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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
Natanalie Marie Perez
Perez, date, approximate 2012; Age-progression to age 27 (date, approximate 2019)
Date Missing 06/01/2012
Missing From
Miami, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Biracial, Black, Hispanic
Date of Birth 10/19/1992 (29)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'1, 130 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black shirt and blue jeans.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Biracial (African-American/Hispanic) female. Black hair, brown eyes. Perez has tattoo on her left wrist. Her ears are pierced. Her nickname is Naty.
Details of Disappearance Perez was last seen at Burke's Motel on southwest 8th Street in Miami, Florida on June 1, 2012. She moved to Miami after graduating high school in Sebring, Florida. Her boyfriend stated they had a fight and Natanalie walked out and never came back. Her family repeatedly tried calling her cellular phone, but it went straight to voicemail. She has never been heard from again.
In the months prior to her disappearance, Perez had been uncharacteristically uncommunicative on social media and with her family. She rarely called or texted loved ones and when she did, she didn't sound normal; her family said her answers to their questions were short and it seemed like someone else was listening in on the conversation. Her family was extremely concerned about her.
Finally she had asked her aunt for help, and her aunt sent her cousins to bring her home. When Perez's cousins came and got her, she was traumatized, her hair had been ripped out, her fingernails were flipped back and there was blood on her hands. She told her aunt she had been forced into sex trafficking against her will, and described how her traffickers sold her to wealthy, powerful men for sex.
Natanalie went to stay with her mother in Sebring, but she was on the phone all night, every night; it's possible the traffickers were keeping an eye on her. After only a short visit with her mother, she insisted on returning to Miami, although her family begged her not to go. Then she disappeared.
Authorities believe Perez is probably being trafficked again. There was a possible sighting of her at the Dolphin Mall in Miami in August 2012, but this wasn't confirmed. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Miami Police Department
305-603-6300
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NamUs
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
NBC Miami
The Tampa Tribune
Missing Persons of America
The Anti-Predator Project
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