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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Randi Jane Mebruer
Mebruer, date, approximate 1998; Derrick Todd Lee
Date Missing 04/18/1998
Missing From
Zachary, Louisiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 03/18/1970 (52)
Age 28 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 115 - 120 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Mebruer's ears are pierced. Her maiden name is Cieslewicz and some agencies refer to her as Randi Jane Cieslewicz Mebruer. Mebruer has a small heart tattooed on one of her breasts.
Details of Disappearance Mebruer went to the local video store near her home in Zachary, Louisiana on April 18, 1998. She and her young son returned to their residence on Saul Avenue at approximately 7:00 p.m. Mebruer has never been seen again. Her son walked to a neighbor's home the following morning and said that his mother was missing. The adults entered the Mebruers' residence and discovered blood on the floor; they then called the authorities.
Evidence inside Mebruer's house indicated signs of a struggle and foul play. There was a pink plastic bag in her carport, which was stained with her blood. Investigators believe that Mebruer was assaulted inside her residence and murdered; they believe her body was taken elsewhere. She was employed as a home health nurse in 1998.
Mebruer's ex-husband was originally a suspect in her disappearance but has since been ruled out.
There was a break in Mebruer's in February 2004, when DNA testing linked suspected serial killer Derrick Todd Lee to her presumed murder. A photograph of Lee is posted with this summary. He is known as the Baton Rouge Serial Killer. A former resident of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, he has been charged with six other murders, attempted murder, and rape. His suspected victims were all Caucasian women living in southern Louisiana. Lee is awaiting trial for all the murders. He is also considered a possible suspect in the disappearances of Mari Fowler,Melinda McGhee and Glenn Tankersley.
Mebruer has never been located. Police continue to search for her remains.
Investigating Agency
Zachary Police Department
225-654-9393
Other
America's Most Wanted
The Advocate
Child Search Ministries
The Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation
The Crime Library
The Killing Fields
The Clarion-Ledger
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 Photos
