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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
DeVona Burley Rothrock
Rothrock, date, approximate 2014
Date Missing 11/21/2014
Missing From
Monrovia, Indiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/21/1967 (55)
Age 47 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 155 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A gold wedding ring with three stones.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Rothrock has a scar on her shin. Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Rothrock was last seen in Monrovia, Indiana on November 21, 2014. She spoke to her niece on the phone no later than 12:15 p.m.; the conversation was normal.
At 3:25 p.m., her son came home from school and found the door open. When he went inside, he found hamburgers lying out on the stove, but his mother was gone. There were no indications of a struggle. She left her jacket, cellular phone and credit cards behind and has never been heard from again.
Rothrock's husband was out of town on a business trip at the time of her disappearance, and she didn't have a car; her son's vehicle had broken down, so he'd borrowed hers to drive to school that day. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
765-342-5544
Indiana State Police
317-921-5369
Other
Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana
NamUs
WTHR 13
WBIW
DeVona Rothrock's Facebook Page
Indiana Missing Persons Bulletin
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