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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
Irma Mkrtchyan
Mkrtchyan, date, approximate 2014
Date Missing 01/19/2014
Missing From
Las Vegas, Nevada
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 06/12/1968 (54)
Age 45 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 120 - 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored leather band-type necklace with a large silver leaf-shaped medallion.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, brown/hazel eyes. Mkrtchyan was born in Soviet Armenia and can speak and read Armenian and Russian fluently, as well as English. Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Mkrtchyan was last seen near south Durango Drive and the West Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 19, 2014. She worked as an insurance broker for Farmers Insurance and met with a client at the Allanza Apartments. She texted her boss to say she had to miss work to attend her ex-husband's aunt's funeral in California. She has never been seen again, and it turned out there was no family funeral in California.
Mkrtchyan texted her loved ones saying she was in California on a business trip, not for a funeral. She wrote she had left her car at the Allanza apartment complex with the keys hidden in the gas tank cap, and that she would return in a few days. She said that her phone battery was was dying because she'd left the charger at home, something that's uncharacteristic of her, because she needed the phone for her job.
Mkrtchyan lived with her ex-husband, Ara Marutyan, in the 8900 block of Coast Walk Circle at the time of her disappearance. They have a son and daughter who were both in college in 2014, the son at a local university and the daughter in Illinois.
Mkrtchyan and Marutyan divorced in 2007 after a sixteen-year marriage; he claims the parting was amicable. However, other witnesses stated Mkrtchyan had once been brutally beaten by her husband, and that she told her daughter and others that she was afraid he might kill her. Her brother, who lives in New York City, stated he didn't think Mkrtchyan would have abandoned her family, especially as their mother had had a recent heart attack.
Marutyan failed a lie detector test after Mkrtchyan's disappearance, and police believe he has lied to them, but he maintains his innocence. Their son was also investigated. A private investigator believes Armenian organized crime figures may have been involved in Mkrtchyan's , and speculated that identity theft may have been the motive.
Mkrtchyan's ex-husband and son, however, stated she'd been talking about Mexico prior to her disappearance, and that she was communicating with a man online; her son said he thought she'd gone to the Baja California region of that country with a love interest.
Mkrtchyan was born in Soviet Armenia and moved to the United States as an adult. She has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from an Armenian university, and also attended the Manhattan School of Computer Technology. She left behind her suit, all her clothes and her other belongings. She has no history of mental illness or unstable behavior and it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning.
Authorities believe foul play was involved in Mkrtchyan's disappearance, and they're investigating it as a possible homicide.
Investigating Agency
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
702-828-3521
Other
The Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
The Las Vegas Review-Journal
KTNV
Facebook Page for Irma Mkrtchyan
KVVU-TV
NamUs
Las Vegas Now
Irma Mkrtchyan's Facebook Page
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