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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 Margaret Sullivan
Sullivan, date, approximate 1992
Date Missing 11/25/1992
Missing From
Butte, Montana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/26/1956 (65)
Age 35 years old
Height and Weight 5'9, 95 pounds
Medical Conditions Sullivan is an alcoholic and had just completed an inpatient treatment program a week prior to her disappearance.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Sullivan's nickname is Patty.
Details of Disappearance Sullivan was last seen in Butte, Montana on November 25, 1992, the day before her thirty-sixth birthday. She had completed an an alcohol treatment program at the Galen campus of Montana State Hospital a week earlier, and was living with her younger sister in Missoula, Montana and trying to find a job.
On November 25, Sullivan, her sister and her sister's boyfriend went to Butte to celebrate Thanksgiving with Sullivan's mother. When they arrived at the house, the other two went inside while Sullivan remained in the car. A few minutes later, her sister went out to check on her, but Sullivan was gone.
Investigators determined that Sullivan went to Muzz and Stan's Bar in southwest Butte after leaving her mother's home. She asked a man to give her a ride uptown and he dropped her off at Harrington's Bar. She was seen alone inside the bar, and then later left with an unidentified man. She has never been heard from again.
Sullivan is one of seven children; she and her twin sister were the oldest two in the family. She left behind two daughters. In spite of her alcohol abuse problem, it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning, and her mother fears she is dead. An anonymous caller told her mother that Sullivan had been picked up by a man in Butte, Montana, taken to Idaho, murdered and buried in the mountains there, but this story has not been confirmed.
Sullivan had worked as a cook at various Butte-area restaurants before she went missing. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.
Investigating Agency
Butte/Silver Bow County Sheriff's Office
406-497-1120
Other
Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse
The Missoulian
The Montana Standard
The Helena Independent-Record
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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