Missing Leslie Dawn Mashburn Mashburn, approximately 1997 Date reported missing : 12/10/1997 Missing location (approx) : Sanford, North Carolina Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White Age at the time of disappearance: 23 years old Height / Weight : 5'2 - 5'6, 95 - 105 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white shirt, white stonewashed jeans and old Reebok sneakers. Medical conditions : Mashburn suffers from depression and may have been suicidal at the time of her disappearance. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. The tip of Mashburn's right pinky finger is missing. Her ears are pierced one time each. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Mashburn was last seen in Sanford, North Carolina on December 10, 1997. She had told her mother she felt like jumping off a bridge. She lived less than half a mile from the former Carbonton Dam Bridge at Highway 42 and searchers checked the area around there and the water in the dam, but found no sign of her. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case. Other information and links : ncy Chatham County Sheriff's Office 919-548-3884 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. October 12, 2004. December 13, 2019; . |