Missing Barbara Ellen Brunson Brunson, approximately 2008 Date reported missing : 08/04/2008 Missing location (approx) : Sumter, South Carolina Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : Black Age at the time of disappearance: 66 years old Height / Weight : 5'5, 140 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A brown and red shirt, blue jeans, red socks, black shoes and a purple scarf. Medical conditions : Brunson suffers from dementia, schizophrenia, hypertension and diabetes, and she is mildly mentally disabled. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Brunson has missing front teeth. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Brunson was last seen in Sumter, North Carolina on August 4, 2008. She had been living at Greene's Residential Care Facility for about five years. That day she asked some staff for some hair products and said she'd wait for it on the porch, where residents of the facility often sat. She apparently walked away and has never been heard from again. This was the fifth time in six months that Brunson had wandered away from the care facility; they had wanted to transfer to a more secure facility, but there were no openings. The police didn't realize she was missing until twelve hours after she was last seen, and an extensive search turned up no sign of her. Few details are available in her case. Other information and links : ncy Sumter Police Department 803-436-2700 Sumter County Sheriff's Office 803-436-2014 September 2021 updates and sources The Item The Spartanburg Herald-Journal WIS 10 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 not known. 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�5% 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. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s 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. October 12, 2004. December 16, 2020; . |