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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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David Thomas Kramer
Kramer, date, approximate 2005
Date Missing 05/22/2005
Missing From
Archuleta County, Colorado
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/28/1985 (37)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 150 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black leather jacket, a black shirt, black jeans and no shoes.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Kramer was last seen in Archuleta County, Colorado on May 22, 2005. He and four friends went camping in the Blanco Basin area to celebrate graduation weekend. One of his friends recalled seeing him asleep on the ground on an embankment thirty feet above the Rito Blanco River.
Kramer has never been heard from again. His friends left the area individually the next day, and they realized he wasn't with them, but everyone assumed he'd left with someone else. It wasn't until May 24 that they realized he was missing. He left his shoes behind at the spot where he'd been sleeping. An extensive search of the area turned up no sign of him.
Kramer may rolled off the embankment in his sleep and fallen into the river, but that theory has not been confirmed and it's possible he left the campsite of his own volition. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Archuleta County Sheriff's Office
970-264-2131
Other
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
The Pagosa Springs Sun
Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons
Archuleta County Crime Stoppers
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