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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Diana Belinda Alvarez
Diana, date, approximate 2016
Date Missing 05/29/2016
Missing From
Fort Myers, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
Hispanic
Age 9 years old
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female.
Details of Disappearance Diana disappeared from her home in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida on May 29, 2016. Authorities quickly identified Jorge Guerrero, a former roommate of Diana's family, as a suspect in her . They found pornographic photos of Diana on his phone and he admitted having sexually abused her while he lived with her family.
Guerrero was charged with possession of child pornography.In May 2017, nearly a year after Diana's disappearance and on the eve of her tenth birthday, he was found guilty of one count of possession of child pornography and one count of production of child pornography. He was sentenced to forty years in prison; the next day, he was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years of age and battery of a child. The victim was Diana.
In May 2018, a year after Guerrero was convicted of the child pornography charges, he was also charged with first-degree murder in Diana's . In March 2020, her remains were found by surveyors in Yeehaw Junction, Florida. Guerrero is still awaiting trial for her murder.
Investigating Agency
Lee County Sheriff's Office
239-477-1000
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Fox 4 Now
WINK News
NBC 2
The Indianapolis Star
The News-Press
NBC 29
The Democrat and Chronicle
Florida Today
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
