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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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Tamara Halona Bell
Tamara, date, approximate 2020; Corey Walker
Date Missing 05/05/2020
Missing From
Little Rock, Arkansas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Black
Age 45 years old
Height and Weight 5'9 - 6'0, 115 pounds
Medical Conditions Tamara suffers from bipolar disorder and takes medication to control her condition.
Associated Vehicle(s) 2014 Jeep Cherokee (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Red hair, brown eyes. Tamara may use the last names Bell-Walker and/or Williams-Bell. She has tattoos on her chest and right arm. Her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance Tamara was last seen on Green Mountain Drive in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 5, 2020. She has never been heard from again. On May 29, her 2014 Jeep Cherokee was found; however, there was no sign of her.
Tamara's husband, Corey Lamont Walker Sr., was found dead in his car in the 100 block of Larch Street in Little Rock on June 5. He'd been killed by gunshot wounds to the upper half of his body and his car had crashed into a pole. His death was initially said to be a suicide, but police later retracted this ruling and said it was still under investigation. It's unclear whether Corey's death had anything to do with his wife's disappearance.
According to Tamara's father, Calvin Bell, Tamara began having problems with a houseguest starting in February 2020, and her behavior changed. She stopped having conversations with her father, and wouldn't respond to his messages asking how she was and to please contact him.
On May 3, he got a text, supposedly from her, saying she had taken her medication. Calvin doesn't believe Tamara actually sent the message, however, and replied to the message saying he was going to contact the police. In response, he got a message saying Tamara had dropped her phone in the bathtub and would be getting a new one. He doesn't think she wrote that message either, as it wasn't written in the way she would normally write to him.
He wrote back saying Tamara must call him or he would assume someone else was using her phone. On May 13, when she didn't call him on his birthday, he contacted the police and initiated a welfare check and missing persons report for his daughter.
When police questioned Corey about Tamara on June 1, he said he had been in Kentucky and was returning home to Arkansas, hadn't seen his wife since May 5, and was afraid someone was trying to kill him. This was just a few days before his death. A photo of Corey is posted with this summary.
Both Tamara's disappearance and Corey's death are still under investigation and it's not clear what happened to Tamara. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Little Rock Police Department
501-371-4605
Other
Never Forgotten | Arkansas Missing Persons Campaign
NamUs
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Brown Funeral Home and Mortuary
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
