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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
Devin Janelle Brown-Boussetta
Brown-Boussetta, date, approximate 2006
Date Missing 09/05/2006
Missing From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Biracial, Black, Hispanic
Date of Birth 11/28/1980 (41)
Age 25 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 115 - 120 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) White 1995 Chrysler Cirrus LX (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Biracial (African-American/Hispanic) female. Black hair, brown eyes. Brown-Boussetta's nicknames are Dev and China. She may use the last name Dickerson. She has the following tattoos: the word "China" on her left arm, a flower on her right breast and a Chinese woman on her back. She has a burn scar on her upper right thigh and a scar on her earlobe from a previous tear. Brown-Boussetta speaks very slowly. Her ears are pierced and she has a gap between her upper front teeth.
Details of Disappearance Brown-Boussetta was last seen at approximately 2:30 p.m. on September 5, 2006 at her apartment in the vicinity of Southern Avenue and Natchez Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her landlord came by to make a repair and saw her eating Chinese food and ironing clothes, with a piece of delicate soaking in the sink. She has never been heard from again.
When she was reported missing and her landlord returned to the apartment with the police, it was in the same condition the landlord last seen it; she said it looked like Brown-Bousetta had stepped out to run an errand and intended to return shortly. She has never been heard from again. Herwhite 1995 Chrysler Cirrus LX was later located abandoned in the parking lot of a gas station near her apartment.
Brown-Boussetta is originally from Florida. She had married in the summer of 2005, but her husband left her and filed for divorce after less than a year. The divorce was finalized in October 2006, a month after Brown-Boussetta's disappearance, when she failed to appear at court dates. Her ex-husband was not even aware she had disappeared until the Pittsburgh Police Department contacted him in 2008.
She has a young daughter from a prior relationship, and had a custody dispute with the child's father. The father had custody and lived with the girl in Florida at the time of Brown-Boussetta's disappearance. According to her loved ones, Brown-Boussetta was unhappy about the recent loss of her job and the loss of custody of her daughter.
The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear and her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Pittsburg Police Department
412-323-7800
Other
NamUs
The Pittsburgh Tribune
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