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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
John Francis Bolden
Bolden, date, approximate 1998
Date Missing 02/27/1998
Missing From
Miramar, Florida
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/04/1963 (59)
Age 35 years old
Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'7, 148 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white short-sleeved polo shirt, long tan pants, white sneakers and a life preserver.
Associated Vehicle(s) 19-foot pleasure craft (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, green eyes. Bolden has a scar over his left eye.
Details of Disappearance Bolden was last seen offshore from Miramar, Florida on February 27, 1998. He and two other men, Fred King and Dairo Restrepo, had set sail for the island of Bimini in the Bahamas. Their 19-foot pleasure craft capsized off Haulover Beach and drifted towards Cape Canaveral.
Bolden attempted to swim to shore to get help, but apparently never arrived. King and Restrepo were rescued by the Coast Guard two days later, clinging to the side of their boat as it drifted 35 miles off the Florida coast.
An extensive search turned up no sign of Bolden. He is presumed to have drowned.
Investigating Agency
Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office
305-471-1700
Other
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
NamUs
The Vero Beach Press Journal
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