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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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Tracey Elizabeth Brazzel
Brazzel, date, approximate 1995; Danny Ross Giles
Date Missing 05/27/1995
Missing From
Everett, Washington
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/29/1973 (49)
Age 22 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 130 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black inside-out sweatshirt cut off above the waist and with cut-off sleeves, a black leather jacket, blue jeans and black shoes. Carrying a red wallet-sized purse with long straps.
Associated Vehicle(s) White 1993 Ford Probe with the Washington license plate number 081GDL (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue/green eyes. Brazzel's hair was bleached blonde at the time of her 1995 disappearance, as shown in one of the photographs above. She has the following tattoos: a small rose tattoo with her first name "Tracey" printed across it on her shoulder blade, a snake on her ankle, an unspecified tattoo on her other ankle, and three unspecified tattoos on her breasts. Her nose and ears are pierced. Some agencies may spell her first name "Tracy."
Details of Disappearance Brazzel was last seen at approximately 1:45 a.m. on May 27, 1995 in Everett, Washington. She was departing from Kodiak Ron's Pub in the 12200 block of Airport Road at State Route 99 South at the time of her disappearance.
Her white 1993 Ford Probe with the Washington license plate number 081GDL was discovered three days later parked half a block from her residence in Keeler's Corner Apartments in the 4500 block of 164th Street southwest in North Lynnwood, Washington.
Brazzel was employed as a hairstylist at the Great Clips salon in Mill Creek, Washington in May 1995. She quit her job on May 25, two days prior to her disappearance, and never picked up her last paycheck. Her mother stated that she had a close relationship with her daughter in 1995 and said that Brazzel visited her daily.
Brazzel's loved ones told authorities it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Extensive searches of the surrounding area produced no clues as to her whereabouts. Her parents are divorced and her father resided in New Jersey at the time of her disappearance.
In May 2011, authorities announced they'd identified Danny Ross Giles as a suspect in Brazzel's disappearance and in the murder of Patti Berry, a 26-year-old woman who disappeared in July 1995 and was found stabbed to death a week later.
DNA had linked Giles to samples from a "blood-like spot" on the exterior of Brazzel's car and the crime scene in Berry's . He was in prison for felony indecent exposure at the time of the announcement, and has other convictions for sex crimes, including a 1987 rape conviction.
Giles was charged with the murders of both women in December 2012. A photo of him is posted with this summary. He later wrote a jailhouse letter in which he denied having anything to do with Brazzel's disappearance, but admitted having been in her car and apartment, supposedly to buy drugs.
Giles was convicted of Berry's murder in November 2014 and sentenced to nearly fifty years in prison. After his conviction in Berry's , the charges against him in Brazzel's disappearance were dropped. They were were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they could be refiled in the future.
Several unconfirmed sightings of Brazzel were reported in 1997 after her father appeared as a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
425-388-3839
Other
Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
TroubleShooters International Inc.
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Have You Seen or Know Anything About Tracey Elizabeth Brazzel?
Washington State Missing Persons
The Daily Herald
NamUs
My Northwest
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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