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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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Hickle Harley Ware
Hickle, date, approximate 1938
Date Missing 06/11/1938
Missing From
Bungo Township, Minnesota
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 4 years old
Height and Weight Unknown
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue and white striped shirt, tan overalls and no socks or shoes.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Hickle has a slight speech defect. His nickname is Dick.
Details of Disappearance Hickle was last seen in a meadow near his family's farm southwest of Pine River in Bungo Township, Minnesota between noon and 1:00 p.m. on June 11, 1938. His two older brothers, aged ten and thirteen, went to round up cattle and told him to stay where he was until they returned.
When the brothers came back, Hickle was gone. His parents searched for him all afternoon and all night, thinking he had wandered into the woods. He had done that before and would usually turn up a short distance from where he was last seen.
At 6:00 a.m. the next day, the police became involved. Hickle has never been heard from again in spite of an extensive search involving tracker dogs, an airplane and some 1,500 people.
His parents and all of his siblings are now deceased, but one of his nieces is alive and still hopes for answers in her uncle's disappearance. There have been no leads as to Hickle's whereabouts in decades.
Investigating Agency
Cass County Sheriff's Office
Other
The Brainerd Dispatch
The Argus Leader
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