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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 Ellis Keith
Keith, date, approximate 2011
Date Missing 02/15/2011
Missing From
El Paso, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 38 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 175 - 190 pounds
Medical Conditions Keith suffers from bipolar disorder and requires prescription medication to control his condition. He may not have his medicine with him, and if he doesn't have it he may be subject to extreme mood swings. Keith has a history of drug and alcohol abuse.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Keith has a tattoo of a wizard's head on his ankle and a tattoo of an angel, praying hands and his three sons' names on the upper left side of his chest. He has a burn scar covering most of his right leg, a scar on his left ankle from a prior break, and a plate and seven screws implanted in that ankle. Keith has a mustache and goatee.
Details of Disappearance Keith visited Juarez, Mexico in 2011. When he returned to the United States, he was arrested at the border in El Paso, Texas on an outstanding warrant for parole violation. While he was in the El Paso County Jail he wrote letters to his family. They believed he would be released on February 25, but he was actually released on February 15.
As per standard procedure, police officers dropped him off at a Greyhound bus station in El Paso and gave him a transportation voucher so he could go to his father's home in Marshall, Texas. Keith never arrived home and has never been heard from again.
Keith has a history of alcohol abuse and has been charged multiple times with DWI (driving while intoxicated). He always kept in touch with his common-law-wife and their three sons, however. None of his family members have heard from him since he was arrested in El Paso.
There hasn't been any activity on Keith's bank account since his disappearance, he didn't have a cellular phone and it's unknown whether he has his medication with him. It's unclear what happened to him, but his loved ones are concerned for his safety. His father believes he may have had a mental breakdown and may not recall his identity.
Both El Paso and Houston, Texas police are investigating Keith's , which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
El Paso Police Department
915-832-4400
Houston Police Department
903-923-4000
Other
NamUs
The El Paso Times
Facebook Page for Matthew Keith
LostNMissing
The Marshall News Messenger
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