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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 Lorraine Niver
Niver, date, approximate 1993; Gregory Agnew, date, approximate 2018
Date Missing 08/07/1993
Missing From
Superior Township, Michigan
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 05/31/1969 (53)
Age 24 years old
Height and Weight 5'6, 123 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A red and white knitted sweater, white pants, red socks and white loafers or sneakers.
Medical Conditions Niver is diabetic. She requires three insulin injections every day in order to regulate her condition. She doesn't have her insulin with her.
Associated Vehicle(s) 1979 Mercury Marquis (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes.
Details of Disappearance
Niver was last seen in Superior Township, Michigan on August 7, 1993. She moved out of the residence she shared with her former boyfriend, Gregory Agnew, the day prior to her disappearance.
Gregory later told police that the breakup had been his idea because Niver was jealous, but according to the couple's friends, it was Gregory who was the more jealous of the pair. Niver's sister said Gregory had been violent to Niver, and that Niver was afraid for her life.
Niver drove to Gregory's home at approximately 2:30 a.m. to retrieve some of her personal belongings. He told authorities that they spoke at his house and she departed shortly afterwards. She has never been heard from again.
Her vehicle, a borrowed 1979 Mercury Marquis, was discovered abandoned on Cornell Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan at approximately 11:00 a.m. that morning. The car was il ly parked in the middle of the road and the keys were in the ignition with the engine running. There was no sign of Niver at the scene.
Gregory has long been a suspect in Niver's disappearance, but he was never charged. He accused the police of harassing him and sued them, and was awarded a $45,000 settlement. A photo of him is posted with this summary.
Just four days after Niver's disappearance, a friend of hers, Martha McGeorge, took guardianship of her children for three months. Police approached her and asked her to assist them with the investigation, and Martha agreed to wear a recording device and get Gregory to confess to his involvement in the . Instead, Martha started dating Gregory. They married in 2014 and she took his surname.
By 2018, Gregory and Martha were in the process of a divorce, and Martha had made domestic violence allegations against him. The police contacted her and asked her again for assistance in Niver's . She declined to help them, but told Gregory about their inquiries. Just weeks later, Martha was murdered in her home: strangled, beaten about the head, and injected with heroin and fentanyl.
Gregory was convicted of his wife's murder in 2019. Details about Niver's disappearance were brought up at the trial, and one of Gregory's other ex-girlfriends testified that about his violence towards her. The ex-girlfriend said Gregory was a jealous partner but did not become violent until she told him they should break up. Then he held her down, duct-taped her to a bed, electrocuted her repeatedly over a period of hours, and repeatedly sexually assaulted her. She was pregnant at the time.
Investigators believe Gregory killed Martha to keep her from talking about what she knew about Niver, and to keep her from getting their home in their pending divorce. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for Martha's murder and his conviction was upheld on appeal, but he has never been charged in Niver's .
Foul play is suspected in Niver's disappearance due to the circumstances involved. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Washtenaw County, Michigan Sheriff's Office
734-973-7711
734-971-3954
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office
Facebook Page for Tammy Niver
MLive
The Doe Network
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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