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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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Nori Jenkins
Nori, date, approximate 1986
Date Missing 07/20/1986
Missing From
Topeka, Kansas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Asian
Age 51 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 115 pounds
Medical Conditions Nori suffers from severe mental illness and needs medications. She can become violent when she doesn't take them.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, black eyes. Nori was born in Japan. She has a scar on her left eyebrow.
Details of Disappearance Nori was last seen in Topeka, Kansas on July 20, 1986. She left Topeka State Hospital that day and has never been heard from again.
Nori was born in Japan and married her husband, Harold Jenkins, in Okinawa while he was stationed there in the military. After they moved to the United States, they had two daughters. Nori was diagnosed with mental illness and treated for her condition in Montana.
On January 3, 1964, Nori dressed her children in their best clothes and strangled them with the cloth belt from her dress. Harold found the bodies when he came home work to their Topeka, Kansas apartment: Linda Louise, aged three, and Doris Marie, aged 23 months.
Nori was tried for two counts of first-degree murder in March of that year. Two doctors testified that she was insane, and she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to Topeka State Hospital for inpatient psychiatric treatment.
She was in and out of psychiatric hospitals throughout her adult life, and by the time of her 1986 disappearance she had also spent some time homeless and sleeping under bridges. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.
Investigating Agency
Topeka Police Department
785-368-9415
Other
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
The Doe Network
The Council Grove Republican
The Salina Journal
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.
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