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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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William Frederick Muller
William, date, approximate 1987
Date Missing 03/23/1987
Missing From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 45 years old
Height and Weight 5'10 - 6'2, 195 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. William's nickname is Billy.
Details of Disappearance William was last seen when he left his plumbing job at Smith Kline Beecham at 15th and Spring Garden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 2:30 p.m. on March 23, 1987. He got into his black 1983 Plymouth Turismo and drove away. Normally he would have gone to his home on Beaver Run Road in Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania, but he never arrived there and has never been heard from again.
When his friends couldn't get in touch and went to his home to check on him, it appeared as if he had left in a hurry. His guns were still in their gun cabinet and there was a pot of spaghetti on the stove, and nothing was missing except his car, which has has not been recovered.
William disappeared just two weeks after he'd sued his younger brother, Frederick William Muller. Their mother had died and William was suing Frederick for control over her estate, including the farmhouse and seventeen-acre property on Ferry Road where they'd grown up. He believed Frederick was running a narcotics operation out of that house and wanted to put a stop to it. After his disappearance, the lawsuit was dropped.
In 2000, Frederick was arrested on drug charges; he'd been using the farmhouse to manufacture methamphetamine. Police stated he was a suspect in the 1998 murder of a Philadelphia police officer and in the "probable murder" of his brother. The officer's severed arm was found in a trash bin in Trenton, New Jersey two days after his disappearance; the rest of his body was never found. No one has been charged in either the officer's death or William's, but in 2001 Frederick pleaded guilty to the drug offenses.
William was newly divorced at the time of his disappearance, but had three daughters and other relatives living in the area. He was declared ly dead seven years after his disappearance and his estate, worth $235,000, was disbursed to his relatives.
Investigating Agency
Bucks County Sheriff's Office
215-348-6354
Other
NamUs
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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