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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
Nancy Jean MacDuckston
MacDuckston, date, approximate 2003; MacDuckston's minivan; Sketch of MacDuckston's companion
Date Missing 08/11/2003
Missing From
Belmont, California
Missing Classification Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/04/1950 (71)
Age 52 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 125 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue jeans and possibly a light-colored or denim coat and a bright pink sun hat.
Associated Vehicle(s) Tan 2001 Mazda MPV minivan with the California license plate number 4POG552 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Dark blonde hair, blue eyes. MacDuckston's hair was chin-length at the time of her disappearance.
Details of Disappearance MacDuckston was seen by her adult daughter at home in the 2000 Block of Belle Monti in Belmont, California, on August 11, 2003, approximately 8:30 a.m. She left her home, telling friends and family that she would be shopping in Davenport, California for the day.
MacDuckston was seen shopping at the New Davenport Cash Store and Restaurant at about 10:00 a.m., and at the Davenport Post Office sometime between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Later, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., MacDuckston was sighted at the New Davenport Cash Store and Restaurant again, eating a vegetarian dinner with an unidentified man and appearing very happy. The man is described as being Asian or Polynesian with salt-and-pepper hair, aged between his late thirties to early fifties, and about 5'6 and 160 pounds.
A sketch of the man is posted with this summary. He is not considered a suspect in MacDuckston's disappearance but police would like to identify and question him. He and MacDuckston appeared to have a romantic attachment to each other.
MacDuckston was also seen at the Whale City Bakery sometime on August 11. She has never been heard from again. Her husband reported her missing the next day at 9:00 a.m.
On that same afternoon, MacDuckston's minivan, a tan 2001 Mazda MPV with the California license plate number 4POG552, was found abandoned near some cliffs and a beach on Highway 1 near Davenport in northern Santa Cruz County, California, five miles north of the New Davenport Cash Store and Restaurant. This is one of MacDuckston's favorite places.
There were gifts locked inside the van. A photograph of it is posted with this summary. There was no sign of MacDuckston near the scene, but some of her belongings were located in the area. Investigators found a folding chair, a blanket, a book about travel in Australia, sunglasses and a bright pink sun hat near Greyhound Rock about a hundred yards from the van; it appears that MacDuckston may have been reading on the beach.
MacDuckston is said to have made some long-term arrangements with her workplace before she disappeared. Police do not suspect foul play in her disappearance and there are indications that she may have left of her own accord, but she was not having problems at home or work and her husband says it would be unlike her to leave behind her young granddaughter.
The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are unclear. Drawing on the subject of the book that was found near the van, investigators have looked for MacDuckston in Australia, but with fruitless results.
Suicide was also considered as a possibility, as the cliffs near where her van was parked are known for suicides.A sheriff's dog tracked MacDuckston's scent to the cliff's edge. However, she had no history of depression or other mental problems.
MacDuckston is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and was the director of Carlmont Parent Nursery School in Belmont at the time of her disappearance, and her life is said to have revolved around her work.
She is described as an organized, dedicated person and a nature lover who enjoys exploring back roads and isolated areas. She and her husband moved to Belmont in 1979, and have a grown daughter and son. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Belmont Police Department
650-595-7400
Other
California Attorney General's Office
City of Belmont, California
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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