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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
Joseph Edward Cripps
Cripps, date, approximate 2016
Date Missing 10/19/2016
Missing From
Little Rock, Arkansas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/05/1965 (57)
Age 51 years old
Height and Weight 5'7 - 5'10, 165 - 185 pounds
Medical Conditions Cripps takes medication for high blood pressure; the medicine was left behind in his apartment.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying brown hair, blue eyes. Cripps's nickname is Joe. He normally has a large, thick mustache and he may have a beard.
Details of Disappearance Cripps was last seen in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 19, 2016. He went to the White Water Tavern that day, was refused service and asked someone to call him a cab. It's unclear whether he took a vehicle home or decided to walk; he lived only a mile away. He had just gotten paid and may have been carrying a significant amount of cash.
Crips is a musician and was supposed to play a gig on October 21, but he never showed up and has never been heard from again. He left his medication behind at his apartment, as well as his drumsticks and mallets, which he wouldn't have traveled without. His car was in the repair shop when he disappeared.
Between 1993 and 1997, Cripps was the percussionist for Brave Combo, a Grammy-award-winning polka band based in Denton, Texas; he still played with the band occasionally. He was well-known in the music scene in Arkansas and Texas. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Little Rock Police Department
501-371-4605
Other
Never Forgotten | Arkansas Missing Persons Campaign
Little Rock Police Department Facebook Page
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Joseph Cripps's Facebook Page
The Dallas Morning News
The Denton Record-Chronicle
Websleuths
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