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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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Nicholas Colt Vigil
Vigil, date, approximate 2020; Vigil's abandoned vehicle
Date Missing 01/25/2020
Missing From
Fortuna, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/02/1982 (40)
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 6'1 - 6'2, 250 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A lightweight zip-up jacket or hooded sweatshirt, a dark-colored or white t-shirt, khaki shorts with pockets, a black belt, short black socks, black Nike sneakers and a necklace with a blue stone and a nugget. Carrying a black backpack with his laptop computer, keys and other belongings.
Associated Vehicle(s) Gray 2006 Ford F-250 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Vigil's nickname is Nick. He may use the name Nicholas Colt Rocco Vigil. His head was shaved at the time of his disappearance.
Details of Disappearance Vigil was last seen in Fortuna, California on February 25, 2020. That day he left his mother's house that morning without indicating where he was going. He never returned. He was supposed to come by a friend's house that day to pick up a check, but he never arrived there either.
His last cellular phone ping was in the vicinity of Titlow Road in Blue Lake, California. Vigil was a regular at the Blue Lake Casino and also the Bear River Casino, but a check with the staff and the surveillance footage at both casinos revealed no indication that he was at either of them on the day of his disappearance.
On the evening of the day he disappeared, Vigil's gray 2006 Ford F-250 was found abandoned by a forester in the Weitchpec, California area. A photo of it is posted with this summary. The forester didn't report this immediately. He passed the vehicle in the same location several times over the following days and noticed indications that it was getting broken into.
Law enforcement didn't learn about the car until mid-April. Vigil owned property in Weitchpec, and his mother stated it also was broken into and ransacked after her son's disappearance.
The circumstances of Vigil's disappearance are unclear. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Fortuna Police Department
707-725-7550
Other
California Attorney General's Office
The Redheaded Blackbelt
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