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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Teresa Dianne Shannon
Shannon, date, approximate 1999
Date Missing 02/04/1999
Missing From
Lugoff, South Carolina
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/28/1950 (72)
Age 49 years old
Height and Weight 5'4 - 5'9, 215 - 275 pounds
Medical Conditions Shannon suffers from multiple sclerosis and requires medication to treat it. She left her medicine behind when she vanished. Shannon may also suffer from mental illness.
Associated Vehicle(s) Burgundy two-door 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass with the South Carolina license plate number 605-CJY
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Graying brown hair, green/blue eyes. Shannon's first name may be spelled "Theresa" and her middle name may be spelled "Diane." She may walk with a limp.
Details of Disappearance Shannon was last seen by a friend at the Western Sizzlin Steakhouse in Lugoff, South Carolina at about 2:30 p.m. on February 4, 1999.They had attended a meeting of Sistercare, a domestic violence support group, and Shannon had dropped off her friend before leaving. She has never been heard from again.
Foul play is suspected in Shannon's . She disappeared six days before she was supposed to appear in court to receive her divorce settlement, and nine days before her mother's wedding. Her mother reported her missing on February 16.
Shannon left all of her personal belongings, including her medication, behind at her home in the 2600 block of Thomas Sumter Highway. There were no signs of a struggle at the residence, but no indication that she was planning to leave either. She did take her car, a burgundy two-door 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass with the South Carolina license plate number 605-CJY. It has never been located.
Shannon's home in Kershaw County, South Carolina was destroyed by fire in the summer of 1998, months before she vanished. It was worth $90,000, but she never collected any insurance on it. Police are still investigating the fire and are unsure what, if anything, it has to do with her later disappearance.
Her husband was required to make $400 monthly alimony payments to her until 2003, four years after she vanished. He stated that prior to her disappearance, she had been hospitalized for mental illness. They had two sons, who were in their teens and living with their father when their mother disappeared. Their daughter died before Shannon's disappearance, and one of their sons has also since died.
Shannon's mother stated her husband had been abusive to her, and police said he refused to cooperate with the investigation. Her husband died in 2011 and has never been named as a suspect in her . remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
803-436-2053
Other
Rino Kids Online
The Item
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
The State
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.
Missing Person Photos
