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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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Sherry Michaud Petersen
Petersen, date, approximate 1992; Frank Crow
Date Missing 12/24/1992
Missing From
Ocala, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/22/1950 (72)
Age 42 years old
Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'7, 135 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Petersen has a large brown birthmark on the front of her right shoulder. She was missing four teeth at the time of her 1992 disappearance and wore a dental plate. Some agencies spell her last name "Peterson" or call her Sherry Yon Petersen.
Details of Disappearance Petersen was scheduled to visit her parents' residence in Lakeland, Florida during the 1992 holidays. She lived with her children in Ocala, Florida at the time. She sent her children to their grandparents' house alone on December 24, 1992 and told her mother she would call her early on Christmas morning. She has never been heard from again.
In 2018, authorities announced they were closing Petersen's , although they have not found her body or filed charges against anyone, because they had determined Frank Crow was responsible for her death.
A photo of Crow is posted with this summary. He is currently serving a thirty-year prison sentence for the unrelated murder of his roommate. He offered to confess to Petersen's murder, in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Immunity was granted, because he's in poor health and will be 84 years old at the time of his earliest parole date. Petersen's family agreed to this.
According to Crow, on Christmas Eve 1992, he met Petersen at a convenience store and they had drinks together at the White Forest Tavern. Afterwards they walked down to Lake Catherine together. He stated he killed her there, dismembered her and threw the body parts into several lakes in the Ocala National Forest area.
Crow said he'd murdered Petersen because she was a "snitch", but police think a more probable motive is that she rejected his sexual advances. They don't think it will be possible to locate her remains.
Some agencies may list January 6, 1993 as the date of Petersen's disappearance. Her city of residence may be listed as Silver Springs, Florida.
Investigating Agency
Ocala Police Department
352-369-7000
Other
Child Protection Education of America
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Doe Network
Marion County Sheriff's Office
WFTV 9
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