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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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Beatrice G. Villela
Villela, date, approximate 1980
Date Missing 09/28/1980
Missing From
San Antonio, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 12/23/1959 (62)
Age 18 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 140 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) 1970 Buick (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Villela is right-handed. Her hair was cut short at the time of her disappearance, and her ears are pierced. Her nickname is BB.
Details of Disappearance Villela was last seen in San Antonio, Texas on September 28, 1980. She has never been heard from again. She had been seeing Oscar Lozano prior to her disappearance; he owned Budget Beauty Salon, the beauty salon on Blanco Road where Villela was the manager and a hairstylist. He also owned the condo where she lived in the 900 block of Vance Jackson Road. On the day of her disappearance, Lozano called Villela.They were supposed to meet at the beauty school to pick up supplies and take them to the shop, after which time Villela was going to babysit her niece and nephew. Lozano stated she never showed up for their meeting. She also went to babysit. She has never been heard from again. At some point prior to her disappearance, Villela and Lozano broke up. When Lozano found out she'd started seeing another man, he fired her from her job at Budget Beauty Salon and took back several expensive gifts he'd bought for her, including gold chains, bracelets and a steel and gold Rolex watch. Several days, however, he gave her the gifts back and rehired her, and also bought her plane tickets to Chicago. The Chicago trip was supposed to be on October 1; Villela was going to visit her sister and attend a hairstylists' convention. She was considering moving permanently to Chicago and pursuing her profession there. She never arrived in Chicago, however, and her airline tickets were never used, cashed or refunded. When relatives checked Villela's condo, they found nothing out of the ordinary, but noticed Lozano's expensive gifts to her were missing. Her vehicle, a 1970 Buick registered to her sister, was found on November 9, in an assigned parking space at the Villa Bordeaux Apartment Complex in the 100 block of DeChantle. The parking space was assigned to an exchange student from India who didn't have a vehicle; because the student wasn't using the space, they didn't complain about the other car being there. The Villa Bordeaux complex manager did not recognize Villela's photo, but the assistant manager did recognize her and said he'd seen her once in the complex. No one living at the complex was found to have had any connections to Villela. Lozano contacted the police after Villela's disappearance. He told them he'd given her $4,000 to $5,000 in cash and jewelry, including $1,000 in cash that she was "holding" for him. He said he didn't know her whereabouts. Police asked him to take a polygraph test, but he refused after they refused him permission to audio-record it. The man Villela was seeing after she broke up with Lozano was interviewed and said he was in love with her, but they had stopped seeing each other after Villela was temporarily fired from her job. Because her disappearance was so uncharacteristic of her behavior, Villela's family was convinced from the beginning that she had met with foul play. There's been no indication of her whereabouts since 1980.
Investigating Agency
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
KSAT
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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