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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
Gail Doyle
Doyle, date, approximate 2016; James Stidd; Blue 1996 Honda Civic
Date Missing 06/02/2016
Missing From
Olympia, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 60 years old
Height and Weight 5'2 - 5'3, 100 - 110 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Blue four-door 1996 Honda Civic with a gray hood and the Washington license plate number ACM7289
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, green eyes. Doyle has a tattoo on her abdomen of a stick figure pushing a lawn mower.
Details of Disappearance Doyle was last seen at the Boulevard Tavern in Olympia, Washington at 10:00 p.m. on June 2, 2016. She got a verbal argument with James Stidd, supposedly about a criminal involving Doyle's son, who had allegedly used Stidd's credit card without permission. They then left in his car, a blue four-door 1996 Honda Civic with a gray hood and the Washington license plate number ACM7289. Photos of Stidd and a vehicle similar to his are posted with this summary.
According to Stidd, Doyle asked to get out of the car on Martin Way near the Azteca Bowling Lanes, and this was the last time he saw her. She has never been heard from again.
On June 4, two days after Doyle was last seen, Stidd purchased a pressure washer and used it to clean his garage floor. He also dropped two plastic bags off at the Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center. (Investigators later searched the site, but only found animal remains.)
Police found Doyle's blood inside Stidd's house on Longhorn Loop, and in the garage. In the garage, authorities found a bloodstained hammer with blonde hairs wrapped around it. They also found the bloodstained handle of a buzzsaw, but the saw blade was missing. Stidd was arrested within a few days of Doyle's disappearance and charged with second-degree murder, evidence tampering and unlawful possession of a firearm, in her .
He maintained his innocence, but was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to 41 years in prison. As Stidd was 69 years old when he was convicted, it's unlikely he will ever be released from prison.
Doyle's body has never been found and may be in a landfill. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Thurston County Sheriff's Office
360-786-5500
Other
NamUs
My Northwest
For The Missing: Pacific Northwest
KING 5
Q13 Fox
The Olympian
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