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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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Michele Mae Julson
Julson, date, approximate 1994; Julson's Ford Thunderbird
Date Missing 08/02/1994
Missing From
Bismarck, North Dakota
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/18/1968 (54)
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 155 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored shirt and blue jeans.
Associated Vehicle(s) Light blue 1987 Ford Thunderbird with the North Dakota license plate number DAH 159 (accounted for), Black four-by-four Chevrolet
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Julson had a Norplant birth control device inserted into her body at the time of her disappearance. She has a small tattoo on her left shoulder of a heart with a drop of blood. Her nickname is Shelly and some accounts spell her first name "Michelle." She may dye her hair blonde or auburn.
Details of Disappearance Julson was last seen when she dropped her three-year-old son off at the child's paternal grandfather's residence in the 100 block of American Avenue Bismarck, North Dakota at 12:30 p.m. August 2, 1994. She stated she was going to get gas, run errands, pick up her paycheck, and possibly play bingo.
She promised to return in a few hours, but Julson never picked up her paycheck. Her son's grandfather stated she would usually call if she was going to be late picking up her son, and he became concerned after 4:00 p.m. that day, when she hadn't come back or called. He kept trying to call her residence until midnight, but never got an answer. Julson has never been heard from again.
She was reportedly seen by a friend at WeFest, an outdoor country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on August 5; she was allegedly in the company of a man named "Tom" who drove a black four-by-four Chevrolet. Police closed her missing persons file as a result of the sighting, but then reopened it after she did not get in touch with her family. Now investigators do not believe she was ever at WeFest.
She had been working as a blackjack dealer at the Burnt Creek Club and was dating a bartender there. Julson told her loved ones that patrons of the bar were harassing her. More than once, she thought someone had followed her home from work, and her car had been vandalized. She had requested a work transfer to a different location to get away from the people bothering her.
Her light blue 1987 Ford Thunderbird with the North Dakota license plate number DAH 159 was found at a Bismark Comfort Inn six days after her disappearance; a photo of the vehicle is posted with this summary. Authorities stated they cannot be certain, but they do not believe it was there on August 2. It was turned over to her family without being processed.
The inside of the car appeared to be clean, except for a half-eaten sandwich left on the front seat. Julson's father later told police he found some scoria rock near the vehicle's intake manifold. There is little, if any, scoria rock in the Bismarck area.
Julson is described as a dedicated mother who was close to her family and would not have abandoned her son. She is a graduate of Center High School, moved to Bismarck about a year after graduation, and held several jobs before taking the position at the casino. She had no plans to leave the Bismarck area and investigators do not believe she left of her own free will. Foul play is suspected in her .
Investigating Agency
Bismarck Police Department
701-223-1212
Other
The Doe Network
The Bismarck Tribune
North Dakota Attorney General's Office
The Grand Forks Herald
NamUs
KX News
Inforum
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