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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.



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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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Sara Martinez-Fabila
Martinez-Fabila, date, approximate 2018
Date Missing 12/13/2018
Missing From
Brownsville, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Hispanic
Date of Birth 09/16/1967 (55)
Age 51 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 170 pounds
Medical Conditions Martinez-Fabila suffers from bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and alcoholism.
Associated Vehicle(s) An "old beater car"
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Martinez-Fabila's ears are pierced and she may wear eyeglasses. Her ribs and arm have previously been broken.
Details of Disappearance Martinez-Fabila was initially reported missing in November 2018, after the Camp Fire destroyed almost the entire town of Paradise, California, where she lived, and killed 85 people.
Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. Her last mailing address was a post office in Paradise, and when her family was unable to get in touch with her after the disaster, they reported her missing. They had not heard from her since weeks prior to the fire.
She is the only one of the people reported missing in the aftermath of the Camp Fire who is still unaccounted for.However, investigators are not sure whether Martinez-Fabila was still living in Paradise when the disaster happened.
It wasn't uncharacteristic of her to be out of touch with her family for extended time periods. She had had a hard life, including years of problems with domestic violence, substance abuse and mental illness, and had lost custody of all five of her children. (They were adopted by her relatives.) However, a few years prior to her disappearance she went through an eighteen-month treatment program and to turn her life around and stay on her psychiatric medication. She hoped to attend Chico State University.
About a month after the fire, on December 13, 2018, Martinez-Fabila was sighted when she attempted to check in for the night at the Brownsville Motel in Brownsville, California. She used the name Sara Martinez, and the manager later recognized her photograph and confirmed this was her.
The manager told Martinez-Fabila that the motel had no room available for her; all of them had been taken by people displaced by the Camp Fire. The manager suggested she ask the Red Cross for shelter, offered her food and water, and said if necessary she could sleep in her car in the motel parking lot for the night. Martinez-Fabila refused any assistance, however, and said she didn't want to sign up for any services because she "didn't want to be found." She drove away in what the manager called "an old beater car."
Martinez-Fabila has not been seen or heard from since she left the motel in Brownsville. Police would like to account for her whereabouts and well-being.
Investigating Agency
Butte County Sheriff's Department
530-538-7434
Other
California Attorney General's Office
The Redding Record-Searchlight
USA Today
Camp Fire Missing
KCRA 3
Stand Against Stigma

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.



Missing Person Photos

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