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
Terasi Niholimbele
Niholimbele, date, approximate 2017; Some of Niholimbele's tattoos
Date Missing 08/30/2017
Missing From
Phoenix, Arizona
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Black
Age 23 years old
Height and Weight 5'6 - 5'8, 125 - 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white t-shirt and dark blue jogging pants, possibly cut off at the knees. Carrying a dark-colored backpack.
Medical Conditions Niholimbele started showing signs of mental illness, including anger issues, mood swings and delusions, beginning when he was about twelve or thirteen years old. In young adulthood he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and prescribed medication. He functioned well when he was taking his medicine, but he didn't take it consistently. During the periods when he was not taking his medication, Niholimbele would often become hospitalized or get arrested.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Niholimbele may use the last names Musengesenge and/or Sibomana. He has a mole on his forehead above his eyebrow, and numerous tattoos on his neck, chest, arms, hand and legs; photos of some of them are posted with this summary.
Details of Disappearance Niholimbele was last seen at 5:00 p.m. on August 30, 2017. He told his wife he was going to run an errand, and a friend dropped him off at a house in the vicinity of the 5500 block of west Flower Street in Phoenix, Arizona.
Niholimbele was supposed to call his friend when he wanted to be picked up, but he never did and has never been heard from again. His family reported him missing on September 1.
The house where Niholimbele was last seen was connected to associates of a drug cartel, and a few months after he disappeared, a man was murdered there in a drug-related homicide. It's unclear whether the death it has any connection to his , but police think some of the same people involved in that murder could have also been connected to Niholimbele's disappearance.
His wife stated he used marijuana and had a medical card for it, but that he didn't use il drugs. In spite of his struggles with bipolar disorder, it was uncharacteristic of him to be out of touch with his family.
Niholimbele's family, which includes his parents and eight siblings, is from the African nation of Burundi. They fled the country during the genocide against the Tutsi people in the 1990s when his mother was pregnant with him, and he was born in a refugee camp in Tanzania. They moved to the United States when Niholimbele was four years old.
Although he had a green card, Niholimbele never became a U.S. citizen. At one point he was nearly deported, but the immigration court decided to let him stay because of his mental health issues, his wife and child who are both American citizens, and the fact that he isn't a citizen of any other country.
His wife stated their marriage was good and he adored their three-year-old daughter, and she thinks he may have been murdered. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Phoenix Police Department
602-495-2019
Other
NamUs
Rap Sheets
Phoenix Police Department
Arrest Files
Help Terasi's Wife and Child
Terasi Niholimbele's Facebook Page
Facebook Page for Terasi Niholimbele
12 News
KJZZ 91.5
The Vanished Podcast
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
