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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
Lea Chali Porter
Porter, date, approximate 2014; Porter's wrist tattoo; Christopher Waide
Date Missing 06/03/2014
Missing From
Westminster, Colorado
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 12/28/1994 (27)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'4, 85 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair. Porter's hair was dyed blonde at the time of her disappearance. She has a pierced lower lip and a dotwork tattoo covering her right hand and wrist; a photo of this tattoo is posted with this summary. She also has a tattoo of Italian words on her lower back.
Details of Disappearance Porter was last seen in Westminster, Colorado on June 3, 2014. She had traveled from her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado and visited a friend from high school, Christopher Adam Waide.
A photo of Waide is posted with this summary. Waide stated they got into an argument because she wanted him to buy her drugs, and she got a phone call and left his apartment that night.
Porter has never been heard from again and she hasn't used her cellular phone, her credit cards or her social media accounts since June 3. Her car was found abandoned at Waide's apartment building, but her belongings were gone. She was reported missing on June 5.
On June 12, Porter's brother and boyfriend confronted Waide and recorded him confessing to killing Porter. They called the police, who questioned him and then arrested him.
Waide stated he and Porter had consensual sex, then got into an argument, and he killed her in self-defense after she attacked him with a knife. He said he put her body in a duffel bag and dumped it, and put her wallet, purse and clothes in various dumpsters in the area.
He was charged with first-degree murder, sexual assault and evidence tampering in Porter's , but the sexual assault charges were later dropped. Authorities believe he killed her after she resisted his advances.
In September 2015, Waide pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to the maximum term of 48 years in prison. He will have to serve 70% of the sentence before he can be considered for parole.
Investigators believe Porter's body may be in the Allied Waste Services Tower Road Landfill at Tower Road and 88th Avenue in Commerce City, Colorado. A 45-day search of the landfill proved unsuccessful at finding her remains, although her clothes and cellular phone have been recovered. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Westminster Police Department
303-658-4360
303-658-4237
Other
Facebook Page for Lea Porter
ABC 7 Denver
CBS Denver
Westword
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Lea Porter's Facebook Page
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