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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.
Missing Person Case Updates with Photos
Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes
Virginia, date, approximate 1993
Date Missing 04/24/1993
Missing From
Bangor, Maine
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Native American
Date of Birth 04/02/1967 (55)
Age 26 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 125 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white t-shirt, a denim jacket, blue jeans and white L.A. Gear sneakers.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Native American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Virginia and her family are members of the Mi'kmaq Indian Nation. She has high cheekbones. Virginia has scar tissue on her left elbow, a V-shaped scar on her right forearm muscle, and a tattoo of a Playboy bunny on her left shoulder. She has an indentation on one of her front teeth. Some agencies do not hyphenate her last names, as in "Pictou Noyes."
Details of Disappearance Virginia was a patient at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine on April 24, 1993; she was taken there for treatment after being assaulted outside a tavern, allegedly by her husband, Larry Noyes, and his brother, Roger Noyes Jr.
Larry was charged with domestic assault and taken to jail, and Roger was issued as court summons on an assault charge. Larry made bail and was released, and he and Roger were Virginia's last known visitors at the hospital.
Virginia apparently left the hospital without permission sometime during the evening, before her checkup was complete, after saying she needed to get home to her children. She was seen at a truck stop in Houlton, Maine during the early morning hours the next day, and made phone calls to various people asking for a ride home to Easton, Maine. She has never been heard from again.
The assault charges against the Noyes brothers were dropped after Virginia's disappearance; without her testimony, there was insufficient evidence to convict.
Her family believes she was murdered, and police also suspect foul play in her . Larry and Roger are the prime suspects in her disappearance. Both men had criminal records for a variety of offenses, including burglary, vandalism and arson. Virginia often confided to her brother about the abuse she suffered at Larry's hands, and she had tried to leave him with the children on several occasions, but Larry would always apologize and they would reconcile.
Larry stated his wife had had a romantic relationship with his brother prior to marrying him, and that one of their children may have in fact been Roger's. Larry maintained his innocence in Virginia's disappearance and stated he never abused her. He claimed Virginia left a note behind, saying she was leaving and would return when all their children were grown.
Roger died in 2009. In 2011, Larry pleaded guilty to several domestic violence charges unrelated to Virginia's . By 2017, he was homeless, suffering from serious health problems and used a wheelchair for mobility. He died of liver failure in the summer of 2018.
Virginia resided in Easton, Maine in 1993, but many of her relatives live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Prior to her marriage she had four children by different men, the first born when she was fourteen years old, and dropped out of high school in her junior year. She married Larry at age 22 and had three additional children afterwards.
Virginia's two youngest children died in a fire in 1990, three years prior to her disappearance. Three others were taken from Larry's custody after Virginia went missing, and eventually adopted by another family.
Virginia's loved ones describe her as a devoted mother who would not have abandoned her family. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Maine State Police
207-532-2261
Other
The Doe Network
The Bangor Daily News
Sisters in Spirit
Facebook Page for Virginia Pictou-Noyes
Fiddlehead Focus
NamUs
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