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Missing Karen Sue Hurst 
Hurst, approximately 2003 Date reported missing : 08/06/2003 Missing location (approx) : Kansas City, Kansas Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 01/05/1960 (61) Age at the time of disappearance: 43 years old Height / Weight : 5'3, 90 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Possibly a light-colored blouse and blue jean shorts. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Hurst's nickname is Susie. She may use the last name Helm. All of her teeth are missing and she has a metal pin implanted in one of her toes, possibly the middle toe on her right foot. Hurst has a Cesarean section scar on her abdomen. She has the following tattoos: a peacock on her left calf, a butterfly or a rose on her left shoulder, possibly a butterfly on her left buttock and an unspecified tattoo on her right ankle. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Hurst was last seen at approximately 1:20 a.m. on August 6, 2003 in the vicinity of the 700 block of north 7th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. She had been jailed on a drug charge and disappeared a short time after her release. She has never been heard from again. Hurst's family was initially unconcerned by her absence because they thought she was in a thirty-day inpatient drug rehabilitation program. When the thirty days passed they didn't hear from her, they reported her missing. She was involved in drugs and prostitution at the time of her disappearance, and associated with a drug dealer in Wichita, Kansas. The drug dealer denies any knowledge of her disappearance. Foul play is suspected in her case, which remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Kansas City Police Department 913-596-3000 September 2021 updates and sources 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. KMBC-TV October 12, 2004. April 22, 2012; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |