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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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Anastacia Marie Argentova-Stevens
Anastacia, date, approximate 2003; Age-progression to age 18 (date, approximate 2015); Viktoriya Vitalyevna Argentova
Date Missing 04/23/2003
Missing From
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Missing Classification Family Abduction
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 05/09/1997 (25)
Age 5 years old
Height and Weight 4'0, 52 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue t-shirt and tan pants.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Anastacia's ears are pierced. Her nickname is Nanu. Her last names may not be hyphenated, as in "Argentova Stevens."
Details of Disappearance Anastacia disappeared from Pembroke Pines, Florida on April 23, 2003. She was abducted by her non-custodial mother, Viktoriya Vitalyevna Argentova. A felony kidnapping warrant was issued for her arrest on April 30, 2003.
A photograph of Viktoriya is posted with this summary. Her date of birth is December 25, 1959, making her 43 years old at the time of Anastacia's abduction. She's described as Caucasian, 5'6 and 140 to 170 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.Viktoriya's nickname is Vika. She may spell her first name "Victoria" and some agencies give her name as Viktoriya Vitalyevna Argentova Stevens.
Viktoriya and Anastacia may be in Moscow, Russia. The child's remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Pembroke Pines Police Department
954-431-2200
Other
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
NamUs
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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