"All missing person cases need an ending" - Wednesday (Feb 3rd) is National Missing Persons Day

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"All missing person cases need an ending" - Wednesday (Feb 3rd) is National Missing Persons Day
Author: WBIR Staff
Published: 9:47 PM EST February 3, 2021
Updated: 9:47 PM EST February 3, 2021

Officials said that more than 600,000 people disappear each year.


National Missing Persons Day was Wednesday, Feb. 3. It's meant to memorialize people who have been missing in the U.S. and focus people's attention on helping to find them.

According to the National Unidentified and Missing Persons System, more than 600,000 people disappear each year.

Luckily, some of them have been found and (the) families, learning about what happened to a missing person, and possibly seeing them once again, can fill what otherwise seems like an unfillable void.

"There are people and children every day going missing in this day and time, and there shouldn't be," said Darla Jackson, a historian who wrote Harlan County Haunts which explores the county's myths and tales. "With our technology, we should not have all of these missing people, but we do."

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https://www.wbir.com/article/life/all-missing-person-cases-need-an-ending-wednesday-is-national-missing-persons-day/51-fac34e39-8d57-4c45-a439-51d8c173feb3
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1. How community involvement can help on National Missing Persons Day

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How community involvement can help on National Missing Persons Day
by: Yvette Sanchez
Posted: Feb 3, 2021 / 08:14 PM CST
Updated: Feb 3, 2021 / 08:14 PM CST


HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - According to government statistics, 600,000 people go missing each year. Some are runaways, part of a crime, or just vanish. According to Brent Patterson with the Madison County Sherriff’s Department, the county sees about 100 missing people a year.

But, he says what’s overwhelming is the daily national amount. “We see approximately 2,300 cases a day nationwide and that’s entirely too many.”

Patterson says on days like National Missing Persons Day, it’s a day for awareness, to let community members know, “We’re working on this and you can as well.”

When a loved one goes missing, it can be the scariest thing one experiences, the not knowing of what has happened, Patterson says even if you think you don’t have enough information, you could be a huge help.

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https://whnt.com/news/how-community-involvement-can-help-on-national-missing-persons-day/
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