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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
Nicholas Jeffrey Hietpas
Hietpas, date, approximate 2019; Hietpas's dog, Samantha
Date Missing 04/01/2019
Missing From
Doty, Wisconsin
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 22 years old
Height and Weight 5'10 - 6'0, 170 - 190 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black hooded sweatshirt with green lettering reading "Get Your Gooch On", blue American Eagle jeans, and brown or mustard-colored steel-toed work boots.
Associated Vehicle(s) Black 2012 Ford Fusion (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Hietpas has a tattoo on the inside of his left wrist; it resembles two squiggly upper letter Y's with one of the Y's inverted.
Details of Disappearance Hietpas was last seen in Doty, Wisconsin on April 1, 2019. He has never been heard from again. His dog, a white female 65-pound German Shepherd named Samantha, disappeared with him and has never been found; a photo of the dog is posted with this summary. Samantha has been spayed but not microchipped.
On April 18, Hietpas's black 2012 Ford Fusion was found abandoned along a forest road near the junction of Highway 64 and Shadow Lake Road in Oconto County, Wisconsin, near the Nicolet National Forest. A tarp and some other gear were found outside the car, and Samantha's collar was located half a mile away; it appeared to have been deliberately removed as opposed to broken off.
Although he is described as "an outdoors-type of person," it's not clear why Hietpas went to the area where his car was found. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear and his remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Appleton Police Department
920-832-5947
Other
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and Adults
NamUs
Michael Neiger
The Appleton Post Crescent
Wisconsin Missing Persons Advocacy Inc.
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