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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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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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Teresa Marie Barbusca
Teresa, date, approximate 1999; Age-progression to age 35 (date, approximate 2017)
Date Missing 05/25/1999
Missing From
Stockton, California
Missing Classification Endangered Runaway
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 10/05/1982 (40)
Age 16 years old
Height and Weight 5'0 - 5'1, 105 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A tank top, jeans and sneakers.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Teresa had blonde highlights in her hair at the time of her 1999 disappearance. She has a tattoo of her initials "TB" on the back of her right shoulder.
Details of Disappearance Teresa resided in Sacramento, California with her family in 1999. She ran away from home on two previous occasions when the family lived in Daly City, California in the late 1990s. She was last seen on May 25, 1999.
She drove to Stockton, California with three friends in a borrowed van during the day. Her friends told authorities that they dropped Teresa off at the Days Inn motel near Weber Street and Center Street. She has never been heard from again.
Teresa's mother said that her daughter had a rebellious streak and was involved with drugs in 1999. She liked to go to the 2Pac Chat website. She had an abortion two to three months before her disappearance. She may have been seen in San Francisco, California sometime after she went missing, but the sighting is unconfirmed.
Teresa's remains unsolved. Sacramento authorities are handling her investigation.
Investigating Agency
Sacramento Police Department
916-264-7895
Other
The Polly Klaas Foundation
The Sacramento Bee
NamUs
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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