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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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Henry Young
Young, date, approximate 1990
Date Missing 07/23/1990
Missing From
Jonestown, Mississippi
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Black
Date of Birth 07/05/1900 (122)
Age 90 years old
Height and Weight 5'5 - 5'7, 120 - 140 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Dark blue 1976 Ford Maverick with a white top, a yellow driver's side fender, and the Mississippi license plate number 1DBP974 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Graying black hair, brown eyes. Young's nickname is Sug. His teeth were reportedly in poor condition at the time of his disappearance.
Details of Disappearance Young was last seen in Jonestown, Mississippi on July 23, 1990. He lived and worked on the Alcorn Russell farm. He left home during the night, driving his dark blue 1976 Ford Maverick with a white top, a yellow driver's side fender, and the Mississippi license plate number 1DBP974. He has never been heard from again.
Witnesses reported having seen Young driving out of Jonestown with a seventeen-year-old girl, an acquaintance of his, in his car. When questioned on August 7, she said she'd robbed Young and beat him to death outside the Silver Saver grocery store in Tutwiler, Mississippi on August 1, a week after he was last seen. She implicated a fifteen-year-old Tutwiler boy as her accomplice.
Both teens were arrested and held for Young's murder, but there was little evidence to support their statements, and police could not find his body or his car. They brought a helicopter into the search, and dragged the Hopson Bayou along U.S. Highway 49, all without result.
On August 24, over a month after his disappearance, Young's car was found near Friars Point, Mississippi, about fifty yards from the Mississippi River. The grass had grown up around and even into the vehicle, indicating it had been parked there for a long time. There was no sign of him at the scene. A few days later, police found Young's shoes, car keys and pants.
Without Young's body there was no against the teenage suspects, in spite of the girl's confession, and they were released. Young's disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Coahoma County Sheriff's Office
662-624-2411
Other
Louisiana Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
The Clarksdale Press Register
The Charleston Sun-Sentinel