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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
Chad Eugene Reynolds
Reynolds, date, approximate 2009
Date Missing 02/01/2009
Missing From
Ocklawaha, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 06/18/1983 (39)
Age 25 years old
Height and Weight 5'9, 150 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Reynolds was last seen in Ocklawaha, Florida on February 1, 2009. He went to watch the Super Bowl at DJ and Gina's Bar with a female friend. Her ex-boyfriend came to the bar and he and Reynolds got into a verbal altercation, then Reynolds left driving his friend's vehicle. He called his friend later to say the car had broken down near the Marion County/Lake County line. He said he'd wait for her at a dumpster by Wal-Mart.
When Reynolds's friend arrived to get him and her car, he was gone. She later found the car in Sumter County, Florida, along U.S. 441. He has never been heard from again.
Authorities believe it's possible Reynolds fell asleep in the dumpster and was hauled away with the garbage when the dumpster was emptied later that day. They contacted trash collection companies to see if their employees had seen anything suspicious, but no evidence could be uncovered to support the theory.
Reynolds was convicted of burglary and child molestation in 2003. He was released from prison in 2008 and placed under community supervision, and was required to register as a sexual predator and report to his mother's house every day. He wasn't supposed to be driving because his license had been suspended. He is classified as an absconder in addition to being a missing person.
Authorities aren't certain whether Reynolds's disappearance is connected to his criminal history, but they noted it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. His family is concerned for his safety and they believe he may have met with foul play.
Just a few days after Reynolds was last seen, five-year-old Haleigh Cummings disappeared from Satsuma, Florida, two hours away from Ocklawaha. Due to Reynolds's record and the fact that he went missing shortly before the child did, there was speculation that he was involved in her disappearance. Investigators stated they had no reason to connect the two s, however. Both remain unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Marion County Sheriff's Office
352-358-3506
Other
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Department of Corrections
The Ocala Star-Banner
Fox News
Fox 30 WAWS
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