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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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William Dean Ponder
William, date, approximate 1993
Date Missing 08/28/1993
Missing From
Chesnee, South Carolina
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 09/23/1951 (71)
Age 41 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 190 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A t-shirt, faded jeans and sneakers.
Medical Conditions Ponder was reportedly depressed at the time of his disappearance, but he was not taking medication for the condition.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Red hair, blue eyes. William goes by his middle name, Dean. He had a beard at the time of his disappearance. William wears eyeglasses.
Details of Disappearance William resided in the 6800 block of Parris Bridge Road in Chesnee, South Carolina in 1993. On August 28, 1993, he spent the evening with friends at J's Tavern near his home.
His friends stated they dropped him off at the Martin Feed Mill at the intersection of Parris Bridge Road and Martin Camp Road. He has never been heard from again.
William's father reported him as a missing person on September 2. William has a criminal record which dates back to 1976 and includes drug and alcohol offenses, property crimes, and weapons violations, and he was released from prison just two months prior to his disappearance.
Foul play is suspected in his ; in 2006, a former acquaintance of William's told police he had been murdered. He has been declared ly dead, but his remains have never been found.
William's only son, Scott Dean Ponder, was murdered in 2003. He was shot to death, along with his mother and two employees, at the Superbike store Scott owned on Parris Bridge Road.
The serial killer Todd Kohlhepp pleaded guilty to their murders as well as three others and one count of kidnapping in May 2017. He was sentenced to life in prison. Their murders are not thought to be connected to William's disappearance.
Investigating Agency
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Department
864-503-4608
Other
411 GINA for the Missing
The Spartanburg Herald-Journal
WIS TV 10
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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