This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously post and of people whose whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated, except for people who disappeared at sea. Since the s, many individuals around the world have disappeared, whose whereabouts and condition have remained unknown. Many who disappear are eventually declared dead in absentia , but the circumstances and dates of their deaths remain a mystery. Some of these people were possibly subjected to forced disappearance , but in some cases information on their subsequent fates is insufficient.
The global statistical data on missing persons throughout the world from the late 20th and early 21st centuries are unreliable due to a number of factors, [ 1 ] including international migration, travel capabilities, [ 2 ] and legal protection for individuals who may have chosen to disappear intentionally. Even the numbers of persons missing as a result of armed conflict and human-rights abuses, which are more intensively monitored, are difficult to verify, given the reluctance of most states to deal honestly and effectively with this issue".
By the mids in the United States of America, the number of missing persons cases had grown to nearly 1 million, though this number declined by nearly half as of Contents move to sidebar hide.
Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. List of humans who disappeared of unknown causes between and the present day. This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: Need to remove people whose disappearances have been solved.
Please help improve this article if you can. August Learn how and when to remove this message. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. International Commission on Missing Persons. The Hague, Netherlands. Archived from the original on 22 January Associated Press. Retrieved 28 November The New York Times.
