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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
Samuel Waters
Waters, date, approximate 2015; Waters's tattoos; Jeffrey Moulder
Date Missing 01/04/2015
Missing From
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 21 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 150 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A red hooded sweatshirt, a brown, red and white plaid button-down polo shirt, and jeans.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Light brown hair, green eyes. Waters has a tattoo of the name "Althea" on the side of his neck and a tattoo of the name "Becca" on his chest; photos of his tattoos are posted with this summary.
Details of Disappearance Waters was last seen in Lawrenceville, Georgia on January 4, 2015. He left his home with a friend, Jeffrey Emerson Moulder, to buy beer and never returned. Moulder later said he'd given Waters a ride, but near the Walmart on Hurricane Shoals Road, Waters suddenly asked him to stop the car and let him out. He has never been heard from again.
Investigators believe Waters was murdered, and Moulder is the prime suspect in his . The two men knew each other because they both fathered children by the same woman, and they had had arguments in the past.
According to court documents, Moulder told his girlfriend he'd choked Waters and rendered him unconscious, then placed a plastic bag over his head and suffocated him. Investigators believe he burned Waters's body in a metal barrel at his family's property on Shadburn Ferry Road in Lake Lanier, Georgia, and then buried what was left in different places around Hall County, Georgia.
A photo of Moulder is posted with this summary. In January 2019, four years after Waters's disappearance, he was arrested and charged with seven counts of making false statements to the police. He hasn't been charged in Waters's presumed murder, only for lying about the disappearance. He is awaiting trial.
Waters left behind a pregnant fiancee; his family stated he was in love and was looking forward to the birth of his child. His remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
Investigating Agency
Lawrenceville Police Department
770-963-2443
Other
Facebook Page for Samuel Waters
WSB-TV 2
The Gwinnett Daily Post
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