Wednesday August 22, 2018
As of last week, the cold case missing on Charleyproject.org is now up to 10,000! This was last week, perhaps 10,000 is not enough and we’ll find it higher. Could it possibly be that each state is in competition to see who can have the most cold case missing persons?
I also noticed, Megan didn’t have them numbered so people could see easily how many are missing. Unless they are numbered, you will have to count them individually.
It’s been a while but the last time I looked, California had over 2000 cold case missing persons, Florida was second with over 700, and Texas was third with over 600. Hey with so many resources these states have due to being so large and with UNTCHI in Texas with all the blank checks that UNTCHI desires that are being footed by the taxpayer, I can see other states being jealous and wanting to be #1, to go for the Gold!
Wednesday February 8, 2017 at 10:44 P.M.
http://www.facts.randomhistory.com/missing-persons-facts.html
I have been trying to find statistical information on cold case missing persons, but, with no success. It is like the general belief is that there are no cold case missing persons in the United States of America.
One site I came across. while it is not devoted strictly to cold case missing persons, I did find a few facts that were interesting. I am only going to list a few of the facts. I listed the address above if you wish to read all 48 facts (along with the references they list). Note: the http://www.facts.randomhistory.com/missing-persons-facts.html was posted on August 5, 2013. So while these statistics are 2 1/2 years old, these are the most current facts I have been able to find.
#5) A person can be declared dead in absentia or “legally dead” after 7 years of being listed as missing. This time can be reduced in certain cases, such as in mass disasters (e.g., Sept. 11, 2001) or major battles. (d)
#7) Approximately 2,300 Americans are reported missing-every day. This includes both children and adults. This does not include Americans who have vanished in other countries, individuals who disappear and are never reported, or the homeless and their children. (d)
#9) Minorities, those who suffer from mental disorders, and substance abusers who go missing often receive little attention from authorities and little sympathy from the press or public. (d)
#10) In most jurisdictions, missing persons cases receive low priority. Authorities are already working homicides, robberies, rapes, assaults, traffic issues, and crime prevention. (d)
#12) Forensic artists use techniques such as age progression to help locate missing persons. A forensic artist must have knowledge about how the face changes as it grows older, such as what sags and what expands. Having a picture of the biological parents also helps construct an accurate age progression photo. Usually, a child must be 1 to 18 months old and missing for at least 2 years before he or she can be age progressed. (d)
#13) Medical examiners and coroner’s offices in the U.S. hold more than 40,000 sets of unidentified remains. That number is large enough to represent a small city. (d)
#24) According to U.S legal definitions, a missing person is defined as a “person 18 years or older whose disappearance is possibly not voluntary, or a child whose whereabouts are unknown to the child’s legal custodian.” (d)
#25) There are several types of forensics that can be used for missing persons cases, including 1) computer forensics (examining files on the computer of a missing person or suspected abductor), 2) physical evidence (DNA samples), 3) forensic psychology (interpreting body language, verbal cues), and 4) positive identification. (d)
#27) Minority children make up 65% of all non-family abductions. African American children make up 42%. (c)
#36) One of the first missing children in America was Virginia Dare, who was the first baby born in the New World on Roanoke Island in 1587. When her grandfather left for England for more resources and then returned three years later, he couldn’t find the toddler-or any of the other settlers. The only clue was the word Croatan, which was carved on one of the settlement posts. (d)
#42) In the United States alone, enough children are abducted by family members on an average day to fill a school bus every other hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.. (d)
#45) When children disappear, they fall under the auspices of the National Child Search Assistance Act, which was passed in 1990. This act prohibits law enforcement agencies from requiring a waiting period before taking a missing persons report and provides that certain information be entered into the national database known as the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).(d)
#46) Police caution families of the missing to beware of scammers and people who claim to have psychic knowledge of the loved one’s fate. (d)
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