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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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Wendy Hiehle
Hiehle, date, approximate 2004
Date Missing 06/02/2004
Missing From
Hinckley, Minnesota
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/04/1968 (54)
Age 36 years old
Height and Weight 5'4, 185 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly a wristwatch with a leather band.
Medical Conditions Hiehle has multiple health problems, including diabetes, and requires insulin and medication for them; she left all her medicine behind. Without it, she may become irrational.
Associated Vehicle(s) Black two-door 1990 Acura Integra (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Dark brown curly hair, brown eyes. Hiehle describes herself as Native American, but her mother says she is actually Caucasian. She smokes generic cigarettes.
Details of Disappearance Hiehle was last seen at the Grand Casino in the vicinity of the 700 block of Lady Luck Drive in Hinckley, Minnesota on June 2, 2004. She has never been heard from again.
Hiehle's black two-door 1990 Acura Integra was later found abandoned on the off-ramp joining Interstate 35 to State Route 23, approximately ten miles south of Hinckley. There was no sign of her at the scene, but her medicine was found inside the car.
She hasn't used her bank account since she vanished, and two checks she was carrying with her have not been cashed. Police do not believe Hiehle left voluntarily, but the circumstances of her disappearance are unclear. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
St. Cloud Police Department
320-251-1200
Pine County Sheriff's Department
320-629-5723
Other
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Rino Kids Online
The St. Cloud Times
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.
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
