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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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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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Jody Lynn Brant
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Jody, date, approximate 1994; Age-progression to age 40 (date, approximate 2018)
Date Missing 05/27/1994
Missing From
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/16/1978 (44)
Age 16 years old
Height and Weight 5'3, 122 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Black two-door 1987 Ford Escort with the Georgia license plate number FRY137 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue/green eyes. Jody has the initials "JB" tattooed on her left hand between her thumb and forefinger. She has a tattoo of a cross with radiating lines on the inside of her left ankle.
Details of Disappearance Jody resided with her family in Lawrenceville, Georgia in 1994. She departed from their home during the evening hours of May 27, 1994 and planned to drive to her cousins' residence in Pontiac, Michigan. She was traveling alone, driving her black two-door 1987 Ford Escort with the Georgia license plate number FRY137.At some point during the trip on May 28, Jody called her cousin and said she thought she was in Erie, Ohio and that she was lost. Police think she may have actually been calling from either the Toledo, Ohio area or from Erie, Michigan.That same day, Brant called one of her friends and left a message on the friend's answering machine, saying she'd arrived in Pontiac and was doing okay. She was never seen or heard from again. Investigators believe she may have been forced to make the last call to her friend's answering machine.Jody's vehicle was discovered abandoned and burned along a rural road near the intersection of Turk Road and Consear Road in Ottawa Lake, Michigan, near Interstate 75 and two miles north of Toledo, Ohio, at 7:00 a.m. on May 29, 1994. Authorities determined the fire had been intentionally set on the front seat of the car, sometime after 10:00 p.m. the previous night.The keys were in the ignition when the fire began, and Jody's suits, severely burned, were still inside the car. The driver's seat had been pushed all the way back; Jody drove with the seat pushed forward. There was a dent in the car's back fender that hadn't been there before. There was no sign of Jody at the scene and an extensive search, with dogs and a helicopter, turned up no sign of her.Jody's home life was somewhat chaotic, as her mother struggled with addiction issues. She had dropped out of high school and taken a job at a fast food restaurant; she bought the car with her earnings.Several days before her disappearance, she had driven about ten pounds of marijuana from Georgia to Michigan with two male friends, and was paid a few hundred dollars for doing so. She drove straight from to Michigan and straight back, and as soon as she got home she began doing laundry and packing for another trip to Michigan, which turned out to be her last. The last trip wasn't a drug run but was only to visit her relatives.It's unknown whether Jody's involvement with drugs had anything to do with her disappearance. No suspects or persons of interest have ever been named in her , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Michigan State Police
313-242-3500
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NamUs
Child Protection Education of America
America's Most Wanted
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NewsLibrary
The Doe Network
Already Gone: Missing in Michigan
Click on Detroit

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.



Missing Person Photos

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