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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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Christopher John MacQuarrie
MacQuarrie, date, approximate 2010
Date Missing 07/12/2010
Missing From
Sarasota County, Florida
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/15/1952 (70)
Age 58 years old
Height and Weight 6'3, 190 pounds
Medical Conditions MacQuarrie has a history of mental illness.
Associated Vehicle(s) 26-foot open console pleasure boat with the operating number FL3292GM (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes.
Details of Disappearance MacQuarrie was last seen in Sarasota County, Florida on July 12, 2010. He left a phone message for a friend at 2:15 p.m., stating he was going to take his 26-foot open console pleasure craft with the operating number FL3292GM out on deep water on the Gulf. He said he would go snorkeling and would return by 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but he never did and has never been heard from again.
Two days later, the Coast Guard found MacQuarrie's boat adrift and empty thirty miles offshore from Sanibel Island, south of Fort Myers, Florida. There was no sign of him at the scene. He left his home unlocked and left a float plan on the patio table.
MacQuarrie graduated from the University of Florida Law School in 1982 and was admitted to the Florida bar two years later, and practiced at a prestigious civil law firm. He got a divorce in the 1990s and following that ran into troubles, including three alcohol-related arrests between 1994 and 2004.
In a bizarre incident in 2005, he was charged with holding three people, including his son and his secretary, at gunpoint at a rural farm in Reddick, Florida. MacQuarrie claimed he thought another lawyer with whom he shared office space was plotting to kill him, his family and the secretary.
His defense stated he was delusional at the time and truly believed he was protecting himself and his loved ones. He was acquitted of all charges related to the incident, got his law license back, and resumed his practice. Most recently he lived in Siesta Key, Florida.
Authorities believe MacQuarrie was lost at sea. His body has never been recovered.
Investigating Agency
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office
941-366-8477
Other
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Sarasota Herald Tribune
WTSP 10
The Ocala Star-Banner
Florida Supreme Court
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.
Missing Person Photos
