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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 M. Kimura
Kimura, date, approximate 1999
Date Missing 05/21/1999
Missing From
Cary, Illinois
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Asian
Date of Birth 04/21/1971 (51)
Age 28 years old
Height and Weight 4'11 - 5'0, 100 - 110 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A St. Edward School jacket with red trim and the word "April" stitched on the front in red lettering, and black pants. She carried a silver crucifix and two sets of rosary beads, one black and one transparent.
Medical Conditions Kimura suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Kimura's hair was short at the time of her disappearance. She may wear it shaved in the front and longer in the back.
Details of Disappearance Kimura resided in Chicago, Illinois in 1999. On May 20, she took a train to Cary, Illinois to spend the night with a friend who lived in the 200 block of Northwest Highway in Cary, Illinois.
She was last seen walking on Route 14 in Cary the next day. She may have been trying to catch a train in Cary or in Fox River Grove, Illinois. She resided in Chicago, Illinois. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her .
Kimura doesn't have many family members, but the police are in contact with what relatives she does have. Some agencies report Kimura disappeared from Fox River Grove and give the date of her disappearance as May 20, 1999.
Investigating Agency
Cary Police Department
847-639-2341
Other
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Northwest Herald
The Chicago Tribune
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.
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