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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.
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Melody Jane Kassahn
Melody, date, approximate 2008
Date Missing 03/06/2008
Missing From
Cordova, Alaska
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 53 years old
Height and Weight 5'3, 135 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Skiff (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes.
Details of Disappearance Melody was last seen in Cordova, Alaska on March 6, 2008. She disappeared with her husband, Norman. They lived a subsistence lifestyle in a remote home at Big Point, with their dog and cat.
Relatives realized they were missing when they tried to contact Norman on his birthday, March 23, and got a recording saying their answering machine was full. Melody's brother noted there was no smoke coming out of the chimney at his sister's home, and that their skiff was missing. He found it capsized on a mudflat in Prince William Sound, within Orca Bay, about half a mile from shore and two miles from Cordova. It appeared as if it had rolled.
The couple's pets were found at their home, starving and in need of care. A search of the water turned up no indication of Melody and Norman's whereabouts, although the couple's life jackets and other survival gear, as well as Melody's purse and a backpack containing the couple's mail, were found in Canoe Passage near the north end of Hawkins Island.
The day Norman and Melody were last seen, they left Cordova on their skiff at high tide. Large winds came through the area during that time and may have caused their boat to capsize. The Kassahns are presumed drowned, but their bodies have never been located.
Investigating Agency
Alaska State Troopers
907-269-5511
Other
NamUs
The Anchorage Daily News
The Cordova Times
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