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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
Mary Alice Helm
Helm, date, approximate 2007
Date Missing 01/16/2007
Missing From
Placer County, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/13/1963 (59)
Age 44 years old
Height and Weight 5'4, 160 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A tan suede shirt or jacket with a green collar, and white sneakers with pink trim at the soles and tongue.
Medical Conditions Helm has diabetes and is supposed to take medication to control the condition; she doesn't have the medicine with her.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Some agencies spell Helm's name "Maryalice." Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Helm was last seen in Placer County, California on January 16, 2007. She was in the Kearsage Mill Court area near the Drum Forebay exit of Interstate 80 at the time. She apparently went for a walk and never returned. She has never been heard from again. Helm was house-sitting at the time of her disappearance. The house's owners reported her as a missing person when they were unable to find her.
Helm did not take extra clothing, her vehicle, her purse or her medicine with her when she went missing. She has family and friends in the Sacramento, California area, but none of them have seen her since two days prior to her disappearance. Helm has two children. She enjoyed going for walks in 2007.
Foul play is not suspected in her disappearance, but she is believed to be in danger. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Placer County Sheriff's Department
530-889-7800
Other
California Attorney General's Office
Placer County Sheriff's Department
The Sacramento Bee
Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation
The Union
The Auburn Journal
NamUs
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