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

Danica Dianne Childs










Danica, date, approximate 2007; Age-progression to age 23 (date, approximate 2013)
Date Missing 12/21/2007
Missing From
Federal Way, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Runaway
Sex Female
Race
Biracial, Black, White
Date of Birth 05/25/1990 (32)
Age 17 years old
Height and Weight 5'2 - 5'3, 80 - 107 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black sweater jacket with a fur hood, a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, blue jeans and black suede boots.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Biracial (African-American/Caucasian) female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Danica may dye her hair dark brown and she may pierce her ears, navel and nose. Her nicknames are Neek and Neeka.
Details of Disappearance Danica disappeared from Federal Way, Washington on December 21, 2007. She was staying at a friend's house at the time. She spoke to her mother,Dianne Zoro, on the phone that day and said she was going Christmas shopping with her sisters and friends and would be home later. Her family never heard from her again.
Her purse, coat and cellular phone were found a short time later at the Sunset Motel in Kent, Washington; it turned out Danica had spent the night there before her disappearance, and left the items behind. The Sunset Motel is noted for drug and prostitution activity, and messages on Danica's phone indicated she had been working as a prostitute, something her family was unaware of.
Zoro was able to break the passcode on the phone several days after Danica was last seen. The messages left on it hadn't been listened to before, and they started being left shortly after Zoro last spoke to her daughter, indicating Danica may have disappeared not long after her conversation with her mother.
Danica had been a very good student in high school and was recommended for a dual enrollment program where high schoolers could attend community college and earn high school and college credit at the same time. In spite of her prior academic success, she struggled at the dual enrollment program and transferred to an alternative school. She briefly dropped out of school with the plan to seek her GED, but changed her mind and re-enrolled in school. She was on track to graduate when she went missing.
While she was in the dual enrollment program, Danica met another student whom she was dating at the time of her disappearance. It wasn't until after she went missing that Zoro found out Danica's boyfriend was a pimp. She believes her relationship with this man was what led her into prostitution.
Authorities believe Danica left of her own accord and may be in the company of an adult male. Her mother, however believes she may have been the victim of human trafficking and may be being held against her will. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Federal Way Police Department
253-835-6856
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NamUs
Washington State Missing Persons
Facebook Page for Danica Childs
The Federal Way Mirror
Oxygen

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