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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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Gaines, date, approximate 2007; Age-progression to age 28 (date, approximate 2017); Martin Wilkie; Thelma Ballew; Dustin Glass
Date Missing 11/02/2007
Missing From
Duluth, Georgia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/31/1989 (33)
Age 18 years old
Height and Weight 5'10 - 5'11, 210 - 230 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A gray long-sleeved Abercrombie shirt, ripped jeans, flip-flops and diamond stud earrings.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Gaines may use the alias names Brad Allen and/or Brad Shewe, and he reportedly has false identification for those names. His ears are pierced and his hair was styled in a buzz cut at the time of his disappearance. He has a very muscular build as a result of weightlifting.
Details of Disappearance Gaines was last seen at Wild Bill's, a nightclub off Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth, Georgia, at 1:30 a.m. on November 2, 2007. He was a regular patron of the club. He did not have his car or his wallet with him and he was trying to find a ride to his mother's home in Snellville, Georgia.
Witnesses reported he appeared to be either intoxicated or under the influence of drugs, and he may have gotten into an altercation with another patron at the club. He made several cellular phone calls to friends asking for a ride home, but none of them were able to assist him.
Although his parents had told him he could always call them for a ride no matter how late it was, he never called them. The last time his phone was used was shortly before 2:00 a.m. Gaines never arrived home and has never been heard from again.
In June 2007, several months prior to his disappearance, Gaines was arrested after police found him drunk and passed out in his car. An open bottle of vodka was located in the vehicle, as well as false identification.
Gaines was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor, second-degree forgery and having an open container of alcohol. He had a court hearing on the matter scheduled for November 21, weeks after his disappearance, but he never showed up.
Gaines's family was aware of the charges against him and they do not believe the court is related to his disappearance. He had a reputation as a partier.
In September 2011, Martin Leonard Wilkie was charged with concealing a death in Gaines's . Dustin Dylan Glass, a career criminal and self-described gang member who's in federal prison on unrelated charges, told authorities that he and Wilkie had assaulted Gaines and Gaines was ultimately shot to death.
Wilkie and Glass then supposedly put his body in a toolbox and took it to Walton County, Georgia. Glass's mother, Thelma Ruth Ballew, claimed she'd helped her son and Wilkie dispose of the body. She lead investigators to a Walton County property and said Gaines's body had been dumped in a well there, but a week-long search turned up nothing and Ballew was charged with making a false statement.
Photos of Wilkie, Glass and Ballew are posted with this summary. Wilkie is awaiting trial; Glass and Ballew have not been charged in Gaines's disappearance.
At the time of his disappearance, Gaines was a freshman at the Oconee campus of Gainesville College in Athens, Georgia. He is a graduate of Brookwood High School. He normally keeps in close contact with his family and it is uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning.
His younger brother died of asphyxiation at home in January 2011; authorities aren't sure whether his death was an accident or suicide. Gaines's disappearance remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
Investigating Agency
Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office
770-513-5100
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Project Jason
Find Justin Gaines
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WGLC-TV
The Chronicle-Telegram
America's Most Wanted
Atlanta Magazine
Fox 5 Atlanta

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.

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