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
Sandy Pathresa Rea
Sandy, date, approximate 1984; Age-progression at age 46 (date, approximate 2012)
Date Missing 09/19/1984
Missing From
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/25/1966 (55)
Age 17 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 111 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A gray cropped shirt with the initials "SH" on the front, pink jogging pants and flip-flops.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Sandy has facial freckles and she has an appendectomy scar on her abdomen. Her right ear is smaller than her left ear and the top of it turns downward. Sandy was a cigarette smoker in 1984.
Details of Disappearance Sandy's mother divorced in the early 1980s. Her mother said Sandy took on additional responsibilities afterwards and was considered the "second mother" in their household.
She moved out of her family's residence in 1984 and stayed with a nearby girlfriend's family, and supported herself by working in local restaurants. She returned to her mother's home regularly to visit her younger siblings. Sandy served as president of the Vocational Industrial Club of America (VICA) at her high school.
Sandy planned to walk to a convenience store near Highland Street and Bryan Road to purchase cigarettes on September 19, 1984. A group of her friends passed and gave her a ride to the Windsor Bowling Alley, where Sandy's cousin worked. Her cousin told authorities that she asked him for a ride, but he was unable to leave work at the time.
Sandy's cousin said that she placed several telephone calls from the alley shortly afterwards, asking various people for a ride. She walked away from the business with an unidentified individual at approximately 9:00 p.m. Sandy has never been heard from again.
Several investigators believed Sandy left of her own accord, but her mother disagrees with the theory. Sandy's remains classified as a non-family abduction by the majority of agencies. Police are investigating the as an endangered missing person.
One theory about Sandy's disappearance involves her former boyfriend. They lived together for a time, but he was physically abusive towards her. She moved in with her girlfriend several weeks before her disappearance, but still saw the ex-boyfriend. She and the ex-boyfriend continued to socialize, however.
Another theory is that Sandy accidentally died of a drug overdose at a party and her body was disposed of. She did have a reputation as a "party girl" and was known to experiment with marijuana and alcohol.
A third theory involves "Suit Parties" in the Shawnee area, where prominent local men would supposedly exchange drugs and alcohol for sex with underage teenagers in local hotel rooms. There is no hard evidence that Sandy was involved in these events, however, or even that they happened at all.
Several possible witnesses in Sandy's have died in the years since her disappearance. There have been searches in various places for her body but no evidence was uncovered. Police continue to pursue her but have not gotten any good leads in years.
A detective investigating her disappearance believes Sandy attended a party on the night she disappeared and that other guests at the party may know what happened to her. There is no evidence to support his theory, however. Sandy's remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Shawnee Police Department
405-273-2121
405-273-0989
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The Shawnee News-Star
I Care -- Missing Persons Cold s
The Oklahoman
KFOR
NBC News
NamUs
Missing Persons Planet
Remember what Really happened in Shawnee
KRJH 2 News
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
