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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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Starr Maurie Hill
Starr, date, approximate 2005
Date Missing 05/18/2005
Missing From
Middletown, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/28/1959 (63)
Age 46 years old
Height and Weight 5'3 - 5'4, 140 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A green sweater, a black leather jacket and blue jeans.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes.
Details of Disappearance Starr was last seen leaving her home on Western Mine Road in Middletown, California in the early afternoon hours of May 18, 2005, after getting into an argument with her husband, Curtis Hill.
Curtis stated Starr left the house angrily and walked down their half-mile-long driveway, headed towards town. It was raining heavily in the area on the day she vanished. Starr has not been heard from since, although one of her friends reported seeing her on the day she went missing, upset, and walking on the road near the Twin Pine Casino.
Starr was reported missing by her daughter on May 21. Curtis is considered a person of interest in her , but he has not been charged or named as a suspect. Starr did not take any personal belongings when she left.
Curtis says he went to work the next day and when he returned, he found an angry note from Starr saying she was leaving him. She took her purse, some duffel bags and her makeup bag, but no clothing.
Curtis and Starr had a troubled marriage and often argued, but their relationship was no worse than usual prior to her disappearance. Investigators searched the couple's property, but turned up no evidence. Curtis stopped cooperating early in the investigation and has refused to be interviewed by police.
There was a possible sighting of Starr in the Trackside bar in Colfax, California in August 2005. Witnesses stated a woman resembling Starr sat at the bar with a Hispanic male companion and later sang karaoke. The sighting has not been confirmed.
In October 2005, five months after Starr's disappearance, a vineyard worker in Lower Lake, California found her cellular phone in the in brush alongside Highway 29. Authorities do not know who left the phone there or how long it had lain there before it was discovered. They subjected the phone to forensic testing, but uncovered no clues.
Starr has not used her phone or her credit cards since before her disappearance. Her daughter last spoke to her on May 16, two days before her disappearance, and stated nothing seemed to be amiss at the time.
Starr normally called her daughter several times a day, but none of her family members have heard from her since her disappearance. She has also missing her two grandchildren's birthday celebrations, which is uncharacteristic of her.
Her loved ones stated Starr had left her home for weeks at a time following domestic disputes, but she always stayed in touch with her family and usually returned home within days. Starr was reportedly happy with her life at the time she went missing, and had quit smoking so she could become a certified scuba diver.
Although there is no evidence of foul play in her and Curtis stated he believed she had simply left him, her disappearance is considered suspicious and her loved ones are concerned for her safety. Her mother died in 2009 without knowing what had happened to her. Starr's remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Lake County Sheriff's Office
707-263-2331
Other
The Lake County Record-Bee
The Auburn Journal
The Clear Lake Observer
California Attorney General's Office
The Lake County News
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