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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.

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Missing Person Case Updates with Photos

Steven Craig Damman
missing 2023 updates

Steven, date, approximate 1955; Age-progression to age 65 (date, approximate 2017)
Date Missing 10/31/1955
Missing From
East Meadow, New York
Missing Classification Non-Family Abduction
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 12/15/1952 (69)
Age 2 years old
Height and Weight 3'2, 32 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue overalls or dungarees, a blue polo shirt, a red sweater with blue and white ships imprinted on the front, and brown shoes.
Medical Conditions Steven was undergoing treatment for a growth on his kidney at the time that he vanished.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Steven has a small scar under his chin and a birthmark resembling a mole on back of his left calf. He has a healed fracture to his left arm. He walked with his toes turned out at the time of his 1955 disappearance. Steven's nickname is Stevie, and some accounts spell his name "Stephen."
Details of Disappearance Steven was last seen at a supermarket in East Meadow, Long Island, New York on October 31, 1955. The establishment was a block and a half from his home; he had gone there with his mother and seven-month-old sister.
Steven's mother left him and his sister, who was in a carriage, outside the supermarket for about ten minutes while she shopped for bread. When she came out, both children were gone. Steven's sister was recovered still inside her carriage a few blocks away, but her brother has never been heard from again.
In late November 1955, a student at Queens College in New York City wrote three letters demanding money from Steven's parents in exchange for the toddler's safe return. Each letter asked for a larger amount: first $3,000, then $10,000, then $14,000. Steven's parents attempted to comply, but the student turned out to be an opportunist who had nothing to do with Steven's presumed abduction.
It was suggested that Steven might be the "Boy in the Box" or "America's Unknown Child", a small boy who was found dead inside a cardboard box in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957. They both were blond and blue-eyed and both had the same scars, but the unidentified boy did not have a healed arm fracture as Steven had and Steven's footprints, taken when he was a baby, did not match the Philadelphia child.
In 2003, the police compared the unidentified boy's DNA with DNA from Steven's sister to make sure, and conclusively proved that Steven was not the Boy in the Box. The child remains unidentified in spite of a major investigative effort that continues today.
Steven is originally from Iowa; his father was in the Air Force in 1955 and the family was stationed on Long Island. His father left the Air Force a few months after Steven's abduction and the family returned to Iowa. His parents divorced in 1957 and both of them later remarried. His father still lives in Iowa and had two sons by his second marriage; his mother now lives in Missouri.
The received additional media attention in 2009 when a Michigan man claimed he was Steven, but DNA tests ruled out this possibility. There is very little evidence available to indicate Steven's fate and his remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Nassau County Police Department
516-573-7000
Other
NewspaperArchive
America's Unknown Child (the Boy in the Box mystery)
The Doe Network
The Associated Press
The Detroit Free Press
The Southern Ledger
The New York Times
KCCI Des Moines
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children