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.



Missing Person Photos

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

Richard Willis Bendele
missing 2023 updates
missing 2023 updates
missing 2023 updates
missing 2023 updates
missing 2023 updates
Bendele, date, approximate 1996; Truck similar to Bendele's
Date Missing 11/17/1996
Missing From
Blaine County, Idaho
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/18/1967 (55)
Age 29 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 170 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Blue pickup truck (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes. Bendele may have a mustache. His nickname is Rick.
Details of Disappearance Bendele was last seen hunting pheasants in the Laidlaw Park, Idaho area on November 17, 1996. He called his mother at 6:00 p.m. to say his blue pickup truck had stalled on a remote desert road. Although the vehicle had gas, it wouldn't start. He sounded nervous and said he thought someone had deliberately tampered with it. Bendele couldn't provide specific directions to the truck and said he was going to try to mark a nearby turnoff so his mother could find him, and that he would call her back.
His mother contacted his girlfriend and they set off to find him in the girlfriend's vehicle, but they had to turn around and go back to town after their car struck an object that damaged the oil pan. At 2:00 a.m., the women called the police to report him missing. Six inches of snow fell that night, obliterating any tracks.
At the turnoff was an empty box and some beer cans, which Bendele may have used to mark the road. An extensive search of the area turned up no other evidence except a right-hand leather glove, a right-hand fryer glove of the kind Bendele used at work, and one of his new sneakers.
Bendele worked in a supervisory position at the J.R. Simplot Co., a potato processing plant in Heyburn, Idaho, when he disappeared. His last paycheck was direct-deposited in his bank account after he went missing, but the money was never touched. His hobbies include hunting and fishing. He was going through a divorce and had been living with his girlfriend and her three children in Burley, Idaho for about ten months; his own two children lived with their mother.
Although Benedele previously abused alcohol and drugs, his mother stated he'd turned his life around by the time of his disappearance. He didn't have any money or extra clothes when he went missing, although he did have a cellular phone. Authorities suspect he may have been taken against his will.
Investigating Agency
Blaine County Sheriff's Office
208-788-5555
Other
Idaho Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Idaho Cold s
The Idaho State Journal
The Magic Valley Times-News
Facebook Page for Richard Bendele

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.



Missing Person Photos

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