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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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Tammy Kay Ferguson
Ferguson, date, approximate 1995
Date Missing 07/16/1995
Missing From
Leland, North Carolina
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/17/1958 (64)
Age 37 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 140 pounds
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue/gray eyes. Ferguson is missing a finger on her right hand. She has tattoos of a red rose with the name "Tonya" and a skull with the name "Joshua" on her upper arm, and other tattoos on the back of her shoulder and above her breasts. Ferguson may be called "Tammy Oglesby Ferguson" by some agencies.
Details of Disappearance Ferguson was last heard from when she called her mother from a pay phone at a gas station on the corner of South Navassa Road and Village Road in Leland, North Carolina on July 16, 1995.
At the time of her disappearance, Ferguson lived with her husband at Leland Mobile Home Park on Old Fayetteville Road; the couple had moved to North Carolina from Alabama. Her husband worked in the construction industry and Ferguson was a maid at the Town and Country Motel in Belville, North Carolina.
Ferguson told her mother she would be moving back to Alabama as soon as she got her disability check.She left behind all of her personal belongings, including an uncashed check, and her only child. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Leland Police Department
910-371-1100
Other
The CUE Center for Missing Persons
The Wilmington Star-News
The Doe Network
WECT 6
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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