A Grieving Family Calls for Missing Persons Reform After Pleas Ignored Missing or murdered? 7 minutes read Signs hang at Davis Flohr Neighborhood Park in NoDa during an April 4 vigil for Mary Collins. (Photo by Grant Baldwin) According to CMPD, more than 3,500 people are reported missing in Charlotte annually. On the department’s website, the protocol for missing persons reports is laid out relatively clearly, with stats that emphasize how rarely a missing persons report is the result of violent crime: 70% are teenagers, mostly runaways, while the other 30% are adults, and on average, less than 10 per year end up being the result of foul play.