SR 20-002 — Missing Persons Day

SENATESecond RESOLUTIONRegular 20-002Session BYSeventy-second SENATOR(S)General SonnenbergAssembly andSTATE Fields,OF Bridges,COLORADO Cooke,ENGROSSED Coram,LLS Crowder,NO. Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Lee, Lundeen, Marble, Moreno, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Smallwood, Story, Tate, Todd, Williams A., Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger, Garcia.

CONCERNINGR20-1034.01 SR20-002 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Sonnenberg and Fields, Bridges, Cooke, Coram, Crowder, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Garcia, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Lee, Lundeen, Marble, Moreno, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Smallwood, Story, Tate, Todd, Williams A., Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger Senate Committees SENATE RESOLUTION 20-002 C ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF FEBRUARY 4 AS "MISSING"M ISSING PERSONS DAY"D AY" IN COLORADO.COLORADO .

WHEREAS, While too many families grieve and hope for their missingmissingchildren,othersareinsearchoftheirmissingfamilymembersof children, others are in search oftheir missing family members of all ages;

and WHEREAS, The awareness ofcitizens,of citizens, media, and law enforcement, as well as their support, their efforts, andtheirand their search for missingpersons,missing persons, must continue;

TheyTheybecome become the eyes and ears of law enforcement and can be on the lookout for the missing person;

and WHEREAS, The commonmisconceptionthatapersonmustbecommon misconception that a person must be absent for at least 24 hours before being legally classified as missing is dangerous.

When there is evidence ofviolenceof violence or ofanof an unusual absence, it is critical that an investigation begin promptly.

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and WHEREAS, EachThe year,state hundreds ofthousands of familiesColorado areis facedcommitted withto whatthe Presidentsafetyand Ronaldwell-being Reagan called "the stark terror of aits uniquecitizens, tragedy"both --children aand missingadults; family member;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,ThedesignationofMissingPersonsDayinColorado Onwill Januaryfirmly 10,embed 2020, the FBIimportance reportedof 86,989 active missing persons intheand Unitedtheir States,families withand afriends largein portionour beingjuvenilesstate undercalendar theand agewill raise a level of 21;awareness with other cities and states that have already designated a Missing Persons Day;

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and WHEREAS, Each year, hundreds of thousands of families are faced with what President Ronald Reagan called "the stark terror of a unique tragedy" -- a missing family member;

and WHEREAS,OnJanuary10,2020,theFBIreported86,989active missingpersonsintheUnitedStates,withalargeportionbeing juveniles under the age of 21;

and WHEREAS,Childrenandadultsgomissingfromtheirfamiliesfor a number of devastating reasons:

or they go missing under suspicious circumstances, indicating that theytheymaybe may be in physical danger or the victims of foul play;

BroadcastBroadcastEmergencyResponse)AlertprograminColorado.Namedafter Emergencynine-year-old Response)Amber AlertHagerman, programwho was abducted and killed in Colorado.Texas in1996,theprogramensuresthatlocallawenforcementagenciescanuse theEmergencyAlertSysteminColoradotobroadcastinformationtoalert citizens of missing children.

NamedWHEREAS, afterSince nine-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was abducted and killed in Texas in 1996, theAMBER programAlerts ensureshave thatsuccessfully localrecovered law977 enforcementchildren agenciesnationallyand canuse61 theEmergencyAlertduetothe SysteminWireless ColoradotoEmergency broadcastinformationtoAlert; alert citizens ofmissing children.

WHEREAS,and Since-2- 1996,AMBERAlerts002 haveWHEREAS, successfullyrecoveredFor childrenall nationallythe andimportant 61work duedone to recover missing children, the WirelessNational EmergencyCenter Alert;for Missing & Exploited Children assisted law enforcement and families in 2019 with more than 29,000 cases of missingchildrennationwide,andtheorganizationlists155activemissing child cases in Colorado with posters circulating on nearly 70 of those cases.

and WHEREAS, For all the important work done to recover missing children, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children assisted PAGE 2-SENATE RESOLUTION 20-002 law enforcement and families in 2019 with more than 29,000 cases of missing childrennationwide, andthe organizationlists 155activemissing child cases in Colorado with posters circulating on nearly 70 of those cases.

WHEREAS,WHEREAS,ThedesignationofMissingPersonsDayinColorado Thewillensurethatthefamiliesandfriendsofthemissingknowthattheyare designationofMissingPersonsDayinColoradowill ensure that the families and friends ofthe missing know that they are not alone in this tragedytragedyof ofuncertaintiesuncertainties andandlackof lack of closure, which leads to extreme suffering and long-lasting effects on the health, finances, and relationships ofthoseof those left behind;

now, therefore, Be ItResolvedbyIt Resolved by the Senate oftheof Seventy-secondGeneralAssemblythe oftheSeventy-second General Assembly of the State ofColorado:of Colorado:

(1) That we, the members of the Colorado Senate, recognize the epidemic of the missing in America as "The Silent Mass Disaster" and empathizeempathizewiththeongoingsufferingof withthefamiliesandfriendsof thethose ongoing suffering ofthe families and friends ofthose who are missing;

(2) That we recognize the importance of raising awareness of the number ofpeopleof people who go missing in Colorado each year;

(3) That we applaud the committed efforts of families, law enforcementagencies,enforcementagencies,andconcernedcitizenswhoworktolocatemissing andconcernedcitizenswhoworkto locatemissing persons;

(4) ThatweThatweencouragethecontinuedsupportofworthyinitiatives encouragethe continuedsupportofworthy initiatives and private andpublicand public programs to increase efforts to locate missingpersons;missing persons;

(5) ThatThatweherebydesignateFebruary4ofeachyearas"Missing we hereby designate February 4 of each year as "Missing Persons Day" and support the goals and ideals oftheof the day;

and (6) That we acknowledge the names, and the families, of the ColoradanswhoColoradanswhoarecurrentlymissing:ChristopherEnochAbeyta,Victor are-3- currentlymissing:002 Abeyta, Terri Ackerman, Luis Acosta, Crystal Acosta, Marvin Aguilar-Aguilar, Ryan Albert, Dora Alcaraz, Katherine Allen, Veronica N.

ChristopherEnochAbeyta, Victor Abeyta, Terri Ackerman, Luis Acosta, Crystal Acosta, Marvin PAGE 3-SENATE RESOLUTION 20-002 Aguilar-Aguilar, Ryan Albert, Dora Alcaraz, Katherine Allen, Veronica N.

Ambrose, Roger Blake Ampbell, UvaldaUvaldo Anaya, Keith R.

Anderson, Isabella Annibal, Tiannah Marie Annibal, Nathanie Antone, Pauline Aragon,Aragon,ZariyahArellano,KeiyhanaArmstrong,GabrielAngelArteaga, ZariyahArellano,Eric KeiyhanaArmstrong,Ashby, GabrielCynthia AngelL. Arteaga,.

EricAtterberry, Ashby,Donald CynthiaHenryAtutis, L.Joaquin David Aviles-Silva, Myriam Azila, Mark Manuel Baca, Gayle Katrina Baird, BrandonMasakiBaker,AlexandraBanda,IsabellaAndreaBarajas,Linda J.

Atterberry,Barker, DonaldGayla HenryJean Atutis,Barnes, JoaquinKatherine DavidSue Aviles-Silva,Barnum, MyriamMario Azila,Barraza-Murillo, MarkColleen ManuelKay Baca,Barrett, GayleAlondra KatrinaBarron, Baird,Frank BrandonMasakiBaker,Bastil, AlexandraBanda,IsabellaAndreaBarajas,LindaTracy J.Jay Bastion, Barbara Jean Baumann, Richard Beebe, Stephanie Benitez, Angela CindyBenson, Pamela Sue Bera, David Gerard Berger, Gloria Berreth, Casey S.

Barker, Gayla Jean Barnes, Katherine Sue Barnum, Mario Barraza-Murillo, Colleen Kay Barrett, Alondra Barron, Frank Bastil, Tracy Jay Bastion, Barbara Jean Baumann, Richard Beebe, Stephanie Benitez, Angela Cindy Benson, Pamela Sue Bera, David Gerard Berger, Gloria Berreth, Casey S.

Bynum, Fred Cain, Dena Angelique Candelario, Luis Eduardo Carbajal-Ardon, Rocky Charles Carpenter, Gregory John Carter, Rafael Casanova-Ferrer, Reyes Ismael Casanova-Molina, Timothy Case, Darisleidy Castillo, Brianna Castillo, AbbigailCastro,RosalindaCastro-Mendoza,AbbigailCastro,RosalindaCastro-Mendoza,JenniferC.Castro-Perdomo, JenniferC.Autumn Starr Cerenil, Kenneth Anthony Chacon, David Chambers, Michael Chastain, Gladys Chilel-Romero, Lorenzo Deshawn Chivers, Aldo Cid-Perez, John Cizek, Earl Tex Clark, Randall Sirrine Clark, Benjamin Dubreath Clark, Tyrese Clark, Javon Classen, Derek Colburn, Ray Collins, Ronald Compton, Martin Conley, Thomas Randal Cook, Patricia Ann Cordova, Shaun Wayne Cordova, Reyna Correa, Jamie Cortez, Jarad Richard Cox, Charlene M.

Castro-Perdomo, Autumn Starr Cerenil, Kenneth Anthony Chacon, David Chambers, Michael Chastain, Gladys Chilel-Romero, Lorenzo Deshawn Chivers, Aldo Cid-Perez, John Cizek, Earl Tex Clark, Randall Sirrine Clark, Benjamin Dubreath Clark, Tyrese Clark, Javon Classen, Derek Colburn, Ray Collins, Ronald Compton, Martin Conley, Thomas Randal Cook, Patricia Ann Cordova, Shaun Wayne Cordova, Reyna Correa, Jamie Cortez, Jarad Richard Cox, Charlene M.

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Douglas, Jennifer Anne Douglas, Stephanie Ann Drnovsek, Rick Duffy, Charles Duke, Anthony James Dusek, Steve Robert Einspahr, SomayaAbdulElaayi,SomayaAbdulElaayi,CalebElaayi,BobbyDeanEldridge,MorganEllis, CalebElaayi,BobbyDeanEldridge,MorganEllis, Roger John Ellison, Bekime Elshani, Maria Emeterio, Dyani Encinas, Omar Enriquez, Stephanie Enriquez-Bautista, Elba Evelyn Espinoza-Romero, Eric Todd Ewing, Alex James Faucett, Daniel Faust Felicia Fellow, J D Ferguson, Alvin Lee Finch, Eugene Francis Fish, PAGE 4-SENATE RESOLUTION 20-002 Stephanie Kay Fladgard, Jazlynn Flores, Analeighya Flores, Joselyn -4- 002 Fonseca, Jeffrey Lee Fossum, Christopher Lynn Frazier, Christopher S.