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Deaths of persons reported missing in Split-Dalmatia county in period 2000.-2004.

Introduction: Every year in the Split-Dalmatia County a few dozen people goes missing. One portion of the missing person reports is a result of a misunderstanding while most of the disappearances are of the missing person's choice or accident. Most of the missing persons are found by police officers or that person returns home after a certain time, but small number of missing people are never found, or are found dead. Materials and methods: All information on missing persons were taken from the Missing person database of the Split-Dalmatia Police Department, while causes of death on found bodies were collected at the Clinical Department of Forensic Pathology, University Hospital Split. Results: In the analyzed period (2000.-2004.) in Split-Dalmatia county total of 533 missing person reports were filed. 526 people were found, of which 31 person was found dead. 7 missing persons were never found. Out of 31 fatal outcomes 7 causes of death was not possible to determine due to decomposition. 19 people died of violent deaths. Conclusion: Despite the fact that the number of reported disappearances in the Split-Dalmatia County is not large, and there are even fewer of those who have not been found it is always imperative to conduct a thorough investigation as to prevent deaths of those persons. Unfortunately there is little of what we can do to prevent deaths in those who want to take their own lives.

missing persons; death; Split-Dalmatia county

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