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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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Suzanne Arbell
Arbell, date, approximate 1993
Date Missing 04/18/1993
Missing From
Van Nuys, California
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 02/27/1931 (91)
Age 62 years old
Height and Weight 5'7, 110 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Silver and blue 1987 Honda Civic Del Sol with the California license plate number 3CSA999 (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Arbell looked approximately 15 years younger than her actual age in 1993.
Details of Disappearance Arbell was last seen in Van Nuys, California on April 18, 1993. She told her loved ones that she was planning to embark on a short vacation.
Her silver and blue 1987 Honda Civic Del Sol with the California license plate number 3CSA999 was discovered abandoned in Victorville, California on April 25, a week after she was last seen. There were no signs of foul play in or around the vehicle and no personal belongings inside, except Arbell's curling iron. The car was in drivable condition, but its license plate and vehicle identification number had been removed.
Arbell has never been heard from again. She is described as a highly organized woman who kept in close contact with her family, and her disappearance is considered suspicious. Her husband is not a suspect in her disappearance, which remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Los Angeles Police Department
213-485-5381
Other
California Attorney General's Office
The Daily News of Los Angeles
The Doe Network
411 Gina
NamUs
The San Bernardino County Sun
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
