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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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Michael Wayne Grimes
Grimes, date, approximate 1999; Rodney Wayne Cearley
Date Missing 01/18/1999
Missing From
Nacogdoches, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 05/30/1968 (54)
Age 30 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 200 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white shirt, blue jeans and boots.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Grimes has reconstructive plates and screws implanted in the right side of his face. He has tattoos on his upper left arm, the top of his right shoulder, both forearms, his chest and his abdomen. Grimes has scars on his face and right wrist. His nicknames are Mike and Hammer.
Details of Disappearance Grimes was last seen Ken's Wrecking Yard on U. S. Highway 59 north in Nacogdoches, Texas on January 18, 1999. He has never been heard from again. At the time of his disappearance, he was working as an informant for the East Texas Drug Task Force. Authorities investigated the possibility that he met with foul play as a result, but discounted this theory.
In March 2006, Rodney Wayne Cearley was charged with murder in Grimes's . He is the last person known to have been with Grimes before his disappearance, and Ken's Wrecking Yard is owned by his parents.
A photograph of Cearley is posted with this summary. At his December 2007 trial, he admitted to killing Grimes, but said it was in self-defense. He said he stabbed Grimes to death and buried his body in a wooded area, and did not tell the police what happened because he thought no one would believe his story.
Grimes's ex-wife testified for Cearley, saying her former husband had violent temper when he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and had physically abused her on several occasions. Three witnesses, however, testified that Cearley had confessed Grimes's murder to them.
Cearley was convicted of murdering Grimes, although his body was never located. He could have faced anything from probation to life in prison for the murder. He was sentenced to 20 years. After his conviction, Grimes's family pleaded with him to reveal the location of the body.
Foul play is suspected in Grimes's disappearance due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office
936-560-7794
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Lufkin Daily News
The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
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