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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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Yolanda Evette Panek
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Panek, date, approximate 1995
Date Missing 07/13/1995
Missing From
Portland, Oregon
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Date of Birth 06/24/1974 (48)
Age 21 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 105 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black tank top, a denim skort, white sneakers, white socks and a white belt. Carrying a Dooney & Bourke purse.
Associated Vehicle(s) 1994 Dodge Spirit (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Panek's ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Panek was last seen checking into the Capril Motel in the 1500 block of northeast 83rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. She checked in at 11:00 p.m.
At 7:00 a.m. the following day, her 1994 Dodge Spirit was found abandoned near a Greyhound bus station with her two-year-old son locked inside, unharmed. There were bloodstains in the trunk of the car and in its interior.
When the hotel did a wake-up call that morning, no one answered. A maid was sent up to check Panek's second-floor room at 10:00 a.m. and found it deserted. Both beds had been stripped, the bedclothes and all the towels were missing, and one of the mattresses was soaked through with blood.
A week after her disappearance, Panek's ex-boyfriend, Abdur Rashid Al-Wadud, was charged with her murder. Al-Wadud is also known as Darryl Devereaux. The couple had been married in a Muslim ceremony in 1993, but the marriage was not .
A few weeks after their son's birth, Panek requested a restraining order, saying Al-Wadud had shoved her, tried to strangle her and threatened to slit her throat. They separated and Al-Wadud was living in East Palo Alto, California by the time of Panek's disappearance. He was arrested there and extradited to Oregon to face trial.
Investigators believe Al-Wadud planned Panek's murder beforehand and killed her by slashing her throat. He had threatened to murder her several times because he thought she'd betrayed Islam by not raising their son in the Muslim faith.
Al-Wadud bought a knife a few days before Panek disappeared, then drove to Portland to meet her and their son at the Capril Motel.
Al-Wadud's attorney, Edward Jones, suggested that if Al-Wadud had actually committed the murder, he did so while under "extreme emotional distress." He asked for an acquittal or a conviction of manslaughter.
Jones also claimed Panek was a prostitute, an assertion her family strongly denied. They later filed a grievance with the Oregon state bar, claiming Jones had "knowingly made false statements of fact."
Al-Wadud maintained his innocence, but was convicted of murder in 1996 and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Panek's body has never been found, but foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Portland Police Department
503-823-0418
Other
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The Eugene Register-Guard
The Oregonian

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