A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as his or her location and fate are not known.

A person may go missing due to accident, crime, death in a location where they can not be found, or many other reasons, including voluntary disappearance.

People disappear for many reasons. Some individuals choose to disappear

• to have fun and meet friends
• to spend a day at a beach bar
• to have a Caipifruta and smile into the camera
  

• to escape domestic abuse by a parent or spouse
• to live somewhere else under a new identity

• to take advantage of better employment or living conditions
• to avoid discovery of a crime or apprehension

• to join a cult or other religious organization
• to avoid war or persecution
• to escape famine or natural disaster

• to have fun and meet friends
• to spend a day at a beach bar
• to have a Caipifruta and smile into the camera