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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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Robert Marcos Romero
Robert, date, approximate 2000; Age-progression to age 25 (date, approximate 2018); Ronnie Romero; Evelyn Romero
Date Missing 06/07/2000
Missing From
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 04/10/1993 (29)
Age 7 years old
Height and Weight 3'9 - 4'5, 50 - 80 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white t-shirt, jeans and black and white sneakers.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Robert has facial freckles. His nickname is Robbie. He got a buzz haircut one week prior to his disappearance.
Details of Disappearance Robert was last seen on June 7, 2000 at approximately 7:00 p.m. in his hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was walking to his friend's home in the 2900 block of Bellemah Drive at the time, which was three blocks from Robert's family's residence. He never arrived and has not been heard from again.
Robert's family attempted to locate him by themselves for several hours after he was last seen. They summoned law enforcement after eight hours.
Authorities searched Robert's family's residence, their vehicles and their yard and tested the family's couch in an attempt to uncover evidence relating to his , but nothing was found. Authorities have said that they believe Robert knew his possible abductor(s) or that the individual(s) involved may have known him.
Police are still searching for a man they say was in the neighborhood the week of Robert's disappearance. The man was riding a bicycle and had long hair tinged with gray. Police believe he may be a witness to whatever happened to Robert, and they would like to question him. The individual has never been identified or located.
Robert's older brother, Ronnie Romero, failed three polygraph exams about his brother's . A photograph of Ronnie is posted with this summary. He was twenty-two years old at the time of Robert went missing.
Investigators felt he behaved oddly in the days following Robert's disappearance; he stayed in his room alone and slept late while the rest of the family participated in the search effort. He told police he had taken Robert to a park to play football on the morning of June 7, but authorities later proved he had been at a party late the night before and then slept all that morning.
Ten days after Robert's disappearance, a female acquaintance of Ronnie contacted the police and said he'd confessed to her that he'd caused Robert's death and hid the child's body. Ronnie allegedly said he had hidden his brother's body very well and no one would ever find it. The woman's story has not been verified.
About a month after Robert's disappearance, Ronnie was interviewed by police and asked them about the penalties for manslaughter. He asked how much time the perpetrator would get if Robert had been killed accidentally.
Five weeks after Robert went missing, Ronnie accused his girlfriend in Robert's . He called 911 and said the girlfriend confessed to running Robert over with her car and putting the body in a dumpster. He demanded the police come and arrest his girlfriend. When authorities arrived at the residence, Ronnie's girlfriend was deep asleep. They woke her up and asked about the confession, and she said there had been no confession and she didn't know what they were talking about.
At the police station later, Ronnie related the alleged confession in detail: he identified the exact place where he said Robert had been hit, and even described his brother's injuries. Both parties agreed to take a polygraph, but Ronnie's girlfriend changed her mind, and Ronnie failed his test.
Investigators don't believe Ronnie's girlfriend killed the child as he said, but they think she knows more than she's disclosed about Robert's disappearance. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, now lives outside New Mexico and works in law enforcement.
Robert's loved ones have stated that they felt they were harassed by law enforcement officials, particularly after Robert's initial disappearance.
Some members of his family filed a lawsuit against the city of Santa Fe and its police department, alleging that their initial mishandling of the child's may have resulted in his death. The family requested access to the police department's files on the for their lawsuit, but a judge prohibited them from seeing the files because the investigation is still ongoing.
In late 2005, Robert's mother, Evelyn Romero, told reporters that authorities were seeking an indictment against Ronnie in Robert's disappearance. She stated she had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury regarding her missing son's , and her two minor children were taken from her custody temporarily. They have since been returned to her.
Authorities would not confirm Evelyn's statements, saying they were not allowed to comment on grand jury investigations. Ronnie was, however, arrested on unrelated charges in January 2006. A photograph of Evelyn is posted with this summary.
There have been no arrests in Robert's and his loved ones have maintained they are not involved in his disappearance. All of them except Ronnie took polygraphs and passed. Robert's father died in October 2002. Ronnie died unexpectedly in a Santa Fe jail in 2008, apparently of a drug overdose. He was thirty years old.
Robert's is still under investigation. Investigators believe he is dead and his body is somewhere in the Santa Fe area, possibly in the Caja del Rio landfill. He has no history of running away from home. His is being investigated as a homicide.
Investigating Agency
Santa Fe Police Department
505-955-5000
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Child Protection Education of America
NamUs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rino Kids Online
America's Most Wanted
The Santa Fe New Mexican
The New Mexico Channel
The Child Seek Network
New Mexico Department of Public Safety Missing Persons
The Albuquerque Journal
KOB TV
KRQE TV
KWEWS NewsWest 9
Unsolved in the News
The Daily Mail
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
