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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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Ronald Allen Douglass
Douglass, date, approximate 1983
Date Missing 03/01/1983
Missing From
Springfield, Missouri
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 12/12/1943 (78)
Age 39 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 175 pounds
Medical Conditions Douglass has been brain-damaged from polio, meningitis and encephalitis. He is required to utilize walking canes for mobility and occasionally uses a wheelchair, and he is also blind in his left eye.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Douglass may have a mustache. He has short and stubby feet, scars on both of his ankles, and moles on his back and on his buttocks. His head is enlarged. His nickname is Ron.
Details of Disappearance Douglass was last seen sometime during March 1983 in Springfield, Missouri. He was performing and traveling in the midwest with the Whitey Gleason Trio, an evangelistic musical group. Gleason told authorities that Douglass stayed at a motel in the area with he and his family.
Gleason said that he and his wife visited a nearby store during the day and discovered Douglass had disappeared by the time they returned. All of his personal belongings were also missing.
Gleason produced a note purportedly written by Douglass, which stated that he was planning to travel on his own and would be in contact shortly. He also thanked Gleason for caring for him. Douglass has never been heard from again.
Douglass's mother hired a private investigator during the following years and copperated with Missouri, Texas and Kansas authorities. Douglass has ties to Texas and his mother resided in Kansas in 1983. No evidence was produced to led to her son's whereabouts.
Missouri officials received a tip indicating that Douglass may have resided in the Springfield area in 1983. The information was proven to be false. Douglass's last contact was with his mother via letter, which she received on February 17, 1983. She described her son as an independent person. His remains unsolved.
Some agencies may list Texas as the state Douglass disappeared from. Texas and Kansas authorities are investigating his .
Investigating Agency
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
785-296-7785
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Hannibal Courier-Post
NamUs
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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