Have you or someone you know ever gone missing?

[CdnCarrie]

Back in my third year of teaching (about 1974) two sisters disappeared after walking to the local mall. One of them was in my 7th grade Social Studies classes. Neither girl was ever found but about two years ago someone confessed to knowing where the bodies were buried. The investigation is still going on but supposedly the killers are now dead also.

I have read that case and followed it on websleuths. How horrible for the parents.

 

[mrsheppo]

One of my DH's co-worker's wife went missing in 2005. She was last seen at the cab company where her mother worked and upon finding her mother was not there, left the premises and was never seen again. She had a young son who has grown up without knowing his mom.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/casper-ross_jennifer.html

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I know of several "cases" of course, but as far as somebody I have known personally. A friend of mine from school went missing briefly. The nitwit returned home unharmed probably within a week. She went out to run an errand of some kind, and disappeared. Everybody thought she had been kidnapped or something (police were involved in searching and stuff). Turns out she was just mad about something and took off for a while.

I didn't know her well, but another person who kind of went missing was a very sad ending. For whatever reason (we will never know why I suppose), this teenager was away from home by herself. Nobody knew she was gone until we found out she had been killed in a traffic accident in Chicago which was more than 2 hours away.

 

[MimiOfTwo]

DH had a relative that disappeared at in 1983. She was a senior in high school and was working a at convenience store just covering the shift for a friend that had gotten sick. It was clear she was abducted as her car, purse, jacket was still there. She's never been found.

 

[kmb584]

To the best of my knowledge, I've never gone missing.

I live in a very small town so it was big news when a 22-year-old from here went missing a couple of years ago. About a week later, a search party found his vehicle in a ravine with him inside deceased from a gunshot to the back of his head. It was awful. The man convicted was his "best friend" and it was all over a girl (the 22-year-old dated her for years, they broke up and she "hooked up" with best friend, then went back to the boyfriend).

 

[klmall]

I have read that case and followed it on websleuths. How horrible for the parents.

It was terrible for the family and the rumor at the time was that since the father was a night time DJ the mother shushed the kids and sent them outside so he could sleep during the day. This happened in the fall I think and in June the parents came to school and asked if the teachers had anything saved from the girls such as graded papers. It was so sad!

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

My sister worked at the Old Spaghetti Factory back when she was in college. Another waitress my sister knew went missing after a concert one night. She got a flat tire on the freeway and walked to a call box for help. Her car was abandoned, and she had disappeared. Three years later, her body was found inside a freezer in Arizona. My sister was very shaken up by the whole thing. I pray for all the families of the missing on a regular basis because of this.

 

[Bilberry]

I did. I knew someone that went missing. It was a tragic incident that made national news. A classmate went missing for a few days. She had gone to the dentist early in the morning before class. After leaving the dentist, she did not turn up at school.

Later the bike she rode to the dentist was found in a creek near the school. As can be imagined everyone turned out to look for my classmate. The then small suburb came to a stop. Her body was later found a few days later in a citrus field near the school She had been murdered.

I was to young to know everything that was involved with the circumstance in my classmates murder. We were in 5th grade. I remember seeing a few articles about the case a couple years ago. Her murder had been put to death by the state. PBS has run a segment on the killer, which I've seen aired a few times.

The murder and death penalty case can be read about here ~

Larry Mann executed for Palm Harbor girl's 1980 killing

http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...ed-for-palm-harbor-girls-1980-killing/2114432

 

[22Tink]

A 20 y/o girl Madison Scott from our town in central BC has been missing since May of 2011. It really shook up our small town. I know her mother and actually had Madison in my class when I taught preschool years ago. She was camping with a bunch of people and disappeared in the middle of the night. Her truck and tent were still there, but she went missing without a trace. Her family and friends have been working tirelessly ever since to try to find out what happened to her.

ETA her poster. Her family is desperate to find out what happened to her so I figured I could utilize this thread to help get her story out there. Hopefully it's ok to add this?

 

[Allison]

A 20 y/o girl Madison Scott from our town in central BC has been missing since May of 2011. It really shook up our small town. I know her mother and actually had Madison in my class when I taught preschool years ago. She was camping with a bunch of people and disappeared in the middle of the night. Her truck and tent were still there, but she went missing without a trace. Her family and friends have been working tirelessly ever since to try to find out what happened to her.

I believe I saw a show on this case-48 Hours, Dateline or one of those shows.

 

[22Tink]

I believe I saw a show on this case-48 Hours, Dateline or one of those shows.

Yes there have been a few stories done on her case.

 

[CdnCarrie]

A 20 y/o girl Madison Scott from our town in central BC has been missing since May of 2011. It really shook up our small town. I know her mother and actually had Madison in my class when I taught preschool years ago. She was camping with a bunch of people and disappeared in the middle of the night. Her truck and tent were still there, but she went missing without a trace. Her family and friends have been working tirelessly ever since to try to find out what happened to her.

ETA her poster. Her family is desperate to find out what happened to her so I figured I could utilize this thread to help get her story out there. Hopefully it's ok to add this?
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I've seen that story too. I can't imagine having a loved one go missing.
I'm intrigued by these cases.
Some of the ones I find fascinating are Evelyn Hartley, Jason Jolkowski and Michael Dunahee.

 

[leebee]

I have learned that has to be one of the most difficult cases for police, because an amazing number of people willingly disappear, and if they are adults, that is within their right. Police have to quickly sort out which cases need lots of manpower, and which cases are just someone looking to start a new life.
We don't even report missing people...adult.....or juvenile, unless the request to cover it comes from Police. You would not believe how many people try and get the media to "help" them find a loved one, when all they want to do is harm them. Non-custodial parents have been known to do that, we even had gang members try and use the media to help them find someone here they wanted to kill.
And the number of people who disappear without a trace is mind boggling.

And, pet peeve. You CAN NOT do missing, you disappear.

Pet peeve of mine, too. You don't "go missing," you disappear. You can BE missing ("She is missing," for example) but you don't GO missing.

A former student of mine disappeared one night when she went out to a convenience store. They found her body about a week later. She'd actually gone out to meet someone she'd met online- or so she thought. Turns out he was a jealous ex-boyfriend. Don't really know what happened as we only have his side of the story, but she ended up dead and he's serving a long prison sentence. It was doubly awful as at the time this was happening, I was the former student's little sister's math teacher. The girl who was murdered was only in 10th grade (and her sister was in 3rd grade). It still makes me so sad.

 

[wilkeliza]

Closest to me would be a high school buddy who went missing and then was found dead by the rail road tracks in the college town where he was at school. Nobody believes he was hit by a train because there was no report of a train hit that night and he had 0 reason for being in that area of town. Dude had a little girl and was finally trying to get himself on a path to be able to raise her properly. He did suffer from depression so who knows what happened but it was just really sad.

Oh and when I was little my uncle was kind of a vagabond so when he would get the itch he would just leave and not tell anyone. He'd come back a couple weeks later with stories and videos of his new snowboarding, mountain biking, surfing, or skateboard adventure. I never realized it was a bad thing when I was kid and thought it was pretty awesome. Now he has 5 kids and while he doesn't disappear any more they do often pack the kids into the RV and go explore for a longg weekend.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I didn't personally know her but the people I was hanging out with at the time did know her and had gone to high school with her and so they were shocked to see the 'Missing' flyers and her all over the news. Kelsey Smith....this led to the Kelsey Smith Act which allows pinging of your cell phone device if authorities determine the subscriber (i.e. you) is in danger.

 

[MIGrandma]

My cousin. He's been gone since our DD was pregnant with her first child, and that child is 12 now.

It really hurts because we were so close. He has a sister and many times told me he felt closer to me than his real sister. I have no siblings of my own so always felt that he was the brother I never had.

He was moody and sometimes "pulled back" but always said he'd get back in touch when he felt better, and he always did.

This last time, nothing. Just disappeared. He had been living here in Michigan, with his wife, then something happened and they divorced and he moved to Montana. We still kept in touch through e-mail and Facebook. Then he just stopped. I tried and tried to make contact with him, but never heard from him again. I did a little digging and discovered he had been arrested for child molestation and while it makes me sick that something like that allegedly happened I still care about him. I don't know if that was the reason he disappeared, or not. I don't know if he committed suicide (I've searched for his obituary) or is just in hiding, or is in prison somewhere. A part of me would like to hire a private investigator to see if I could find him, but the bigger part of me says no, if he wanted to be in contact with me he would. Still hurts though. If he did commit suicide then I'm so sorry, and my heart grieves for him. But if he ever shows up again I don't know what will happen. Not sure if I can forgive him.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I did. I knew someone that went missing. It was a tragic incident that made national news. A classmate went missing for a few days. She had gone to the dentist early in the morning before class. After leaving the dentist, she did not turn up at school.

Later the bike she rode to the dentist was found in a creek near the school. As can be imagined everyone turned out to look for my classmate. The then small suburb came to a stop. Her body was later found a few days later in a citrus field near the school She had been murdered.

I was to young to know everything that was involved with the circumstance in my classmates murder. We were in 5th grade. I remember seeing a few articles about the case a couple years ago. Her murder had been put to death by the state. PBS has run a segment on the killer, which I've seen aired a few times.

The murder and death penalty case can be read about here ~

Larry Mann executed for Palm Harbor girl's 1980 killing

http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...ed-for-palm-harbor-girls-1980-killing/2114432

Wow... I grew up in Pasco county and never heard about this!

 

[fortwildernessishome]

Closest to me would be a high school buddy who went missing and then was found dead by the rail road tracks in the college town where he was at school. Nobody believes he was hit by a train because there was no report of a train hit that night and he had 0 reason for being in that area of town. Dude had a little girl and was finally trying to get himself on a path to be able to raise her properly. He did suffer from depression so who knows what happened but it was just really sad.

Oh and when I was little my uncle was kind of a vagabond so when he would get the itch he would just leave and not tell anyone. He'd come back a couple weeks later with stories and videos of his new snowboarding, mountain biking, surfing, or skateboard adventure. I never realized it was a bad thing when I was kid and thought it was pretty awesome. Now he has 5 kids and while he doesn't disappear any more they do often pack the kids into the RV and go explore for a longg weekend.

I have a personal connection to this case, if the buddy you are talking about is from NH. So tragic. His parents have set up a foundation in his name that does a lot of good. We actually just participated in one of their fundraiser for the foundation last month. My husband works with his Dad and my nephew played baseball with the young man.

 

[wilkeliza]

I have a personal connection to this case, if the buddy you are talking about is from NH. So tragic. His parents have set up a foundation in his name that does a lot of good. We actually just participated in one of their fundraiser for the foundation last month. My husband works with his Dad and my nephew played baseball with the young man.

Not NH so weird thsg it has happened similarly in a different college town. This one was in Texas.

 

[VandVsmama]

My best friend from college went missing a couple of weeks before her death last fall. Her family spent hours and hours looking for her. She had developed serious alcoholism and prescription drug problems over the past few years and had just completed a stint in rehab. She got kicked out of her sober living facility for breaking the rules. Her body was found in a public park with a syringe next to her and a meth pipe on her person. She was homeless for those 2 weeks and slept who knows where. It was a horrible and tragic death. I really miss her. We had remained friends for ages and I stopped talking to her about 2 years ago because of the alcoholism and Xanax abuse...she got a DUI and admitted to drinking alcohol before going to work as a schoolteacher. She was furious with me for calling her on it. About 6 months before her death, her teaching credential was revoked.

I will never again look at a homeless person the same way again.