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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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Cherice Maria Ragins
Ragins, date, approximate 2010; Travis Elleby
Date Missing 02/21/2010
Missing From
Catonsville, Maryland
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 08/16/1985 (37)
Age 24 years old
Height and Weight 5'4, 120 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black jacket, a red hooded sweatshirt, a black shirt, gray sweatpants and pink and green shoes. Carrying a black purse with silver trim.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Ragins has her first name "Cherice" tattooed on her neck. Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Ragins was last seen in the vicinity of Route 40 and Rolling Road in Catonsville, Maryland on February 21, 2010. She lived in the 3600 block of north Rogers Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland and was en route to meet her boyfriend, Travis Eugene Elleby, in Catonsville when she was last seen.
Ragins has never been heard from again. She was reported missing by her mother on February 24; her mother described her disappearance as "completely out of character."
A photo of Elleby is posted with this summary. In September 2016, six years after Ragins disappeared, he was charged with her murder. He chose to be tried by a judge rather than a jury, and in November 2017 he was convicted of second-degree murder.
Ragins is a graduate of Woodlawn High School, and she enjoyed reading and watching movies prior to her disappearance. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Baltimore County Police Department
410-307-2020
Other
NamUs
WJZ 13
WBAL 1090 AM Radio
WBAL TV
The Baltimore Sun
Fox 45 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