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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
David Charles Dodge
Dodge, date, approximate 1983
Date Missing 04/02/1983
Missing From
Frederic, Wisconsin
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 04/02/1928 (94)
Age 54 years old
Height and Weight 5'3 - 5'7, 155 - 165
Medical Conditions Dodge suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis and is classified as disabled.
Associated Vehicle(s) Light to medium blue station wagon with Missouri license plates
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Black hair, blue eyes. Dodge had his right knee surgically fused in the 1960s; that leg contains metal and screws, and was made shorter than the left one by the operation, so he would sometimes wear a built-up shoe on his right foot. He walks with a limp, swinging his right leg out. He has previously broken his back. Dodge wears eyegglasses for reading.
Details of Disappearance Dodge was last seen on April 2, 1983. He lived on Route 2 in Frederic, Wisconsin at the time. He was last seen in the company of a woman named something like Jean, Gina or Jenna, who was short and heavyset with short light brown hair. She drove a light to medium blue station wagon with Missouri license plates.
After his disappearance from Wisconsin, Dodge may have moved to Florida or Georgia. He has never been heard from again.
His family believes his disappearance may have been part of a Social Security fraud scheme, and that the woman he was with was receiving his Social Security checks. The last address they were sent to was a post office box in Milledgeville, Georgia. Someone later called the Social Security office to report that Dodge had died, giving the date of death as September 25, 1984. However, no death certificate or other documents were located to prove this.
The circumstances of Dodge's are unclear. His remains unsolved. He is a U.S. Navy veteran who served between 1946 and 1948.
Investigating Agency
Polk County Sheriffs Office
715-485-8300
Other
Wisconsin Clearinghouse Missing and Exploited Children and Adults
Never Forget Me
NamUs
Facebook Page for David Dodge
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