrist. Photos of two of those tattoos are posted with this summary. Sandoval's lower lip is pierced on the left side, and her ears are pierced. She smokes cigarettes.
Details of Disappearance Sandoval was last seen in Alamosa, Colorado at 9:50 p.m. on February 23, 2011. She had done some laundry at a laundromat and when she returned to her home in the 700 block of 13th Street, she took her phone, her one-year-old daughter, her daughter's car seat and some of the laundry indoors. She then went out to get her purse and the rest of the laundry, but never returned.
Ten or fifteen minutes later, her brother went out to check on her and she was gone. The back door of Sandoval's car was open, the keys were in the door lock and her purse was lying either on the floorboard of the car or on the ground outside the car. There was no sign of her and she has never been heard from again. She left behind her cellular phone and cigarettes, which is uncharacteristic of her.
Sandoval disappeared ten days before she was supposed to testify against Jose Luis Meraz, an acquaintance who allegedly assaulted her in a home invasion in November 2010. A photo of him is posted with this summary.
Meraz allegedly broke into her home while she was sleeping, threatened to shoot her and her daughter, robbed her of $200 and bound her with duct tape. Sandoval recognized him by his voice and tattoos, and he was charged with menacing, robbery, kidnapping, assault and cruelty to a child.
Meraz was in jail awaiting trial at the time of Sandoval's disappearance. Without her testimony, the prosecution had no against him and the charges were dropped; they can be refiled in the future if Sandoval reappears. After the home invasion was dropped, Meraz remained in jail on an unrelated assault charge, for which he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
It hasn't been proven that Meraz or the 2010 home invasion incident had anything to do with Sandoval's disappearance, and he denies any involvement. Investigators have several persons of interest in Sandoval's besides Meraz. Many of these individuals are currently incarcerated.
Sandoval is the oldest of six children, and worked as a waitress at the time she went missing. Foul play is suspected in Sandoval's due to the circumstances of her disappearance. Investigators and her family don't believe she would have abandoned her child.
The father of Sandoval's daughter is in prison, and Sandoval's mother is now taking care of the baby. Sandoval's remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Alamosa Police Department
719-580-0057
Other
Project Jason
KKTV
The Alamosa Valley Courier
Facebook Page for Angelica Sandoval
The Examiner
City of Alamosa
The Monte Vista Journal
The Denver Post
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
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