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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
Matthew Charles Kraft
Kraft, date, approximate 2019
Date Missing 02/23/2019
Missing From
Mono County, California
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/23/1994 (28)
Age 24 years old
Height and Weight 6'1, 185 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Carrying Oakley sunglasses, a Petzl headlamp, a Kwikpoint sleeping system, a Katadyn water filtration system, an Otter iPhone , Scarpa T1 ski boots, and a shadow-gray Osprey backpack rain cover.
Associated Vehicle(s) Gray 2016 Jeep Wrangler (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Kraft, an infantry Marine and platoon leader with the 1st Battalion/7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, began a backcountry skiing/hiking trip along the Sierra High Route on February 24, 2019.
His 195-mile route began in the Inyo Forest near Lone Pine. He expected to complete the trip over ten days and arrive at Bridgeport, California on March 4 or March 5. He never did, however, and has never been heard from again.
On March 8, Kraft's rented gray 2016 Jeep Wrangler was found near Grays Meadows campground above Independence. An extensive search turned up no sign of Kraft himself, and the search ended on March 15. The Marine Corps listed him as dead from being "overcome by severe winter storms", and posthumously promoted him to the rank of Captain. He disappeared shortly before he was supposed to be deployed to Afghanistan.
Kraft attended the Kent School in Connecticut and then the Citadel, a military college in South Carolina. An avid mountaineer, he had hiked forty peaks in New Hampshire's White Mountains, hiked the Cohos Trail from New Hampshire to Canada in two weeks, and planned to hike the Appalachian Trail.
He is presumed to have died in a mishap in the wilderness, but his body has never been located.
Investigating Agency
Mono County Sheriff's Office
760-932-7549
Inyo County Sheriff's Office
760-878-0383, option
Fresno County Sheriff's Office
559-600-8400
Other
California Attorney General's Office
The Orange County Register
The Stars and Stripes
Connecting Vets
Military.com
Matthew Kraft'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