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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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Sargent Scott Micek
Micek, date, approximate 1989
Date Missing 05/04/1989
Missing From
South Bend, Indiana
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/29/1967 (55)
Age 22 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 165 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black jacket with the words "Western Southern" printed on it in white lettering, black pants and a black shirt.
Medical Conditions Micek suffered from drug and alcohol problems at the time of his disappearance. He has attempted suicide in the past.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Micek has scars on each wrist. He has freckles.
Details of Disappearance Micek went to the Bear's Den in the 100 block of north Michigan Street South Bend, Indiana on May 4, 1989. Between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m., he called his mother and asked her to pick him up. She told him to come home in a cab instead.
He called back about ten minutes later and again asked her to come get him. He sounded anxious at the time. Micek's mother again refused to pick him up. He has never been heard from again.
Micek may have been arrested several times for driving under the influence in 1993, four years after his disappearance. Authorities also received a tip that his body was inside in a barrel in a quarry in Mishawaka, Indiana, but the lead did not pan out.
He lived on Fox Street in South Bend at the time of his disappearance. His current whereabouts are unknown and his remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
South Bend Police Department
574-235-9263
Other
The Doe Network
The Independent Record
The South Bend Tribune
Unsolved in the News
WDNU 16
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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