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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
Marion Fye
Fye, date, approximate 2003
Date Missing 11/30/2003
Missing From
Washington D.C., Washington D.C.
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 180 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A gray jacket and blue jeans.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Fye's nickname is Penny. Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Fye's live-in fiance, Harold Devine Austin, says he last saw their home on V Street northeast in Washington, D.C. on November 30, 2003. Austin reported her missing. He stated that Fye walked out of the residence after an argument with him.
He told police that she called him a few times after her disappearance, but never returned home. She has five children. Her clothing, purse, wallet, credit cards, car keys and driver's license were left behind in her home.
In June 2005, two and a half years after Fye went missing, Austin was indicted for firearms charges, first-degree fraud and first-degree murder in connection with Fye's disappearance. Court documents allege that he shot Fye to death during an argument on November 28, 2003, two days before he said she vanished.
Austin did not report Fye missing until December 5, by which time he had begun to see another woman. When investigators search their residence, they found a mattress spattered with blood. Forensic testing could not conclusively link the blood to Fye, but the tests indicated the blood could be hers.
Austin was convicted of murdering Fye in February 2006. He was sentenced to 42 years in prison, and later died there.
Fye's family stated that she would never have voluntarily abandoned her children. She is described as an extremely dependable person who always let her family know her whereabouts, but none of them have heard from her since November 2003.
Her remains have not been found, but foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
202-727-9099
Other
America's Most Wanted
Metropolitan Police Department
The Washington Post
No Body Murder s
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