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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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Kristy Ann Green

Green, date, approximate 2000
Date Missing 03/01/2000
Missing From
Sacramento, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 04/02/1980 (42)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight Unknown
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Green disappeared sometime in March 2000 from her residence on Lock Avenue in Sacramento, California. Three months after her disappearance, investigators received a call from a man who said he had been told that Green had been murdered and her body disposed of. It was only then that they realized Green was missing.
Though they were unable to obtain further information at the time, police opened an investigation and classified her as a homicide. Green's three-year-old daughter was located at a residence in North Sacramento on July 9, 2000, and was placed in protective custody.
In August of that year, Helen Margaret Tibon and her brother, Kevin Clark, were charged with Green's murder. Green was living with them at the time of her disappearance, and Clark is the father of her child.
Tibon, Clark, Green and other people they associated with were making a living from a lucrative scheme that involved using credit cards, checks and other financial information from mail they stole. Green had been arrested for mail fraud and Clark bailed her out after she had spent two months in jail.
At Tibon and Clark's 2002 murder trial, four of their alleged accomplices testified against them. The witnesses stated Green was tortured and beaten before being smothered with a tarp.
Her body was allegedly dismembered and burned, and what was left was placed in a metal drum and dumped in the Sacramento River. It has never been located. The motive, according to the prosecution, was to prevent Green from telling the police about Tibon and Clark's criminal activities.
Clark testified in his own defense and said the alleged killing of Green was staged in order to frighten the four witnesses into silence.
This was the fourth story he had told about Green's disappearance: after his arrest he first told the police he didn't know Green was dead, then that Tibon had killed her and dismembered her by herself outside his presence, then that Tibon had killed her and he had helped her dismember the body.
Tibon and Clark were both convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. On appeal, they presented two witnesses who claimed to have seen Green alive after her alleged murder, as well as two letters they had received while in custody which were supposedly written by Green.
The appeal was denied, however; the court ruled that even if this evidence had been presented at trial, the jury would still have found the defendants guilty.
Green remains missing. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Sacramento Police Department
916-264-7896
Other
The Sacramento Police Department
The Sacramento Bee
The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Versus Law

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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