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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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Patricia Jane Dixon
Dixon, date, approximate 1999; Age-progression to age 39 (date, approximate 2005)
Date Missing 07/29/1999
Missing From
Knoxville, Tennessee
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 04/25/1966 (56)
Age 33 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 95 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Dixon has a tattoo of a butterfly on her outer left ankle and a tattoo of a unicorn on her left hip. She has an appendectomy scar on her abdomen and wears dentures in the top part of her mouth. Dixon's nicknames are Trish, Patty, and Pat. She has eczema, a skin condition, on her legs.
Details of Disappearance Dixon was last seen when she was released from from jail in the vicinity of east Lamar Alexander Parkway in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 29, 1999. She was last heard from on August 11, 1999, when she called her son on the telephone. She has not been seen or heard from since that time.
Dixon had lost her job prior to her disappearance and was living as a transient, sometimes staying at a hotel. She may have also been involved with drugs.
She called her son every day, however. His birthday was on August 12 and she told her son she would be at his party, even if she had to hitchhike to get there. She has never been heard from again.
Dixon may still be in the Knoxville area. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Blount County Sheriff's Office
865-273-5000
Other
NamUs
North American Missing Persons Network
The Daily Times
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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