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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.



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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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Elmon Tito Davidson Jr.
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Davidson, date, approximate 1992; Charles Anthony Walker
Date Missing 08/12/1992
Missing From
Greensboro, North Carolina
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Black
Date of Birth 09/15/1971 (51)
Age 20 years old
Height and Weight 6'1, 165 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Davidson has a tattoo on his right arm.
Details of Disappearance Davidson was last seen in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 12, 1992. Authorities believe he was tortured and murdered that day and his body dumped in a trash bin.
Five suspects are believed to have been involved in Davidson's murder. One of them, Charles Anthony Walker, was sentenced to death. Prosecutors portrayed Walker, a local drug dealer, as the mastermind behind the conspiracy to murder Davidson. A photo of him is posted with this summary.
According to witness testimony, Walker asked his girlfriend, Pamela Haizlip, to lure Davidson to her apartment. He was angry because Davidson allegedly tried to burglarize the apartment the previous day.
Walker and two accomplices, Jesse Thompson Jr. and Rahashar Markell Darden, went to Haizlip's apartment where Davidson was waiting, tied him up and beat him. Walker then left. Thompson and Darden slashed Davidson's throat and shot him.
He was still alive, however, and the men went and found Walker and told him this. Walker then returned to Haizlip's apartment and shot Davidson in the neck.
He and another accomplice, Antonio Wrenn, allegedly wrapped Davidson's body in trash bags and disposed of it in a dumpster. In spite of a month-long search of the local landfill, it was never found.
Walker was charged with first-degree murder and all of the others except Thompson testified against him. Haizlip was never charged.
Thompson was given a life sentence and came up for parole the first time in 2005. Darden (who was only fourteen years old at the time of the murder, but stood trial as an adult) pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was served six years in prison. Wrenn was put on probation for his role as an accomplice.
There was no physical evidence against Walker at his trial and most of the rested on the testimony of his co-conspirators. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995.
Walker was nearly executed in December 2004, but his execution was stayed only hours before he was scheduled to die. In 2006, his conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered after an appeals court ruled the police had concealed evidence that could have helped his defense.
In September 2007, Walker pleaded no contest to being an accessory to murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison, with fifteen years' credit for time served. A no contest plea does not admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict.
Foul play is suspected in Davidson's due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Greensboro Department of Criminal Investigation
336-574-4048
Other
NamUs
The Greensboro News and Record
The Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina Department of Correction

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.



Missing Person Photos

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