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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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Dennis Frank Svoboda
Svoboda, date, approximate 1996
Date Missing 01/21/1996
Missing From
Longview, Washington
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/15/1948 (73)
Age 47 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 160 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A tan coat, blue jeans and work boots.
Associated Vehicle(s) Red and white fifteen-foot Slickcraft runabout boat WN6776MD with the hull identification number C70021
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Svoboda had a close-cropped beard and mustache at the time of his disappearance. He wears eyeglasses. The tip of his left middle finger and half of his left index finger are missing.
Details of Disappearance Svoboda was last seen fishing with another man, Larry G. Mansur, on the Columbia River in Longview, Washington on January 21, 1996. Both men vanished along with their boat, a red and white fifteen-foot Slickcraft runabout WN6776MD with the hull identification number C70021.
On June 9, Mansur's body was found in the river near Willow Grove Park in Longview, about two miles downstream from where he and Svoboda were last seen. Svoboda and the boat were never located. He is presumed to have died in a fishing accident.
Investigating Agency
Cowlitz County Sheriff's Department
360-577-3092
Other
Cowlitz County Sheriff's Department
Washington State Missing Persons Information
NamUs
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