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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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Travis Wendell Burley
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Burley, date, approximate 2002
Date Missing 04/01/2002
Missing From
Baltimore, Maryland
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Black
Date of Birth 06/29/1982 (40)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 165 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Green minivan
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Burley's nickname is Phat Harold. He has a healed gunshot wound to his right thigh.
Details of Disappearance Burley was last seen leaving his mother's home in the 2900 block of Southland Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland on April 1, 2002. He left in a green minivan and has never been heard from again. He left behind an infant son. His mother stated it would be uncharacteristic of him to abandon his child.
Authorities believe he was murdered by the Lexington Terrace Boys, a violent drug gang in west Baltimore whose members are believed to have been responsible for at least forty shootings and nine deaths in five years.
Burley's only two siblings were both homicide victims; they were shot to death in separate incidents. One brother's murder remains unsolved; in the other murder, the killer was also fatally shot in the gunfight.
Burley dropped out of Southern High School several years prior to his disappearance. He is a former member of the Lexington Terrace Boys and he has an arrest record that began when he was sixteen, but his mother stated he was trying to straighten out his life and had a job interview scheduled. He told her he feared for his safety and planned to buy a gun to protect himself, and that if anything happened to him one of his friends was probably responsible.
Burley was accompanied by a distant cousin, Michael Lafayette Taylor, at the time of his disappearance; Taylor was also a member of the Lexington Terrace Boys. The men had allegedly had a falling out because Burley refused to get rid of a .44 caliber revolver which Taylor had supposedly used in at least two homicides.
Along with another defendant, Keon D. Moses, Taylor was charged in connection with six gang- and drug-related murders, including Burley's, in 2002. A third defendant, Aaron Butler, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and testified against his partners in crime in exchange for a life sentence.
Authorities found bloody footprints and blood spatters on the floor and walls in a row house on North Caroline Street in Baltimore; that residence was set on fire on April 5, four days after Burley disappeared. Investigators believe he was murdered there.
Moses and Taylor were convicted of all charges in 2004. They were each facing the death penalty, but were sentenced to life in prison without parole instead. Authorities are continuing to search for Burley's remains. Foul play is suspected in his due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Baltimore, Maryland Office
410-265-8080
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The Baltimore Sun

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.



Missing Person Photos

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