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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
Jerry Frances Yell
Yell, date, approximate 1994
Date Missing 09/14/1994
Missing From
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/29/1940 (82)
Age 54 years old
Height and Weight 5'1, 108 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white oversized short-sleeved t-shirt (possibly with a Dr. Pepper logo), blue jeans, a watch and a diamond ring. She usually wears several large rings.
Associated Vehicle(s) White 1989 Lincoln Mark VI with Oklahoma license plates (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, green eyes. Yell's ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Yell was a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1994. She visited her aunt in Ardmore, Oklahoma on September 14, 1994. Yell said she was going to the storage facility in Lone Grove, Oklahoma where she worked, then she would go back to Oklahoma City. She never returned home and has not been heard from again.
Her white 1989 Lincoln Mark VI with Oklahoma license plates was discovered abandoned in a Wal-Mart parking lot on north Commerce Street in Ardmore several days after her disappearance. There was no sign of Yell at the scene. Since her disappearance, she hasn't renewed her driver's license. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Carter County Sheriff's Office
580-223-6014
Ardmore Police Department
580-221-6952
Other
Carter County Sheriff's Office
The Doe Network
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