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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.



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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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Thomas Elroid Spiers
missing person case update January 2023 found new details posted
Spiers, date, approximate 1994
Date Missing 08/25/1994
Missing From
St. Martin, Mississippi
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 11/17/1953 (68)
Age 40 years old
Height and Weight 5'8, 200 - 220 pounds
Medical Conditions Spiers suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and has a history of prescription drug abuse. He has been hospitalized for his conditions several times in the past. He was taking daily doses of several medications, including tranquilizers and antidepressants, at the time of his disappearance. He left his medicine behind.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Spiers's nickname is Tony. He may spell his middle name "Elrod" and may use the alias names Chris Ransom, Thomas Ransom, Tony Ransom, Tony Stevens and/or Ricky Thomas. He chews Skoal tobacco and he has a scar on his left hand..
Details of Disappearance Spiers was last seen in St. Martin, Mississippi on August 25, 1994. That night he had dinner with his parents at their home on Goffville Road, three blocks away from his own home on Ruth Street. During the meal he told his parents he'd seen something he shouldn't have seen.
Spiers worked with his father, harvesting oysters. The next day, when he didn't show up to work, his family went to his home to check on him and realized he was gone.
His car was parked in front of his house with a rented videotape sitting on the roof, the door open, and his wallet and checkbook on the passenger seat. All the lights in his house were on and the television was turned on. He left behind his keys, wallet, medication and chewing tobacco.
Spiers's loved ones stated that despite his problems, it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning; they think he's deceased because they believe he would have called home if he could have. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
228-769-3024
Other
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers
The Biloxi Sun Herald
NamUs

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.



Missing Person Photos

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