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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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Jerry Dewayne Plaster
Plaster, date, approximate 1988; Sketch of man seen with Plaster
Date Missing 04/16/1988
Missing From
Manassas, Virginia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/28/1962 (59)
Age 27 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A size 15 brown shirt, a blue t-shirt, size 30x30 dark blue corduroy pants, size 10.5 white sneakers and a cut-glass earring. Carrying a Bic lighter, a light blue brush and a trifold wallet.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. Plaster has a scar on his left wrist and a scar on his left elbow, his right wrist has previously been fractured, his left ear is pierced and he has a mole and a dimple on his left cheek. He wears lower dentures and his left ear is pierced.
Details of Disappearance Plaster was last seen in Manassas, Virginia on April 16, 1988. His roommate dropped him off at the Manassas Mall in the 8300 block of Sudley Road. Plaster said he would find his own way home. He has never been heard from again.
Authorities would like to identify an individual seen with Plaster on the day of his disappearance. He's described as Caucasian, in his late twenties, with an average build and thin, unkempt sandy blond hair. A sketch of him is posted with this summary.
Plaster was unmarried and childless at the time of his disappearance. He had dropped out of Stonewall Jackson High School and was working as a laborer in 1988. It's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. Few details are available in his .
Investigating Agency
Manassas Police Department
703-257-8000
Other
Virginia State Police
The Washington Examiner
Manassas Patch
Manassas Police Department
Texas EquuSearch
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