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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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Rhonda Ilean Smith
Smith, date, approximate 1984
Date Missing 02/27/1984
Missing From
Atlanta, Georgia
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 04/07/1962 (60)
Age 21 years old
Height and Weight 6'0 - 6'1, 140 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A short white or camel-colored rabbit fur coat, a white or silver-colored blouse, white shoes, a gold necklace and two pairs of earrings.
Associated Vehicle(s) Borrowed blue 1981 Chevrolet pickup truck with the Georgia license plate number RT4472
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Smith's ears are double-pierced. She has a small tattoo of a rose on her upper chest. She may smoke cigarettes. Her nickname is Leggs.
Details of Disappearance Smith was last seen on February 27, 1984. She left her residence in Coweta County, Georgia early that morning to go shopping at the Lenox Square shopping mall in Atlanta, Georgia with a friend, but she never showed up to meet the friend, and never returned home. She has never been heard from again.
Smith had worked as an exotic dancer at the Tattletail Lounge in Atlanta, something she kept from her family; they thought she was a bartender. She had quit her dancing job by the time of her disappearance and planned to start a dog grooming and breeding business; she had already placed a print order for business cards. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Atlanta Police Department
404-546-5602
Coweta County Sheriff's Office
678-423-6711
Other
NamUs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Websleuths
Missing Persons of America
11 Alive
Facebook Page for Rhonda Smith
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
