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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.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos

Kathern G. Fetzer
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Fetzer, date, approximate 1991; Christopher Below
Date Missing 11/26/1991
Missing From
Medina, Ohio
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/26/1965 (57)
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'0 - 5'1, 100 - 120 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white knee-length cotton coat.
Medical Conditions Fetzer suffers from migraine headaches and asthma and takes medication for both conditions. She left her medicine behind.
Associated Vehicle(s) Blue 1985 Ford Tempo (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Sandy brown hair, blue/green eyes. Fetzer's nicknames are Kathy and Kit.
Fetzer's husband reported her missing. She took her purse and overcoat with her when she disappeared, but did left behind her clothes, medicine, checkbook and all her credit cards. She also left a load of laundry in the washing machine.
Police found Fetzer's car, a blue 1985 Ford Tempo, locked and abandoned 25 miles from her home on the day after she was reported missing. It was parked on a gravel truck turnaround along an abandoned railroad line off State Route 83, just south of Lodi, Ohio, near the Wayne County line. There was no sign of Fetzer at the scene, and no fingerprints, bloodstains or other clues inside the vehicle, which contained some of her belongings.
Fetzer was having an extramarital affair with a married coworker, Christopher J. Below, at the time of her disappearance. A photograph of him is posted with this summary. He lived not far from where Fetzer's car was located.
Below initially maintained his innocence in Fetzer's disappearance and stated he was at work when she was missing, but his alibi turned out to be false. He later confessed to shooting her with a .380 caliber pistol in his apartment in Medina. He said he disposed of her remains in a trash bin.
Below pleaded guilty to attempted involuntary manslaughter in connection with Fetzer's and was sentenced to 11 to 18 years in prison. Investigators believe he killed her because she wanted to end their relationship.
He is considered a possible suspect in several murders and disappearances of young dark-haired women, including Heather Teague, Mary Kushto, Kristina Porco and Shaylene Farrell. He has not been charged in connection with any other s, however, and it should be emphasized that only conjecture links him to these disappearances.
Fetzer's remains have never been found.
Investigating Agency
Medina Police Department
330-725-7777
Other
The Doe Network
14 WFIE
Officer.com: the Source for Law Enforcement
The Akron Beacon Journal
Where is Heather Teague?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Akron Beacon Journal
NamUs
Ohio Attorney General's Office

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