Posted 9:10 am Tuesday, July 31, 2007
The Missing: 3-Part Series
Last year, 836,131 people were reported missing in the United States. Ellen Tant's daughter, Brandi Wells, became part of those statistics on Aug. 3, 2006. The 23-year-old disappeared in the early morning hours while leaving Graham Central Station club in Longview.
"Before Brandi's disappearance I would hear news reports on kids that go missing, but I always thought that happened to people in other states, not in East Texas," she said.
"Before Brandi's disappearance I would hear news reports on kids that go missing, but I always thought that happened to people in other states, not in East Texas," she said.
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In Texas, approximately 71,130 missing persons cases were reported to law enforcement in 2006, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Person Clearinghouse. Around 93 percent of those cases reported were resolved within the year, but 8,267 remain active.
In this three-part series, the Tyler Paper investigates the issues associated with persons missing in the East Texas region and beyond.
In this three-part series, the Tyler Paper investigates the issues associated with persons missing in the East Texas region and beyond.
