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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.
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Kenneth Lawrence Dietrich
Dietrich, date, approximate 1981
Date Missing 07/11/1981
Missing From
Yukon, Oklahoma
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 29 years old
Height and Weight 5'11 - 6'0, 250 - 275 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A multicolored striped shirt, jeans and Roper-style steel-toed boots.
Associated Vehicle(s) Brown/black two-door 1978 Ford LTD Brougham II with the Oklahoma license plate number CX-490 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Dietrich had a Fu Manchu style mustache at the time of his disappearance, long and turned down at the ends. He has a five-inch vertical scar on his abdomen and a scar on his face under his left nostril. His nickname is Kenny.
Details of Disappearance Dietrich was last seen at his home in Yukon, Oklahoma on July 11, 1981. He packed a small suit with jeans, swim trunks and a Pepsi towel and told his family he was going to meet some coworkers at the Lamp Lighter Club (now called Margarita Island) on northwest 10th Street in Oklahoma City so they could go on a river float trip. He never returned and it's unclear whether he actually met up with his friends. He has never been heard from again.
Several years after Dietrich's disappearance, his brown/black two-door 1978 Ford LTD Brougham II with the Oklahoma license plate number CX-490 was found in the parking lot of the Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Inside was Dietrich's wallet, identification, camping gear, wedding ring, the pinkie ring he wore, and banking information.
Dietrich was a father of three and worked at the Western Electric phone company at the time of his disappearance. Authorities don't believe he left of his own accord. as this is uncharacteristic of his behavior and he left his belongings behind.
The original missing persons file was destroyed in a flood after his disappearance, but Yukon Police Department opened a new one in 2016. Dietrich's remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Yukon Police Department
405-354-1102
Other
NamUs
The Yukon Progress
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