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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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Robert Patrick Picard
Picard, date, approximate 1997
Date Missing 09/01/1997
Missing From
Bunnell, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/20/1959 (62)
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 150 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes.
Details of Disappearance Picard was reported missing on September 30, 1997. At the time of his disappearance, he lived in a trailer on a large plot of land on County Road 2006 in Bunnell, Florida.
His landlord became concerned after Picard didn't show up to do some work he'd promised to do and also became late with the rent. She sent her son, Claude John Pellicer Jr., and her fifteen-year-old grandson, Claude John Pellicer III, to Picard's trailer.
Picard's bicycle, which was his usual method of transportation, was by the back porch, the back door was unlocked, and inside the trailer was in disarray. There was a large amount of blood present, and marijuana plants in various stages of growth.
A week before Picard was reported missing, his trailer was burglarized. Claude Pellicer III and three others were eventually convicted of the burglary. Claude Pellicer Jr. admitted he tried to protect his son by hiding some of the stolen items; he was charged with tampering with evidence and neglecting to help police. Claude Pellicer III was killed in a car accident in 2013.
Foul play is suspected in Picard's ; authorities believe he was murdered inside the trailer and his body disposed of, possibly in one of the local lakes.
Although he was selling marijuana at the time of his disappearance, he is described as a "nonthreatening" and reclusive individual. His disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Flagler County Sheriff's Office
386-586-4842
Other
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Palm Coast Observer
WESH
NamUs
Flagler Live
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