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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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Chad Richard Kirkendall
Kirkendall, date, approximate 2004
Date Missing 06/29/2004
Missing From
Mendocino, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/12/1980 (41)
Age 23 years old
Height and Weight 5'9 - 5'10, 215 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A gray Corona t-shirt, red and white shirts, and no shoes.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Kirkendall is balding. He has a tattoo of the number "311" in green ink.
Details of Disappearance Kirkendall was last seen at his residence in the 42000 block of Caspar Little Lake Road in Mendocino, California at 4:00 p.m. on June 29, 2004. He borrowed his roommate's vehicle to go get his mail and never returned.
After an hour passed and Kirkendall didn't come back, his roommate began looking for him. The vehicle he'd been driving was found crashed in a ditch on Road 408 near the Woodlands Camp. Kirkendall's shoes were present at the scene, but there was no sign of him.
A witness stated Kirkendall was acting erratically on the day of his disappearance and asked for a ride to Mendocino. He was driven there and dropped off at the Mendocino Elementary School, and this was the last time anyone saw him. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his .
Investigating Agency
Mendocino County Sheriff's Department
707-463-4095
Other
California Attorney General's Office
NamUs
Mendocino County Sheriff's Department
The Willits News
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