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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
Scott Devoe DeFelice
DeFelice, date, approximate 2005
Date Missing 07/18/1995
Missing From
Baltimore, Maryland
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/24/1964 (58)
Age 31 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 155 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Black 1986 Dodge Ram pickup truck (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. DeFelice has an appendectomy scar on his abdomen.
Details of Disappearance DeFelice was last seen at his place of business, Pro Image, at the Eastpoint Mall in Baltimore, Maryland. He left that location at approximately 10:00 a.m. on July 18, 1995 and never returned.
On August 9, 1995, one of DeFelice's customers told his family that he had seen DeFelice twice after he was reported missing. One sighting was at a local subway shop and the other was at the Carroll Island Amoco gas station, near the home DeFelice shared with his stepbrother.
DeFelice's loved ones did not believe the customer had really seen him and the individual's accounts have not been verified by anyone else.
DeFelice's black 1986 Dodge Ram pickup truck was found in the parking lot of the Palace Hotel on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on February 21, 1997. It had been there for approximately three months and the keys were inside. None of the staff at the hotel recalled seeing DeFelice, however, and no other evidence was uncovered at the scene. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Baltimore County Police Department
410-307-2020
Other
NamUs
The Doe Network
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