On March 30, 2015, Caleb Diehl of Nocona, Texas became a missing person. He left for work, from which he never returned. The car he was driving, which he borrowed from his boss (a huge suspect in this case), was found shortly after he vanished. This is so scary, especially since he is not the only person who is missing out in this world.

Stacy Peterson went missing on October 28, 2007 at the mere age of 23 years old. Her body has never been found. Her ex-husband, Drew Peterson, is the main suspect in her disappearance but he has yet to confess to her whereabouts.

Natalee Holloway disappeared on May 30, 2005 in Aruba. Witnesses suggest she was seen last with Joran van der Sloot but there is no direct evidence linking him to her disappearance. Her body has never been found and she was declared legally dead on January 12, 2012.

Holly Alcott White of Taos, New Mexico went missing on May 6, 2016. There are suspicions of either suicide or kidnapping but neither have been proven.

Alyssa McLemore became a missing person on April 9, 2009 in Kent, Washington. She was last seen talking to a person in a pickup truck, likely a white male. Yet, authorities are unsure if he had anything to do with her vanishing.

Madeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Evidence suggested that she was killed in her vacation apartment, which she was staying in but the parents maintain their innocence. This sweet, little girl was likely abducted from her bed while sleeping.

All six of the mysterious disappearances above seem pretty tragic. The thing that is more tragic, though, is that those are only a small handful of famous disappearances. There are so many other people missing out there whose cases are not nearly as well known. In fact, there are 750,000 missing persons cases on average per year in the United States alone. Think about it, there are about 323,000,000 in the United States. That means that around 1/431 people will go missing. This may seem like the likeliness of you going missing is very slim, but 431 is not as high of a number as you would think.

This means that out of my 2,063 Facebook friends, almost five of my friends will turn up missing. About two of my 759 Instagram followers will vanish. Three girls from my high school should statistically go missing. It may not be high numbers but think of how tragic it is when just one person disappears. It is a disaster not only for friends and family but also for everyone around that person.

I think it is important to keep all missing persons in mind since for at least someone; this has become a catastrophe for them. Within the last few months in Texas, Paul Patterson, Mark McCullers (SMU Police Officer), Sheila Morton, Kendrick McDow, Elisa Roberson, Bianca Carrasco, Joyce Brewer, Abraham Campos, Laurel Cogdill, and so many more went missing and have yet to be found. Some of them are merely just children. Some of them vanished in storms. Some were abducted. Some cases are purely unknown.

Though missing persons cases are terrible, we are lucky to live in a society that makes finding people possible. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina De Jesus were found in 2013 after being abducted in Cleveland. Elizabeth Smart was rescued in 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah after a nine-month disappearance. Natascha Kampusch was found in 2006 in Austria. Jaycee Dugard's rescue occurred in 2009 when she and her two daughters were found safe in Antioch, California. The list goes on. If you have lost someone in your life, keep on hoping! It may take time but never lose hope that your missing person will be found.

If you see anything suspicious, do not hesitate to alert the authorities or the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children. It is better to be wrong than to let a distressed, missing person slip by unnoticed.