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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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Deborah Fortunato Dill
Deborah, date, approximate 2006; John Dill
Date Missing 03/24/2006
Missing From
Augusta, Georgia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/06/1958 (64)
Age 48 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 170 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Deborah's nickname is Debbie.
Details of Disappearance Deborah was last seen at her home in the 2300 block of Woodbine Drive in Augusta, Georgia at 4:30 p.m. on March 24, 2006.
Her husband, John, stated they argued and Deborah told him, "If you leave, I won't be around when you come back." He didn't believe her and left the house. When he returned, Deborah was gone and so were many of her belongings. There has been no activity on her bank account or cellular phone since she went missing.
John is considered a possible suspect in his wife's disappearance. A photograph of him is posted with this summary. He did not report her as a missing person; Deborah's daughter filed a report over a month after she was last seen.
John and Deborah had a troubled marriage. There were at least four domestic violence reports in their relationship in the year prior to her disappearance, and at one point Deborah claimed her husband had threatened her life. He began cohabiting with his ex-wife after Deborah went missing, a fact he attempted to conceal from authorities.
John took a polygraph about his wife's disappearance. The results were considered to be inconclusive, and authorities announced they believed he used countermeasures during the test.
John was on felony probation at the time Deborah disappeared; the same month she went missing, he pleaded guilty to selling methamphetamines. He moved to South Carolina four months after Deborah's disappearance and was arrested there on several charges, including burglary and grand larceny, in 2007. These charges are unrelated to his wife's disappearance.
Deborah has left home in the past, but she has never been gone for this long. Her remains unsolved and is being investigated as a homicide.
Investigating Agency
Richmond County Sheriff's Office
706-821-1080
Other
Richmond County Sheriff's Office
WRDW News 12
The Augusta Chronicle
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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