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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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Helen Suzanne Gracia
Gracia, date, approximate 2008
Date Missing 05/23/2008
Missing From
Anaconda, Montana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 05/18/1963 (59)
Age 45 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 200 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black Caterpillar coat with yellow trim, faded jeans, black sneakers and a black baseball cap with white lettering.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Gracia's ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Gracia was last seen in Anaconda, Montana on May 23, 2008. Her family last saw her when she went to the store to buy groceries and fill a prescription for her mother. Later that day, she was seen with a male companion at the Rock Inn at the corner of Cedar and Commercial. She has never been heard from again.
Gracia's family wasn't immediately concerned by her disappearance, because she'd spoken of plans to travel to Missoula, Montana to find a job. But after she didn't answer her cellular phone for days, they contacted police.
Her car was found behind the Anaconda Bar in the 500 block of east Commercial two days after her disappearance. Rotting groceries, the medicine she'd picked up, and her purse were locked inside it.
Gracia wasn't showing signs of depression at the time of her disappearance and hadn't mentioned any travel plans other than her job search in Missoula. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Anaconda/Deer Lodge Law Enforcement Agency
406-563-5241
Other
Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Montana's News Station
ABC Montana
The Montana Standard
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