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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
Norma Jo Crutchfield
Crutchfield, date, approximate 2020; Troy Slaw; Chase Freeman
Date Missing 10/31/2020
Missing From
Decatur, Illinois
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Age 41 years old
Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'7, 115 - 125 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, hazel eyes. Crutchfield dyes her hair blonde; the natural color is brown. Her ears are pierced. She has the following tattoos: a name on her neck, a butterfly on her right shoulder, a flower on her left shoulder, a heart on her right thigh, a rose and vine on her right thigh, an animal on her left thigh, a butterfly on her right ankle, and a star on her left foot.
Details of Disappearance Crutchfield was last seen at when her mother dropped her off at the home she shared with her boyfriend, Troy D. Slaw, in the 1100 block of East Olive Street in Decatur, Illinois on October 31, 2020.
According to Crutchfield's family, Slaw had beaten Crutchfield severely prior to her disappearance and she had gone to stay with her mother as a result. She disappeared after returning home and has never been heard from again.
In May 2022, Slaw and another suspect were arrested in her . Slaw was charged with first-degree murder, and he and Chase Freeman were both charged with dismembering a human body and concealment of a homicidal death. Photos of Slaw and Freeman are posted with this summary. They are awaiting trial.
Authorities stated Freeman had confessed to his role in the crime. He said he went to visit Slaw sometime in November 2020, and Slaw showed him a dead woman's body inside a closet and said he'd killed her by stabbing her to death. Freeman identified the woman as Crutchfield from a photograph.
He said Slaw asked him to help dispose of the body. Freeman helped carry Crutchfield's body to the bathroom and stood guard on the front porch while Slaw dismembered it. Both men then cleaned up the crime scene and took two large garbage bags from the house to a dumpster. Police found bloodstains matching Crutchfield's DNA in the bathroom, dining room and living room, which supports Freeman's story.
Crutchfield's family believes her body may be in a landfill and may not be possible to locate. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Decatur Police Department
217-424-2734
Other
News Channel 20
Attempt to Locate
Missing in Illinois
WAND TV
WRIC
Norma Crutchfield's Facebook Page
Norma Crutchfield's Second Facebook Page
Inmate Roster
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