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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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Lelia Marie Faulkner
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Faulkner, date, approximate 2016
Date Missing 07/04/2016
Missing From
Troy, Alabama
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 09/26/1986 (36)
Age 29 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 125 - 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white tank top, white flip-flops and blue denim shorts.
Medical Conditions Faulkner is an alcoholic, and her family stated she was abusing drugs at the time of her disappearance.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue/gray eyes. Faulkner has the following tattoos: Chinese characters meaning "Success" on her foot, the name "Madison" on the inside of her right wrist, and cherries on her lower back. She previously fractured her collarbone on the right side and it healed crookedly. Her ears are pierced. She pronounces her name "Layla."
Details of Disappearance Faulkner was last seen in Troy, Alabama on July 4, 2016. She had just moved in with her parents after breaking up with her live-in boyfriend.
On the day of Faulkner's disappearance, her family went to an Independence Day barbeque and Faulkner stayed home. She was still home when her parents arrived home that evening; they last spoke to her at 5:30 p.m., and she made a post to her Facebook account from her parents' IP address around at the same time. She has never been heard from again.
Faulkner didn't take a vehicle with her, but her purse, cellular phone and tablet device disappeared with her. Her family isn't sure if someone picked her up at the house or if she went for a walk and someone picked her up while she was away. She had dropped out of sight before for days at a time, but she's never been gone for this long.
Although Faulkner had regularly posted on her social media accounts, all of them have been inactive since that last Facebook post at 5:30 p.m. on the day of her disappearance. She hasn't accessed her bank accounts either, or used her credit cards or cellular phone.
Two days prior to her disappearance, Faulkner and her live-in boyfriend, Blane Gralheer Jr., broke up and she moved back in with her parents. She had told her parents she was afraid of Gralheer and that "if something happens to me it's him."
Gralheer and Faulkner were fighting with each other on Facebook on the day of her disappearance. She posted to her page accusing him of stealing money from her, and wrote that he had left her for another man. Gralheer said their breakup was mutual and largely caused by Faulkner's substance abuse issues, and that he is not gay and was did not leave Faulkner for a man.
He took a polygraph about her disappearance, and the results were inconclusive. Police asked him to take a second polygraph, and he refused. He does remain in regular contact with Faulkner's parents.
Faulkner's mother believes she's no longer alive, as she doesn't think she would have abandoned her child. Gralheer is considered a person of interest in her , and her parents believe he knows what happened to her even if he wasn't necessarily involved. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Pike County Sheriff's Department
334-566-4347
Other
NamUs
Facebook Page for Lelia Faulkner
Lelia Faulkner's Facebook Page
The Troy Messenger
Alabama News
The Vanished Podcast
Telemundo Amarillo
CrimeWatch Daily

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