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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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Damien Mark Sharp
Sharp, date, approximate 2002; Age-progression to age 33 (date, approximate 2012)
Date Missing 05/25/2002
Missing From
Warren, Pennsylvania
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/06/1979 (43)
Age 22 years old
Height and Weight 5'7 - 5'8, 170 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored shirt and dark-colored shorts. Carrying a black backpack.
Medical Conditions Sharp's knee was injured at the time of his disappearance and he was using aluminum crutches to walk as a result.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue/hazel eyes. Sharp has a large tattoo of the outline of an Egyptian ankh on his chest.
Details of Disappearance Sharp was last seen when he was reportedly dropped off at a Memorial Day weekend party in Warren, Pennsylvania on May 25, 2002. He has never been heard from again. Two days after he was last seen, his roommates told Sharp's mother he was missing.
Sharp's father was killed in an auto accident several years after his son's disappearance, but the rest of his family is still searching for him.
In March 2003, the investigation into his disappearance was reclassified as a homicide, but few details are available in Sharp's and little evidence has been located to determine his fate.
Investigating Agency
Warren Police Department
814-723-2700
Other
WLM Country 103.9
Future Less Vivid
WGRZ 2 News
North American Missing Persons Network
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The Times Observer
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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