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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Thomas Stephen Stump
Thomas, date, approximate 1995
Date Missing 07/25/1995
Missing From
Summerland Key, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 09/28/1953 (69)
Age 41 years old
Height and Weight 5'10, 175 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A tan shirt, tan shorts and possibly work boots.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Thomas's nickname is Tom. He may have a mustache and/or a full beard. He has an appendectomy scar on his abdomen and he wears contact lenses.
Details of Disappearance Thomas was last seen in Summerland Key, Florida on July 25, 1995, his youngest daughter's birthday. He was planning on taking a vacation with his wife, Bernie, and their two daughters, Bonnie and Sally, and on the morning of his disappearance drove his van to the gas station and the post office in preparation for the trip.
At 4:30 p.m., Bonnie called Thomas's mother, Rose Stump, to say she thought Thomas had committed suicide in the woods. Bernie allegedly told Rose that she had asked Thomas for a divorce, but she later denied having made that statement.
Bernie called the Hertz car rental agency and asked for a new set of keys for the car she and Thomas had rented. She said the previous set had gotten lost because Thomas had gone out into the ocean and drowned himself.
Prior to his disappearance, Thomas had suspected Bernie of having an affair with a prominent local radio personality, Bill Becker. He had confided about his marital problems to his brother.
Becker moved into the Stump residence a few weeks after Thomas's disappearance. Thomas was declared ly dead in 2000, after which time Bernie married Becker. He is her third husband.
Thomas is a gun collector and Bernie says he had hidden several guns in the woods near their home, but she didn't know exactly where.
Sally claims Thomas drove away in a car, but none of the Stump family cars were missing. Bonnie says he committed suicide. Both Bernie and Becker have passed polygraph tests in connection with Thomas's disappearance.
The families of Stump and Diana Harris, who disappeared from the Florida Keys in 1981, believe their s may be connected. Police apparently interviewed several of the same people in connection with both disappearances, but a link between Harris and Stump has not been conclusively established.
Thomas's mother believes her son did not commit suicide. She thinks he probably met with foul play. She describes him as a devoted father and a hard worker who would never leave his children even if his marriage was troubled. Thomas's disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
305-296-2424
Other
Real Crimes -- Real s
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Doe Network
NamUs
Facebook Page for Thomas Stump and Diana Harris
Facebook Page for Thomas Stump
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
